Central Coast Centurions
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The Central Coast Centurions are an Australian rugby league football club (previously known as the Rip or Storm) based in the Central Coast region in New South Wales
. They compete in the New South Wales Cup and act as a feeder club to the NRL club Newcastle Knights
. The captain of the Centurions is Joel Edwards
.
and Jersey Flegg Cup
. The players were a mix of talent from the local Central Coast Division of Country Rugby League - Group 12 Competition. At the end of the 2006 season and without a finals appearance in any of the competitions the Rip entered, the club was bought-out by the Melbourne Storm
who turned the Central-Coast based club into their main-feeder team.
for the next 3 seasons. Part of this sponsorship included more sponsorship of the actual local district competitions.
The teams first season in the New South Wales Cup in 2008 ended unsuccessfully, they did not reach the finals and finished in a disappointing 10th place. The team however was able to reveal some notable talent for the Melbourne Storm including promising prop, Aiden Tolman
who later graduated to the first team towards the end of the 2008 season. Future first-graders for the Storm who grew their talent at Central Coast included Sinbad Kali
, Kevin Proctor
and Matt Duffie
with the later two contributing to Melbourne Storm's clinching of the 2009 Toyota National Youth Competition.
The 2009 season would end up being the final season for the Central Coast Storm before they were to wound-up by the Melbourne Storm. Their final season however, turned out to be their most successful. Throughout the season, the team was always both consistent and also a very attacking football-team. This culminated with the Storm finishing a very credible 2nd place behind the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs-feeder team, the Bankstown City Bulls
. The team's first finals appearance turned out to be a shocker. The team went against the 7th-placed Western Suburbs
in the first-week of the finals. A win would have seen the Central Coast Storm one win away from their first ever Grand Final appearance, however, in front of their home supporters, the team was trounced by the Magpies and by the end of the 80 minutes, the scoreline read an astonishing 68-4 in what was the shock result of the week by far. Instead, the Storm in the Semi-Finals faced the Balmain Tigers
at Leichhardt Oval
in what proved to be the clubs final game of their short 4-year history. The Storm attempted to trample a Tigers side who would eventually reach the Grand Final of the competition. With the side missing the likes of Kevin Proctor
, Brian Lima
, Ryan Tandy
as well a host of other regulars, the team went in understrength, very much similar to the game against Western Suburbs and as such went down in a surprisingly tight-encounter, 24-18 with the Storm coming back in the 2nd half. The loss meant this was the Storm's final game as they were eliminated from the finals after a very successful Home/Away season.
With the season over, the Melbourne Storm
officially announced its intentions to pull-out from the Central Coast
after 3 seasons of both success and failure at the ever-expanding region. The Storm instead released to the media that it will now instead field a side in the NSW Cup based wholly and solely in Melbourne. As such, the team will be named exactly like the first-grade team, Melbourne Storm. As a replacement to the now-defunct Storm, Greg Florimo
, the CEO of the North Sydney Bears
and head of the expansion consortium of the Central Coast Bears
, announced their intentions to field their own side based entirely out of the Central Coast
. The side was originally to be known as the Central Coast Cubs (as a reference to the ties to the Bears) but the moniker was changed to Centurions
after gaining support from the Newcastle Knights
.
Some notable players in the squad are Chris Adams
, Joel Edwards
, Marvin Filipo
, Sinbad Kali
, Marvin Karawana
, Siuatonga Likiliki
, Keith Lulia
, Peter Mata'utia, Shannon McDonnell, Constantine Mika
, Kevin Naiqama
, Kyle O'Donnell
, Ben Rogers, Steve Southern
, Ryan Stig
, Zane Tetevano
and Simon Williams
. The Centurions coach Rip Taylor was selected to coach alongside Jason Taylor
as the assistrant coach of the NSW Residents on the 7th of July 2010 against the Queensland residents before game III of the 2010 State of Origin series
at ANZ Stadium. Centurions winger Kevin Naiqama
was also in the NSW team and scored the game-breaking try. NSW went on to win the game.
