| Club information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Point Chevalier Pirates Rugby League Club | ||
| Colours | Green and White | ||
| Founded | 1920 | ||
| Current details | |||
| Ground(s) | Walker Park | ||
| Coach(s) | Awen Guttenbeil | ||
| Competition | Auckland Rugby League | ||
| Records | |||
| Premierships | 1953 | ||
| Minor premiership | 1956, 1995 | ||
| Roope Rooster | 1951 | ||
| Stormont Shield | 1951 | ||
| Sharman Cup | 1951, 1952, 1970, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2011 | ||
| Phelan Shield | 2010 | ||
The Point Chevalier Pirates are an Auckland rugby league club based in Point Chevalier. The Pirates currently compete in the Phelan Shield (Division 3) competition run by the Auckland Rugby League.
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The club was founded in 1920.[1]
In the 1980s and 1990s the club's senior team merged with the City club to form City-Pt Chevalier.
Notable players to play for the club include Great Britain representative Karl Harrison and Samoan international Hutch Maiava.
Players to play for the New Zealand Kiwis include Doug Anderson, Vic Belsham, Shane Varley, Jack Russell-Green, Bill Schultz, Paul Schultz, Bob McGuinn, Henry Maxwell, Duncan MacRae, Ken Stirling, Gordon Moncur, Graham Mattson, Dennis Key, John Sparnon, Awen Guttenbeil, Fuifui Moimoi, Henry Paul and Evarn Tuimavave.[1]
The club has also produced three test referees: Vic Belsham, John Percival and Ray Shrimpton.
In 2010 Awen Guttenbeil returned to the club as coach. Former professional players Stacey Jones, Wairangi Koopu, Monty Betham and Karl Te Nana all joined the squad for the clubs 90th year as the team easily won the Phelan Shield.[2][3]
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