Te Atatu Roosters
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Te Atatu Rugby League and Sports Club |
| Colours | Red, white and blue |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Current details | |
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| Coach(s) | Dyke Henry and Dylan Davis |
| Competition | Auckland Rugby League |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 1988 |
| Runners-up | 1986, 1990 |
| Minor premiership | 1986 |
| National Club Champions | 1986, 1988 |
| Roope Rooster | 2007 |
| Sharman Cup | 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978 |
The Te Atatu Roosters is a rugby league club based in Te Atatu. The Roosters compete in the Sharman Cup, the second division in Auckland Rugby League. In recent years Te Atatu have struggled to enjoy much success for a variety of reasons, mainly connected to losing players to the Lion Red Cup (1994-1996) to the defunct Waitakere City Raiders, then to the Glenora Bears and Waitakere Rangers in the Bartercard Cup, along of course with the Auckland/New Zealand Warriors who have had a team in the NRL since 1995.
Home Ground
The Roosters play at the council owned Jack Colvin Park located in Te Atatu Peninsula, next to the North Western Motorway. Junior teams play at Te Atatu Park on the peninsula.
History
The club was founded in 1955. Its first New Zealand representative was Dennis Williams who aged only 18 famously scored a brilliant individual try with his first touch of the ball in his debut test versus Great Britain.
Te Atatu played the first ever Australian Aboriginal rugby league team in February 1973, losing 13-17.[1]
They were the National Club Champions in 1986 and 1988.
In 2005 the club celebrated its 50th Jubilee.
Titles
Te Atatu first won the coveted Fox Memorial Shield title, awarded to the Auckland club champions in 1988 with a 22-16 win over local rivals the Glenora Bears. They also went on to win the National Club Final against Glenora at Eden Park in the same year. The match was televised live as it was the curtainraiser to the New Zealand - Australia Rugby League World Cup final which Australia went on to win 25-12 in front of 45,363 spectators. Te Atatu made the Fox Memorial grand final for the first time in 1986 where they went down heavily to the Mt Albert Lions by 31-4. A few weeks later they had revenge when they beat the Lions by 36-10 to claim their first National Club title at Carlaw Park. In 1990 they again made the Fox Memorial final but went down to a Tawera Nikau inspired Otahuhu Leopards.
In 2007 Te Atatu won the Roope Rooster which became a title which winning teams defended on their home ground, similar to the Ranfurly Shield in New Zealand domestic rugby, although the Roope Rooster is played for within the Auckland competition only. Te Atatu defeated Mt Albert and defended it for 3 matches before losing it to the Richmond Bulldogs in the same season.
| Year | Trophy |
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| 1968 | Gillette Cup |
| 1970 | Sharman Cup |
| 1973 | Sharman Cup |
| 1974 | Sharman Cup & Gillette Cup |
| 1976 | Sharman Cup |
| 1978 | Sharman Cup |
| 1986 | Rukutai Shield, National Club Championship & Kiwi Shield |
| 1988 | Fox Memorial, National Club Championship & Kiwi Shield |
| 2007 | Roope Rooster |
Notable Past Players
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Kiwis
Wallabies
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New Zealand Maori
Junior Kiwis
New Zealand Under 19s
New Zealand Under 16s
Auckland/New Zealand Warriors
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Auckland (excluding New Zealand representatives)
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1988 Fox Memorial Winning Team 1. Carl Magatogia, 2. Iva Ropati, 3. Sam Panapa, 4. Grant Raynor, 5. Mark Elia, 6. Ron O'Regan (player-coach), 7. Carl Taylor, 8. Peter Brown, 9. Peter Ropati, 10. Craig Coyle, 11. Tony Botica, 12. Mark Horo, 13. Terry O'Shea, 14. Mau Tofa, 15. Graham Huggins, 16. Raymond Hall, 17. Duane Gwadenski
References
- ↑ AAP (1973-02-18). "Aboriginal team wins". The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia: Fairfax Media). Retrieved 2010-08-10.
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