North Harbour (National Provincial Championship)

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North Harbour
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Union North Harbour Rugby Union
Founded1985;39 years ago (1985)
Location Albany, Auckland, New Zealand
Ground(s) North Harbour Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)
CEOAdrian Donald [1]
Coach(es) Ben Afeaki [2]
Captain(s) Cameron Suafoa
Most appearances Walter Little and Ron Williams (145)
Top scorerWarren Burton (1,052)
Most triesRichard Kapa (63)
League(s) Bunnings NPC
2023 10th
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Official website
www.harbourrugby.co.nz

North Harbour are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Albany, New Zealand. Established in 1985, they play in the National Provincial Championship. They play their home games at North Harbour Stadium in Albany. The team is affiliated with the Blues Super Rugby franchise and represents the area north of Auckland. Their home playing colours are white black and maroon.

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Current squad

The North Harbour squad for the 2024 Bunnings NPC is: [3]

North Harbour squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Halfbacks (scrum-halves)

First five-eighths (fly-halves)

Midfielders (centres)

Outside-backs

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped, REP denotes a replacement squad player, DEV denotes a development squad player and INJ denotes a player who has been ruled out for the season due to injury.

    Honours

    North Harbour have never been overall Champions. Their full list of honours, though, include: [4] [5]

    National Provincial Championship Third Division
    National Provincial Championship Second Division
    Mitre 10 Cup Championship Division

    Current Super Rugby players

    Players named in the 2023 North Harbour squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season. [6] [7] [8] [9]

    PlayerTeam
    Jamie Booth Hurricanes
    Bryn Gatland Chiefs
    Lotu Inisi Moana Pasifika
    Tevita Mafileo Hurricanes
    Mahonri Ngakuru Moana Pasifika
    Ray Niuia Moana Pasifika
    Shaun Stevenson Chiefs
    Cameron Suafoa Blues
    Henry Taefu Moana Pasifika
    Mark Tele'a Blues

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    References

    1. ↑ "Staff". North Harbour Rugby. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
    2. ↑ "Staff". North Harbour Rugby. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
    3. ↑ "2024 Harbour Heat Squad". North Harbour Rugby. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
    4. ↑ "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
    5. ↑ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
    6. ↑ "Hurricanes 2023 squad announced" (Press release). Hurricanes. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
    7. ↑ "Gallagher Chiefs squad announced for 2023" (Press release). Chiefs. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
    8. ↑ "Moana Pasifika name 2023 DHL Super Rugby Pacific Squad". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
    9. ↑ "2023 Squad announced". Blues (Press release). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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