Jason Mackie

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Jason Mackie
Personal information
Full nameJason James Mackie
Born (1968-12-25) 25 December 1968 (age 53)
New Zealand
Playing information
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Position Lock
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Takahiwai Warriors
1994 Auckland City 92008
1995 Auckland Warriors 50000
Total142008
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1990–97 Northland 18140056
1990–93 New Zealand Māori
1993 New Zealand 52008
Source: [1]

Jason James Mackie [2] (born 25 December 1968) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer. [1]

Playing career

He represented Northland 18 times between 1990 and 1993 scoring 14 tries. During the 1991 season he was based in Devonport with the Navy and traveled to Whangarei for matches and training. [3] In 1993 he captained the province to the North Island Second Division title and was also the player-coach of the Takahiwai Warriors who won the Northland Rugby League club competition. In 1990 Mackie represented the New Zealand Māori side against the touring Great Britain side. [4] He later played in the 1992 Pacific Cup.

In 1993 he was the only second division player to be selected on the New Zealand national rugby league team tour of Great Britain and France and became Northland's first ever test player. He played in all four tests on tour.

In 1994 he was signed by the Auckland Warriors who were to enter the Australian Rugby League premiership in 1995. He moved south to Auckland and played for the Auckland City Vulcans in the 1994 Lion Red Cup. [5] He was in the inaugural team for the Warriors when they made their debut in March, 1995. However, he played the majority of his Warriors career in the reserve grade team and was released in June 1996. [6]

In 1997 he again represented Northland.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Mackie, Jason James 1993 - Kiwi #643 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  3. ↑ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1991 New Zealand Rugby League, 1991. p.p.129-132
  4. ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 261. ISBN   978-1-86969-331-2.
  5. ↑ Becht, Richard. A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN   1-86950-154-3. p.125.
  6. ↑ `Disappointing' former Kiwi cut by Warriors [ dead link ]Sunday Star-Times, 23 June 1996
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