Centre Marvin Filipo
was named the Centurions player of the year in 2010, Steve Southern
in 2011.
in the NSW Cup competition from now on.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. They compete in the New South Wales Cup and act as a feeder club to the NRL club Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
. The captain of the Centurions is Joel Edwards
Joel Edwards (rugby league)
Joel Edwards is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at lock.-Playing career:...
.
Rip (2005-2006)
The club was founded as the Central Coast Rip in 2005 and competed in the S. G. Ball Cup, Harold Matthews CupHarold Matthews Cup
The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 16. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League...
and Jersey Flegg Cup
Jersey Flegg Cup
The Jersey Flegg Cup was a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales, contested among teams made up of players aged under 20. The competition was administered by the New South Wales Rugby League and run concurrently with the National Rugby League...
. The players were a mix of talent from the local Central Coast Division of Country Rugby League - Group 12 Competition. At the end of the 2006 season and without a finals appearance in any of the competitions the Rip entered, the club was bought-out by the Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
who turned the Central-Coast based club into their main-feeder team.
Storm (2007-2009)
In 2007 the Central Coast Storm, now a packed side with both local and interstate talent (courtesy of the Melbourne Storm's Victorian based junior's program) began to run a side in the New South Wales Cup, acting as the Storm's feeder club. Along with the new and major support from the Storm, the team received sponsorship from the private health company, Medibank PrivateMedibank Private
Medibank is an Australian government-owned private health insurer, established under the Fraser government in 1976 through the Health Insurance Commission . It is Australia's largest health insurance provider with 3.6 million members under two brands, and the only health insurer present in every...
for the next 3 seasons. Part of this sponsorship included more sponsorship of the actual local district competitions.
The teams first season in the New South Wales Cup in 2008 ended unsuccessfully, they did not reach the finals and finished in a disappointing 10th place. The team however was able to reveal some notable talent for the Melbourne Storm including promising prop, Aiden Tolman
Aiden Tolman
Aiden Tolman is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. He previously played for the Melbourne Storm...
who later graduated to the first team towards the end of the 2008 season. Future first-graders for the Storm who grew their talent at Central Coast included Sinbad Kali
Sinbad Kali
Sinbad Kali born 25 March 1987 in Australia is a rugby league player for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup. He previously played in the NRL for the Melbourne Storm...
, Kevin Proctor
Kevin Proctor
Kevin Proctor is a rugby league player who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. He plays as a second-row.-Playing career:Born in Te Kuiti, Proctor's iwi is Ngā Puhi....
and Matt Duffie
Matt Duffie
Matthew Duffie is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. Duffie was a part of the Melbourne Storm Under 20's Premiership winning team in 2009, scoring 25 tries. On 1 May Duffie was selected for the New Zealand Kiwis for the 2011 ANZAC Test...
with the later two contributing to Melbourne Storm's clinching of the 2009 Toyota National Youth Competition.
The 2009 season would end up being the final season for the Central Coast Storm before they were to wound-up by the Melbourne Storm. Their final season however, turned out to be their most successful. Throughout the season, the team was always both consistent and also a very attacking football-team. This culminated with the Storm finishing a very credible 2nd place behind the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs-feeder team, the Bankstown City Bulls
Sydney Bulls
The Sydney Bulls are a rugby league team based in the suburb of Bass Hill in Sydney's South-Western Suburbs. Founded in 1999, the club was formed by Lebanese-Australian players and businessmen who were involved in the 1997 Lebanon Rugby League World Sevens side...
