MacKillop Sharks Rugby League Club, formerly known as the University Sharks, was an Australian
Rugby League
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club which competed in the
Northern Territory Rugby League
NRL Northern Territory (abbreviated as NRLNT, formerly the Northern Territory Rugby League) is the organisation responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the Northern Territory. It controls the Darwin Rugby League, Darwin Junior ...
competition, based out of
MacKillop Catholic College in
Palmerston, NT. The Club was originally founded in 1973 as the Northern Suburbs Sharks. It relocated to Palmerston in 2014 in a Partnership with MacKillop. The club was disbanded at the end of 2016, being succeeded by the Northern Sharks and the MacKillop Saints, the latter of which switched codes to Rugby Union in 2018.
Notable Juniors
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Joel Romelo
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(2009–14
Canterbury Bulldogs
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,
Melbourne Storm
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Penrith Panthers
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See also
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Rugby league in the Northern Territory
Rugby league in the Northern Territory is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby League and is played in Darwin at Warren Park and in Alice Springs at Anzac Oval.
History
Rugby League was the fourth football code introduced to the Territ ...
References
External links
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MacKillop Sharks Fox Sports pulse*
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Sport in Darwin, Northern Territory
Rugby league teams in the Northern Territory
Rugby clubs established in 1973
1973 establishments in Australia
Palmerston, Northern Territory
Rugby union teams in Australia
Rugby union in the Northern Territory