Carl Doherty (born 12 July 1975, in New Zealand) is a former professional

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footballer. His position of preference was Fullback.

Playing career

Glenora Bears The Glenora Bears are a rugby league football club based in Glen Eden, New Zealand who compete in Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial competition. History The club was established in 1931 Auckland Rugby League season, 1931 when the Auckland ...

junior, in 1999 he shot to prominence when he was called up from the local Auckland scene by the

Auckland Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...

. He played five games for the club in the

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during the 1999 season. He was one of several options trialled by the Warriors as they searched for a replacement for the injured

Matthew Ridge Matthew John Ridge (born 27 August 1968) is a New Zealand television presenter, and a former rugby union and rugby league footballer. A fullback in both codes, Ridge played rugby union for Auckland and became an All Black, but never won an in ...

. However, despite being one of the more successful replacements, he was not re-signed by the club for the 2000 season and instead joined the

Mt Albert Lions The Mount Albert Lions are a rugby league club based in Mount Albert, New Zealand. The Lions home ground is at Fowlds Park. Their patron is the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark. In 2008 and 2009 the Lions won the Fox Memorial. ...

in the new

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competition.

Later years

In 2002 he competed in the New Zealand

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Spillane

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tournament for the North Harbour side and was named in the team of the tournament.2002 Spillane Tournament
''New Zealand Marist Rugby''

References

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