North Harbour (National Provincial Championship) Explained

Teamname:	North Harbour
Union:	North Harbour Rugby Union
Location:	Albany, Auckland, New Zealand
Ground:	North Harbour Stadium
Capacity:	25,000
Ceo:	Adrian Donald^[1]
Coach:	Ben Afeaki^[2]
Captain:	Cameron Suafoa
Appearances:	Walter Little and Ron Williams (145)
Top Scorer:	Warren Burton (1,052)
Most Tries:	Richard Kapa (63)
League:	Bunnings NPC
Season:	2023
Position:	10th
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Url:	https://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.

Current squad

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

North Harbour squad
Props Sam Davies Tevita Langi James Lay Sione Mafileo Tevita Mafileo Fatongia Paea Karl Tu'inukuafe Hookers Bryn Gordon Shilo Klein Penaia Cakobau ^DEV Locks Cam Christie James Fiebig Ben Grant Felix Kalapu Mahonri Ngakuru Sam Slade ^REP	Loose forwards Tristyn Cook Talimoni Finau ^DEV Lotu Inisi Tamarau McGahan Jed Melvin Karl Ruzich Wallace Sititi Cameron Suafoa (c) Halfbacks (scrum-halves) Bryn Hall Aisea Halo Siaosi Nginingini First five-eighths (fly-halves) Tane Edmed Cameron Howell ^DEV Oscar Koller	Midfielders (centres) Tom Barham Leo Gordon Moses Leo James Little Outside-backs Kade Banks Tima Fainga'anuku Fine Inisi Sofai Maka Hunter Rice ^DEV Shaun Stevenson Mark Tele'a
(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

• 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.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Player	Team
Jamie Booth
Bryn Gatland
Lotu Inisi
Tevita Mafileo
Mahonri Ngakuru
Ray Niuia
Shaun Stevenson
Cameron Suafoa
Henry Taefu
Mark Tele'a

External links

• Official website
• Facebook page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff. North Harbour Rugby. 9 September 2020.
2. Web site: Staff. North Harbour Rugby. 9 September 2020.
3. Web site: 2024 Harbour Heat Squad. North Harbour Rugby. 29 July 2024.
4. Web site: National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014. Te Ara. 17 September 2020.
5. Web site: Mitre 10 Cup. Rugby Heartland. 17 September 2020. 27 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200927173633/http://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/mitre10-cup/. dead.
6. Hurricanes 2023 squad announced . Hurricanes . 26 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
7. Gallagher Chiefs squad announced for 2023 . Chiefs . 26 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
8. Moana Pasifika name 2023 DHL Super Rugby Pacific Squad . Moana Pasifika . 22 November 2022 . 22 November 2022.
9. 2023 Squad announced . Blues . 26 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.