North Harbour Amateur Representative Rugby Report – 14/15 October

On Sunday 15 October Harbour Hibiscus played second placed Otago Spirit in the Farah Palmer Cup championship division and lost 15-34 at QBE Stadium with tries to Claire Erasmus, Caitlyn Cox and Sophie Fisher kicking a conversion and a penalty.  Semi-finals are on Saturday 21 October with the Hibiscus travelling to Dunedin to face Otago again for the 2^nd vs 3^rd semi-final.

Te Raki Pae Whenua North Harbour Maori representative teams played in the Te Hiku O Te Ika Northern Region Maori Tournament finals on Saturday 14 October at Rotorua. The U17 team continued their winning way to beat Tamaki Makaurau Auckland 34-13 in the final and the Maori Seniors lost to Te Awaiariki Bay of Plenty 15-42 in their final.

The North Harbour Roller Mills team finished 8^th in the 2017 tournament held at the wonderful facilities at St Peters College, Cambridge.  Harbour finished 3^rd in their pool with wins over Taranaki and Thames Valley and losses to Auckland West and Bay of Plenty.  In the semi-finals on Saturday Harbour went down to Northland 12-57 then faced Taranaki again in the 7^th/8^th final on Sunday.  Taranaki scored first but Harbour came back at them and mid-way through second half they were tied up 17 all.   Harbour were hot on attack but an intercept by Taranaki resulted in a try and Taranaki put the result beyond doubt with a try down the outside to win 29-17.