Jason James Mackie is a former New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 rugby league

Rugby league

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 player.

Playing career

He represented Northland 18 times between 1990 and 1993 scoring 14 tries. During the 1991 season he was based in Devonport with the Navy

Royal New Zealand Navy

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 and traveled to Whangarei for matches and training. In 1993 he captained the province to the North Island Second Division title and was also the player-coach of the Takahiwai Warriors who won the Northland Rugby League club competition. In 1990 Mackie represented the New Zealand Māori

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

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 side against the touring Great Britain side. He later played in the 1992 Pacific Cup

1992 Pacific Cup (rugby league)

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In 1993 he was the only second division player to be selected on the New Zealand Kiwis tour of Great Britain and France and became Northlands first ever test player. He played in all four tests on tour.

In 1994 he was signed by the Auckland Warriors who were to enter the Australian Rugby League

Australian Rugby League

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 premiership in 1995. He moved south to Auckland

Auckland

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 and played for the Auckland City Vulcans

Auckland City Vulcans

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 in the 1994 Lion Red Cup

Lion Red Cup

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. He was in the inaugural team for the Warriors when they made their debut in March, 1995. However, he played the majority of his Warriors career in the reserve grade team and was released in June 1996.

In 1997 he again represented Northland.