Sydney (NRC team)

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| union = NSW Rugby{{hsp}}

| location = Sydney, Australia

| founded = {{Start date|2007}} (as Central Coast Rays)
re-formed as North Harbour
2014, Sydney 2016.

| disbanded = 2020 (competition disbanded)

| ground = {{right|(Capacity: 5,000)}} {{nowrap|Woollahra Oval}}

| coach = Chris Whitaker

| captain = Lalakai Foketi

| league = National Rugby Championship

| season = 2019

| position = 8th

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Sydney, formerly the Sydney Rays, was an Australian rugby union team that competed in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). It was one of two sides from New South Wales that played in the final season of NRC in 2019; the other was the NSW Country Eagles.

The team played as the all-of-Sydney side in 2019 and wore the traditional blue and yellow colours of Sydney's representative rugby teams, drawing on the metropolitan sides that represented the city for more than a century. It adopted as its logo the anchor insignia of the Sydney Rugby Union, which dates back to at least 1970.

Known as North Harbour Rays for the first two NRC seasons, Sydney Rays became the team name for the next three seasons during a consolidation of the number of NRC teams in the city from three in 2014 to eventually just one by 2018. The team's name became Sydney in 2019 after New South Wales Rugby took control of the side and dropped the Rays moniker.

North Harbour Rays had been formed as a consortium of four Northern Sydney clubs; Gordon, Manly, Northern Suburbs, and Warringah in 2014. North Harbour took its identity from the Central Coast Rays side that played in the earlier national competition, the Australian Rugby Championship (ARC) in 2007. It had been backed by the same four Sydney clubs, along with the Central Coast Waves.

{{Anchor|Central Coast}}History

In 2007, an attempt was made to form a third tier of rugby in Australia, similar to New Zealand's ITM Cup and South Africa's Currie Cup. The newly formed competition included eight teams and was called the Australian Rugby Championship. Three of those teams were based in New South Wales, including a Central Coast team.

=Central Coast: ARC=

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The Central Coast Rays team was officially launched in March 2007 by the New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU). The Rays' emerald and navy colours represented the ocean and bush landscape of the region. The team logo featured a manta ray in navy blue, outlined in white, on a stylised emerald green and white rugby ball.

The Rays' local rivals in the ARC were the Sydney Fleet and the Western Sydney Rams. The three ARC teams from New South Wales were aligned with existing clubs and regions. The clubs aligned with the Central Coast Rays were Gordon, Manly, Northern Suburbs, and Warringah, from the Shute Shield competition, as well as the Central Coast Waves.

The Central Coast Rays played their home games at the Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium at Gosford, on the New South Wales Central Coast. Bluetongue Stadium, with an all-seater capacity of 20,159, had previously hosted numerous rugby union fixtures including Central Coast Waves matches and New South Wales Waratahs matches during the Australian Provincial Championship.

File:Ccbtstadium cropped.jpg in 2007]]

John McKee was the head coach of the Central Coast team. He had previously coached the Eastwood club and worked with French club Montferrand and Irish team Connacht.

After finishing second on the league table, the Central Coast Rays came from behind against the Perth Spirit in their semi-final, winning 27 to 19. The Rays hosted the Melbourne Rebels in the inaugural ARC Grand Final and won 20 to 12, becoming the inaugural (and only) champions of the ARC.

The Australian Rugby Championship was terminated at the end of 2007 after only one season of competition, with the Australian Rugby Union citing higher costs than budgeted and further projected financial losses. The Central Coast Rays team was disbanded at the end of the ARC.

=North Harbour=

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The National Rugby Championship was announced in December 2013 to commence in 2014 with expressions of interest open to any interested parties and the accepted bids decided early in 2014.

In March 2014 it was announced that the Rays would be revived as the North Harbour Rays to compete in the new National Rugby Championship. The new Rays team was backed by a consortium of the same four Shute Shield clubs involved in earlier Central Coast Rays team: Manly, Warringah, Northern Suburbs and Gordon.

