Kenneth McIntosh is a New Zealand

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

coach and former player who currently coaches the

East Coast Bays Barracudas The East Coast Bays Barracudas is a rugby league club based in Browns Bay, New Zealand. Currently, they compete in the Sharman Cup, the second division in Auckland Rugby League. Coached by Ken McIntosh and managed by Cameron Dick, the "Cudas" ar ...

. He played professionally with the

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Playing career

McIntosh began his career with the

Northcote Tigers The Northcote Tigers are a rugby league club based in Northcote, New Zealand. The club was founded in 1910 as the Northcote Warriors though they became known as the Northcote Ramblers shortly afterwards.John Haynes ''From All Blacks to All Go ...

in the

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. He was part of the Tigers team that won the Fox Memorial trophy, something which he rates the highlight of his career. He also represented

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and New Zealand Māori while playing for the Tigers, including at the 1992 Pacific Cup. McIntosh then joined the North Harbour Sea Eagles and was part of the team that won the inaugural Lion Red Cup in 1994. After this he was signed by the

in the

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. However he only played two first grade games in 1995 and was not retained by the club. McIntosh finished his career with the

Wentworthville Magpies The Wentworthville Magpies, colloquially known as ''Wenty'', are an Australian rugby league team based in the suburb of Wentworthville in Greater Western Sydney, Sydney's Western Suburbs. Founded in 1963 (or 1937), the club has competed in vari ...

, where he won two Metropolitan Cups. McIntosh then returned to his

club and played in the

Bartercard Cup The Bartercard Cup (successor of the Lion Red Cup) was the top level rugby league club competition in New Zealand from 2000 until 2007. For the entire life of the tournament it was sponsored by Bartercard. The cup was administered by the New Ze ...

Coaching career

McIntosh moved into coaching and coached his old club, the

. He won a Prime Minister's scholarship in 2006 and spent three days at the

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...

with Wayne Bennett. He was the coach of the North Harbour Tigers and

Harbour League Harbour League were a franchise in the now defunct Bartercard Cup rugby league competition in New Zealand. They represented Aucklands North Shore City. They were formed in 2006 to take over from the Hibiscus Coast Raiders and the North Harbour ...

in the

. In 2010 he was appointed the coach of

for the inaugural

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competition. Since 2012 he has coached the

.Team Lists 5 May 2012
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References

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