. The team's first finals appearance turned out to be a shocker. The team went against the 7th-placed Western Suburbs
Western Suburbs Magpies
The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia...
in the first-week of the finals. A win would have seen the Central Coast Storm one win away from their first ever Grand Final appearance, however, in front of their home supporters, the team was trounced by the Magpies and by the end of the 80 minutes, the scoreline read an astonishing 68-4 in what was the shock result of the week by far. Instead, the Storm in the Semi-Finals faced the Balmain Tigers
Balmain Tigers
The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles...
at Leichhardt Oval
Leichhardt Oval
Leichhardt Oval is a football stadium in Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia. It is a home ground for the Wests Tigers rugby league team. The stadium has a nominal capacity of 20,000, with recorded highest crowd figures of 23,000 in the 1981 KB Tooth final South Sydney Rabbitohs versus...
in what proved to be the clubs final game of their short 4-year history. The Storm attempted to trample a Tigers side who would eventually reach the Grand Final of the competition. With the side missing the likes of Kevin Proctor
Kevin Proctor
Kevin Proctor is a rugby league player who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. He plays as a second-row.-Playing career:Born in Te Kuiti, Proctor's iwi is Ngā Puhi....
, Brian Lima
Brian Lima
Brian Lima is a former Samoan rugby union footballer who was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in 2011. Originally a wing, Lima moved into centre for Manu Samoa as his pace lessened, but he remained a formidable player throughout his career.He earned the memorable nickname of "The Chiropractor"...
, Ryan Tandy
Ryan Tandy
Ryan Tandy is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He played as both a prop and second-row .-Playing career:...
as well a host of other regulars, the team went in understrength, very much similar to the game against Western Suburbs and as such went down in a surprisingly tight-encounter, 24-18 with the Storm coming back in the 2nd half. The loss meant this was the Storm's final game as they were eliminated from the finals after a very successful Home/Away season.
With the season over, the Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
officially announced its intentions to pull-out from the Central Coast
Central Coast
-California:* Central Coast Region of California, in California, United States*Monterey County, California*San Luis Obispo County, California*Santa Barbara County, California*Big Sur*Hearst Castle-Canada:...
after 3 seasons of both success and failure at the ever-expanding region. The Storm instead released to the media that it will now instead field a side in the NSW Cup based wholly and solely in Melbourne. As such, the team will be named exactly like the first-grade team, Melbourne Storm. As a replacement to the now-defunct Storm, Greg Florimo
Greg Florimo
Greg Florimo is a retired Australian Rugby League player and administrator known for his lifelong association with the North Sydney Bears both as a player and a manager....
, the CEO of the North Sydney Bears
North Sydney Bears
The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on...
and head of the expansion consortium of the Central Coast Bears
Central Coast Bears
The Central Coast Bears are a proposed rugby league club on the Central Coast of Australia. There is a movement for a return to first-grade Rugby League for the once proud club, with the North Sydney Bears moving to Gosford and becoming the Central Coast Bears...
, announced their intentions to field their own side based entirely out of the Central Coast
Central Coast
-California:* Central Coast Region of California, in California, United States*Monterey County, California*San Luis Obispo County, California*Santa Barbara County, California*Big Sur*Hearst Castle-Canada:...
. The side was originally to be known as the Central Coast Cubs (as a reference to the ties to the Bears) but the moniker was changed to Centurions
Central Coast Centurions
The Central Coast Centurions are an Australian rugby league football club based in the Central Coast region in New South Wales. They compete in the New South Wales Cup and act as a feeder club to the NRL club Newcastle Knights...
after gaining support from the Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
.
Centurions (2010-2011)
The Centurions started the season well with a 28-18 win against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at the Crest Sports Complex in Round 1, but then had a horror run through the middle of the season with 13 losses and 4 wins.Some notable players in the squad are Chris Adams
Chris Adams (rugby league)
Chris Adams is a rugby league footballer. He currently plays for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup. He plays at hooker. Adams is available to play first-grade for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League...
, Joel Edwards
Joel Edwards (rugby league)
Joel Edwards is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at lock.-Playing career:...
, Marvin Filipo
Marvin Filipo
Marvin Filipo is a rugby league footballer of Samoan/Tokelauan descent, who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and centre in the NSW Cup competition...
, Sinbad Kali
Sinbad Kali
Sinbad Kali born 25 March 1987 in Australia is a rugby league player for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup. He previously played in the NRL for the Melbourne Storm...
, Marvin Karawana
Marvin Karawana
Marvin Karawana is a professional rugby league player. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He plays as a utility player.-Playing career:Karawana attended St...
