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Marist Saints

The Marist Saints is a rugby league club based in Mount Albert, New Zealand. They currently compete in the top grade in Auckland Rugby League, the Fox Memorial Premiership.

Marist Saints
Club information
Full nameMarist Saints
Nickname(s)Saints
Short nameSaints
ColoursGreen / Gold
Founded1919
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Murray Halberg Park
  • Margaret Griffen Park
CoachZane Pocklington
ManagerKatherine Tamaseu-Russell
CaptainChris Sio
CompetitionAuckland Rugby League
Records
Premierships1924, 1931, 1938, 1948, 1965, 1966
Minor premierships1947, 1948
Roope Rooster1928, 1929, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1946, 1958, 1966, 1971, 1997
Stormont Shield1928, 1929, 1932, 1937, 1950, 1958, 1965, 1966
Sharman Cup1992

History

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Founded in 1919, the Marist club first won the Fox Memorial in 1924.[1] They originally played at the Auckland Domain before moving to their current home, in Murray Halberg Park. Their lower grade teams now also play matches at Margaret Griffen Park in Lynfield.

First season and match

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In 1919 Marist entered teams in first grade and also in the second grade. The second grade side defaulted their first match and then withdrew from the competition. On May 3, 1919, Marist played in their first ever match. It was played at Victoria Park on the #2 field against Newton Rangers. There were 4,500 spectators to watch the match which was played simultaneously with the Maritime v City Rovers match on the adjacent field. Marist lost 28–3 with Petterson scoring their only points through a try. They struggled throughout the season losing all their first grade matches.

3 May Newton 28–3 Marist Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: George Iles 2, William Clarke 2, Jack Keenan, Bill Williams
Con: Phil Castles 5 		[2] Try: Petterson Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Thompson

First win in first grade competition (Roope Rooster) 1919

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They had their first win in a first grade competition in the first round of the Roope Rooster competition on July 26, 1919. They defeated North Shore Albions on Auckland Domain by 17 points to 3.

26 July Marist 17–3 North Shore Auckland Domain 3  
3:00 Try: White, Keenan 2
Con: Clarke, Billy Ghent
Pen: Clarke
Drop: Robertson 		[3] Try: Leonard Boon Referee: Eddowes

First win in first grade championship (1920)

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In 1920 Marist entered teams in the first grade, second grade, and fourth grade. Their second grade side withdrew after 11 rounds, while their fourth grade side withdrew after 2 rounds. Their first grade team drew in round 2 against Newton Rangers but then had their first ever win in the first grade championship (Monteith Shield) when they defeated Grafton Athletic 15–3 at Victoria Park. Bill Stormont and Billy Ghent scored tries and A. Eustace kicked a goal. They ultimately won 7 games along with their draw and finished third in the seven team competition.

22 May Marist 15–3 Grafton Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Bill Stormont, Billy Ghent, Unknown x 1
Con: Billy Ghent, A Eustace, Unknown x 1 		[4] Try: Horace Neal Referee: Clayton

2000 to 2005

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Between 2000 and 2005 the Saints were involved in the Bartercard Cup alongside the Richmond Bulldogs as the Marist Richmond Brothers.

Notable players

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New Zealand representatives

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See also: Category:Marist Saints players

Kiwi representative number in square brackets:

 
Hec Brisbane
 
Charles Gregory
 
Jack Kirwan
 
Arthur Singe
 
Claude List
 
Johnny Simpson

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Other New Zealand rugby league representatives

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Includes players who played for New Zealand but not while at the Marist club

Notable former juniors include Roy Asotasi, Sonny Bill Williams, Jerome Ropati, Motu Tony, Francis Meli, Gene Ngamu, Rudi Wulf, Ben Waerea-Fisher, Siuatonga Likiliki, Manu Ma'u, Bill Tupou, Kalifa Fai-Fai Loa, David Fusitua, Mason Lino, Tuimoala Lolohea, Delouise Hoeter, Adam Tuimavave Gerrard, Lamar Liolevave, Anthony Swann, Des Barchard.

Other notable players

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Johnny Simpson played for Marist seniors from 1941 to 1944 and was a junior there. He switched codes in the mid-1940s and became an All Black in 1947, playing 30 matches for New Zealand up until 1950.

Marist Senior Team records (1919–1945 and 1990-2004, 2020-24)

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The season record for the most senior men's team in the club.

