Location Auckland, New Zealand Main sponsor James Blond Rentals Arena/Stadium The Trusts Arena Date founded 1990 | Team colours Black, green, blue General manager Reuben Waihi Head coach Jeff Green Championships 0 | |
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League National Basketball League History Waitakere Rangers
1990–1995
Super City Rangers
2013–present | ||
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 James Blond 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. They subsequently joined the second-tiered Conference Basketball League (CBL) in 1996 and won the league title that year. 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.
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.
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.