Northland 2020
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Sir Graham Lowe - Guest Coaching Role with Northland Rugby
Northland Rugby is excited to announce that Sir Graham Lowe has accepted a 2 week guest coaching role with the NRU. The former Rugby League Kiwi, Manly Sea Eagles, Wigan and Queensland State of Origin coach will start when the Mitre 10 squad assembles full time from Monday, July 13. Sir Graham said he is really honoured and excited about the invitation and is looking forward to sharing some of his coaching experience and philosophy with the Mitre 10 squad coaches and players. Acting CEO, Jeremy Ratu: “Having a gentleman of Sir Grahams stature and experience will be an honour and a privilege for the Northland Rugby Union. We expect the benefit of his time in the north to extend not just to Northland Rugby Union staff and Mitre 10 cup players, but also to our volunteers, clubs, and even across other codes. We are incredibly excited to see what he brings to the table.” Head Coach, George Konia: “This will be another exciting year for rugby in Northland, and with the added motivation that this is our Centennial year, we continue to aspire to grow and develop ourselves into a successful rugby province. Therefore, it is a privilege to have Sir Graham come into our team environment to help grow and strengthen us, both on and off the field. He has a wealth of knowledge that we can all learn from, and are all very excited with his involvement”.CHECK OUT THE AM SHOW INTERVIEW WITH SIR GRAHAM LOWE:
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@Stargazer yeah I had seen that a few weeks back, think it is always good to have people form outside the sport involved like this.
What I got from that was that Jeremy Ratu was our acting CEO, I had completely missed that over the past couple of months.
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Northland's new kit sponsor: Dynasty Sports
Dynasty Sport x Northland Rugby
For just on a century, Northland Rugby Union has stood proudly as the governing body for the sport across the Northland region of New Zealand from Wellsford to Cape Reinga. During this time, Northland Rugby Union has enjoyed Ranfurly Shield success on four occasions.
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@taniwharugby I like that, nice and simple
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@Machpants yep, almost identical to the CCC one from 2000ish +/-
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Skimming through last years squad.. there a few notable names missing (I guess some could be added later)
Matt Matich (Overseas? I think he was playing in South America earlier in the year?)
Isi Tu'ungafasi (Did he transfer to Canterbury?)
Jack Debreczeni (Japan)
Jaycob Matiu
Sean Sweetman
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@Yeetyaah agreed.
Their marketing and social media presence is very good at the moment, they even have weekly updates with all the top try/point scorers across the different club grades/competitions.
Certainly worlds ahead of where it used to be.
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@Duluth said in Northland 2020:
Matt Matich (I think I recall seeing recent photos of him playing for his Sharks club side... maybe??)
Isi Tu'ungafasi (Transferred to Canterbury)
Jaycob Matiu (Playing for Hora Hora, so assume he'll be signed considering he was Northland player of the year last season)Fixed some for you...
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Kara Pryor has been playing for HH this year, so unsure if he will be an option as well.
@Tim Tua is definitely a tall one, has skills and pace, think it is between the ears where the issues lie.
Isi definitely did transfer to Canterbury.
IIRC Roberts-Te Nana may have gone to the US initially (similarly Blake Hohaia who was back a few weeks ago for Kamo)
I didnt realise we had got Matt Wright back, I think I'd prefer to see him running at 10 before Hawkins, be interesting to see how Johnny Cooper (former POnsonby and Auckland age group player) goes though returning north.
Is a shame NRU couldnt get on board with the Blues and get DC up here for us
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@taniwharugby is Wiseguy playing as well?
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@kev Wiseguy has been playing for Waipu and playing the house down, seems to have had a change in mindset and is a good chance of signing with the Taniwha..a tad surprised they signed Hawkins to be fair..
I was hoping they might have a quick look at Zarn Sullivan ..plays for College Rifles in Auckland ..played for the NZ Maori colts last year and has played NZ Secondary schools . -
I havent been to as many seniors games this season, Waipu top the table (assume Wiseguy at 10) HH 2nd (Hawkins at 10) MN in 3rd (assume Cooper is playing 10, which could be a good sign given MN were last in 2019)
Kamo (4th) have a guy who played wing/FB last year mainly at 10 this year (not a great kicking game) assume KK still has Tom Smith who got a few minutes last season for Northland
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@taniwharugby Has Jack Straker remained in Queensland with the Reds ? Cause he had a contract for 2020
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