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Former Mahurangi Rugby Football Club player Michael Tuiloma will be the head coach of the Mitre 10 Warkworth Mahurangi Premiers next season.
Tuiloma has played rugby at an international level for Samoa and has worked with a number of provincial development teams. He was a member of the Waipu team that won the Bayleys Club Rugby premiers competition this year.
Former North Harbour and Canterbury back Marty Swart will be the assistant coach.
Club coordinator Haden Kose says the new coaching team will be assisted by outgoing assistant and head coaches Amasio Raoma Valance and Akuila Matanibukaka, who have left the club in good shape after two seasons in the job.
Meanwhile, Mahurangi had a good rugby sevens season, entering a women’s team in the competition for the first time in many years. The team included a range of ages and experience, from star player Tenaija Fletcher to chairperson Charmaine Gravatt.
The men’s sevens team won the bowl at the North Harbour Club Sevens competition and the plate at the Ardmore sevens tournament.
