North Harbour (National Provincial Championship)

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.

For the North Harbour rugby governing body, see North Harbour Rugby Union.

North Harbour
The NHRU official emblem
UnionNorth Harbour Rugby Union
Founded1985 (1985)
LocationAlbany, Auckland, New Zealand
Ground(s)North Harbour Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)
CEODavid Gibson[1]
Coach(es)Ben Afeaki and Daniel Halangahu
Captain(s)Bryn Gatland and Murphy Taramai
Most appearancesWalter Little and Ron Williams (145)
Top scorerWarren Burton (1,052)
Most triesRichard Kapa (63)
League(s)Bunnings NPC
20216th (Championship)
Team kit
Official website
www.harbourrugby.co.nz

Current squad

The North Harbour squad for the 2021 Bunnings NPC is:[2][3][4]

North Harbour squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Halfbacks (Scrum-halves)

  • Bryn Hall
  • Aisea Halo
  • Brad McNaughten INJ
  • Siaosi Nginingini

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:[5][6]

    National Provincial Championship Third Division
    • Winners: 1985
    National Provincial Championship Second Division
    • Winners: 1987
    Mitre 10 Cup Championship Division
    • Winners: 2016

    Current Super Rugby players

    Players named in the 2021 North Harbour squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2021 Super Rugby season.[7][8][9][10][11]

    Player Team
    Bryn Gatland Chiefs
    Bryn Hall Crusaders
    Dillon Hunt Blues
    Sione Mafileo Chiefs
    Jacob Pierce Blues
    Shaun Stevenson Chiefs
    Henry Taefu Force
    Luteru Tolai Blues
    Karl Tu’inukuafe Blues

    References
    1. "Staff". North Harbour Rugby. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
    2. "Introducing the 2021 QBE North Harbour Rugby Squad to compete in this years Bunnings Cup". @harbourrugby on Instagram. 18 July 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
    3. "North Harbour recruit former All Blacks trainee, lose capped flanker". Rugby Pass. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
    4. "Championship Squads: Bunnings NPC 2021". Provincial Rugby. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
    5. "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
    6. "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
    7. "2021 Gallagher Chiefs Squad Announced" (Press release). Chiefs. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
    8. "Four players promoted from Crusaders Academy as Scott Robertson names 2021 Crusaders squad" (Press release). Crusaders. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
    9. "2021 Squad Named" (Press release). Blues. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
    10. "2021 Team". Western Force. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
    11. "Debutants and All Blacks combine in opening line-up" (Press release). Blues. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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