- Northern Raiders
Infobox rugby league club
clubname = Northern Raiders
fullname = Northern Raiders Rugby League Football Club
nickname = Raiders
shortname =
founded = 2002
ground = Andrews FieldEssex County, New York
capacity = 2,500
ceo = flagicon|USA Joel Venables
mgrtitle = Coach
manager = flagicon|USA Ben Kelly
league =American National Rugby League
season = 2006
position = AMNRL, 8thThe Northern Raiders (also known as The Raiders) are a semi-professionalrugby league club located inNew York in theUnited States . The team plays in theAmerican National Rugby League competition and has done so since their formation in2002 but they are yet to win a championship title. Since 2002 the club has gone through various name changes originally being called the "Wilmington Vikings" before moving toNew Jersey and becoming the "New Jersey Raiders" and finally settling on the Northern Raiders in the2003 season.For the
2006 AMNRL season the club was led byAustralia nplayer-coach Ben Kelly but unfortunately just failed to qualify for the AMNRL playoff series.Uniform & Colours
For their inaugural
American National Rugby League season the club adopted the colors of white, green and black but the uniforms they wear are predominatly white they have kept this uniform till this day. They are also part of an affiliate partnership with AustralianNational Rugby League club theCanberra Raiders [http://www.amnrl.com/teams/vikings.html AMNRL - American National Rugby League ] ] .tadium
Since their inception and first competitive season in
2002 the Raiders have used the Andrews Field inEssex County, New York as their home ground and will do the same for the 2007 season.The stadium is also used for soccer and
rugby union teams.Current squad
:"The current top 20 squad for the
2006 season [http://web.archive.org/web/20060101085908/www.raidersrugby.com/roster.html] :"tatistics and records
Biggest Losing Margin
Honours
*sport honours|AMNRL Championship titles|0|
ee also
Rugby league in the United States Footnotes
External links
;Official websites
* [http://www.raidersrugby.com/ Northern Raiders Online]
* [http://www.amnrl.com/teams/vikings.html Northern Raiders at Amnrl.com]
* [http://rugby2000.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=NR Northern Raiders Online shop];News sites
* [http://www.amnrl.com/news/index.html AMNRL News]
* [http://www.rugbyleaguereview.com/world.htm AMNRL rugby league review World news]
* [http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/forumdisplay.php?f=130 AMNRL League Unlimited]
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