The Hawke's Bay rugby league team are a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 team that represents the Hawke's Bay Rugby League in New Zealand Rugby League

New Zealand Rugby League

The New Zealand Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in New Zealand. The NZRL was founded on the 25 April 1910 in preparation for a tour of Great Britain that same year....

 competitions. They are nicknamed the Unicorns. They competed in the Lion Red Cup

Lion Red Cup

The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic rugby league competition that ran from 1994-1996 sponsored by brewers Lion Nathan. It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic rugby league due to the Auckland Warriors being accepted into the Winfield Cup. The competition was a...

 between 1994 and 1996.

Lion Red Cup

The team competed in all three seasons of the Lion Red Cup but were not very successful, twice finishing ninth out of the twelve teams. Mike Dorreen was part of the 1994 Unicorns side that was coached by Gary Kemble

Gary Kemble

Gary Edward Kemble is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player. He has both played and coached the New Zealand Kiwis. He is the current head coach of the Papakura Sea Eagles in the Auckland Rugby League.-Playing career:...

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Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position	Finals
1994	22	7	0	15	373	476
14	Tenth	N/A
1995	22	10	1	11	467	486
21	Ninth	N/A
1996	22	7	1	14	377	583
15	Ninth	N/A