North Harbour (National Provincial Championship)

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

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.

North Harbour

NHRU official emblem
Union	North Harbour Rugby Union
Founded	1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Location	Albany, Auckland, New Zealand
Ground(s)	North Harbour Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)
CEO	Adrian Donald^[1]
Coach(es)	Ben Afeaki and Daniel Halangahu
Captain(s)	Bryn Gatland
Most appearances	Walter Little and Ron Williams (145)
Top scorer	Warren Burton (1,052)
Most tries	Richard Kapa (63)
League(s)	Bunnings NPC
2023	10th
Team kit
Official website
www.harbourrugby.co.nz

Current squad

The North Harbour squad for the 2023 Bunnings NPC is:^[2]

North Harbour squad
Props   Sam Davies   Tevita Langi   Sione Mafileo   Tevita Mafileo   Nic Mayhew   Fatongia Paea ^REP ^[a] Hookers   Bryn Gordon   Shilo Klein   Ray Niuia ^REP ^[b] Locks   Tristyn Cook ^DEV   James Fiebig   Ben Grant   Mahonri Ngakuru   Josiah Pokai ^DEV   Rex Pollock ^DEV   Cameron Suafoa	Loose forwards   Cam Christie ^DEV   Lotu Inisi   Tamarau McGahan   Jed Melvin   Karl Ruzich   Wallace Sititi Halfbacks (scrum-halves)   Jamie Booth   Aisea Halo   Siaosi Nginingini First five-eighths (fly-halves)   Bryn Gatland (c)   Jack Heighton   Cameron Howell ^DEV   Oscar Koller	Midfielders (centres)   Tom Barham   Henry Taefu Outside-backs   Kade Banks   Phoenix Hunapo-Nofoa ^DEV   Alapati Leiua ^REP ^[c]   Tika Lelenga   Moses Leo   Sofai Maka ^REP ^[d]   Danyon Morgan-Puterangi   Shaun Stevenson   John Tapueluelu ^REP ^[c]   Mark Telea
(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. Paea wasn't named in the original North Harbour squad, but was announced in the side for North Harbour's second fixture in Round 5.^[3] Niuia wasn't named in the original North Harbour squad, but was announced in the side for Round 4.^[4] Leiua & Tapueluelu weren't named in the original North Harbour squad, but were announced in the side for Round 1.^[5] Maka wasn't named in the original North Harbour squad, but was announced in the side for Round 5.^[3]

Honours

North Harbour have never been overall Champions. Their full list of honours, though, include:^[6][7]

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 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.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Player	Team
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 Telea	Blues

References

1. "Staff". North Harbour Rugby. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
2. "Say hello to your official 2023 Harbour Heat Squad!". @harbourrugby on Instagram. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
3. "Bunnings NPC Round 5: Team Lists". Bunnings NPC. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
4. "Bunnings NPC Round 4: Team Lists". Bunnings NPC. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
5. "Bunnings NPC Round 1: Team Lists". Bunnings NPC. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
6. "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
7. . Rugby Heartland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
8. "Hurricanes 2023 squad announced" (Press release). Hurricanes. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
9. "Gallagher Chiefs squad announced for 2023" (Press release). Chiefs. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
10. "Moana Pasifika name 2023 DHL Super Rugby Pacific Squad". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
11. "2023 Squad announced". Blues (Press release). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Facebook page