Season Grade Name Played W D L PF PA PD Pts Position (Teams)
1919 1st Grade (Myers Cup) Marist Old Boys 8 0 0 8 22 148 -126 0 7th of 8
1920 1st Grade (Myers Cup) Marist Old Boys 11 7 1 3 102 79 23 15 3rd of 7
1921 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 9 5 0 4 158 122 34 10 3rd of 7
1922 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 14 9 1 4 258 192 66 19 3rd of 8
1923 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 12 9 0 2 170 108 62 18 3rd of 7
1924 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 15 11 1 3 345 147 198 23 1st of 9
1925 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 11 6 0 5 162 112 50 12 3rd of 7
1926 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 11 7 0 4 167 144 23 14 3rd of 7
1927 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 11 7 0 4 155 114 41 14 4th of 7
1928 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 12 5 1 6 154 170 -16 11 5th of 7
1929 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 14 7 3 4 206 157 49 17 4th of 8
1930 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) Marist Old Boys 13 6 3 4 200 147 53 15 4th of 8
1931 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 12 11 0 1 204 88 116 22 1st of 7
1932 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 10 5 2 3 129 105 24 12 2nd of 6
1933 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 10 7 0 3 164 129 35 14 2nd of 6
1934 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 13 3 1 9 126 197 -71 7 6th of 6
1935 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 12 4 2 6 122 156 -34 10 5th of 7
1936 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 14 6 1 7 152 184 -32 13 6th of 8
1937 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 14 10 0 4 228 184 44 20 3rd of 8
1938 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 16 12 0 4 254 121 133 24 1st of 9
1939 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 16 6 0 10 189 126 63 12 8th of 9
1940 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 16 8 0 8 206 206 0 16 5th of 9
1941 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 16 6 1 9 163 287 -124 13 7th of 9
1942 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 15 4 0 11 126 237 -111 8 6th of 6
1943 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 16 9 1 6 223 150 73 19 4th of 9
1944 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 18 10 2 6 204 114 90 22 4th of 10
1945 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) Marist Old Boys 14 6 1 7 162 148 14 13 6th of 10
1990 Cleanaway Division 2 Marist Saints 21 9 2 10 359 475 75.58% 20 5th of 8
1992 Strand League Premier 2/3 Grading Marist Saints 13 12 1 0 479 118 405.93% 25 1st of 14
Strand League Premier 2 Marist Saints 6 5 0 1 145 46 315.22% 10 1st of 7
Playoffs Marist Saints 2 1 0 1 ? ? - - W v Hib. Coast in major SF, L v Ellerslie in GF
1993 Projex Premier 2/3 Grading Marist Saints 15 13 0 2 621 98 633.67% 26 2nd of 15
Projex Premier 2 Marist Saints 7 6 0 1 259 51 507.84% 12 1st of 8
Playoffs Marist Saints 2 2 0 0 77 28 - - W v Hib. Coast 50-12 in major SF, W v Hib Coast 27-16 in GF
1994 Lion Red Rukutai Shield Marist Saints 22 8 3 11 457 491 93.08% 19 8th of 12
1995 Lion Red Rukutai Shield Marist Saints 24 14 0 10 631 457 138.07% 32 *incl 4pts from 2 byes, 3rd of 13
Playoffs Marist Saints ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1996 Lion Red Preliminary Round Marist Saints 13 5 0 8 244 387 63.05% 10 11th of 14
Sharman Cup Marist Saints ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1997 Lion Red Super 10 Marist Saints 18 11 1 6 404 401 100.75% 23 4th of 10
Playoffs Marist Saints ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1998 Super 10 Marist Saints 18 11 0 7 489 464 105.39% 22 3rd of 10
Playoffs Marist Saints ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1999 Rukutai Shield Super 12 Marist Saints 22 8 0 14 516 655 78.78% 16 7th of 12
2000 Mad Butcher Fox Memorial Top 8 Marist Saints 14 0 2 12 244 477 51.15% 2 8th of 8
2002 Fox Memorial Top 8 Marist Saints 14 6 2 6 305 294 103.74% 14 5th of 8
Playoffs Marist Saints 2 1 0 1 47 40 117.5% - W v Mangere East 28-18 in prel. SF, L v Otahuhu in minor SF
2004 Mad Butcher Fox Memorial Marist Saints 14 2 2 10 318 534 59.55% 6 7th of 8
2020 Fox Memorial Marist Saints 8 4 0 4 184 238 77.31% 8 7th of 12
2021 Fox Qualifying Marist Saints 11 5 0 6 292 284 102.82% 10 7th of 12
Fox Memorial Marist Saints 7 2 1 4 159 284 55.99% 5 6th of 8
2022 Fox Memorial Marist Saints 9 6 0 3 402 166 236% 12 5th of 10 in Sect. 2
Playoffs Marist Saints 1 0 0 1 0 34 - - L v Richmond 0-34 in prel. final
2023 Fox Qualifiers Marist Saints 3 3 0 0 98 60 163.33% 6 1st of 4
Fox Memorial Marist Saints 11 5 0 6 250 266 93.99% 10 6th of 12
Playoffs Marist Saints 1 0 0 1 10 18 - - L v Howick 10-18 in prel. final
2024 Fox Qualifiers Marist Saints 3 1 0 2 64 86 -22 2 3rd of 4
Fox Memorial Marist Saints 11 2 2 7 204 320 -116 6 10th of 12
1919-45 + 1994-2004, 2020-2024 TOTAL 645 328 37 279 12,009 10,844 +1174 689

