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Graeme Norton is a New Zealand former ___MASK96___ and coach . He became coach of the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1997 . Initial career . After a playing career with the Northcote Tigers , Norton became the Tigers head coach . He led Northcote to two Fox Memorial grand final wins and a National Club knockout championship . The Pacific Cup is a ___MASK44___ league football competition for from the Pacific region . Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania . Located on Australia ' s east coast , the metropolis surrounds the world ' s largest natural harbour , and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west . Residents of Sydney are known as " Sydneysiders ". Sydney is the second ___MASK1___ seat and second ___MASK1___ residence of the ___MASK78___ - General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia and many federal ministries maintain substantial presences in Sydney . Contact sports are sports that emphasize or require physical contact between players . Some sports , such as mixed martial arts , are scored on impacting an opponent , while others , including ___MASK44___ football , require tackling of players . These sports are often known as full - contact , as the sport cannot be undertaken without contact . Other sports have contact , but such events are illegal under the rules of the game or are accidental and do not form part of the sport . Fa ' ausu Afoa ( born June 29 , 1967 in Apia , Samoa ) played ___MASK44___ league for the Penrith Panthers and North Harbour Sea Eagles and for Western Samoa . He played for the New Zealand XIII side in the 1997 Oceania Cup . The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic ___MASK44___ league competition that ran from 1994  1996 sponsored by brewers Lion Nathan . It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic ___MASK44___ league due to the Auckland Warriors being accepted into the Winfield Cup . The competition was a huge success in its inaugural year , although it made a massive loss financially . Throughout its three - year history it continued to make a loss , eventually being scrapped by the New Zealand ___MASK44___ League . The 1997 Oceania Cup was an international ___MASK44___ league football tournament played in the Pacific region . The tournament was operated and contested by Super League - aligned countries during the Super League war as an alternative to the Pacific Cup . England is a country that is part of the ___MASK47___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The North Harbour Sea Eagles were a New Zealand ___MASK44___ league club that represented North Harbour in the Lion Red Cup from 1994 to 1996 . For the first two seasons they were coached by Graeme Norton . The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional ___MASK44___ league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith . The team is based 55 km west of the centre of Sydney and at the foot of the Blue Mountains . The ___MASK44___ Football Union ( RFU ) is the governing body for ___MASK44___ union in England . It was founded in 1871 , and was the sport ' s international governing body prior to the formation of what is now known as World ___MASK44___ ( WR ) in 1886 . It promotes and runs the sport , organises international matches for the England national team , and educates and trains players and officials . ___MASK44___ league football , usually called ___MASK44___ league , is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field . One of the two codes of ___MASK44___ football , it originated in England in 1895 as a split from the ___MASK44___ Football Union over the issue of payments to players . Its rules gradually changed with the aim of producing a faster , more entertaining game for spectators . New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The country geographically comprises two main landmasses  that of the North Island , or Te Ika - a - Mui , and the South Island , or Te Waipounamu  and numerous smaller islands . New Zealand is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia , Fiji , and Tonga . Because of its remoteness , it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period of isolation , New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal , fungal and plant life . The country ' s varied topography and its sharp ___MASK46___ peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions . New Zealand ' s capital city is Wellington , while its most populous city is Auckland . ___MASK44___ is a type of football developed at ___MASK44___ School in ___MASK44___ , Warwickshire , one of many versions of football played at English public schools in the 19th century . The two main types of ___MASK44___ are ___MASK44___ league and ___MASK44___ union . Although ___MASK44___ league initially used ___MASK44___ union rules , they are now wholly separate sports .