Ronald Phillip O'Regan is a New Zealand

New Zealand

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 former rugby league

Rugby league

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 player and coach who represented his country

New Zealand national rugby league team

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 between 1983 and 1986. His nephew, Daniel

Daniel O'Regan

Daniel O'Regan is a New Zealand rugby league player who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at five-eighth...

, played for the New Zealand Warriors

New Zealand Warriors

The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...

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Playing career

In 1981 and 1983, while playing for City Newton, O'Regan won the Rothville Trophy

Auckland Rugby League club trophies

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, awarded to the player of the year in the Auckland Rugby League

Auckland Rugby League

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 competition. He toured England with the New Zealand Māori

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

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 side in 1983.

Between 1983 and 1986 O'Regan represented New Zealand, playing in eight Test Matches for his country.

O'Regan spent the 1981-82 and 1982-83 off seasons in England, playing for the Barrow Raiders

Barrow Raiders

Barrow Raiders are an English professional rugby league team from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, who are coached by Dave Clark. Formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club, the club is the oldest of the current professional sports teams in Cumbria....

 and also represented the Mt Albert Lions

Mt Albert Lions

The Mount Albert Lions are a rugby league club based in Mount Albert, New Zealand. The Lions home ground is at Fowlds Park. Their patron is the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark. In 2008 and 2009 the Lions won the Fox Memorial....

. In 1987 O'Regan toured England again, this time with the Auckland

Auckland rugby league team

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 side.

In 1988 O'Regan was the player-coach of the Te Atatu Roosters

Te Atatu Roosters

The Te Atatu Roosters is a rugby league club based in Te Atatu. The Roosters compete in the Fox Memorial, the premier division in Auckland Rugby League...

 and guided them to winning the Fox Memorial. He won the Hyland Memorial Cup

Auckland Rugby League club trophies

-Trophies:There are approximately 24 trophies which have been competed for in Auckland Rugby League history by clubs. These include the following for teams; Fox Memorial Shield, Rukutai Shield, Roope Rooster, Stormont Shield, Kiwi Shield, A.R.L Trophy, Sharman Cup, Lawson Cup, Walmsley Shield, ARL...

 that year as coach of the year.

Coaching career

O'Regan later became a full time coach of the Roosters and in 1993 nearly repeated the feat, as the Roosters lost the Fox Memorial grand final 10-29 to the Northcote Tigers

Northcote Tigers

The Northcote Tigers are a rugby league club based in Northcote, New Zealand. The club was founded in 1910 as the Northcote Warriors.The Tigers compete in the Fox Memorial competition run by the Auckland Rugby League. Between 2000 and 2002 the Northcote Tigers competed in the national Bartercard...

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O'Regan was the coach of the Waitakere City Raiders

Waitakere City Raiders

The Waitakere City Raiders were a New Zealand rugby league club that represented Waitakere City in the Lion Red Cup from 1994 to 1996.-Notable players:...

 in the Lion Red Cup

Lion Red Cup

The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic rugby league competition that ran from 1994-1996 sponsored by brewers Lion Nathan. It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic rugby league due to the Auckland Warriors being accepted into the Winfield Cup. The competition was a...

in 1994 and 1995.

Later years

O'Regan now trains greyhounds in Paeroa. In 2006 he was involved with a doping scandal that saw a vet banned from the sport for 10 years.