North Harbour (National Provincial Championship)

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

North Harbour
NHRU official emblem
UnionNorth Harbour Rugby Union
Founded1985 (1985)
LocationAlbany, Auckland, New Zealand
Ground(s)North Harbour Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)
CEOAdrian Donald[1]
Coach(es)Jimmy Maher
Captain(s)Tom Savage
Most appearancesWalter Little and Ron Williams (145)
Top scorerWarren Burton (1,052)
Most triesRichard Kapa (63)
League(s)Bunnings NPC
202410th
Team kit
Official website
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 cardinal.

Current squad

The North Harbour squad for the 2025 Bunnings NPC is:[2]

North Harbour squad

Props

Hookers

  • Fiji Penaia Cakobau
  • New Zealand Bryn Gordon
  • New Zealand Lockie McNair
  • South Africa Chyle van Zyl

Locks

Loose forwards

Halfbacks (scrum-halves)

First five-eighths (fly-halves)

Midfielders (centres)

Outside-backs

  • (c) denotes team captain.
  • Bold denotes internationally capped.
  • INJ denotes a player ruled out for the season with injury.
  • REP denotes a replacement squad player.
  1. ^ Tafa was originally ruled out for the season through injury, but was named in the North Harbour side for Round 1.[3]
  2. ^ Saunoa wasn't named in the original North Harbour squad, but was announced in the side for Round 3.[4]

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 2025 North Harbour squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Player Team
Kade Banks Hurricanes
Cam Christie Blues
Tristyn Cook Blues
Bryn Gordon Blues
Felix Kalapu Waratahs
James Lay Moana Pasifika
Sione Mafileo Moana Pasifika
Patrick Pellegrini Moana Pasifika
Tom Savage Moana Pasifika
Wallace Sititi Chiefs
Cameron Suafoa Blues
Mark Tele'a Blues

References

  1. ^ "Our people". North Harbour Rugby. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ "2025 Bunnings Warehouse NPC Squad - 40 Years of North Harbour". North Harbour Rugby (Press release). 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  3. ^ @harbourrugby; (1 August 2025). "A recap of your North Harbour Match-Day 23 to take on Manawatū tonight at 7:10pm!". Retrieved 3 August 2025 – via Instagram.
  4. ^ @harbourrugby; (13 August 2025). "Swipe for some surprises". Retrieved 17 August 2025 – via Instagram.
  5. ^ "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Game Readiness and Maturity Key in 2025 Hurricanes Squad". Hurricanes (Press release). 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  8. ^ "We're ready to take the handbrake off". Blues (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Team naming for Brumbies". Blues (Press release). 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Match Centre - Super Rugby - Blues vs. Crusaders". SANZAAR. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  11. ^ "NSW Waratahs Make Three Changes to Starting Side to Play the Western Force". NSW Waratahs (Press release). 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Moana Pasifika name squad for 2025". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Gallagher Chiefs name cohesive 2025 squad" (Press release). Chiefs. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
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