| Connecticut Wildcats | |
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| Full name | Connecticut Wildcats Rugby League Football Club |
| Emblem | Wildcat |
| Colours | Orange, black and white |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Sport | Rugby league |
| League | American National Rugby League |
| Ground | Andrews Field |
| Official website | www.wildcatsrugby.com |
The Connecticut Wildcats is an American semi-professional rugby league football team based in Norwalk, Connecticut. The Bobcat ( Lynx rufus) is a North American Mammal of the cat family Felidae. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games The American National Rugby League (sometimes referred to as the AMNRL) is the major Rugby league tournament for semi-professional clubs in the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an Amateur, but for whom Sport is not a full-time occupation generally because the History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The team competes in the American National Rugby League (AMNRL). The American National Rugby League (sometimes referred to as the AMNRL) is the major Rugby league tournament for semi-professional clubs in the United States
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History
Founded in 2003, the Connecticut club won the AMNRL Championship in the inaugural season and have continued to be one of the most competitive in the League. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Wildcats have played in every Grand Final since entering the League. Each year they have played the Glen Mills Bulls, winning in 2003 and 2006. The Glen Mills Bulls (also known as The Bulls) were a semi-professional Rugby league club located in Concordville Pennsylvania in the United In 2006 they were coached by former National Rugby League (NRL) player Nathan Hollingsworth.
The Connecticut Wildcats are heavily linked to the Australian NRL team, Wests Tigers and it's two merger/feeder clubs Western Suburbs Magpies and Balmain Tigers. The Wests Tigers are a professional Rugby league football club in the National Rugby League (NRL the premier Rugby league competition in Australasia The Western Suburbs Magpies are a Rugby league football club in Sydney Australia The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995-96 were one of the founding rugby league football clubs of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership The NRL is the top rugby league competition in Australasia. Australasia is a Region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring Islands in the Pacific The Magpies and Tigers are part of the second tier rugby league competition in Australia, the New South Wales Cup (formerly the NSWRL Premier League). Magpies are Passerine Birds of the Crow family, Corvidae. The names ' Jay ' and 'magpie' are to a certain extent interchangeable The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is a member of the Felidae family the largest and the most powerful of the four " Big cats quot in the Genus The New South Wales Cup or VB New South Wales Cup (for sponsorship reasons is a Rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales The New South Wales Cup or VB New South Wales Cup (for sponsorship reasons is a Rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales
In Norwalk the Wildcats' home pitch is at Andrews Park near Norwalk High School. Norwalk High School is a Secondary school located in Norwalk Connecticut, USA
Records
- 2007, 2006, and 2003 AMNRL Premiers
- Unbeaten Since Grand Final of 2005
- Mothers' Day Sevens winners
Players
| Player | Position |
|---|---|
| Isidoro Albino | Prop |
| Mark Brandon | Forward |
| Will Brazier | Hooker/Prop |
| Danny Bull | Center/Lock |
| Luke Collins | Fullback/Five-Eighth |
| Alfredo Montana | Winger |
| Gareth Gibbs | Winger/Fullback |
| Nick Priscott | Hooker/Halfback |
| Christian Rahui | Prop/Second Row |
| Charles Shelley | Winger/Center |
| Andrew Webster | Five-Eighth/Lock |
| Robert Zimba | Forward |
This is the squad as of the 2007 season.
See also
- AMNRL Championship: 2003
External links
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