Club information | |
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Full name | New York Raiders Rugby League Football Club |
Nickname(s) | Raiders |
Founded | 2002 |
Exited | 2013 |
Former details | |
Ground(s) | |
CEO | Joel Venables |
Coach | Justin Coffman |
Captain | Joel Venables |
Competition | American National Rugby League |
The New York Raiders were an American rugby league football team based in Congers, New York. The team played in the American National Rugby League (AMNRL) from 2002 to 2013, when the AMNRL folded its domestic competition.
The team originated as the Wilmington Vikings of Wilmington, Delaware, who joined the AMNRL as the league's first expansion team in 2002. Afterward the club experienced a series of moves and name changes; they relocated to New Jersey in 2003, becoming the New Jersey Vikings, then moved again after the season to upstate New York, taking the name Northern Raiders. In 2010 they adopted their current name. They made their first national playoff appearance in 2011 with the help of Dan Fullerton, Matt Vautin, Lesili Alovili, Rob Ploth, Phil Giuliano