The team played in a quartered harlequin-style strip composed of blue, red, and two shades of green from the four constituent clubs. The sleeves were gold and black, collar and shorts were white and all four clubs’ colours were featured on the socks.

The Rays secured Macquarie University as their principal partner on a two-year deal, to be officially be known as the Macquarie University North Harbour Rays for the 2014 and 2015 NRC seasons.{{cite press release | url=http://mq.edu.au/newsroom/2014/06/16/north-harbour-rays-team-up-with-macquarie-university/ | title=North Harbour Rays team up with Macquarie University | website=Macquarie University | date=16 June 2014 | access-date=7 July 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714192814/http://mq.edu.au/newsroom/2014/06/16/north-harbour-rays-team-up-with-macquarie-university/ |archive-date= 14 July 2014}}

Phil Blake was initially appointed as the Rays head coach for the 2014 season, with Scott Fava, Haig Sare and Geoff Townsend as part of the coaching staff, but after Blake accepted a coaching opportunity with Leicester Tigers, Geoff Townsend was promoted to the head coaching position,

Damien Cummins replaced Fava as the forwards coach in 2014, and Greg Peterson was named as captain. In 2015, Townsend was reappointed as head coach, and Luke Holmes was named as captain.

=Sydney=

Image:Josh Turner kicks the ball for Sydney Rays v NSW Country Eagles 2016.jpg

The team was renamed the Sydney Rays for the 2016 season. Southern Districts considered switching allegiance to the Rays in 2016, but remained with the Rams. Damien Cummins was initially named as head coach in 2016 but he stepped down and Simon Cron was appointed to the job. The Rays performed well that year and lost only once in the regular season – to eventual minor premiers NSW Country – before being knocked out in a semi-final by the Perth Spirit, who went on to win the NRC title.

Image:Will Harrison NRC 2018.jpg, 2018]]

Two wooden spoon seasons followed in 2017 and 2018 under, respectively, Julian Huxley{{hsp}} and Chris Whitaker. The Rays' moniker and logo were dropped in 2019, a year after New South Wales Rugby had taken control of the Sydney team. Whitaker was reappointed head coach{{hsp}} and Sydney adopted the traditional masoned crown and anchor insignia of the Sydney Rugby Union for the NRC team's logo, although the anchor had been used on the plaquet of the collar{{hsp}} and in promotional material the year before. The Sydney Fleet ARC team had a similar crest in 2007.

Team colours

The Sydney team plays in a blue jersey with two yellow hoops on the chest that is based on the traditional design worn by Sydney representative teams for many years. The blue and yellow colours were adopted in 2018, and are the colours featured on the City of Sydney coat of arms.

For the ARC in 2007, the Central Coast Rays played in a predominantly green and blue jersey. From 2014 to 2017, the North Harbour Rays team wore harlequin-style quartered strips in the various colours of its four constituent clubs.

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Home grounds

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Brookvale Oval \|Brookvale \|align=right\|23,000
Central Coast Stadium \|Gosford \|align=right\|20,059
Concord Oval \|Concord \|align=right\|20,000
Leichhardt Oval \|Leichhardt \|align=right\|20,000
Macquarie University \|{{nowrap\|Macquarie Park}} \|align=right\|3,000
Manly Oval \|Manly \|align=right\|5,000
North Sydney Oval \|North Sydney \|align=right\|20,000
Pittwater Park \|Warriewood \|align=right\|10,000

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!style="width:6.8em;"|Location

!style="width:3.5em;"|Capacity

Brookvale Oval

|Brookvale

|align=right|23,000

Central Coast Stadium

|align=right|20,059

|align=right|20,000

|align=right|20,000

|{{nowrap|Macquarie Park}}

|align=right|3,000

|align=right|5,000

|align=right|20,000

|align=right|10,000

{{As of|2019}}, Sydney play their home matches at Woollahra Oval No.1. The team has its training base at the University of NSW in Sydney's eastern suburbs, the same facility used by the Waratahs.

