Mike Dorreen

Mike Dorreen

Personal information
Full name	Michael Dorreen [1]
Born	(1967-01-19) 19 January 1967 (age 56) New Zealand
Playing information
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Addington (CRL) 1994 Hawkes Bay 20 11 0 0 44 1995 Auckland Warriors 4 2 0 0 8 1996 Sydney Tigers 10 3 0 0 12 1997 Hunter Mariners 4 1 0 0 4 Total 38 17 0 0 68 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1988–93 Canterbury 43 30 0 0 120 1994 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [2]

Michael Thomas Dorreen (born 19 January 1967) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for New Zealand and Canterbury, and at club level for Addington (of the Canterbury Rugby League), Hawkes Bay, Auckland Warriors, Sydney Tigers and Hunter Mariners, as a centre.

New Zealand

Dorreen played for the dominating Canterbury provincial side of the early 1990s alongside Quentin Pongia, Logan Edwards, Whetu Taewa and coach Frank Endacott. In 1994, he changed regions and joined the Hawkes Bay Unicorns for the inaugural Lion Red Cup. He also made the New Zealand Residents side in 1994 and played two games for the New Zealand national rugby league team.^{[ citation needed ]}

Australian competition

In 1995, he joined the new Auckland Warriors franchise in the Australian Rugby League. He played in 14 matches for the new club but was not re-signed for 1996. In 1996, he moved to Sydney to play for the Sydney Tigers. He then finished his professional career with the Hunter Mariners in the Super League competition. He played for Orange in 1998. ^[3]

He returned to New Zealand in 1999, playing for Halswell and Canterbury.

Coaching career

In 2007, he was to coach the Canterbury under-18 side with his former teammate Logan Edwards before the competition was cancelled by the New Zealand Rugby League. ^[4] However, they have continued to be involved in age grade coaching in Canterbury and, in 2009, they coached the Canterbury Bulls under-18 side. ^[5]

In 2010, Dorreen coached the South Island under 17 side in the National Zonal Competition.

In 2012, he was promoted to head coach of the South Island side. ^[6] In 2013, the Canterbury Bulls replaced the South Island Scorpions in the National Competition and Dorreen became the Canterbury Bulls' head coach. ^[7]

References

1. "DORREN,[sic] MICHAEL THOMAS 1994 - KIWI #660". New Zealand League. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
2. "Michael Dorreen - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. Dorreen returns after six years The Press, 26 April 1999 ^{[ dead link ]}
4. "Axeing of under-18 series leaves players reeling", The Press, 19 June 2007 Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Bulls Score Prescott", The Press, 13 May 2008 Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Mike Dorreen appointed as Head Coach of the South Island Scorpions Premier Side for 2012", West Coast Rugby League, 19 June 2012 Archived 23 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine
7. Tony Smith (10 April 2013). "Canterbury Bulls team to make a comeback". The Press. Retrieved 19 June 2022.