Super City Rangers

Super City Rangers
League National Basketball League
Founded 1990
History Waitakere Rangers
1990–1995
Super City Rangers
2013–present
Arena Trusts Arena
Location Auckland, New Zealand
Team colours Black, green, blue
Main sponsor 2 Cheap Cars
General manager Jeff Green
Head coach Jeff Green
Championships 0
Uniforms

The Super City Rangers are a New Zealand basketball team based in Auckland. The Rangers compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Trusts Arena. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the 2 Cheap Cars Super City Rangers.

Team history

The team began playing in the top-tiered National Basketball League in 1990 as the Waitakere Rangers 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 title 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 teams withdraw from the league. Dubbed the Super City Rangers for their return season, the Rangers were 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 their 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
F 1 New Zealand Haku, Anamata 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
G 3 United States Wilson, Clayton (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 4 New Zealand Tait, Lindsay 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
6 New Zealand Green, Daniel
G 8 New Zealand Ruscoe, Brook 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
9 New Zealand Ah Mu, Devon
G 10 United States Ale, Okesene (I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 11 New Zealand Kelman-Poto, Dominique 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
F 12 New Zealand Vaiangina, Sioeli 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
23 New Zealand Coe, Lesa'e
F 24 New Zealand Boucher, Dillon (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F 25 New Zealand Friday, Tipene 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
G 32 New Zealand Buck, Carl 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 34 New Zealand Jones, Marcel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
G 45 New Zealand van Uden, Blake 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
New Zealand Tana, Danyon
F New Zealand Te Puni, Zack 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
New Zealand Tupe, Rhys
Head coach
  • New Zealand Jeff Green
Assistant coach(es)
  • New Zealand Anthony Keung
  • New Zealand Benny Anthony
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: 24 June 2018

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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