Canterbury Bulls

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**Bartercard Cup**

Club name	Canterbury Bulls
First Season	2000
Ground	Rugby League Park
Coach	Brent Stuart
Premierships	2000 & 2003

The Canterbury Bulls are a rugby league franchise in the Bartercard Cup in New Zealand. They are based at Rugby League Park in Christchurch, New Zealand. They have won two Bartercard Cup competitions, in 2000 and 2003. They were defeated in the last seconds of the 2004 final.

The Bulls are the only team from the South Island to ever compete in the Bartercard Cup and are currently the longest running club, having competed in every season since its inception in 2000.

In the Lion Red Cup, from 1994-1996, Canterbury Rugby League was represented by the Christchurch City Shiners and the Canterbury Country Cardinals.

1 History
- 1.1 2006 Results
2 2007 Results
3 See also

[edit] History

Alongside the Mt Albert Lions the Canterbury Bulls are one of the most successful teams in the Cup, having won the competition twice and once been runner up. Out of the seven seasons they have only missed the finals once, a dreadful year in 2002, and have been minor premiers once.

Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position	Finals
2000	22	15	0	7	658	525	133	30	Second (Twelve)	Champions
2001	22	14	1	7	882	489	393	29	Third (Twelve)	Defeated in Preliminary Final
2002	16	5	0	11	386	531	-145	10	Tenth (Twelve)	N/A
2003	16	13	0	3	648	370	278	26	Minor Premiers (Twelve)	Champions
2004	16	9	0	7	562	374	188	18	Fifth (Twelve)	Defeated in Elimination Play-off
2005	16	11	0	5	543	388	155	22	Second (Twelve)	Runners Up
2006	18	13	0	5	583	376	207	26	Second (Ten)	Ongoing

[edit] 2006 Results

See Also: Bartercard Cup season 2006

They finished second in the 2006 season standings and defeated the Waitakere Rangers 26-20 in the non-elimination Semifinal. This qualified them for the Qualifying Semifinal which they lost to the Auckland Lions 27-14 at Western Springs Stadium. They bounced back in the preliminary final, smashing the Tamaki Leopards 30-6 but could not defeat the Lions, losing the Grand Final 25-18.

2006 Finals Series	Winner		Loser
Preliminary Semifinal	Canterbury Bulls	26	Waitakere Rangers	20
Qualification Semifinal	Auckland Lions	27	Canterbury Bulls	14
Preliminary Final	Canterbury Bulls	30	Tamaki Leopards	6
Grand Final	Auckland Lions	25	Canterbury Bulls	18

[edit] 2007 Results

See Also: Bartercard Cup season 2007 The 2007 Bartercard Cup is scheduled to kick off on April 14.[1] Before the start of the 2007 season legendary coach Philip Prescott retired and was replaced by former New Zealand Kiwi prop Brent Stuart.