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The 2001 New Zealand rugby league season was the 94th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the second season of the Bartercard Cup competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The Hibiscus Coast Raiders won the Cup by defeating the Eastern Tornadoes 28-18 in the Grand Final. ==International competitions== The New Zealand Kiwis played a one off test match against France and defeated them 36-0 at Ericsson Stadium. The Kiwis then played Australia at the new Westpac Stadium in Wellington and lost 28-10. New Zealand were coached by Gary Freeman. The French team also played three matches against regional selections; Northern Districts, Central Districts and the South Island.〔(2001 France tour of New Zealand ) ''rugbyleague.co.nz''〕 France won all three of these games, defeating the South Island 24-11 at Lancaster Park,〔(French show grit but not enough grunt ) ''The Press'', 4 June 2001〕〔(French open with nailbiter ) ''Sunday Star-Times'', 3 June 2001〕 Central Districts 28-26 at the Palmerston North Showgrounds and Northern Districts 40-16 in Huntly. Jeff Whittaker coached the South Island team that featured mainly Canterbury Bulls players.〔(Stokes overlooked for SI coaching job ) ''The Press'', 11 May 2001〕 The team was captained by Shane Beyers and included Aaron Whittaker.〔(Teams named for French opener ) ''AAP Sports News'', 1 June 2001〕 Northern Districts included Lance Hohaia and Hare Te Rangi.〔(Waikato five to play France ) ''Waikato Times'', 6 June 2001〕 The Junior Kiwis included Vince Mellars, Richard Utai and Robert Tanielu.〔(Sydenham old boy in ) ''The Press'', 3 July 2001〕 Auckland conducted a two match trip to Sydney in September 2001.〔Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4, p.330.〕 Auckland defeated Northern Māori 48-6 before losing to Sydney Metropolitan 34-12. They were coached by Stan Martin and included Daniel Floyd, Karl Te Mata, Tyrone Pau, Jeremy Smith, Joe Galuvao, Jason Temu, Hare Te Rangi and Cliff Beverley. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2001 New Zealand rugby league season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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