, Siuatonga Likiliki
Siuatonga Likiliki
Siuatonga Likiliki is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at .-Early years:...
, Keith Lulia
Keith Lulia
Keith Lulia is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Bradford Bulls in the English Super League. He previously played for the St...
, Peter Mata'utia, Shannon McDonnell, Constantine Mika
Constantine Mika
Constantine Mika is a New Zealand professional rugby league player of Samoan descent, currently playing for the Hull Kingston Rovers in the English Super League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is second-row...
, Kevin Naiqama
Kevin Naiqama
Kevin Naiqama is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at wing, fullback and centre and gained selection for the Fiji national team in 2009. Kevin is the younger brother of Knights player Wes Naiqama.-Playing career:Born in Sutherland, New South...
, Kyle O'Donnell
Kyle O'Donnell
Kyle O'Donnell is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He usually plays at lock or second-row but can also slot into the centres and on the wing...
, Ben Rogers, Steve Southern
Steve Southern
Steve Southern is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for English club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats of Super League...
, Ryan Stig
Ryan Stig
Ryan Stig is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at five-eighth and halfback in the NSW Cup competition. He was named in the 2011 Newcastle Knights fulltime train-on squad....
, Zane Tetevano
Zane Tetevano
Zane Tetevano is a rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League and the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup competition. He plays at second row and prop. He is a Cook Islands international...
and Simon Williams
Simon Williams (rugby league)
Simon Williams is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at centre for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup competition.-Playing career:...
. The Centurions coach Rip Taylor was selected to coach alongside Jason Taylor
Jason Taylor
Jason Taylor may refer to:*Jason Taylor , Australian rules footballer*Jason Taylor , Australian rugby league footballer and coach...
as the assistrant coach of the NSW Residents on the 7th of July 2010 against the Queensland residents before game III of the 2010 State of Origin series
2010 State of Origin series
The 2010 State of Origin series was the 29th year that the annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches contested between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams was played under 'State of Origin' selection rules...
at ANZ Stadium. Centurions winger Kevin Naiqama
Kevin Naiqama
Kevin Naiqama is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at wing, fullback and centre and gained selection for the Fiji national team in 2009. Kevin is the younger brother of Knights player Wes Naiqama.-Playing career:Born in Sutherland, New South...
was also in the NSW team and scored the game-breaking try. NSW went on to win the game.
Centre Marvin Filipo
Marvin Filipo
Marvin Filipo is a rugby league footballer of Samoan/Tokelauan descent, who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and centre in the NSW Cup competition...
was named the Centurions player of the year in 2010, Steve Southern
Steve Southern
Steve Southern is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for English club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats of Super League...
in 2011.
Demise
During October 2011, it was announced that the Centurions wouldn't be continuing in 2012, with the team to become named the Newcastle KnightsNewcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
in the NSW Cup competition from now on.
Players
- Daniel Abraham
- Chris AdamsChris Adams (rugby league)Chris Adams is a rugby league footballer. He currently plays for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup. He plays at hooker. Adams is available to play first-grade for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League...
- Tye Alchin
- Simon Allen
- James Api
- Kori Barber
- Mitch Barnes
- Shaun Boss
- Scott Briggs
- Joel Burraston
- Cameron CiraldoCameron CiraldoCameron Ciraldo is an Australian rugby league football player for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League competition. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and more recently the Newcastle Knights...
- Dale Clacherty
- Nathan Clarke
- Matt Cooper
- Dane Cordner
- Matt Croker
- Isaac Dargan
- Adrian Davis
- Isaac De GoisIsaac de GoisIsaac De Gois is an Australian rugby league player currently playing for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League competition. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights and Wests Tigers. De Gois primarily plays at hooker....
- Sean Driver
- Scott DureauScott DureauScott Dureau is an Australian rugby league player who currently plays for the Catalans Dragons in the European Super League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights. His position of choice is halfback...
