The New Zealand Residents (also previously known as New Zealand 'A', New Zealand XIII, the
Lion Red Cup
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XIII and currently known as the
Bartercard Premiership
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Selection) are a
New Zealand
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rugby league
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football representative side that is selected from players competing on teams based in New Zealand, as compared to
expat Kiwis competing with clubs based in other countries.
History
In 1977,
Dane Sorensen
Dane Hans Ivan Peter Sorensen (born 4 October 1955) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Sorensen represented New Zealand and his usual position was .
Background
He's the brother of fellow Kiwi in ...
became the first New Zealander to be selected for the
New Zealand national rugby league team
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while based overseas (Australia).
[Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' ] Before this date all
New Zealand national sides were made up entirely of residents. In 1993, New Zealand fielded its first ever national team made up entirely of overseas based players.
Since 1993, with the exception of a few players from the
Auckland/New Zealand Warriors team competing in the Australian
National Rugby League
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, the New Zealand national team is predominantly filled with
expat Kiwis.
In 1994, then Kiwi coach
Frank Endacott
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Background
His son, Shane, also played rugby league.
Playing career
Endacott played for Addington an ...
led a New Zealand Residents side on a tour of Australia.
In 1996 New Zealand XIII participated in the Pacific Challenge and, as the
Lion Red Cup
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XIII, drew in a match against the touring
Great Britain side and defeated the touring
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side.
New Zealand XIII competed in the
1997 Oceania Cup, defeating
New Zealand Māori in the final. In 1998 a Residents XIII lost two matches to the
Auckland Warriors
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.
New Zealand 'A', coached by
Gary Kemble
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, toured the United States and France in 2002 and, led by
Ged Stokes, Great Britain in 2003. These two touring sides featured many players who would go on to have professional careers, including
George Carmont
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,
David Fa'alogo,
Fuifui Moimoi
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He most notably played for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL) from 2004 to 2014, in addition to playing for Leigh Centurions in the RFL C ...
,
Tevita Latu
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,
Phillip Leuluai
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Background
Leuluai in Greenlane, Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Samoa ...
and
Hutch Maiava
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Playin ...
.
Since then team has reverted to being known as the New Zealand Residents, with a New Zealand 'A' taking the field in 2006 made up of overseas based professional players.
In 2006 the New Zealand Residents, coached by
David Lomax
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Early years
Lomax grew up playing rugby league for the Wainu ...
, competed in a Trans Tasman Quadrangular Series against the
Queensland
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Residents,
New South Wales Country and a
Jim Beam Cup
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selection. The Residents won this series. The Residents then played the
New Zealand national rugby league team
The New Zealand national rugby league team (Māori: Tīma rīki motu Aotearoa) has represented New Zealand in rugby league since 1907. Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of ...
in a warm up match for the
2006 Tri-Nations. The senior side won 34-4.
The Residents have also competed in the
World Sevens.
2016- NZ RESIDENTS VS MAORI XIII - Game played at Davies Park, Huntly, NZ 15/10/2016
FINAL SCORE - NZ Residents Win 30-10
2017- NZ RESIDENTS VS MAORI XIII - Game played at Pullman Park, Auckland, NZ 14/10/2017
FINAL SCORE - NZ Maori Win 22-16
2017 selection
The Residents side played a
New Zealand Māori XIII on 14 October 2017.
The Residents were coached by Rod Ratu assistant coach Andrew Auimatagi, trainer Jason McCarthy and manager Alana Lockhorst and include; Uila Aiolupo, Jethro Friend,
Roman Hifo, Paulos Latu, Alan Niulevu, Raymond Talimalie, Taylor bear (Counties Manukau Stingrays), Tevin Arona, Chris Bamford, James Baxendale, Phil Nati, Nathan Saumalu, Matthew Sauni (Canterbury Bulls), Siua Otunuku, Daniel Palavi, Cole Waaka (Air Force & NZDF), Tevita Satae (Akarana Falcons) and Nick Read (Waikato).
Jerseys
References
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