Website www.ponsonbyponies.com Coach Mark Tulloch Date founded 1908 | Colours Blue, black and white | |
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Full name Ponsonby United Rugby League Football Club Premierships 1917, 1918, 1919, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1952, 1954, 1958, 1967, 1972, 1973 Minor premiership 1952, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1973 | ||
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The Ponsonby Ponies are a rugby league club based in Ponsonby, New Zealand. The club was founded in 1908 and competes in the Auckland Rugby League's Phelan Shield competition.
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History
The club was founded in August 1908 by two returning All Golds, Billy Tyler and Charlie Dunning. Victoria Park hosted Auckland's first representative rugby league match, between Auckland and Wellington.
The 1912 Ponsonby squad included: Arthur Carlaw, J Chorley, Charlie Dunning, W Hooper, B Kean, Pip Webb, V Hunter, Tom Lynch, Scotch MacDonald, Harry Oakley, M Stanaway, Syd Riley, Billy Tyler and J Warner.
In 1920 Ponsonby won the Thacker Shield.
1952 saw the club win the "treble" of the Fox Memorial, Roope Rooster and Stormont Shield all in one year. This feat was to be repeated in 1972.
In 1979 the club merged with Maritime to form Ponsonby-Maritime however this merger only lasted until 1983.
The club was relegated in 1992, since then it has not regained its position in the first division.
The Club celebrated its centenary in 2008.
Notable players
Between the years 1909 and 1986 Ponsonby developed 48 players that gained New Zealand Representative status.
Notable Former Players include; Des White, Joe Ropati, Mike McLennan, Don Mann, Stacey Jones, David Bailey, Nathaniel Neale.