North Harbour (National Provincial Championship)

For the North Harbour rugby governing body, see North Harbour Rugby Union.

Rugby team

North Harbour

NHRU official emblem

Union| North Harbour Rugby Union
Founded| 1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Location| Albany, Auckland, New Zealand
Ground(s)| North Harbour Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)
CEO| Adrian Donald[1]
Coach(es)| Jimmy Maher
Captain(s)| Tom Savage
Most appearances| Walter Little and Ron Williams (145)
Top scorer| Warren Burton (1,052)
Most tries| Richard Kapa (63)
League(s)| Bunnings NPC
2024| 10th

Team kit

Official website
www.harbourrugby.co.nz

North Harbour are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Albany, New Zealand. Established in 1985, they play in the National Provincial Championship. They play their home games at North Harbour Stadium in Albany. The team is affiliated with the Blues Super Rugby franchise and represents the area north of Auckland. Their home playing colours are white black and cardinal.

## Current squad

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The North Harbour squad for the 2025 Bunnings NPC is:[2]

North Harbour squad

Props

* Sam Davies
* Siolo Fruean
* James Lay
* Sione Mafileo
* Kosei Nakamura
* Tony Tafa[a]
* Riley Tofilau
* Leka Tuʻungafasi

Hookers

* Penaia Cakobau
* Bryn Gordon
* Lockie McNair
* Chyle van Zyl

Locks

* Cam Christie
* James Fiebig
* Zinzan Hansen
* Felix Kalapu
* Jack Lee
* Mahonri Ngakuru
* Tom Savage (c)

Loose forwards

* Donald Coleman
* Tristyn Cook
* Gage Jackson
* Tamarau McGahan
* Jed Melvin
* Victor Olaaiga
* Karl Ruzich
* Wallace Sititi
* Cameron Suafoa
* Murphy Taramai

Halfbacks (scrum-halves)

* Cole Benson
* Luke Campbell
* Siaosi Nginingini
* Manu Paea

First five-eighths (fly-halves)

* Cameron Howell
* Oscar Koller
* Patrick Pellegrini

Midfielders (centres)

* Tom Barham
* Ben Brownlee
* Tima Faingaʻanuku
* Tom Hendrickson
* Tika Lelenga

Outside-backs

* Kade Banks
* Sofai Maka
* Hunter Rice
* Mark Tele'a
* Nik Vikena

* (c) denotes team captain.
* Bold denotes internationally capped.
* INJ denotes a player ruled out for the season with injury.

1. ^ Tafa was originally ruled out for the season through injury, but was named in the North Harbour side for Round 1.[3]

## Honours

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North Harbour have never been overall Champions. Their full list of honours, though, include:[4][5]

National Provincial Championship Third Division

* Winners: 1985

National Provincial Championship Second Division

* Winners: 1987

Mitre 10 Cup Championship Division

* Winners: 2016

## Current Super Rugby players

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Players named in the 2025 North Harbour squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Player  | Team

|

Kade Banks | Hurricanes
Cam Christie | Blues
Tristyn Cook | Blues
Bryn Gordon | Blues
Felix Kalapu | Waratahs
James Lay | Moana Pasifika
Sione Mafileo | Moana Pasifika
Patrick Pellegrini | Moana Pasifika
Tom Savage | Moana Pasifika
Wallace Sititi | Chiefs
Cameron Suafoa | Blues
Mark Tele'a | Blues

## References

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1. ^ "Our people". North Harbour Rugby. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
2. ^ "2025 Bunnings Warehouse NPC Squad - 40 Years of North Harbour". North Harbour Rugby (Press release). 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
3. ^ @harbourrugby; (1 August 2025). "A recap of your North Harbour Match-Day 23 to take on Manawatū tonight at 7:10pm!". Retrieved 3 August 2025 – via Instagram.
4. ^ "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
5. ^ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
6. ^ "Game Readiness and Maturity Key in 2025 Hurricanes Squad". Hurricanes (Press release). 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
7. ^ "We're ready to take the handbrake off". Blues (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
8. ^ "Team naming for Brumbies". Blues (Press release). 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
9. ^ "Match Centre - Super Rugby - Blues vs. Crusaders". SANZAAR. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
10. ^ "NSW Waratahs Make Three Changes to Starting Side to Play the Western Force". NSW Waratahs (Press release). 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
11. ^ "Moana Pasifika name squad for 2025". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
12. ^ "Gallagher Chiefs name cohesive 2025 squad" (Press release). Chiefs. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

## External links

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* Official website
* Facebook page

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National Provincial Championship (2006–present)

Seasons|

| Air New Zealand Cup|

* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

|

ITM Cup|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015

Mitre 10 Cup|

* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020

Bunnings NPC|

* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Unions|

* Auckland
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Other|

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* Stuff

Stadium|

* Apollo Projects Stadium
* Central Energy Trust Arena
* Eden Park
* FMG Stadium Waikato
* Forsyth Barr Stadium
* Jerry Collins Stadium
* Lansdowne Park
* McLean Park
* Navigation Homes Stadium
* North Harbour Stadium
* Rotorua International Stadium
* Rugby Park Stadium
* Semenoff Stadium
* Sky Stadium
* Stadium Taranaki
* Tauranga Domain
* Trafalgar Park

New Zealand Rugby Union

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North Harbour – current squad

Forwards|

* Penaia Cakobau
* Cam Christie
* Donald Coleman
* Tristyn Cook
* Sam Davies
* James Fiebig
* Siolo Fruean
* Bryn Gordon
* Zinzan Hansen
* Gage Jackson
* Felix Kalapu
* James Lay
* Jack Lee
* Sione Mafileo
* Tamarau McGahan
* Lockie McNair
* Jed Melvin
* Kosei Nakamura
* Mahonri Ngakuru
* Victor Olaaiga
* Karl Ruzich
* Tom Savage
* Wallace Sititi
* Cameron Suafoa
* Tony Tafa
* Murphy Taramai
* Riley Tofilau
* Leka Tuʻungafasi
* Chyle van Zyl

Backs|

* Kade Banks
* Tom Barham
* Cole Benson
* Ben Brownlee
* Luke Campbell
* Tima Faingaʻanuku
* Tom Hendrickson
* Cameron Howell
* Oscar Koller
* Tika Lelenga
* Sofai Maka
* Siaosi Nginingini
* Manu Paea
* Patrick Pellegrini
* Hunter Rice
* Mark Tele'a
* Nik Vikena

Head coach(es)|

* Jimmy Maher

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Rugby union in Auckland

Super Rugby teams|

* Blues

NPC teams|

* Auckland
* Counties Manukau Steelers
* North Harbour

Local competitions|

Auckland Rugby Football Union
Gallaher Shield

Counties Manukau Rugby Union
McNamara Cup

North Harbour Rugby Union
Kennards Hire Premier 1

Local teams|

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