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run.
“Nobody knows this because we’re so young,” he
said. The majority of the team falls between the 18-23
demographic.
Two players in particular attract interest.
“Marcus Traill is one of the best centre backs I’ve
seen,” he said.
His defensive partner is Aaron Kingi who has
developed a penchant for scoring vital goals.
“He pushes through the back line and nobody can
pick him up because he comes from so deep.”
So confident is Williams he admits the guys are
thinking about dying their hair green. But he’s not sure if
they should do it for the semi-final or just wait for the final.
big on dress standards.
Narra proudly boast they were the first club in the
Waikato to provide a formal travelling dress of
monogrammed blazer, shirt, tie and grey trousers to senior
team members, coaches and manager.
It’s a source of pride and why not?
They’re never going to win the FA Cup and
Centennial Park isn’t likely to host a World Cup match so
you grab what you can.
But if they were to grab the Chatham Cup, wouldn’t
that be something ...?
Ngaruawahia
Great blokes, terrible nicknames.
The club is often referred to as Narra for
convenience.
About the same amount of imagination went into
the nicknames.
They’ve got Wayne Bates (Wayno), Glenn Brown
(Brownie), Brian hays (Haysey), Matthew Williams
(Matty), Nicolai Helwig (Nick) and Robert Edwards
(Robbie).
If you’ve had to play tricky word-association games
to work out that lot, you’ll never understand these ones.
John Bell (JB), Emmett Connolly (EC), Gary
Kingi (Gaz) and Simon Eady (Size).
Okay, so they’re not big on nicknames, but they’re
Babes in arms.
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