Steve Buckingham
Personal information
Playing information
Position	Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1997	Auckland	2	0	0	0	0
Source: RLP

Steve Buckingham is a New Zealand rugby league player. His position of preference is at Halfback.

Contents 1 Early Years 2 Bartercard Cup 3 Later Years 4 References

[edit] Early Years

Steve started his career playing for the Glenora Bears. Here he won his first two Fox Memorial titles.^[1] A longtime Warriors scholarship player, who playing in the 1995 Lion Red Cup Grand Final loss, he played two Super League first grade games under coach John Monie in early 1997.^[1] However Monie was fired halfway through the season and Steve did not play for the Warriors again.

[edit] Bartercard Cup

In the late 1990's Steve left Glenora after a dispute over match payments.^[1] He then joined the Mt Albert Lions, a club he was to enjoy great success with. In the seven years of the national Bartercard Cup competition Steve played in four Cup-winning sides, winning with Mt Albert three times and once with the Auckland Lions. He also captained the 2004 winning side.^[2]

During this time he played for several National Residents selections, including the 2003 New Zealand 'A' tour of Great Britain and captaining New Zealand 'A' in 2004.^[3][4]

[edit] Later Years

With the launch of the Auckland Lions in the NSWRL Premier League competition in 2007 Steve once again became involved in a Trans-Tasman competition.^[5]

In 2008 he returned to playing in the local Auckland competition and was a part of Mt Albert's Fox Memorial winning side.^[6] He also received the clubs best Half award.^[7] Buckingham continued to play for Mt Albert in 2009.

[edit] References

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