From 2014 to 2017, the team played at several venues north of the harbour including Macquarie University and Brookvale Oval, as well as the home grounds of three of the four clubs from the Ray's ownership consortium at the time: Northern Suburbs, Manly and Warringah (i.e. at North Sydney Oval, Manly Oval and Pittwater Park, respectively). In 2018, the Sydney Rays played south of the harbour at Concord, Leichhardt and Woollahra.

For the ARC in 2007, the Rays played at Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium.

Supporters

With the reemergence of the competition in the form of the NRC, fans from Manly and Warringah rugby heartland - tragic supporters of the game - formed the 'STRAYS'. In the spirit of rugby and the NRC they came together to make sure the new club had support in the local community and to 'enrich the sideline experience'. Its members were drawn to the common cause by the founder, Michael Gordon.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

Records

=Honours=

National Rugby Championship
Playoff appearances: 2016
Australian Rugby Championship
Champions: 2007

=Season standings=

National Rugby Championship

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2019 \|8th \| 7	1	0	6	220	325	−105	2	6 \|align=left\| {{spaces\|1}} Did not compete
2018 \|8th \| 7	0	0	7	167	364	−197	1	1 \|align=left\| {{spaces\|1}} Did not compete
2017 \|8th \| 8	3	0	5	238	322	–84	1	13 \|align=left\| {{spaces\|1}} Did not compete
2016 \|2nd \| 7	6	0	1	258	174	+84	3	27 \|align=left\| {{spaces\|1}} Lost semifinal by 24–42 to Perth Spirit
2015 \|7th \| 8	2	0	6	275	339	−64	3	11 \|align=left\| {{spaces\|1}} Did not compete
2014 \|7th \| 8	2	2	4	240	327	−87	0	12 \|align=left\| {{spaces\|1}} Did not compete

Australian Rugby Championship

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2007

|2nd

| 8

268

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=Head coaches=

Chris Whitaker (2018–19){{hsp}}{{cite web

|date=5 August 2018

|first1=Sam|last1=Phillips

|first2=Beth |last2=Newman

|title=One Percenters: Reds' off-season roller coaster ramps up

|website=Rugby.com.au

|access-date=5 August 2018

|url=http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/08/05/one-percenters-august-5

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805093707/http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/08/05/one-percenters-august-5

|archive-date=5 August 2018

}}{{cite web |last1=Payten |first1=Iain |title=Sydney, NSW Country name coaches; Tahs may recruit Foley replacement |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/07/16/nrc-sydney-eagles |website=Rugby.com.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716174313/https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/07/16/nrc-sydney-eagles |archive-date=16 July 2019 |date=16 July 2019}}

Julian Huxley (2017){{hsp}}
Simon Cron (2016){{hsp}}
Geoff Townsend (2014–15)
John McKee (2007)

=Captains=

Lalakai Foketi (2019){{hsp}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/08/27/nrc-2019-rule-changes-captains|title=NRC captains welcome rule changes in 2019 tournament|website=rugby.com.au|date=27 August 2019|access-date=27 August 2019}}
Damien Fitzpatrick (2017–2018){{hsp}}
Matt Lucas (2016)
Luke Holmes (2015)
Greg Peterson (2014)
Cameron Treloar (2007)

=Squads=

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! colspan="100%" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; cell-border:2px solid black; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;" |2019 Sydney squad – NRC

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{{flagicon|NZL}} Charlie Abel
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Borsak
{{flagicon|AUS}} Darcy Breen
{{flagicon|AUS}} Rory O'Connor
{{flagicon|AUS}} Tom Osborne
{{flagicon|AUS}} Harrison Rorke
{{flagicon|AUS}} Shambeckler Vui

{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Cotton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Ed Craig
{{flagicon|AUS}} Declan Moore{{hsp}}{{efn-ua|group=Squad|name=rd1-2}}

{{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Digby{{hsp}}{{efn-ua|group=Squad|name=rd1-2}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} Ryan McCauley
{{flagicon|AUS}} Christian Poidevin
{{flagicon|SCO}} Sam Thomson

