It's been a historic few weeks for Marist St Pats as Monica Tagoai and Marcelle Parkes made their test debuts to become our first ever Black Ferns. The next big news this week was the announcement of our Premier coaches, followed by the release of the 2018 Annual Report...

New look to Premier coaching team

An Englishman, a former All Black and one of club rugby's finest halves combinations will form the Premier coaching team for Marist St Pats in 2019... >>>

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Monica Tagaoi and Marcelle Parkes make history

Marist St Pats history has been made over the past fortnight as Monica Tagoai (read more) and Marcelle Parkes (read more) became our first ever Black Ferns. Director of Rugby, Zak Feaunati, presented them a donation on behalf of the club before they departed for their tour of USA and France... >>>

 

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Annual Report released

Marist St Pats' 2018 Annual Report has been released ahead of the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 29 November at the Hataitai Clubrooms... >>>

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Offseason training now underway

Offseason training is now underway at Marist St Pats. The programme will be mixing up in the lead up to Christmas to keep things fresh for players. All new and returning players are welcome... >>>

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Condolences

Marist St Pats acknowledges the passing of Terry Christie this week. Terry was chairman of MSP 1996-1998, a successful period for the club when it won both the Swindale Shield and Jubilee Cup. His three sons, Matt, Ben, and Aaron also played for the club.

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Around the traps:

Billy Proctor has signed a record five-year deal with the Hurricanes... Naitoa Ah Kuoi will join the New Zealand U20 development squad in December as the team starts preparation towards the 2019 U20 world rugby championship... Emma Kruszona, in her first year of playing 7s this season, has been selected as one of the 48 female players across NZ to take part in the Red Bull IGNITE 7s quest to find the next Black Fern superstars... As the major sponsor of the Marist St Pats Premier side, Toshiba would like to extend a special offer to Marist St Pats members...

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