The North Harbour Rugby Union was formed in 1985 and during this time has developed a reputation for playing quality rugby football. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The union's NPC team, known simply as North Harbour finished 6th in the competition in 2004 having won 4, lost 4 and drawing 1. The National Provincial Championship (NPC) is New Zealands principal domestic rugby union competition. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Area

North Harbour Rugby encompasses a geographical area that takes situated in North Shore City and Rodney district in 12 rugby clubs from Mahurangi in the north through to the North Shore club based in Devonport, North Shore City, the southern-most area of the union. North Shore Categories: New Zealand geography stubs | Auckland | Cities and towns in New Zealand | Territorial Authorities of New Zealand ... The Rodney District of New Zealand is the northernmost area in New Zealands Auckland region, created in 1989 from the amalgamation of Helensville Borough and Rodney County. ... Devonport as viewed from Mt Victoria. ...

Representative rugby

Representative teams from North Harbour take part in both national and regional competitions. The North Harbour Senior side plays in the Air New Zealand NPC The National Provincial Championship (NPC) is New Zealands principal domestic rugby union competition. ...

As North Harbour is one of three provinial involved in the Auckland Blues Rugby Super 12 franchise which takes part in the annual Southern Hemisphere Rugby Super 12 competition, their players are eligible to be picked by the Blues without relying on player drafting, thus, North Harbour players can be seen in Blues jerseys regularly also. The Auckland Blues is a New Zealand rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand, and representing the Northland, North Harbour and Auckland unions. ... Super 12, or Super 14 as it shall be known from 2006, is a Rugby Union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ... The Auckland Blues is a New Zealand rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand, and representing the Northland, North Harbour and Auckland unions. ...

History

North Harbour has enjoyed a great deal of success on the rugby field having produced All Blacks and other New Zealand Representative players, and also winning the 3rd divsion title in their first year 1985, then promotion to Division 1 , and making the final series of the nations NPC competition on several occasions during the 90's, hosting the 1995 final at a capacity-crowdOnewa Domain against Auckland. The All Blacks are the national rugby union representative team of New Zealand. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Provincial Championship (NPC) is New Zealands principal domestic rugby union competition. ...

North Harbour players play in the Rugby Super 12 competition as part of the Auckland Blues partnership with the neighbouring Northland and Auckland unions. The Auckland Blues is a New Zealand rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand, and representing the Northland, North Harbour and Auckland unions. ...

With the development of the North Harbour Stadium at Albany in the late 90's, this stadium became the home base of Harbour rugby. This futuristic multipurpose stadium can contain over 25,000 spectators. Albany is a northern suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ...

Club and High-school Rugby

The club rugby season runs annually from March through to the beginning of August. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

There are also 16 secondary schools fielding close to 100 teams within the North Harbour Region. Due to the ratio of secondary schools to rugby clubs there is strong relationship between the two.

Current players

The following is a list of players signed to play for the North Harbour NPC team in 2005 who have played for the All Blacks:

• Luke McAlister
• Rua Tipoki
• Tony Woodcock

Former players

These are players who have played for North Harbour in the past and have gone on to play international rugby and accomplish other feats as listed:

• Frano Botica (former All Black)
• Frank Bunce (former All Black centre)
• Walter Little (former All Black second-five eight)
• Willie Lose (former Tonga international team captain and lock, now a TV & Radio personality)
• Buck Shelford (former All Black captain)

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External Links

Official North Harbour Rugby Site (http://www.harbourrugby.co.nz)