{{flagicon|NZL}} Charlie Gamble
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jordan Goddard
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Hayson
{{flagicon|AUS}} Josh Kemeny
{{flagicon|AUS}} Tuitakau Kioa
{{flagicon|SCO}} Ruaridh Mackenzie
{{flagicon|AUS}} Hugh Sinclair
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lachlan Swinton

}}

| {{plainlist|

{{flagicon|NZL}} Jake Abel
{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael McDonald
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mitch Short

{{flagicon|AUS}} Ben Donaldson
{{flagicon|AUS}} Tane Edmed{{efn-ua|group=Squad|name=rd1-2}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Harrison

{{flagicon|AUS}} Ellis Abrahams{{hsp}}{{efn-ua|group=Squad|name=rd1-2}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} Harry Burey
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lalakai Foketi (c)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Ben Marr

{{flagicon|AUS}} Cameron Clark
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Tailiki Nadredre
{{flagicon|AUS}} Henry Paterson{{hsp}}{{efn-ua|group=Squad|name=rd1-2}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} James Ramm
{{flagicon|AUS}} Triston Reilly {{hsp}}{{efn-ua|group=Squad|name=rd5|Reilly was not named in the original squad, but was named in the team for Round 5.{{cite web |title= NRC Team Hub: All the teams, kick-off times and broadcast info for Round 5 |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/09/26/nrc-team-hub-round5 |publisher=Rugby.com.au |date=26 September 2019}}}}
{{flagicon|SAM}} Trent Winterstein
{{flagicon|AUS}} Richard Wolfe

{{flagicon|AUS}} Tyson Davis
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jaline Graham{{hsp}}{{efn-ua|group=Squad|name=rd1-2}}

}}

colspan="100%" style="margin-right:1px;"|Notes

The initial squad was named in late August.{{cite web

|title=Sydney and Country confirm NRC squads

|url=http://www.nswwaratahs.com.au/news/news-article/articleid/18514/sydney-and-country-confirm-nrc-squads

|website=NSW Waratahs

|date=26 August 2019

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826151738/http://www.nswwaratahs.com.au/news/news-article/articleid/18514/sydney-and-country-confirm-nrc-squads

|archive-date=26 August 2019}} Players joining in subsequent rounds were:

{{notelist-ua|group="Squad"|refs=

{{efn-ua|group=Squad|name=rd1-2|Moore, Digby, Graham (Rd{{nbs}}1),{{cite web |title= NRC Team Hub - Round One: All the teams, times and RUGBY.com.au stream details |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/08/29/nrc-team-hub-round-one |website=Rugby.com.au |date=29 August 2019}} Edmed, Abrahams and Paterson (Rd{{nbs}}2).{{cite web |title= NRC Team Hub: All the lineups, kick-off times and broadcast info for round two|url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/09/05/nrc-team-hub-round-2 |website=Rugby.com.au |date=5 September 2019

}}}}

}}

colspan="100%" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center"| Bold denotes player is internationally capped. (c) Denotes team captain. ¹ denotes marquee player.

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colspan="10"\| The following players were named in the Sydney Rays' squad for the 2016 National Rugby Championship:{{Cite web \|url=http://www.raysrugby.com.au/sevens-stars-link-with-mu-rays-in-2016/ \|title=SEVENS STARS LINK WITH MU RAYS IN 2016 \|access-date=17 August 2016 \|archive-date=18 August 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818113025/http://www.raysrugby.com.au/sevens-stars-link-with-mu-rays-in-2016/ \|url-status=dead }}
width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Props Lawrence Hunting Ezra Luxton Rory O'Connor Angus Ta'avao Hookers Damien Fitzpatrick James Hilterbrand Locks James Brown Adrian Hall Nick Palmer Angus Ryan \| width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Loose forwards Harry Bergelin Jack Dempsey Michael Hooper¹ Will Miller Hugh Sinclair Michael Smith Michael Wells Scrum-halves Michael Dowsett Matt Lucas (c) Dewett Roos Fly-halves Sam Lane Angus Sinclair \| width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Centres Harry Jones Dennis Pili-Gaitau Irae Simone Seb Wileman Wingers Tyson Davis Con Foley Rob Horne¹ Jonathan Malo Richard Woolf Fullbacks Cameron Clark Josh Turner (c) Team captain Bold denotes internationally capped players at the time ¹ Allocated national player additional to contracted squad.

