Kevin Iro played for Mount Albert while Mike Steafano played for the Marist Saints and Fred Ah Kuoi and James Goulding played for the Richmond Bulldogs. Jarrod McCracken, Dean Lonergan, Michael Patton and David Bailey played for Glenora Bears. At the end of the season the Glenora Bears played the North Sydney Bears in front of 12,000 fans at Carlaw Park, losing 8-11. Dean Clark, Francis Leota and Tea, Peter and Iva Ropati played for Otahuhu Leopards while Ron O'Regan, Peter Brown, Mark Horo and Sam Panapa played for Te Atatu Roosters. Shane Cooper, who had joined from Mount Albert after 21 years with the Lions, and George Mann played for Mangere East Hawks. David Watson played for the Manukau Magpies. Wellington The Upper Hutt Tigers won their second grand final in a row, defeating the Randwick Kingfishers 20-12. Tony Kemp, Barry Harvey, Sam Stewart and George Lajpold played for Randwick while Sonny Whakarau, Mike Kuiti and Adrian Shelford played for Upper Hutt. Robert Piva played for St. George while James Leuluai joined the Petone club mid-season. Canterbury Minor premiers Halswell defeated Hornby 15-14 in the Canterbury Rugby League grand final. Hornby won the pre-season tournament. Halswell defeated Cobden-Kohinoor to retain the Thacker Shield. Brendon Tuuta, who had signed from Hornby, and Phil Bancroft played for Halswell, who were coached by Phil Prescott in his debut year. Ross Taylor, Barry Edkins and Mark Nixon played for Hornby, who were coached by Frank Endacott. Logan Edwards played for Marist-Western while Mark Broadhurst played for Papanui. Other Competitions The Portland Panthers dominated the Northland Rugby League competition, winning 21 matches in a row. The Frankton Albions won the Waikato Rugby League title, defeating Huntly South in the final. Vaun O'Callaghan played for Huntly South while Frankton included Jason Donnelly. Turangi won the Midlands grand final 5-4 while Kaiti dominated in the Gisborne-East Coast competition. In the Bay of Plenty Rugby League grand final the two form teams of the competition met, Ngongotaha and Pikiao. Ngongotaha, who included Mark Woods won 8-7. The Waitara Bears won the Taranaki Rugby League grand final, defeating Western Suburbs 26-12. The Omahu Huias defeated the Hastings City Tigers in the Hawke's Bay Rugby League grand final. Runanga won its ninth consecutive West Coast Rugby League title, defeating Marist 12-8. Wayne Dwyer played for Marist while Jason Palmada, Glen Gibb and Bernie Green played for Runanga. He Tauaa