Northern Storm

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**Bartercard Cup**

Club name	Northern Storm
First Season	2006
Ground	ITM Stadium, Jubilee Park
Coach	Phil Marsh
Premierships	Nil

The Northern Storm were a franchise in the now defunct Bartercard Cup rugby league competition. They represent Northland. They were based in Whangarei.

New Zealand Warriors previously associated with the club include Todd Byrne & Grant Rovelli.

[edit] 2006 Results

In their debut season in 2006 the club performed poorly, managing only two wins and two draws from eighteen matches. They finished in last position on the table, collecting the Wooden Spoon.

A bright point of the season was that fullback Brendon Hikaka, centre Mason Pure and hooker Linton Price were all selected for the Junior Kiwis [1].

Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position (Teams)	Finals
2006	18	2	2	14	314	802	-488	6	Wooden Spoon (Ten)	N/A

[edit] 2007 Results

See Also: Bartercard Cup season 2007
Before the season started 2006 Head Coach Geoff Morton moved South and joined the Counties Manukau Jetz. He was replaced by Phil Marsh. The Storm started the season strongly with big wins against the Jetz (54-28) and Central Falcons (48-24). However they then suffered heavy losses to both the Waitakere Rangers (66-16) and league leaders the Auckland Lions (70-8). The squad showed improvement since 2006 but they again finished near the bottom of the table.