- Nicholas Dwan
- Joel EdwardsJoel Edwards (rugby league)Joel Edwards is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at lock.-Playing career:...
- Teason Fa'avae-Eli
- Aaron Fairweather
- Alec Fata
- Jimmy Fawcett
- Marvin FilipoMarvin FilipoMarvin Filipo is a rugby league footballer of Samoan/Tokelauan descent, who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and centre in the NSW Cup competition...
- Byron Fruean
- Royce Geoffrey
- Harmony Hunt
- Sinbad KaliSinbad KaliSinbad Kali born 25 March 1987 in Australia is a rugby league player for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup. He previously played in the NRL for the Melbourne Storm...
- Marvin KarawanaMarvin KarawanaMarvin Karawana is a professional rugby league player. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He plays as a utility player.-Playing career:Karawana attended St...
- Mitch Kennedy
- Tom Lewsley
- Siuatonga LikilikiSiuatonga LikilikiSiuatonga Likiliki is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at .-Early years:...
- Keith LuliaKeith LuliaKeith Lulia is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Bradford Bulls in the English Super League. He previously played for the St...
- Chris Marlborough
- Rodney Mason
- Peter Mata'utia
- Shannon McDonnell
- Mitch McMahon
- Alex McMillan
- Constantine MikaConstantine MikaConstantine Mika is a New Zealand professional rugby league player of Samoan descent, currently playing for the Hull Kingston Rovers in the English Super League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is second-row...
- Lucas Miller
- Maipele Morseau
- Kevin NaiqamaKevin NaiqamaKevin Naiqama is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at wing, fullback and centre and gained selection for the Fiji national team in 2009. Kevin is the younger brother of Knights player Wes Naiqama.-Playing career:Born in Sutherland, New South...
- George NdairaGeorge NdairaGeorge Ndaira is a rugby league player for Wests Tigers in the Newcastle Rugby League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights, the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League. He is of Lebanese ethnicity...
- Kyle O'DonnellKyle O'DonnellKyle O'Donnell is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He usually plays at lock or second-row but can also slot into the centres and on the wing...
- Api Pewhairangi
- Daniel Phillips
- Josh Phillips
- Ben Rogers
- Warren Schillings
- Kirran Shearer
- Brendon Simpson
- Steve SouthernSteve SouthernSteve Southern is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for English club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats of Super League...
- Ryan StigRyan StigRyan Stig is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at five-eighth and halfback in the NSW Cup competition. He was named in the 2011 Newcastle Knights fulltime train-on squad....
- Tyler SullivanTyler SullivanTyler Sullivan is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at five-eighth and halfback in the Under-20s Toyota Cup competition.-Playing career:...
- Justin Smith
- Alai Taufa'ao
- Joel Taufa'ao
- Mark TaufuaMark TaufuaMark Larry Taufua is an Australian professional rugby league player. He is of Samoan descent, and currently plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights. He primarily plays at prop or at lock but he is also a proven second-rower...
- Zane TetevanoZane TetevanoZane Tetevano is a rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League and the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup competition. He plays at second row and prop. He is a Cook Islands international...
- Daniel TolarDaniel TolarDaniel Tolar is a former Australian professional rugby league player who played 101 games for the Newcastle Knights. In 2010, in reward for his long service at the club, he was awarded the captaincy of the Newcastle Knights in the Round 14 game against the New Zealand Warriors due to the absence...
- Sione TovoSione TovoSione Na'a Pangai Tovo ' is a rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers in the NRL. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights and the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup competition...
- Jarrod Tua
- David Uhi
- Dale Verstappen
- Corey Vlaciky
- Cooper VunaCooper VunaKerry Cooper Vuna is a professional rugby union player. He played league, on the wing for the Newcastle Knights , before switching to rugby union to play wing for the Melbourne Rebels.-Early years:...
- Trent Walker
- Mitch Williams
- Simon WilliamsSimon Williams (rugby league)Simon Williams is a rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League. He plays at centre for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup competition.-Playing career:...
- Cruise Wilson
- Sam Wooden
- Ben Wyborn