North Harbour Club Rugby Champions

The North Harbour Rugby Union club rugby title has been contested since the formation of the North Harbour Rugby Union in New Zealand in 1985. The current trophy awarded to the winner is the ASB Bank Cup.The Premier Grade championship cup has also been named the New Zealand Couriers Cup [1] The current champions are East Coast Bays RFC. The Reserve Grade Championship Cup is named the "Stuart Cup" after North Shore Rugby Club stalwart Jim Stuart who donated the Cup to the North Harbour Rugby Union in 1985.From 1985 to 1996 Harbour club finals were contested at Onewa Domain.Since 1997 all Club finals have been held at North Harbour Stadium.Club finals are usually held in July.

East Coast Bays won the inaugural title in 1985.[2] The most successful team in the competitions history is Takapuna who have won the title 12 times including 7 straight titles from 1994 to 2000 and 4 titles from 2006 to 2009. Massey and North Shore have both won the title 6 times, with Northcote winning 5 titles including the last 2.Takapuna RFC and North Shore RFC are the 2 only Harbour clubs that have won an Auckland RFU Premiership, Shore in 1899 and Takapuna in 1940 and 1980. Takapuna is the only club of the 2 that has been awarded the Gallaher Shield .

As of 2020, Glenfield RFC,North Harbour Marist RFC,Mahurangi RFC,Kumeu RFC and Helensville RFC are yet to win a Premiership. In 2012 a combined Kumeu and Helensville team called the Western Pioneers won a premiership when they defeated Silverdale at North Harbour Stadium . Both clubs went their separate ways in 2015 . Navy RFC no longer fields a premier team but fields teams in the Reserve and Presidents grades

Only three clubs across the grades have won over ten Championships. Takapuna Premiers with 12 Premierships, North Shore Senior Reserves with 13 Reserve Grade championships and Takapuna Under 21s with 10 Under 21 Championships.

North Harbour Secondary Schools First XV Rugby

Since 1985 the North Harbour secondary schools rugby competition has been run during the winter rugby season. The most successful school in this competition is Westlake Boys High School who have won 17 championships from 1988, Westlake's nearest rival is Rosmini College with 8 championships. Takapuna Grammar are the only school in this competition who won an Auckland Secondary schools First XV when they shared a championship with Auckland Grammar in 1941.

The biggest rivalry in this competition is Westlake Boys High School and Rosmini College. Westlake Boys High School is an all boys state school located in the suburb of Forrest Hill, whilst Rosmini College is a private catholic boys school located in the suburb of Takapuna. The schools are located less than 2.1 kms apart. The first known game between Westlake Boys and Rosmini took place in 1980 with Rosmini winning that day 18 points to 7.

In recent seasons Manurewa High School (from Counties) and Whangarei Boys High school(from Northland) have joined the NHSS First XV competition. Whangarei Boys High School made the final for the first time in 2019.

The Woodhouse Shield is the NHSS rugby equivalent of the Ranfurly shield. The current holders of this shield is Westlake Boys High School.

The ten schools that currently compete in the NHSS First XV competition are:

Westlake BHS (17),Rosmini College (8),Massey High School (6), Rangitoto College (2),Takapuna Grammar (2), Whangarei BHS (0),Manurewa High School (0), Mahurangi College (0), Kaipara College (0).

Schools that no longer compete in the NHSS First XV Comp

Hato Petera College, Birkenhead College, Northcote College,Glenfield College,Long Bay College,Whangaparaoa College

North Harbour Club Rugby Titles and Runners-up

Team Winner Runner Up
Takapuna 12 8
North Shore 6 10
Massey 6 1
Northcote 5 3
East Coast Bays 4 6
Silverdale 1 3
Western Pioneers 1 0
Glenfield 0 2
Helensville 0 1
Marist 0 1
Kumeu 0 0
Mahurangi 0 0
Navy 0 0

North Harbour Club Rugby Finals

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Year Winner Score Runner Up Venue
1985 East Coast Bays (1) 9–3 North Shore Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Brad Meurant

