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05 August 2010
Following on from recent
correspondence, I would like to make the following points:
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14
June 2010
A shocking state of affairs when Forgetful Alistair loses his mind
so early in the season.
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16
January 2010
There
have been some notable movements on the player front over Xmas.
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I
have gone back through my initial thoughts and have made adjustments
for the season just gone.
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Match
the following statements with a regular at a local Harbour club.
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The Hamster looks at some key areas he feels
may have contributed to out lack of success in 2009.
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I
know it's the start of the season and there is plenty of time for
things to go wrong but...
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The squad review
is based on the guys they took to camp up north. It doesn't include
the All Blacks as we know about them and it may miss one or two
but it covers most of the Class of 2009.
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The
Hamster is ready to go in into hibernation for another summer, hopefully
to resurface again in a few months time for the resumption of the
North Harbour Rugby Road-Show 2009.
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During
the Northland game, the Hamster observed a rather large man give
multiple verbal shout-outs to various players at North Harbour Stadium.
Sadly for our most revered rodent, he was seated one row behind
my furry back.
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The
Hamster came to after a particularly arduous night on the turpentine
but through the haze of another shocking binge-drinking display
arose an idea worth pursuing with some vigor.
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This season looks to be as long as the last,
we pay a special tribute to Pivac and the lads as they embark on
their journey by butchering a great Beatles tune.
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Possibly
the worst season in the Union’s history, let’s get the knives out
…
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The
Hamster has finally pulled his head out of his rain-soaked hole
after a self-imposed two day mourning period.
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 The
French Army in 1940 put up more of a fight than our lot on Saturday,
the performances thus far have been piss poor. Sadly for North Harbour
we are unlikely to be able to call on the resources of the ...
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This report is aimed at the pointless journalism
and speculation surrounding the crowds that don't arrive at North
Harbour.
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The Hamster would at this stage like to say a
few words on behalf of the departing superstar - Charles Luke McAlister.
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2007
AD, a new year, a new chapter? The
arrival of Pivac should settle things down this year and get us
back to some decent footie.
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Full credit to Wayne Pivac for taking the time
to send us an e-mail in response to the warm welcome from the Harbour
Hamster - Editor
Dear
Hamster,
On behalf of
the 2007 North Harbour Management team I would like to thank you
for your early show of support.
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Dear
Mr. Pivac
On
behalf of the devoted readers of Harbour Rugby's most famous and
informative website, the Harbour Hamster (your grassroots expert)
welcomes you to the position of Harbour Head Coach. While this vocation
has at times proven to be a poisoned chalice, we believe you may
have what it takes to make a real positive difference.
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It
is fair comment that Pollock and harbourrugby.com didn't really
see "eye-to-eye" on a myriad of issues pertaining to team
selection at our Union.
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Happy
New Year to all fans of North Harbour Rugby!
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We won the Ranfurly Shield which must go
down as one of our best performances of any year.
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In
scenes reminiscent of the Poe of old, Pat's Garage has firmly established
itself as the "Home of Harbour Rugby". Hardened veterans remember
the Irish Bar at the Poenamo Hotel, which was known to be a very
convivial and accessible place in to "mix and mingle" with the players
of the mid-nineties. This practice declined markedly when Harbour
relocated to the Stadium of Ratepayers Burden and a new climate
of ...
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As disclosed in the Otago match report rumour
has it that player influence has once again taken over at Harbour.
Last year there was a definite 'bloc' of athletes who did not subscribe
to the Pollock regime and things got well out of hand before commonsense
prevailed. Despite efforts to dispel that rumour as a 'red-herring',
the departure of Coughlan, Ward and co. showed that they were no
longer prepared to
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The first submission from our new roving reporter,
the Harbour Hamster, reviews the state of the facilities at the
twelve rugby clubs in the North Harbour Union. Enjoy!
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From the desk of the Harbour Hamster, your grassroots rep