Mt Smart Stadium No. 2
Auckland (Penrose), Auckland, New Zealand
Mt Smart Stadium No. 2, Auckland (Penrose), New Zealand — opened Not confirmed, 51 rugby league games hosted, home of Not a fixed club home — used as a secondary/overflow rugby league pitch within the Mt Smart complex (the main stadium is home to the NZ Warriors) for lower-tier and representative fixtures: NRL Under-20s, NSW Reserve Grade, First Class matches, and Pacific-nations international fixtures.
Sourcing caveat: Capacity, floodlights, and playing surface not confirmed. Name-history dates rest only on Rugby League Project and were not independently corroborated on a second source. Largest recorded crowd (per RLP, whose own disclaimer notes these figures are 'not official or necessarily complete'): 2,000, for four separate 2006 fixtures including Tonga 64-0 Tokelau.
Ground facts
| Opened | Not confirmed (The main Mt Smart Stadium complex dates to a 1960s-70s former-quarry redevelopment, but the secondary 'No. 2' field's own construction date is not documented in sources checked.) |
| Home club | Not a fixed club home — used as a secondary/overflow rugby league pitch within the Mt Smart complex (the main stadium is home to the NZ Warriors) for lower-tier and representative fixtures: NRL Under-20s, NSW Reserve Grade, First Class matches, and Pacific-nations international fixtures |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 51 |
| Top recorded crowd | 2,000 |
| Years used | 2004–2022 |
| Location | Auckland (Penrose), Auckland |
Name history
- Mt Smart Stadium #2 — used until 1994
- Ericsson Stadium #2 — 1995-2006, following the main stadium's Ericsson Stadium sponsorship naming
- Mt Smart Stadium No. 2 — since the sponsorship naming lapsed, current non-commercial name
Rugby league history
The secondary pitch within the Mt Smart Stadium sporting complex in Penrose, Auckland — also known as 'the Athletics Ground,' with an eight-lane running track, and distinct from the main stadium (the long-time home of the NZ Warriors NRL club and NZ rugby league Tests). Used for development-grade, reserve-grade, and Pacific-nations international fixtures rather than marquee Tests. Detailed independent history for the No. 2 field specifically is thin in available sources compared with the much more extensively documented main stadium.
Also used for athletics meets.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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