Club titles

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Marist Saints grade championships (1919–1944)

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  • 1924 First Grade
  • 1927 Sixth Grade knockout competition
  • 1930 Fifth Grade and Fifth Grade knockout (v Otahuhu)
  • 1931 First Grade, Third Grade Open, Fourth Grade, & Fifth Grade
  • 1933 Third Grade Open, & Fourth Grade
  • 1934 Third Grade Intermediate
  • 1935 Reserve Grade
  • 1938 First Grade

Other titles

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  • 1928 Roope Rooster & Stormont Shield
  • 1929 Roope Rooster & Stormont Shield
  • 1932 Roope Rooster & Stormont Shield
  • 1937 Roope Rooster & Stormont Shield
  • 1939 Roope Rooster
  • 1946 Roope Rooster
  • 1950 Stormont Shield
  • 1958 Roope Rooster & Stormont Shield
  • 1965 Stormont Shield
  • 1966 Roope Rooster & Stormont Shield
  • 1971 Roope Rooster
  • 1992 Sharman Cup
  • 1997 Roope Rooster

All time top point scorers (1919–1945)

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The point scoring lists are compiled from all first grade matches including official preseason games, championship matches, Roope Rooster, Phelan Shield, and Sharman Cup games along with domestic tour matches, games against touring sides such as Australian club teams, and other organised charity and friendly matches. The statistics for the combined Marist-North Shore team of 1942 are also included.

Top point scorers
No Player Start End Games Tries Con Pen DG Mark Pts
1 John Anderson 1936 1945 127 55 144 115 3 0 689
2 Charles Gregory 1924 1931 87 11 97 17 0 0 261
3= Hec Brisbane 1923 1934 147 56 3 0 0 0 174
3= Norm Campbell 1929 1935 104 8 50 24 1 0 174
5 Arthur Singe 1921 1926 46 29 20 11 0 0 149
6 Bill Stormont 1920 1924 54 23 20 15 0 4 147
7 George Batchelor 1928 1931 - 43 5 1 0 0 141
8 Jim O'Brien 1924 1930 92 26 20 2 0 1 124
9 Dave McWilliams 1940 1945 - 27 12 3 0 0 111
10 Alan Clarke 1929 1934 69 12 27 9 1 0 110
11 Percy Gallagher 1920 1926 55 35 2 0 0 0 109
12 Gordon Midgley 1937 1940 59 34 0 0 0 0 102
13 William (Billy) Ghent 1919 1925 69 20 13 6 0 1 100
14 Jimmy Matthews 1938 1940 - 26 4 3 1 0 94
15 Jock Johnson 1922 1932 - 30 1 0 0 0 92
16 Bernard Sweeney 1924 1930 - 30 0 0 0 0 90
17 Phil Brady 1926 1932 - 29 0 0 0 0 87
18 Morrie Brockliss 1943 1945 - 1 17 24 0 0 85
19 Pat Meehan 1931 1932 - 18 9 0 0 0 72
20 George Gardiner 1924 1924 13 9 21 1 0 0 71
21 Claude List 1931 1934 55 22 1 0 1 0 70
22= John Lang 1921 1924 35 15 6 4 1 0 67
22= Don McLeod 1940 1945 - 21 1 1 0 0 67
24 Vincent Bakalich 1934 1938 - 20 1 1 0 0 64
25 Lindsay Simons 1942 1943 - 1 13 17 0 0 63
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Marist v Devonport in the Roope Rooster semi final at Carlaw Park in 1926.
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    1920 Marist Saints Senior Championship runners up.
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    Seniors 1924 Marist Saints Senior Championship Winners.
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    1928 Senior Marist Winners Roope Rooster, Stormont Shield and Labour Day Knockout comp.
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    1929 Senior Marist Winners Roope Rooster, Stormont Shield and Thistle Cup.
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    1932 Senior Marist Winners Roope Rooster, Stormont Shield.
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    Marist versus South Sydney at Carlaw Park October 12, 1929.

References

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  1. ^ Marist Rugby League Football Club Inc Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine Auckland Rugby League
  2. ^ "Championship Games Commence/Newton V Marist Old Boys". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LVI, no. 17152. 5 April 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Marist Old Boys 17: North Shore 3/Notes on the Game/Marist Old Boys V North Shore". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LVI, no. 17223. 28 July 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ^ "13-Point Margin for Marist/Grafton V Marist Old Boys". Auckland Star. No. LI. 22 May 1920. p. 7. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ Marist Memories 1919-1969 by Terrence Hyland
  6. ^ "NZRL". www.nzrl.co.nz. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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