Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*South Auckland Raiders	9	9	0	0	233	67	18
*Tamaki Lightning	9	4	3	2	108	95	10
North Harbour Pride	9	2	7	0	120	204	4
Waitakere Fury	9	1	6	2	76	171	4

Date	Home Team		Away team
	Kiwi Bowl XVIII		Waitakere Stadium
2000	South Auckland Raiders	24	Tamaki Lightning	8

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
30.10.1999	South Auckland Raiders	27	Waitakere Fury	0
	Week 2
06.11.1999	Waitakere Fury	14	North Harbour Pride	8
06.11.1999	South Auckland Raiders	17	Tamaki Lightning	0
	Week 3
13.11.1999	South Auckland Raiders	21	North Harbour Pride	6
13.11.1999	Waitakere Fury	6	Tamaki Lightning	6
	Week 4
20.11.1999	South Auckland Raiders	24	Waitakere Fury	0
20.11.1999	North Harbour Pride	6	Tamaki Lightning	22
	Week 5
27.11.1999	South Auckland Raiders	22	Tamaki Lightning	13
27.11.1999	Waitakere Fury	28	North Harbour Pride	30
	Week 6
04.12.1999	Waitakere Fury	8	Tamaki Lightning	20
04.12.1999	South Auckland Raiders	30	North Harbour Pride	12
	Week 7
11.12.1999	North Harbour Pride	0	Tamaki Lightning	19
11.12.1999	South Auckland Raiders	28	Waitakere Fury	0
	Week 8
18.12.1999	South Auckland Raiders	24	Tamaki Lightning	6
18.12.1999	Waitakere Fury	14	North Harbour Pride	22
	Week 9
08.01.2000	Waitakere Fury	6	Tamaki Lightning	6
08.01.2000	South Auckland Raiders	40	North Harbour Pride	30
	Week 10
15.01.2000	North Harbour Pride	6	Tamaki Lightning	16

Report

South Auckland Raiders won their fourth Kiwi Bowl in five years in 2000, defeating the expansion side Tamaki Lightning from Howick, 24-8 to become Auckland Premier Gridiron League Champions for 1999-2000.

The Raiders were undisputed Champions having captured the Minot title (Regular Season) with a perfect 9-0 record. The Lightning had finished 4-3-2 (Wins-Losses-Ties) in second place.

American Tim Hughley passed to Terry Millani for a 20 yard TD reception to open the scoring, game MVP Kevin Palagi adding to it with a 5 yard bulldozing run for a touchdown. That left the halftime score 12-0.

In the second half the Raiders suffered a massive blow when Hughley blew both knees on a failed endzone pass attempt. Undeterred the Raiders added a third TD, a 1 yard run from John Tavae.

The fourth Quarter saw the Lightning finally manage to move the ball downfield, and were rewarded with an exceptional 12 yard TD catch by Richard Carter. Alex Lineham ran in the two-point conversion. The match was put out of sight, however, by Solomona Tafai who ran in a15 yard TD with 5 minutes left, leaving the Final score in Kiwi Bowl XVIII 24-8 to the South Auckland Raiders.

Websites

[1] Gridiron NZ (2000) Auckland Premier Gridiron League [Internet] Available from: http://www.gridiron.co.nz/premier.html [Accessed 21 March 2000]

[2] Gridiron NZ (2000) Kiwi Bowl XVIII [Internet] Available from: https://gridiron.co.nz/kiwi_bowl.html [Accessed 21 March 2000]

Internet Archive

[3] Gridiron NZ Wayback Machine (2000) Home: Final Premier Gridiron League Standings 1999/2000 Season [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20010118001900/http://gridiron.co.nz/ [Accessed 4 July 2020]

Images

[4] American Football Auckland Incorporated Facebook (2019) Profile Picture, January 14, “49838150_344057929526721_948620029279076352_n”2019 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49838150_344057929526721_948620029279076352_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=R-AUQ7MGmLkAX_TUkVV&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=440584c7fa44b1faaddedb9d8969a327&oe=5F27EE1D [Accessed 4 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville.

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