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colspan="10" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; cell-border:2px solid black; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;" |2016 Sydney Rays squad – NRC

colspan="10"| The following players were named in the Sydney Rays' squad for the 2016 National Rugby Championship:{{Cite web |url=http://www.raysrugby.com.au/sevens-stars-link-with-mu-rays-in-2016/ |title=SEVENS STARS LINK WITH MU RAYS IN 2016 |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818113025/http://www.raysrugby.com.au/sevens-stars-link-with-mu-rays-in-2016/ |url-status=dead }}

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Props

Lawrence Hunting
Ezra Luxton
Rory O'Connor
Angus Ta'avao

Hookers

Locks

James Brown
Adrian Hall
Nick Palmer
Angus Ryan

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Loose forwards

Harry Bergelin
Jack Dempsey
Michael Hooper¹
Will Miller
Hugh Sinclair
Michael Smith
Michael Wells

Scrum-halves

Michael Dowsett
Matt Lucas (c)
Dewett Roos

Fly-halves

Sam Lane
Angus Sinclair

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Centres

Harry Jones
Dennis Pili-Gaitau
Irae Simone
Seb Wileman

Wingers

Tyson Davis
Con Foley
Rob Horne¹
Jonathan Malo
Richard Woolf

Fullbacks

Cameron Clark
Josh Turner

(c) Team captain
Bold denotes internationally capped players at the time
¹ Allocated national player additional to contracted squad.

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colspan="10" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; cell-border:2px solid black; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;" \|2015 North Harbour Rays squad – NRC
colspan="10"\| The following players were named in the North Harbour Rays' squad for the 2015 National Rugby Championship:[http://www.rugbynews.net.au/north-harbour-rays-announce-2015-nrc-squad/ North Harbour Rays announce 2015 NRC squad]
width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Props Wayne Borsak Mitch Lewis Lawrence Hunting Alexander Northam Rory O'Connor Scott Sio Hookers Vance Elloitt James Hilterbrand Luke Holmes (c) James Wilkinson Locks Ed Gower Richard Hooper Nick Palmer Harry Rorke Cameron Treloar Ruairidh Wilson \| width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Loose forwards Harry Bergelin Jack Dempsey Michael Hooper¹ Mark Johnson Boyd Killingworth Sam Ward Scrum-halves Tim Donlan Tim Duchene Josh Holmes Fly-halves Hamish Angus Sam Lane \| width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Centres John Fakai Tom Hill Dennis Pili-Gaitau John Porch Wingers Michael Adams Sione 'Ala Tyson Davis Alex Northam Richard Woolf Fullbacks Dave Feltscheer Reece Hodge (c) Team captain Bold denotes internationally capped players at the time ¹ Allocated national player additional to contracted squad.

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colspan="10" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; cell-border:2px solid black; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;" |2015 North Harbour Rays squad – NRC

colspan="10"| The following players were named in the North Harbour Rays' squad for the 2015 National Rugby Championship:[http://www.rugbynews.net.au/north-harbour-rays-announce-2015-nrc-squad/ North Harbour Rays announce 2015 NRC squad]

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Props

Wayne Borsak
Mitch Lewis
Lawrence Hunting
Alexander Northam
Rory O'Connor
Scott Sio

Hookers

Vance Elloitt
James Hilterbrand
Luke Holmes (c)
James Wilkinson

Locks

Ed Gower
Richard Hooper
Nick Palmer
Harry Rorke
Cameron Treloar
Ruairidh Wilson

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Loose forwards

Harry Bergelin
Jack Dempsey
Michael Hooper¹
Mark Johnson
Boyd Killingworth
Sam Ward

Scrum-halves

Tim Donlan
Tim Duchene
Josh Holmes

Fly-halves

Hamish Angus
Sam Lane

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Centres

John Fakai
Tom Hill
Dennis Pili-Gaitau
John Porch

Wingers

Michael Adams
Sione 'Ala
Tyson Davis
Alex Northam
Richard Woolf

Fullbacks

Dave Feltscheer
Reece Hodge

(c) Team captain
Bold denotes internationally capped players at the time
¹ Allocated national player additional to contracted squad.

