This year will see the Northern Strikers return with the exciting addition of a Men’s squad to bring the mens pool up to five teams. 

As one of the younger, less-experienced squads in the league, the Northern Strikers Men include 14 players who are making their debut in the competition. Rising talent to keep an eye on include Boston Kake and Rhys Brown, who are under the coaching guidance of Browns brother Sage Magele. Along with Touch Blacks such as Danyon Morgan-Puterangi and Reihana Soutar-Finch, outside experience comes by way of Calem Clarke who recently played Open Men’s for South East Queensland Sharks at NTL. 

The Women’s squad will see the return of Charli Foster, leading try scorer for the Northern Strikers in 2019 (7 touchdowns in total). Another young team, they will be bolstered by Tia Nootai, Sammi Stanton and Ashlynn Waaka-Iraia, the latter known for her composure under pressure and good manipulation of defence. The Northern Strikers Women will be looking to build on their 2019 performance with a strong start culminating in a strong finish. 

2019 finish:

Northern Strikers Women - 4^th

Northern Strikers Men

Boston Kake
Calem Clarke
Carson Hepi
Chicago Doyle
Danyon Morgan-Puterangi
Dyvontae Tiaki Tippett
George D'Urban-Burgess
Jackson Ephraims
Mase Parsons
Navajo Doyle
Potene Rolls-Paewai
Reihana Soutar-Finch
Rhys Brown
Sam Babb
Sean Corrigan
Sonny Tuala
Tamatea Winana
Te Tuhi Tuuta
Toby Snelgrove
Walter Tukerangi
Joel Foster (Coach)
Sage Magele (Coach)
Jackie Tuala (Manager)

Northern Strikers Women

Ashlynn Waaka-Iraia
Briana Paea
Briar Hadfield
Charli Foster
Chrysanthe Hawken
Ellie Minton
Holly Williams
KianteTurner
Kiera Fisher
Kiisha-Rose Woodhouse
Leah Brown
Luciana Wilton
Mariana Winiana
Sammi Stanton
Tara-Leigh Turner
Tayla Foster
Tia Nootai
Zoe Sosich
Lovey Woodhouse (Coach)
Kim-anaka Baillie (Coach)
Shelley Sosich (Manager)

Article added: Friday 23 October 2020