QBE North Harbour Sign former All Black and Highlanders lock!

QBE North Harbour are delighted to announce that Jarrad Hoeata has signed with Harbour for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup.

His experience speaks for itself with 3 tests for the All Blacks, 66 games for Taranaki, 52 for the Highlanders, 9 for NZ Maori, and 62 for the Cardiff Blues.

Harbour Head Coach Tom Coventry said that Hoeata brings experience in spades, at a time where replacements were required after the 2016 season.
'Jarrad's entry into Harbour is on the back of losing last years captain and lock Chris Vui to Europe. We've been looking within the Union to replace Chris's experience, and this coincides with Jarrad's contract coming to an end at the Cardiff Blues and him wanting to return to New Zealand. He believes hes still got plenty to offer the NPC, and still has a desire to play Super Rugby again, so he brings that experience that we possibly lose with Chris. To me it was an opportunity to put his experience into our squad. He brings a hard-nosed, uncompromising attitude to the way he plays the game, so brings that to our squad as well."

Welcome Jarrad! Bring on the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup!