Super City Rangers

For former Rugby league club, see Waitakere Rangers.
Super City Rangers
League National Basketball League
Founded 1990
History Waitakere Rangers
1990–1995
Super City Rangers
2013–present
Arena AUT North Shore
Location Auckland, New Zealand
Team colours Black, green, blue
Main sponsor James Blond Rentals
General manager Reuben Waihi
Head coach Jeff Green
Championships 0
Website SuperCityRangers.co.nz
Uniforms
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The Super City Rangers, previously known as the Waitakere Rangers, are a New Zealand men's basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (NBL). They play their home games at AUT North Shore in Auckland, and for sponsorship reasons, they are known as the James Blond Super City Rangers.

History

The Waitakere Rangers began playing in the top-tiered National Basketball League in 1990 and competed in six seasons before leaving the competition following the 1995 season.[1] They subsequently joined the second-tiered Conference Basketball League (CBL) in 1996 and won the league championship that year.[2] They continued to play in the CBL for a further 10 years before departing the league prior to the 2007 season, despite finishing runners-up in 2006.[3]

In January 2013, Waitakere Basketball returned to the NBL following the capitulation of both the Harbour Heat and Auckland Pirates, which saw both franchises withdraw from the league. Dubbed the Super City Rangers for their return season, the club was the only team in 2013 with a 100% volunteer roster, including both players and coaches.[4]

In 2016, the Rangers reached the NBL grand final for the first time in franchise history, behind the play of Corey Webster, Eric Devendorf, Lindsay Tait, Mika Vukona and Terrence Roberts. In the championship decider, the Rangers faced the Wellington Saints, but with Devendorf out injured, the Rangers were outclassed and defeated 94–82.[5]

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Super City Rangers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht.
G 4 New Zealand Tait, Lindsay 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 5 New Zealand Bloxham, Josh 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
G/F 7 New Zealand Te Rangi, Reuben 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
G 8 New Zealand Ruscoe, Brook 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 9 New Zealand Webster, Corey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
10 New Zealand McIntosh, Chris (DP)
G 11 New Zealand Alexander, Marco 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 12 New Zealand Seumanu, Judson (DP) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
F 13 New Zealand Waardenburg, Sam (DP) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
F 14 New Zealand Vukona, Mika 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
F/C 15 New Zealand Barrow, Nick 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
F/C 16 United States Roberts, Terrence (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
F 22 New Zealand Harris, Hyrum 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
G 23 United States Devendorf, Eric (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 24 New Zealand Boucher, Dillon (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F 35 New Zealand Friday, Tipene 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Head coach
  • New Zealand Jeff Green
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • New Zealand Nicky Fuaivaa
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 19 April 2016

References

  1. ↑ Jessup, Peter (25 March 2004). "Slam dunk: Stadium key to Rangers' revival". NZHerald.co.nz. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "2010 Conference Basketball League" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "2006 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dream becomes reality". Basketball.org.nz. 26 January 2013. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Savory, Logan (4 June 2016). "Wellington Saints win 2016 NBL title with win over Super City Rangers". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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