| Game: |
North Harbour v Western Province
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| Date: |
Sunday, April 1, 2.30pm, 1995
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| Price: |
Cost $3 (published by Sportz Graphics Limited) |
| Result: |
Not sure but since we did not win a Super 10 game that year, probably a close loss. |
| Cover: |
The cover has the mercurial Walter K Little in all his full glory. In this shot he exposes the weakness
of the Otago backline in a game played earlier. Laulau is sporting the classic Nike sponsored jersey which was
brought in around 1993/94. The sponsor logo of ASB Bank is prevalent as is the beloved hibiscus logo (long
since shelved) and the Topsport Super 10 emblem.
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| The Vibe: |
After the departure of the Tegel chicken days and around 1994-ish the programmes got smaller and to be fair
a lot better. These measure 210mm x 145mm and were glossy and generally well put together. |
| The Content: |
An article by the unfunny Grant Harding on how crap we were so far this season, sponsor’s message by a much
younger looking Ralph Norris, curtain-raisers, team-sheets, your guide to referee’s signals and the all to familiar
player profile. |
| Player Profile: |
Rob Grindlay (ECB) – Loosehead prop. Favourite meal: wait for it…Lisa’s lasagne. He was ok started at Glenfield
then went to Bays which can only mean that he didn’t graduate high school with honours. A bit player, solid but nothing
more. |
| Interesting Bits: |
The North Harbour Development Team contained quite a few players that went on to play for Harbour A: Adam Larkin,
Mark Robinson, Ron Cribb, Malua Tipi, Tony Coughlan, Adrian Ferris, and Phil Weedon. There could be more but I
don’t recognise them. This was the reasonably depressing time in our history when Chas Ferris took over from Brad and
discreetly infiltrated the side with suspiciously large numbers of his own family. Sadly none of them were any
good, Chas included. |
| The Team: |
1.S
Palmer
2. H Ferris
3. M Ferris
4. I Jones
5. M Weedon
6. B Larsen
7. L Barry
8. K Schuler
9. A Strachan
10. W Burton
11. E Rush
12. W Little
13. F Bunce
14. P Woods
15. G Osborne |
| Game Before: |
vs. Otago (25/3) lost 12-33 |
| Next Fixture: |
vs. Northland (12/5), Coronation Shield at Onewa |
| Back Cover: |
Lion Red. Proud to support local rugby … mate. |
Programme Pete, the Harbour geek #1