New York Raiders

New York Raiders
New York Raiders
New york raiders amnrl2010.jpg
Club information
Full name New York Raiders
Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s) Raiders
Founded 2002
Current details
Ground(s) Rockland Lake State Park
Congers, New York (2,500)
CEO(s) United States Joel Venables
Coach Justin Coffman
Captain(s) Joel Venables
Competition American National Rugby League
2010 AMNRL, 11th

The New York Raiders are an American semi-professional rugby league football team based in Congers, New York. The team currently plays in the American National Rugby League (AMNRL) competition. They play their home games at Rockland Lake State Park, and are a team partner of the Canberra Raiders of Australia's National Rugby League (NRL).

The team originated as the Wilmington Vikings of Wilmington, Delaware, who joined the AMNRL as the league's first expansion team in 2002. Since that time the club has undergone a series of moves and name changes; they relocated to New Jersey in 2003, becoming the New Jersey Vikings, then moved again after the season to upstate New York, taking the name Northern Raiders. In 2010 they adopted their current name. They have yet to enter into the league playoffs or win a championship.

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History

The team joined the American National Rugby League in 2002 as the Wilmington Vikings, based in Wilmington, Delaware.[1] The AMNRL's first real expansion team, they brought the number of member franchises up to six. Like the other AMNRL teams, they started a team partnership with a club in Australia's National Rugby League (NRL), in this case the Canberra Raiders.[1] They played in Wilmington for one season before relocating to Gloucester County, New Jersey in December 2002, changing their name to the New Jersey Vikings. They hoped the move would help them draw talent from Gloucester County College to overcome the recruitment problems they had faced in Delaware. Physician Merrick Wetzler took over as owner.[2]

The move did not end the team's recruitment troubles, and following the 2003 season they relocated once more to upstate New York.[3][4] In keeping with their partnership with the Canberra Raiders, they changed their name to the Northern Raiders. For the 2006 season they attempted to turn their losing record around, taking on Australian player-coach Ben Kelly; however, they just failed to qualify for the AMNRL playoff series. For a period they were based in Wallkill in Ulster County, New York, and play their home games at the Wallkill Airport Rugby Fields.[5] In 2011 they relocated to Congers, New York and play in Rockland Lake State Park. To date they have not entered into the league playoffs or competed for a league championship.

Uniform and colors

For their inaugural American National Rugby League season the club adopted the colors of white, green and black but the uniforms they wear are predominately white they have kept this uniform till this day. They are also part of an affiliate partnership with Australian NRL club the Canberra Raiders.[1]

In 2010, the club, along with other AMNRL teams, adopted a new badge, replacing the one that had been modeled after that of the Canberra Raiders.

Current roster

  • Dan Fullarton
  • Matt Vautin
  • Isiah Dean
  • Leslie Alovili
  • Everton Henriques
  • John Chewens
  • Justin Bard
  • Adam Shaw
  • Tim Lawrence
  • CJ Gelardo
  • Matt Reilly
  • Robert Ploth
  • Nick Kostishack
  • Bryce Johnstone
  • Justin Coffman
  • Dan Sansone
  • Matt Konecni
  • Michael DaCosta
  • Mike Fasano
  • Ryan Kramer
  • Leigh Coe
  • Paulo Reis
  • Rob Stablier
  • Cody Kreigsman
  • Chris Taglia
  • Joel Venables
  • Brett Horn
  • Tristan Gralton
  • Tony Kalamas
  • Kevin Lynch
  • Dave Katz
  • Andrew Fellouris
  • Jeff Kaiser
  • Derek Ramsell
  • Justin Cuff
  • Justin Vos
  • Phil Giuliano
  • Mike Oconner
  • Peter Mitchel
  • Terrance Phillips
  • Matt Bender
  • John Franciosa
  • Simon Palanski
  • Ian Dean
  • Chris Groele

Honors

Official sponsors

As announced in 2008 the main shirt sponsor for the then Northern Raiders RLFC became online accommodation specialists Wotif.com.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Steven Birchall (February 6, 2002). "Wilmington Club Officially Launched". rleague.com. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=9895. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  2. ^ Steven Birchall (December 14, 2002). "Vikings Move to New Jersey". rleague.com. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=14485. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  3. ^ Steven Birchall (May 21, 2003). "AMNRL 2003 Team Predictions". rleague.com. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=16493. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  4. ^ Grant Nicholson (May 27, 2004). ""War at the Shore VII" Fixtures Named". rleague.com. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=20471. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Location". raidersrlfc.com. June 5, 2008. http://www.raidersrlfc.com/location.html. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 

External links

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