Harbour Men’s B played their final fixture of the season on Saturday 30 September at East Coast Bays RFC and celebrated with an overwhelming 68-17 win scoring 10 tries over neighbours Northland. Northland started well scoring first after 6 mins and were really up for it until the Harbour men found a few holes. The match was played at pace and Northland were matching our men all the way until the 30th min. Harbour had scored 4 tries with Todd Doolan adding 4 conversions, but a mis-match in defence for Harbour saw Northland sneak in another on half time. A stern message from the Harbour coaches saw the boys run riot scoring another 6 tries with Todd Doolan adding 5 more conversions for a haul of 18 points. Harbour tries came from Nick Smith 2, Kane Jacobson 2 (player on the day), Mark Royal, Danny Drake, Gannon Moore, Fraser Conway, Pierre Pili, Lua Li. Harbour B’s finished a creditable third in the Northern Region to Taranaki and Auckland with five wins and two close losses for a great season.
Harbour Hibiscus Women’s team lost 5-37 to a strong Auckland side on QBE Stadium on Friday 29 September. It was the second of their cross-over fixtures against a Premiership side. In a championship fixture next Sunday 8 October Hibiscus Women play bottom placed Tasman at Trafalgar Park, Nelson at 12pm in a Mitre 10 Cup curtain-raiser and finish pool play back at QBE Stadium on Sunday 15 October versus second placed Otago. The Harbour Hibiscus will be looking for two wins to secure a championship semi-final spot.
Te Raki Pae Whenua North Harbour Maori kicked off their representative season in style in Whangarei for the first of three rounds in the Te Hiku O Te Ika Northern Region Maori Tournament with Maori Seniors overwhelming Waikato 68-17 and Maori U17 defeating Waikato 27-7 convincingly. The next round is at Waitemata RFC, Auckland with Maori U17 facing Te Atiawa Taranaki at 1.30pm on Saturday 7 October. Maori Seniors have the bye.
The Under 18 Girls won their last game of the season defeating Waikato 20-12 in the Blues and Chiefs regions cross-over finals in Hamilton for 5th place overall in the Northern Region. Tries went to Lauren Farnan, Jazelle Hemehema (2) and Merania Paraone.
The North Harbour Roller Mills team commenced their campaign on Saturday 30 September with a 24-36 loss to Auckland West at East Coast Bays RFC in their first competition game. Harbour was down 12-31 at half-time in the curtain-raiser to the Men’s B game but with the wind behind them pushed back the aggressive Westies to go close but a late try to Auckland West secured the game. Point scorers were Lemoto Lousiale (2) (East Coast Bays), Tyler Whinney (East Coast Bays) tries and Cody Beale (Northcote) a conversion, with a penalty try awarded. The remaining games will be played in the Tournament 10-15 October at St Peters College, Cambridge in the Waikato. Harbour will play Taranaki at 3pm on Tuesday, Bay of Plenty at 12.45pm on Wednesday, have a bye on the Thursday and play Thames Valley on Friday at 12.15pm in pool play. Semi -finals/play-offs are on Saturday 14 October and Finals Sunday 15 October.
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