Manurewa Marlins

Manurewa Marlins

Club information
Full name	Manurewa Marlins Rugby League Football & Sports Club
Founded	1960
Current details
Ground(s)	Leabank Park
Coach(s)	Rusty Matua
Competition	Auckland Rugby League
Records
Premierships	2005, 2007
Roope Rooster	1996
Sharman Cup	2006

The Manurewa Marlins are a rugby league club based in Manurewa, New Zealand. The Marlins compete in Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial competition. Between 2000 and 2003 they competed in the national Bartercard Cup competition.

Notable players

Notable Former Players include Henry Fa'afili, Joe Galuvao and Greg Eastwood. Lance Hohaia and Mark Tookey also spent time at Manurewa whilst playing for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL.

Another former NRL, Super League and Kiwi test representative who spent time at Manurewa was Ritchie Blackmore, who acted as a player/coach before moving to Otahuhu, where he currently coaches the Premier team.

Another former Kiwi Representative was that of Owen Wright. He was player/coach of the Marlins between the late 80's to the early 90's.

Recent New Zealand Warrior debutant Daniel O'Regan also spent time at Manurewa, spending two seasons of junior football playing out of Leabank Park.

Bartercard Cup

The Marlins played four season in the Bartercard cup, making the playoffs just once. They did however win in their first finals appearance, beating the Otahuhu Leopards, before going down against eventual runners up, the Eastern Tornadoes. In 2004 their place was taken by the Counties Manukau Jetz.

Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position (Teams)	Finals
2000	22	11	2	9	633	521	112	24	Seven (Twelve)	N/A
2001	22	13	1	8	657	513	144	27	Fifth (Twelve)	Lost Elimination Semifinal
2002	16	5	1	10	377	511	-134	11	Eighth (Twelve)	N/A
2003	16	6	1	9	480	544	-64	13	Seventh (Twelve)	N/A

References

• Official website
• ARL Marlins Page