Greg Rawlinson
Adding attitude, size & determination to the Harbour tight five

Nick Name: Dolph

Date of Birth: 14.08.78

Place of Birth: Durban, South Africa

Height (cm): 200

Weight (kg): 116

Playing Position: Lock

Current Club: Silverdale

Harbour Debut: vs Bay of Plenty 2003

Harbour Caps: 24

RepresentativeRecord: North Harbour, Blues, BOP, Sharks

Favourite Rugby Ground: ABSA Stadium, Durban

Best Moment in Rugby: Scoring a try against Otago

Worst Moment in Rugby: -

Most Admired Sports Person: Lance Armstrong

Comment: An outstanding contributor to the North Harbour team in 2005, Rawlinson has been the form lock in this year's NPC.

His impact at ruck and maul time has been crucial to the delivery of "front foot" to our talented backline stars while his athleticism around the park and ball carrying ability mark him as a leading contender for Forward of the Year honours in 2005.

We love the big guy's work and are pretty happy that he has made the hard call to turn his back on a Bok jersey and continue his drive for an All Black call-up.

We are not the only ones who like his work. We recently received this e-mail from a fan in South Africa who thought our site was the official North Harbour site.

"Hi Greg Rawlinson,
my name is ******* ******* Rawlinson, i have been following your play when North harbour rugby games are shown in south africa,and i must say how proud i am of you. i always dreamt of playing for NZ rugby team and then later for the ALL BLACKS , but i was not so lucky. When i played rugby i represented Border , east london , in std 9 and 10 at the DR Danie Craven week, after leaving school i played for sa police under21 , while in police in pretoria , after being transfered back to east london , i played 1 match for Border senior , but was involved in motorcar accident at work .i grew up watching Sid Going and dreamt of playing like Sean Fitzpatrick , until my accident. i am still in sa police but my injuries dont allow me to play rugby again , SO GREG my dreams are with you now and although you are not a hooker (no 2) you are a RAWLINSON and i am proud of you."

Ed's note: we replied to the sender and provided them with the email address for the NHRFU