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colspan="10" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; cell-border:2px solid black; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;" \|2014 North Harbour Rays squad – NRC
colspan="10"\| The following players were named in the North Harbour Rays' squad for the 2014 National Rugby Championship:{{cite press release \| url=http://northsrugby.com.au/press-release-macquarie-uni-north-harbour-rays-development-squad/ \| title=Macquarie Uni North Harbour Rays development squad \| website=Northern Suburbs \| date=3 July 2014 \| access-date=7 July 2014}} {{cite web \|date= 24 July 2014 \|title= Pek Cowan will now be aligned with the Perth Spirit \|website= RugbyWA \|access-date= 31 July 2014 \|url= https://www.facebook.com/PerthSpiritNRC/photos/a.320478784795671.1073741827.320430378133845/323680547808828 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140828103050/https://www.facebook.com/PerthSpiritNRC/photos/a.320478784795671.1073741827.320430378133845/323680547808828 \|archive-date= 28 August 2014 \|ref={{SfnRef\|Spirit 2014}}}} [http://www.peeep.us/6a28475f Alt URL] {{cite web \|date= 21 July 2014 \|title= Qantas Wallabies player alignments unveiled for 2014 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship \|website= Australian Rugby \|access-date= 21 July 2014 \|url= http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/12000/Qantas-Wallabies-player-alignments-unveiled-for-2014-Buildcorp-National-Rugby-Championship.aspx \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140724170018/http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/12000/Qantas-Wallabies-player-alignments-unveiled-for-2014-Buildcorp-National-Rugby-Championship.aspx \|archive-date= 24 July 2014}}
width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Props Leeroy Atalifo Nick Fraser Kevin McNamara Dane Maraki Rory O'Connor Mitch Lewis Hookers Luke Holmes David Porecki Locks Scott Fardy¹ Ed Gower Ryan Melrose Greg Peterson (c) \| width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Loose forwards Kotoni Ale Harry Bergelin James Cunningham Jack Dempsey Michael Hooper¹ Boyd Killingworth Wycliff Palu¹ Sam Ward Michael Wells Scrum-halves Josh Holmes Terry Preston Matt Lucas Fly-halves Hamish Angus Scott Daruda Sam VaeVae \| width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Centres Jac Cameron Mali Hingano Tom Matthews Brian Sefanaia Wingers Michael Adams Harry Jones Sireli Tagicakibau Fullbacks Cam Crawford David Feltscheer (c) Team captain Bold denotes internationally capped players at the time ¹ Allocated national player additional to contracted squad.

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colspan="10" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; cell-border:2px solid black; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;" |2014 North Harbour Rays squad – NRC

colspan="10"| The following players were named in the North Harbour Rays' squad for the 2014 National Rugby Championship:{{cite press release

| url=http://northsrugby.com.au/press-release-macquarie-uni-north-harbour-rays-development-squad/

| title=Macquarie Uni North Harbour Rays development squad

| website=Northern Suburbs

| date=3 July 2014

| access-date=7 July 2014}}

{{cite web

|date= 24 July 2014

|title= Pek Cowan will now be aligned with the Perth Spirit

|website= RugbyWA

|access-date= 31 July 2014

|url= https://www.facebook.com/PerthSpiritNRC/photos/a.320478784795671.1073741827.320430378133845/323680547808828

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140828103050/https://www.facebook.com/PerthSpiritNRC/photos/a.320478784795671.1073741827.320430378133845/323680547808828

|archive-date= 28 August 2014

|ref={{SfnRef|Spirit 2014}}}} [http://www.peeep.us/6a28475f Alt URL]

