Phil Bergman is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 former rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer who represented New Zealand Māori

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

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 and played professionally for Paris Saint-Germain in the Super League

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Playing career

Bergman signed with the Auckland Warriors in 1995 and played three games for the Auckland Warriors Colts team in the 1995 Lion Red Cup. He also played five matches for the Christchurch City Shiners

Christchurch City Shiners

The Christchurch City Shiners were a New Zealand rugby league club that represented Christchurch in the Lion Red Cup from 1994 to 1996. They were administered by the Canterbury Rugby League.Feeder clubs included Addington, Sydenham and Linwood.-Players:...

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In 1996 he moved to France and played for Paris Saint-Germain in the Super League

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After returning to New Zealand, Bergman played for the Riccarton-Lincoln club and represented Canterbury.

In 2000 he represented the Tasman Orcas

Tasman rugby league team

The Tasman rugby league team are New Zealand rugby league team that represents the Tasman Rugby League. They have previously been nicknamed the Orcas but in 2010 adopted the Titans nickname...

 and was named in the Mainland Super 10 dreamteam. Tasman were coached by his brother, Paul Bergman. He was later called up to the 2000 Bartercard Cup, joining the Porirua Pumas

Porirua Pumas

The Porirua Pumas were a team representing the Porirua region in New Zealand's Bartercard Cup Rugby league competition. The Pumas were one of two Wellington-based teams in the competition, the other being the Wainuiomata Lions. They were replaced in 2002 by the Wellington Orcas...

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Representative career

Bergman was a New Zealand Residents player in 1995.

Bergman represented New Zealand in the 1998 Oceania Sevens tournament. He also toured the Cook Islands with the 1998 New Zealand Māori

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

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 squad.

Later years

After retiring Bergman worked as a player agent

Sports agent

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 for the Sydney Roosters

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He currently coaches the Tasman Titans in the 2011 South Island zone competition.