TheMount Albert Lions are arugby league club based inMount Albert, New Zealand. The Lions home ground is atFowlds Park. Their patron is the formerPrime Minister of New Zealand,Helen Clark. In 2008 and2009 the Lions won the Fox Memorial.

Mount Albert Lions

Club information
Full name	Mount Albert Rugby League
Founded	1928[1]
Current details
Ground(s)	Fowlds Park
Coach	John Ackland
Competition	Auckland Rugby League
Records
Premierships	1939, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1968, 1969, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
Minor premierships	1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1970, 1981, 1983, 1992, 2006, 2012
Bartercard Cup	2002, 2004, 2005
National Club Champions	1984
Stormont Shield	1939, 1947, 1948, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1993
Sharman Cup	1980

As of 2019 the team is coached byJohn Ackland.^[2]

The club was founded in 1928, after a meeting was held in April of that year.^[3] They fielded teams in the 3rd and 4th grades. In the early 1930s the club moved to its current location atFowlds Park inMorningside. In their initial seasons they had trained on Springleigh Avenue at what is now Phyllis Street Reserve. Up until1934 the club had played in mauve colours but in April of that year they applied to the junior management committee to change their club colours to blue and gold.^[4] They gained senior status from theAuckland Rugby League in 1935.

The club has won the Fox Memorial trophy fifteen times; in1939, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1968, 1969, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009. In 1984 the Lions won the National Club Competition and in 2002, 2004 and 2005 they won theBartercard Cup.

In 2006 they defended the Roope Rooster Challenge trophy in all eleven of their games and went on to win the Fox Memorial. In early 2007 they lost the trophy to theTe Atatu Roosters.

• Nathan Cleary

Players who represented New Zealand before or after playing for Mt Albert.

• Des Herring (1935-1939)
• Robert Morrissey (1936)
• J Peterson (1936)
• Joseph Gunning (1937-1939)
• Bert Leatherbarrow (1937)
• William McCallum (1937)
• Clarry McNeil (1938)
• Richard Shadbolt (1938-1945)
• Walter Cameron (1939)
• Bruce Donaldson (1939)
• W Walker (1939)
• Jack Tristram (1941)
• Les Clement (1944-1945)
• Ivan Sumich (1944)
• Bob Borich (1945)
• Alan Wiles (1945)
• Selwyn Thomassen (1945)

Between 2000 and 2005 the Lions competed in the nationalBartercard Cup competition. Under the guidance ofBrian McClennan they were the most successful club in the competition's history, being champions three times and twice winning the minor premiership. However the club had a slow start to the competition, not making the playoffs in the first two years. Their place in the Bartercard Cup was taken over by theAuckland Lions, an entity which represented Mount Albert as well as other neighbouring clubs. In 2007 the Auckland Lions also competed in theNSWRL Premier League but they were replaced in 2008 by theAuckland Vulcans.

*Two points for a Bye as the Ngongotaha Chiefs withdrew from the competition

The season record for the most senior men’s team in the club.

The point scoring lists are compiled from matches played in matches for the first grade side. The matches and point scorers includes the combinedNewton-Mount Albert side of 1942.

• Official Club Website
• Mount Albert's NZRL Page