{{cite web

|date= 21 July 2014

|title= Qantas Wallabies player alignments unveiled for 2014 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship

|website= Australian Rugby

|access-date= 21 July 2014

|url= http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/12000/Qantas-Wallabies-player-alignments-unveiled-for-2014-Buildcorp-National-Rugby-Championship.aspx

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140724170018/http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/12000/Qantas-Wallabies-player-alignments-unveiled-for-2014-Buildcorp-National-Rugby-Championship.aspx

|archive-date= 24 July 2014}}

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Props

Leeroy Atalifo
Nick Fraser
Kevin McNamara
Dane Maraki
Rory O'Connor
Mitch Lewis

Hookers

Luke Holmes
David Porecki

Locks

Scott Fardy¹
Ed Gower
Ryan Melrose
Greg Peterson (c)

| width="3%"|

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Loose forwards

Kotoni Ale
Harry Bergelin
James Cunningham
Jack Dempsey
Michael Hooper¹
Boyd Killingworth
Wycliff Palu¹
Sam Ward
Michael Wells

Scrum-halves

Josh Holmes
Terry Preston
Matt Lucas

Fly-halves

Hamish Angus
Scott Daruda
Sam VaeVae

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| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"|

Centres

Jac Cameron
Mali Hingano
Tom Matthews
Brian Sefanaia

Wingers

Michael Adams
Harry Jones
Sireli Tagicakibau

Fullbacks

Cam Crawford
David Feltscheer

(c) Team captain
Bold denotes internationally capped players at the time
¹ Allocated national player additional to contracted squad.

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width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Props Al Baxter Ofa Fainga’anuku Nick Lah Rod Moore Aaron Tawera Hookers Alex Gluth Al Manning Dustin McGregor Locks John Adams Nifo Nifo Chris Thompson Cameron Treloar \| width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Loose forwards Ross Duncan Steve Evans Jared Waerea-Hargreaves Jason Peseta Wycliff Palu Vili Ratu Beau Robinson Dylan Sigg Scrum-halves Brett Sheehan Fly-halves Clint Eadie David Harvey Sam Norton-Knight \| width="3%"\| \| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"\| Centres Sam Harris Ben Jacobs Wings Jordan Macey Pat McCabe Jye Mullane Andrew Smith Fullbacks Peter Hewat (c) Team captain Bold denotes internationally capped players at the time

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colspan="10" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; cell-border:2px solid black; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;" |2007 Central Coast Rays squad – ARC

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Props

Al Baxter
Ofa Fainga’anuku
Nick Lah
Rod Moore
Aaron Tawera

Hookers

Alex Gluth
Al Manning
Dustin McGregor

Locks

John Adams
Nifo Nifo
Chris Thompson
Cameron Treloar

| width="3%"|

| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"|

Loose forwards

Ross Duncan
Steve Evans
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
Jason Peseta
Wycliff Palu
Vili Ratu
Beau Robinson
Dylan Sigg

Scrum-halves

Brett Sheehan

Fly-halves

Clint Eadie
David Harvey
Sam Norton-Knight

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| width="30%" style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"|

Centres

Sam Harris
Ben Jacobs

Wings

Fullbacks

Peter Hewat

Gallery

File:Brisbane City versus North Harbour Rays NRC Round 8 (1).jpg|North Harbour Rays scrum under the Scoreboard

File:Brisbane City versus North Harbour Rays NRC Round 8 (2).jpg|North Harbour Rays warm up pre Round 8 game

File:Brisbane City versus North Harbour Rays NRC Round 8 (3).jpg|North Harbour Rays scrum under the Grandstand

File:Brisbane City versus North Harbour Rays NRC Round 8 (4).jpg|North Harbour Rays post match huddle

File:Curtis Rona for Sydney Rays v Canberra Vikings 2018.jpg|Curtis Rona playing for Sydney in 2018

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