Neville Sinclair and Paul Rattray coach of Invercargill Pirates U20 team in 1982......

Rodger Burns

The 1982 Pirates U20 side was very young but there were some promising players amongst them.
It was hard to get any sort of combination going due to the large number of players in the team and trying to give everyone a fair go.
Some of the very consistent players were:
Tainai Watene, Philip Fahey, Rodger (Ernie) Burns, Kevin McLauglin, Will Morris.
Although the team did not win many games they were in very good spirits and coaches, Neville Sinclair and Paul Rattray said they were an enjoyable bunch to coach with great attitude.

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