The Under 15 Championhsip kicked off last night at the Stadium with our Bobcats taking on the Raiders. The Raiders were much bigger than our boys but the Bobcats put on an impressive display of tackling, passing and running with the ball. If a comparison needs to be made, the Bobcats are a better team than both of the under 16 teams at the club last year. What we saw from them was enough to impress and look forward to the rest of the season. The Raiders won 32-6.

Update of 13 October: Our flag teams took out 2nd and 3rd places during the first round of the Flag Football Championship today. As usual, we met each other in the semi final with the Roy Chou-Lee led Cougars beating Joe Ashfield's Jaguars by 19 to 14. The Cougars met the Tamaki Lightning Flash side and went down 27-13. They had earlier lost to them by 24 - 15 in the first game of the day. See pictures at the bottom of this page and on the Pride Multimedia page.

Update of 8 October: Coaches Ashfield and Wegge introduced a dynamic passing game to the team at Sunday's practice. A look at the talent on hand convinced them both that the passing game would work well in the league. We expect this exciting brand of football to attract fans to the club, throwing the ball is what people come to see.

Update of 3 October: Joe Ashfield and Matt Wegge arrived this morning from Minneapolis. Both are fit and well and eager to start playing football. They will have their first team practise with the squad this Sunday, 11am, at North Harbour Stadium.

Update of 30 September: Our American imports, Joe Ashfield and Matt Wegge, arrive this Wednesday and will meet the team for the first time next Sunday.

The Vixens had their first run today and they are looking formidable. Joe and Matt will take over the team next week with the aim of turning them into a gridiron championship side.

News on Matthew Hurley, our under 17 player who is currently playing for the Orme School in Arizona: Orme have played 5 games so far with 3 wins and 2 losses. Matt is kicking and playing wide receiver on the team. Plans are for him to return and play for the Pride in January, before returning to Arizona for his senior year.

Update of 25 September: The draw for the first round of flag football competition is out. Check the Premier League link at the left to see when our teams play.

Update of 23 September: The club's first ever women's team, The Vixens will predominantly be made up of the Auckland Rugby League Champions - Waitemata. After today's muster, the Vixens will start training in earnest next week.

Auckland representative, James Townsley returns to the Pride after a year off to injury. Townsley played premier soccer during the winter and is injury free for this season.

Update of 18 September: New Zealand Haka representatives Shawn Nance and Chris Taylor have joined us for this season. Nance played College football in his homeland, the USA and comes to us from the Lightning. Taylor comes to us from the Raiders, most recently he has been living in Israel. Nance at receiver and Taylor at running back and defensive back, are good aquisitions for the club. They have vast playing experience and have also coached at representative level. Together with Joe Ashfield and Matt Wegge (our American imports) they will form an impressive coaching lineup at the club.

Update of 17 August: We have signed a second overseas player - Matt Wegge, played receiver at Division 2 Mankato State University and is currently coaching high school football in Minnesota. Both he and Joe Ashfield will arrive at the end of September.

Update of 13 August: 17 year old Matt Hurley left today to play high school football at the Orme School in Tempe, Arizona. The scholarship was organised through the school and Gridiron New Zealand. Matt has played 2 years for the junior teams at the Pride and will return to play for the Pride Under 17 team in January.