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Harbour beaten in second pre season hit-out

Yesterday Harbour were comprehensively beaten five tries to two in their second pre season fixture of the 2008 season by local neighbours Northland. Northland, with two harbourrugby.com favourites, Blair Urlich & Marty Veale, in their squad, would be pleased with a win in their first game of the season.

Next up for Harbour is an away game versus BOP on Friday.

North Harbour 14
(C. Smylie, J. York tries; B. Botica 2 cons)
Northland 31
(J. Payne (2), L. Talia (2), R. Ranger tries; D. Howell 3 cons)
Halftime: tbc

NHRFU Squad Review 2008

Head Coach extraordinaire Wayne Pivac has named his initial squad and in unusual developments has selected every senior player in North Harbour Rugby. When asked why he chose 1000+ players, he answered, "best not to leave any stone unturned, you never know where the next James Rodley might come from".
read more here

Harbour beaten in first pre season fixture

Harbour were well beaten in their first outing of the season by a well drilled Hawke's Bay team. Hawke's Bay had three previous pre season games (77-0 vs. Wairarapa Bush, 61-45 vs. Bay of Plenty & TBC vs. Poverty Bay) under their belt coming into this game while Harbour were starting from scratch.

Only time will tell how much we can read into this result!

North Harbour 10
(C. Evans try; J. Gopperth con, pen)
Hawke's Bay 28
(G. Naoupu, J. Kupa, A. Bradley, J. Allen tries; M. Berquist 4 cons)
Halftime: 03 - 14

A Magpie supporter sums the match up ...

"It was a pretty wet, cold and dark afternoon (they needed to turn the lights on the ground at 4pm), not condusive to free flowing rugby.
The Magpies won the scrums - the lineouts were pretty even, and both sides were willing at the breakdowns. For me the standouts were Bryn Evans who really looks to have stepped up his game following his time with the Blues. He played like you expect a senior player too - was good in the lineouts, excellent at kickoffs, and was another loose forward at the breakdown. I think that the ELV's will definately suit a player of his size and skill.
The South African lock (sorry can't remember his name) looked good when he came on too - a very high work rate and a very very big boy not afraid to use his size.
it was a steady game without being too spectacular for the backline - it was not conditions for back play but the boys still threw it around a lot and mostly it came off, following a few handling errors at the start of the game.
Jimmeh did not really stand out in his first game for Harbour - one good break in the second half, but a few wrong choices to kick when there were overlaps outside.
Harbour tried hard in the second half and deserved their try at the start of the second half (during one of the several hail storms during the game)."

North Harbour 2008 Fixture List

Pre Season Fixtures
vs. Hawkes Bay at North Shore RFC, Saturday 5 Jul, 3.00pm
vs. Northland at East Coast Bays RFC, Saturday 12 Jul, 4.30pm
vs. Bay of Plenty (Away), Friday 18 July
vs. Southland (Away), Thursday 24 July

Air New Zealand Cup Fixtures
vs. Taranaki at New Plymouth, Friday 1 Aug, 7.35pm
vs. Wellington at Albany, Thursday 7 Aug, 7.05pm
vs. Bay of Plenty at Mt Manganui, Saturday 16 Aug, 2.35pm
vs. Waikato at Albany, Sunday 24 Aug, 2.35pm
vs. Manuwatu at Palmerston North, Saturday 30 Aug, 5.30pm
vs. Canterbury at Albany, Saturday 6 Sept, 7.35pm
vs. Southland at Invercargill, Saturday 13 Sept, 5.30pm
vs. Northland at Albany, Sunday 21 Sept, 2.35pm
vs. Auckland at Albany, Saturday 27 Sept, 2.35pm
vs. Counties Manukau at Mt Smart, Saturday 4 Oct, 5.30pm

An Ode to Dustow

One of the better performing players over a reasonable length of time has been the now Bays hooker – Roger Dustow.

Filling the shoes of Slade McFarland was never going to be an easy task, ...
read more here

Supporters of the Year!

Some people really go the extra mile to support their team of choice.

Here at harbourrugby.com we decided the fans that decided to decorate their fence & house in the Harbour colours have to take the award for Supporters of the Year!

The Harbour Hamster Reviews the 2007 Season

Possibly the worst season in the Union’s history, let’s get the knives out …

J Hinchco – no good. Possibly the worst player on the park. Can’t throw, can’t catch, doesn’t commit to the tight ... apart from that a fair player. In my opinion just not ...
read more here

Updated feedback from the masses

The harbourrugby.com inbox continues to be inundated with e-mails from our readers.

- Ian's open letter to Wayne Pivac read more here
- Read a selection of the best e-mails we have received since the shield debacle here
1994 - The year that was

1994 was the coming of age of North Harbour Rugby; throughout the nineties we had gained momentum as a union and finally we had a stable of thoroughbred racehorses that could compete in the larger provincial and international arena.

Life was good, beer was cheap, student loans were plentiful and sperm donation paid well.

Out the in big, wide world it was a different story ...
read more here

Feedback from the masses

The torrent of e-mails into the harbourrugby.com inbox continues. Thanks for your support! Send your thoughts to info@harbourrugby.com

2007 correspondence can be viewed here or the correspondence archive can be found here


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