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“From there I got involved with  “It was always fun to be                The opportunity to be involved
       rep management and served as         involved with the Vulcans and       with the women’s game was a
       a manager for the south region       see players take their              no-brainer for Mike.
       and Auckland Vulcans, which          opportunity and run with it.”
       then led on to match
       managing.                                                                “It was an easy decision
                                            The Farrelly Photos Auckland        because there was a good
                                            Women’s Premiership has gone        synergy between Farrelly
       “I have been doing Fox games         from strength-to-strength in        Photos and women’s league,”
       for the last five years at           recent years, highlighted by        he says.
       Howick, and that association         the fact that 21 of the 24
       led to me joining Howick as          players in the Kiwi Ferns’
       secretary, while I have also         Women’s Rugby League World          “It’s a great opportunity and
       done some match managing for         Cup squad last year came from       part of what has been a long-
       the NZRL in the National             the Auckland comp.                  term relationship with the
       Premiership.                                                             Auckland Rugby League.”

                                            With the support of Farrelly
       “Since becoming a volunteer it       Photos, the ARL will once again
       has been the Vulcans, and            stage the Women in League
       seeing some of those boys            day in Auckland, with a
       come through and play at             number of games set to be
       higher levels that I’ve enjoyed      streamed live around the
       most.                                world, following the success of
                                            the day in 2017, where three
                                            games were streamed back-to-
                                            back from Cornwall Park.
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