Winning captain- Mark Anscombe

1986 East Coast Bays (2) 16–6 Takapuna Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Brad Meurant

Winning captain- Mark Anscombe

1987 North Shore (1) 24–12 East Coast Bays Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Brad Johnstone

Winning captain- Russell Jones

1988 North Shore (2) 14–9 East Coast Bays Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Wayne Underhay

Winning captain- Russell Jones

1989 Northcote (1) 16–6 East Coast Bays Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Brad Meurant

Winning captain- Craig Burgess

1990 Northcote (2) 22–12 North Shore Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Brad Meurant

Winning captain- Craig Burgess

1991 East Coast Bays (3) 27–12 Takapuna Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Mark Anscombe

Winning captain- David Thomas

1992 North Shore (3) 40–6 Takapuna Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Brad Johnstone

Winning captain- Russell Jones

1993 Massey (1) 25–19 East Coast Bays Onewa Domain

Winning coach – John Smith

Winning captain-Neil Gibson

1994 Takapuna (1) 19–14 East Coast Bays Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Wayne Pivac

Winning captain- Paul Feeney

1995 Takapuna (2) 46–6 Northcote Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Paul Feeney

Winning captain -Milan Yelavich

1996 Takapuna (3) 29–8 Helensville Onewa Domain

Winning coach – Paul Feeney

Winning captain- Robert Rush

1997 Takapuna (4) 31–10 North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Milan Yelavich

Winning captain- Scott Palmer

1998 Takapuna (5) 22–17 North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Milan Yelavich

Winning captain- Clayton Moors

1999 Takapuna (6) 41–16 Silverdale North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Milan Yelavich

Winning captain- Clayton Moors

2000 Takapuna (7) 25–13 Glenfield North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Paul Feeney

Winning captain- Clayton Moors

2001 North Shore (4) 23–12 Takapuna North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Grant Simpkins

Winning captain- Phillip Weedon

2002 Takapuna (8) 21–0 North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Clayton Moors

Winning captain- Gavin George

2003 Silverdale (1) 25–23 North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Charlie McAllister

Winning captain- Duane Dalton

2004 Massey (2) 39–29 Takapuna North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Graham Lowe

Winning captain- Steve Jackson

2005 Massey (3) 29–14 [4] Takapuna North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Graham Lowe

Winning captain- Steve Jackson

2006 Takapuna (9) 27–6 Glenfield North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Blair Larsen

Winning captain- Simon Hanlon

2007 Takapuna (10) 28–23 Marist North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Alex O'Dowd

Winning captain- Simon Hanlon

2008 Takapuna (11) 30–12 North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Alex O'Dowd

Winning captain- Simon Hanlon

2009 Takapuna (12) 20–13 [5] Northcote North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Blair Urlich

Winning captain-Simon Hanlon

2010 Northcote (3) 28–18 [6] North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Ian Selwyn

Winning captain- Richard Mayhew

2011 North Shore (5) 17–16 [7] Silverdale North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Wayne Shelford

Winning captain- James Hinchco

2012 Western Pioneers (1) 21–15 [8][9] Silverdale North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Stu Hollier

Winning captain- Taione Vae

2013 Massey (4) 39–33 [10] North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Brent Semmons

Winning captain- Ben Svensden

2014 North Shore (6) 50–18 [11] Massey North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Frano Botica

Winning captain- Josh Blucher

2015 Massey (5) 31–26 [1] North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Winning coach – Jarrod Framhein

Winning captain- Ben Svensden

2016 Massey (6) 26–23 (GP) [12] Takapuna North Harbour Stadium

Winning Coach – Jarrod Framhein

Winning captain- Ben Svensden

2017 Northcote (4) 17–14 Takapuna North Harbour Stadium

Winning Coach – Brett Bedwell/Brett Craies

Winning captain-Ryan Thompson

2018 Northcote (5) 25–20 East Coast Bays North Harbour Stadium

Winning Coach – Brett Bedwell/Brett Craies

Winning captain-Ryan Thompson

2019 East Coast Bays (4) 21–17 Northcote North Harbour Stadium

Winning Coach – John Scott

Winning captain- Lewis Gjaltema

2020 N/A Season abandoned due to COVID-19
2021 TBA North Harbour Stadium

Winning Coach –

Winning captain-

  • GP signifies that the game went to Golden Point. Massey won the title in 2016 with a drop goal after the scores were tied 23–23 at the end of 80 minutes.[12]

