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THE FARRELLY FRIENDSHIP
When Farrelly Photos signed on “I wasn’t really involved in ARL, but he had a desire to
as the sponsor of the 2018 league at all when I was young. give back.
Auckland Rugby League Dad ran his business from
Women’s Premiership late last home and I was always around
year, it confirmed the next photography, it was a school “I cooked up thousands of
step in a relationship which holiday job. sausages for kids through those
has been going strong for more years, it put me off sausages
than four decades. for life actually!
“I was trimming and mounting
photos, helping to print to
The ARL’s official photographer boards, that’s how we would “I remained on the junior
since 1976, what started as a spend our school holidays management committee
business transaction has well earning pocket money.” through the 2000s and then
and truly become a labour of moved up to the senior
love for the company and management committee.
owner Mike Farrelly. After joining the family
business in the mid 1980s,
Mike’s involvement with rugby
“It started out very much as a league remained minimal
business interest for my dad, outside of Farrelly Photos’
Jim, who started doing photos work with clubs and at the
for the ARL,” Mike says.
