5 October Canterbury defeated the West Coast 24–30. In the other semi final Waikato defeated the Auckland Heroes for the second time to eliminate them from the competition. In the grand final on 12 October, which was played in Christchurch's Rugby League Park, Waikato defeated Canterbury 34-18 to win both the Challenge Cup and the Rugby League Cup. After the victory, Lion Breweries' Kevin Moore declared that the Cougars deserved a public parade. National School's Competition Aranui High School upset St. Paul's College, defeating them 48–6 in the final held at Rugby League Park. Mark Leafa, Wairangi Koopu and Henry Perenara all competed in the competition, for De Le Salle, Rakaumanga and Lynfield College respectively. Australian competitions The Auckland Warriors competed in the Super League's Telstra Cup Premiership and World Club Championship. They finished 7th in the Super League but made the semi finals of the World Club Championship. The final of the World Club Championship, between Brisbane and Hunter, was held in Auckland's Ericsson Stadium. Club competitions Auckland The Glenora Bears won the Super 10 Fox Memorial grand final, beating the Mangere East Hawks 34–14. The Glenora side included Duane Mann, Cliff Beverley, Boycie Nelson and Ben Lythe. Mangere East had finished the season as minor premiers while Marist won the Roope Rooster pre-season trophy and Otara won the Stormont Shield. Tukere Barlow from Mangere East won the season's best and fairest award. Mangere East also included George Tuakura and Anthony Seuseu. This was the first year of the Super 10 competition. The ten teams involved were: Glenora, Mangere East, Northcote, Marist/Roskill, Otahuhu, Manurewa, Manukau, Te Atatu, the Central Sharks and Ellerslie. Mt Albert, Mt Wellington, Hibiscus Coast and Richmond applied to join the competition but were unsuccessful. The Central Sharks consisted of Richmond, Ponsonby, Mt Albert and City-Pt Chev. Richmond defeated Hibiscus Coast 30–20 in the final of the Sharman Cup. Willie Wolfgramm played for Marist while Don Stewart and Paul Rauhihi played for the Northcote Tigers. Otahuhu included Dean Clark and Hare Te Rangi. In the regional cup, James Leuluai coached Mt Wellington, Brian McClennan coached the Hibiscus Coast Raiders and Fred Ah Kuoi coached the Richmond Bulldogs. Wellington The Upper Hutt Tigers won the Appleton Shield. The team included Denvour Johnston. Canterbury Hornby, coached by former Kiwi Wayne Wallace, and Papanui met in the Canterbury Rugby League grand final. Hornby defended the Pat Smith Challenge Trophy