Papakura Sea Eagles
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The Papakura Sea Eagles are an Auckland
rugby league
club based in Papakura
. The Sea Eagles currently compete in the Fox Memorial competition run by the Auckland Rugby League
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Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
club based in Papakura
Papakura
The Papakura District was the name of a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that existed from 1989 until 2010. The area made up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area....
. The Sea Eagles currently compete in the Fox Memorial competition run by the Auckland Rugby League
Auckland Rugby League
The Auckland Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is responsible for rugby league in the region and was the owner of Carlaw Park, once the "spiritual home of rugby league in New Zealand".-History:The Auckland Rugby League was...
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Kiwi Representatives
To date seven players from the club have represented the New Zealand Kiwis:- Bevan HoughBevan HoughWilliam Bevan Keith Hough is a former New Zealand sportsman who represented his country in rugby league and the long jump.-Athletics career:At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the silver medal in the men's long jump...
: 1950,53; - Brian LeeBrian Lee (rugby league)Brian Stanley Lee was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country.-Playing career:Lee played for the Papakura club in the Auckland Rugby League competition and was a Auckland representative. Lee first made the New Zealand Kiwis in 1961 where he played in three Test matches...
: 1961,62,63; - Reg CookeReg CookeReg Cooke is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1960 World Cup.-Playing career:Cooke originally played in the Waikato Rugby League competition and represented Waikato. In 1960 he was selected for the New Zealand Kiwis squad for the 1960 World Cup but did not...
: 1961,64; - Roger Tait: 1965,66,67,
- Lyndsay Proctor: 1974,75,
- Gary KembleGary KembleGary Edward Kemble is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player. He has both played and coached the New Zealand Kiwis. He is the current head coach of the Papakura Sea Eagles in the Auckland Rugby League.-Playing career:...
: 1980,81,82,83,84,85,86; - Kelly ShelfordKelly ShelfordKelly Shelford is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country, including in Test matches that counted towards the 1992 World Cup.-Playing career:...
: 1989,90,91.