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Luke McALISTER
Néo-Zélandais
Né le : 28/08/1983
1 m 78 - 94 kg
International
Battle of the Bridge
The great thing about NPC footie for an old fella like me is that
no matter how out of sorts our team is, there're always those few
days of hope and promise and hand-shandy anticipation ahead of a
Battle of the Bridge.
Luke McAlister
Luke was once thought of as the next great thing, a young man who
would grow and mature into a top-class professional footballer.
Rattue
Rattue on Wednesday has always been a favourite
of ours, in much the same way that manure is good for crops. (For
you young cunts out there who can't read or write, it's a metaphor
and our website's the crops.) Here he is at his finest in his 'Worst
XV of King Henry's reign' piece:
New coach for Harbour
In a slightly surprising result, Liam Barry has been named Head
Coach of Harbour Rugby for 3 years.
Q&A
Following an email from a concerned fan, we try to answer the tough
questions:
1.Who will ask why Hollister is avoiding owning
up for his role in the season's results?
As we understand it, the board is responsible for the review on
performance-related issues of B Hollister's position.
The quick fix
Last weekend was the end of the line for the spluttering North Harbour
train which has in every sense "gone off the rails".
It is very easy to pass comment from our homes and
offices but a little more difficult to arrive with comprehensive,
logical and practical answers to the dilemma facing our beloved
Union.
Harbour Squad Review
Ben Afeaki - Marist
The giant has, when fit, been of adequate form but won't progress
much further than the odd game for the Chiefs. He is highly injury-prone
and his massive bulk looks a bit funny on two wee legs but hey,
he might be a late bloomer.
5.5/10
Harbour Hobo Profile
Nickname: Jacko/Smelly
Quit with the flash
stuff North Harbour
Gents. Let's start with the basics and then we will work on all
the fancy stuff later. After the shambolic attempts on Friday it
is back to the most basic of basic for you all.
Luke
McAlister
How
disappointing but sadly not surprising for McAlister to put himself
before his own team. The
guy lives in a dream-world where the reality of his own, privileged
position on the NZ rugby landscape is yet to come into his self-absorbed
focus.
'Debate'
about North Harbour's relevance
Doing
some intensive research over several glasses of whisky and whilst
waiting for freeones.com to load, I discovered another story contributing
to the 'debate' about North Harbour's relevance from - come on,
have you guessed yet? - The Auckland Herald on Sunday.
Herald
columnist Chris Rattue
These
comments from the Auckland Herald this week, by that newspaper's
resident sports 'controversialist', found their way into our mail
as a rodent might find its way into your best caviar.
2010 Harbour squad
review
On the face of it a reasonably predictable squad
with 7 new inclusions, all of which have featured prominently in
club rugby this season. Most notably has been ...
Wulfman
off to Toulon
C'est
officiel, Rudi Wulf sera toulonnais lors des deux prochaines saisons
...
The best 15 in 25 years?
1.
Tony Woodcock
Widely
regarded as one of the best props in the world, Woody has been one
of the shinning lights of All Black rugby while maintaining an essence
of humble ...
John
McKittrick
It has to be mentioned somewhere that John McKittrick's
appalling rugby round-up for the North Shore Times must be brought
to a halt immediately ...
Nice
work, Mr Ma'afu
Obviously we hate the Super 14, but we have
to keep an eye on the Harbour players to make sure they get a fair
chance in that seething cesspit of Auckland Rugby ...
Happy
New Year Readers!
You might not know it but this year represents
the 25th anniversary of the Union we all love. Can this information
be found on the website, don't think so, will merchandise ...
The Simpson's characters that look
like Harbour stars!
We investigate the uncanny likeness of former and current Harbour
Stars to The Simpson's characters - spooky stuff ...
Top
Four?
If you had asked me this question a couple
of weeks back I would have had you committed to the nearest "correctional"
facility and asked for a non-parole...
Calci-Yum
and Chips
Please, please Harbour can you change the
front page of the official website so that we don't have to keep
seeing a advertisement for $4 Calci-Yum and Chips combo ...
Poaching
Driving to work this morning I heard our very
own Craig Dowd "dish it out" to other Unions for poaching players
and not acting in the best interest of provincial rugby. He ...
2008
Squad Analysis
Sam Biddles
When moving from ruck-to-ruck, Sam appears to be mimicking a lost
and injured Rhino, perhaps located in Kruger National Park. Not
really the poster boy for ...
Air
New Zealand Cup Cull
The recent decision to exclude Tasman and more
importantly Northland is a worrying trend of ...
