North Shore Rugby Football Club

Rugby team

North Shore Rugby Football ClubUnion| North Harbour Rugby Union

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Nickname(s)| The Pride
Founded| 1873
Location| Devonport, Auckland
Ground(s)| Devonport Domain
President| Pip Eagles
League(s)| NH Premier 1
Official website
www.northshorerugby.co.nz

The North Shore Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Devonport, New Zealand. The club is a member of the North Harbour Rugby Union. Until 1985, with the creation of the North Harbour union, North Shore was a member of the Auckland Rugby Football Union.

## History[edit]

The club was established in May 1873, making North Shore the oldest club in Auckland and one of the oldest in New Zealand. The club has been based at Devonport Domain since the early twentieth century and adopted its current green and white hoops in 1935. The club won the Auckland championship on one occasion, in 1899,[1] and has won the North Harbour championship on seven occasions.

## Honours[edit]

Auckland Championships (1): 1899

North Harbour Premiership Winners (8):1987, 1988, 1992, 2001, 2011, 2014, 2021, 2023

North Harbour Reserve Grade Winners (13):1986, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019

North Harbour Under 21 Winners (4):1994, 1998, 2009, 2010) [2]

## Notable players[edit]

* Stuart Krohn (born 1962), professional rugby union player
* Buck Shelford (born 1957)
* Brad Johnstone (born 1950)
* Frano Botica (born 1963)
* Ben Botica (born 1989)
* Jacob Botica (born 1993)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Gallaher Shield Winners". Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
2. ^ "North Shore Rugby Football Club". Retrieved 15 August 2013.

## External links[edit]

* Club website

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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
ASB Cup

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Auckland Rugby Football Union
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Onewhero
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Puni
Te Kauwhata
Te Kohanga
Tuakau
Waiuku
Weymouth

North Harbour Rugby Union
Mahurangi
Silverdale
Helensville
Kumeu
Massey
East Coast Bays
Glenfield
Northcote
Takapuna
North Shore
North Harbour Marist
Royal New Zealand Navy

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