2010 Auckland Rugby League season

The 2010 Auckland Rugby League season was the 2010 season of senior rugby league in Auckland. The Auckland Rugby League ran the various competitions. The season commenced on the 13 of March, with the start of the Phelan Shield, and finished on the 28 August with the three senior grand finals. This was the 101st season of the competition, which began in 1910.

The season followed the same format as 2009, with a qualification series in the first half of the year giving sixteen teams the opportunity to enter the Fox Memorial competition.

Fox Memorial Qualification Series

The Appliance Shed Fox Memorial Qualification Series involved sixteen teams divided into two pools, with the top eight teams entering the Fox Memorial competition. It started on the 20 March and concluded on 2 May. The bottom eight teams instead entered the Sharman Cup.

Teams

2009 Auckland Rugby League season

The 2009 Auckland Rugby League season was the 2009 season of senior rugby league in Auckland. The Auckland Rugby League ran the various competitions. The season commenced on the 14 of March with the start of the Phelan Shield and ended on the 5 September with the Fox Memorial Grand Final. This was the 100th season of the competition, which began in 1910.

The season followed the same format as 2008, with a qualification series in the first half of the year giving sixteen teams the opportunity to enter the Fox Memorial competition.

Beginning June 7 two games a week were broadcast in both English and Māori on Māori Television and Te Reo respectively.

Fox Memorial Qualification Series

The Lion Red Fox Memorial Qualification Series involved sixteen teams divided into two pools, with the top eight teams entering the Fox Memorial competition. It started on the 21 March and concluded on 2 May. The bottom eight teams instead entered the Sharman Cup.

Phelan Shield

The Mandron Masonry Phelan Shield began on the 14 March and features eleven teams. The regular season concluded on the 5 September with a grand final. The New Lynn Stags were the defending champions. Minor premiers the Manukau Magpies defeated the Waiheke Rams in the final to win the Shield.

Auckland Rugby League

The Auckland Rugby League (ARL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is responsible for rugby league in the region, including both club and school rugby league.

The Auckland Rugby League was once recognised by England's Northern Rugby Football Union as New Zealand's governing body for the game of rugby league.

In 2009, the ARL celebrated its centenary.

Club competitions

Auckland's premier competition is the Fox Memorial Shield, competed for by Premier One teams. This has been contested since 1910. There is a division below the Fox Memorial named the Sharman Cup which is fought for by Premier Two teams. The winner of the Sharman Cup is promoted to the Fox Memorial for the following season, which the last placed team from the Fox Memorial is relegated.

The winner of the round robin in the premier One division wins the Rukutai Shield. Other key trophies include the Roope Rooster, which has been competed for since 1915, while a Champion of Champions was also awarded from 1925 until recent decades. Since 2006 the Roope Rooster has been contested as a Challenge trophy.