NHRFU
Squad Review 2008
Head Coach extraordinaire Wayne Pivac has named
his initial squad and in unusual developments has selected every
senior player in ...
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 ...
Battle
of the Bridge
In recognition of the penis-pulsating build-up
to another "Battle of the Bridge", we review the last
5 wins over the auld enemy. Sadly we have only ever won five and
I have been to all of them.
We
say ... Season
Preview 2006
Quite an alternative start to the season this
year as the full effect of professional rugby comes home to roost
at the NPC level.
Not
satisfied with the ruination of club rugby, the “money-makers” in
Wellington turn their evil attention on the Air NZ Cup with it’s
“new and improved format”. At a casual glance this promises to be
as exciting as two more Tri-Nation fixtures.
We
say ... 2005 Season Review
The
season has come to disappointing end and we must now look objectively
at the team's performance.
We
say ... North Harbour Fans
North Harbour is constantly derided for its lack
of fans. Because we at harbourrugby.com live on the Shore, we know
why this is:
We
Say ...
We at harbourrugby.com like to believe that
we provide cutting, incisive wisdom to all eleven of our committed,
dedicated Harbour fans across this fledgling city. So when we get
criticism from fellow Harbourites - even ones who are functionally
illiterate - it hurts our feelings. It ...
An
Ode to North Harbour: "North
Harbour - 20 Years in the Making"
"Harbour, you mean a lot to me,
I have followed you from Onewa to the promised land of Albany.
I
love your uniform, your style, your pace,
I have felt your pain during the unfortunate NPC title race. "
We
love the Harbour 2nd XV
"The
poor cousins of the NPC team, the North Harbour 2nd XV have outperformed
their relatives in the last few seasons.
We
say ...
"Initially
I thought it was just another North Harbour RFU public relations
organisational abortion. From the union that brought us gems like
one open gate for every three closed when Jonah and Cully came to
town. (End result: six-mile long queues outside the ground when
the game kicked off.) Or the ban on foghorns, despite ...
A
Season Lost?
The
media has taken the throw-away line from Pollock this week and inserted
it into every printed publication going.
2005
Preview
With
another season but a few weeks away, harbourrugby.com previews the
players for ...
2004
Review
Front
row: Tony, Adrian, Joe, Roger, Mike and Tony
Reasonably good front row you would have to say in a general sense.
Donald
got ...
Back-stabbed.
Ironic. I find it funny, but not overly so, the
way ex-North Harbour players have floundered in their new respective
positions within the Auckland scene ...
How
not to apply to coach a Premier club team:
This
letter of application was sent to a well known North Harbour rugby
club by someone who wanted to coach that clubs' premier team in
2005. Read more and you'll see why the application was not successful.
The
Greatest XV
As
we approach the milestone that is 20 years of not winning anything,
I feel it is important to name the Greatest XV North Harbour has
ever produced. Of course you might not agree but who cares, I certainly
don't. This may change in the build-up to our 20th anniversary ...
Echoes
of Glory Days Past
It's
difficult to write about the pending season from the sticky climes
of the Orient, where I have watched one game of NZ-related rugby
since last November. So, rather than look into that generally disappointing
place we call the future, I have decided ...
2004
State of the Union
Usually
at this time of the year there is a fair amount of speculation on
what sort of year the North Harbour team will have. This is almost
always misguided enthusiasm and ultimately leaves the ...
2004
Squad Preview
2003
State of the Union
2003
Squad Review
Cock.........And
so it came to fruition on the twenty-third day of the month ...
What
is it about the New Zealand sporting public and North Harbour fans
in ...
As
one of Harbourrugby.com's foreign correspondents I have been trying
to follow ...
I
have just repaired to the secure confines of my bedroom - a place
in which many ...
Club
rugby is dying... Club rugby is dead... We should all pack up and
go home ...
All
praise for the end of the Topsport Ford Telecom Adidas Tri-Nations
Super- ...
It
is appropriate at this time to review comments made earlier in the
season ...
The
IRB are a bunch of old fogeys, with their heads up their arses and
an ...
Now
is the Hour … Cometh the Good Coaching Skills … Cometh the Trophies.
In ...
At
harbourrugby.com we have maintained concerted disinterest in the
Super 12 ...
This
season has been largely a disappointing one. The tag of entertainers
and non ...
This
issue of 'Super-12-As-New-Rugby-God' bores the shit out of me, frankly
...
As
the 2000 Air New Zealand NPC season looms large before us we warily
cast our ...
In
1985 North Shore City, a city floundering in its reluctance to move
out of ...
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