North Shore Rugby Football Club Explained

Teamname:North Shore Rugby Football Club
Nickname:The Pride
Founded:1873
Capacity:2500
Season:2023
Position:Season, 1st of 9
Playoffs, 1st (champions)
President:Pip Eagles
Url:http://www.northshorerugby.co.nz/

The North Shore Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Devonport, New Zealand. The club is a member of the North Harbour Rugby Union. Until 1985, with the creation of the North Harbour union, North Shore was a member of the Auckland Rugby Football Union.

History

The club was established in May 1873, making North Shore the oldest club in Auckland and one of the oldest in New Zealand. The club has been based at Devonport Domain since the early twentieth century and adopted its current green and white hoops in 1935. The club won the Auckland championship on one occasion, in 1899,[1] and has won the North Harbour championship on nine occasions.

Honours

Auckland Championships (1): 1899

North Harbour Premiership Winners (9): 1987, 1988, 1992, 2001, 2011, 2014, 2021, 2023, 2024

North Harbour Reserve Grade Winners (14): 1986, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023

North Harbour Under 21 Winners (4):1994, 1998, 2009, 2010[2] 2024

Notable players

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gallaher Shield Winners. 2013-08-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130207164610/http://aucklandrugby.co.nz/Gallaher-Shield-Winners.aspx. 7 February 2013.
  2. Web site: North Shore Rugby Football Club. 2013-08-15.