Northern Raiders

Infobox rugby league club
clubname = Northern Raiders


fullname = Northern Raiders Rugby League Football Club
nickname = Raiders
shortname =
founded = 2002
ground = Andrews Field Essex 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-professional rugby league club located in New York in the United States. The team plays in the American National Rugby League competition and has done so since their formation in 2002 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 to New Jersey and becoming the "New Jersey Raiders" and finally settling on the Northern Raiders in the 2003 season.

For the 2006 AMNRL season the club was led by Australian player-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 Australian National Rugby League club the Canberra 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 in Essex 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]