Senior Reserves/Senior B/ The Stuart Cup

1985 East Coast Bays(1)-Runners up Northcote

1986 North Shore (1)-Runners up East Coast Bays

1987 North Shore (2) -Runners up East Coast Bays

1988 East Coast Bays (2)-Runners up North Shore

1989 North Shore (3)-Runners up Northcote

1990 East Coast Bays(3)Runners up

1991 East Coast Bays(4)-Runners up Takapuna

1992 East Coast Bays(5)-Runners up Takapuna

1993 East Coast Bays(6)-Runners up Massey

1994 Takapuna(1)-Runners up Massey

1995 Massey(1)-Runners up Takapuna

1996 Massey(2)-Runners up Takapuna

1997 Takapuna(2)-Runners up Glenfield

1998 North Shore(4)-Runners up Takapuna

1999 Takapuna(3)-Runners up Northcote

2000 North Shore(5)-Runners up East Coast Bays

2001 East Coast Bays(7)-Runners up North Shore

2002 North Shore(6)-Runners up East Coast Bays

2003 Massey(3)-Runners up North Shore

2004 Massey(4)-Runners up Silverdale

2005 Massey(5)-Runners up Northcote

2006 North Shore(7)-Runners up Massey

2007 Northcote(1)-Runners up North Shore

2008 North Shore(8)-Runners up Northcote

2009 Marist(1)-Runners up East Coast Bays

2010 North Shore(9)-Runners up Massey

2011 Silverdale(1)-Runners up Northcote

2012 North Shore(10)-Runners up East Coast Bays

2013 Northcote (2)-Runners up North Shore

2014 North Shore(11)-Runners up Northcote

2015 Northcote(3)-Runners up North Shore

2016 North Shore(12)-Runners up Northcote

2017 Northcote(4)-Runners up Kumeu

2018 Northcote(5)-Runners up East Coast Bays

2019 North Shore (13)-Runners up East Coast Bays

2020 Season abandoned due to COVID-19

2021

Under 21 Championships

1985 Takapuna (1)

1986 Takapuna (2)

1987 Glenfield(1)

1988 East Coast Bays(1)

1989 East Coast Bays(2)

1990 East Coast Bays(3)

1991 Takapuna (3)

1992 East Coast Bays(4)

1993 Massey(1)

1994 North Shore (1)

1995 Takapuna (4)

1996 Takapuna (5)

1997 Takapuna (6)

1998 North Shore(2)

1999 Takapuna (7)

2000 Marist (1)

2001 Takapuna (8)

2002 Northcote (1)

2003 Northcote (2)

2004 Silverdale (1)

2005 Northcote (3)

2006 Takapuna (9)

2007 Massey (2)

2008 Glenfield(2)

2009 North Shore(3)

2010 North Shore(4)

2011 Silverdale (2)

2012 Takapuna(10)

2013 Northcote (4)

2014 Kumeu (1)

2015 Northcote (5)

2016 Kumeu (2)

2017 East Coast Bays (5)

2018 East Coast Bays (6)

2019 East Coast Bays (7)

2020 Season abandoned due to COVID-19

2021

North Harbour Secondary schools Rugby First XV

1985 Birkenhead College (1)

1986 Hato Petera College (1)

1987 Rosmini College(1)

1988 Westlake Boys High School (1)

1989 Westlake Boys High School (2)

1990 Rangitoto College (1)

1991 Rangitoto College (2)

1992 Massey High School (1)

1993 Rosmini College (2)

1994 Rosmini College (3)

1995 Westlake Boys High School (3)

1996 Westlake Boys High School (4)

1997 Westlake Boys High School (5)

1998 Westlake Boys High School (6)

1999 Massey High School (2)

2000 Westlake Boys High School (7)

2001 Rosmini College (4)

2002 Massey High School (3)

2003 Rosmini College (5)

2004 Massey High School (4)

2005 Westlake Boys High School (8)

2006 Westlake Boys High School (9)

2007 Massey High School (5)/Takapuna Grammar (1)(shared)

2008 Westlake Boys High School (10)

2009 Rosmini College (6)

2010 Westlake Boys High School (11)

2011 Massey High School (6)

2012 Westlake Boys High School (12)

2013 Westlake Boys High School (13)

2014 Westlake Boys High School (14)

2015 Rosmini College (7)

2016 Westlake Boys High School (15)

2017 Rosmini College (8)

2018 Westlake Boys High School (16)/Takapuna Grammar (2) shared

2019 Westlake Boys High School (17)

2020 Season abandoned due to COVID-19

References

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