1 1 In 1909 some members of the North Shore rugby were so impressed with the new type of football they had seen that they decided to found a club for the 1910 season.

Players for the Tigers have included Gary Freeman, Sean Hoppe, Jason Lowrie, Gene Ngamu, Paul Rauhihi, Tony Tuimavave and former New Zealand Warrior Kevin Locke.

Thirteen players have played for the New Zealand national rugby league team:[2] Frank Halloran had transferred to the Ponsonby club at the start of the 1934 season.

The club has also had many Auckland representatives, including Shane Horo, Stuart Galbraith, Brian McLennan, Logan Campbell, Latham Tawhai, Mark Elia, Ken McIntosh, and Willie Poching.

With the creation of the Bartercard Cup in 2000 by the New Zealand Rugby League the Tigers were one of the seven Auckland sides invited to join.