North Shore Champions

The final: how the match unfolded

First Half

18 minutes : Takapuna first-five Jack Heighton lands a penalty after sustained pressure. Takapuna 3-0.

32 minutes : Shore first-five Oscar Koller slots a penalty. 3-3.

38 minutes: Penalty Koller. Shore 6-3.

Half-time: Shore ahead 6-3

Second Half

13 minutes : Shore captain Alex Woonton scores after an all-in forward drive. Conversion Koller. Shore 13-3.

16 minutes: Sustained Shore pressure leads to a clean break by Koller, who scores wide out. Shore 18-3.

27 minutes: Takapuna infringes at the breakdown. Koller goals from 30m. Shore 21-3.

40 minutes: Slightly against the run of play, replacement Takapuna lock Tristyn Cook scores. Converted by Jack Heighton. Shore 21-10.

43 minutes: Shore knuckles down, looking to close out the match, before Koller scores in the corner after another slashing break and 30-metre sprint to the line. With time up, Koller hands over conversion duties to Edgar Tu’inukuafe. His missed attempt is the signal for celebrations to begin.

Full-time: Shore wins 26-10

North Shore’s North Harbour reps

Five North Shore premiers players have made the North Harbour NPC squad.

They are: Sam Davies, James Fiebig, Oscar Koller, Sione Mafile’o and Vita Mafileo. Cam Howell and Rex Pollock were named as North Harbour development players.

Twelve North Shore premier women made the North Harbour women’s team: Danielle Mellow, Mikayla Suluape, Avalon Strang, Armani Lam, Claudia Hanham, Ava-Lee Jericevich, Latisha Trigwell, Hailey Beale, Jade Wong, Tenaija Fletcher, Holly Williams, Meriana Te Nana.

Historic match draws club’s biggest crowd

What a huge weekend for our club in our sesquicentennial year.

To win the prem and prem 2 championships on the same day was a dream come true for the club.

There was a big turnout for the prem 2 game against Takapuna, played up at Onewa Domain, with the team winning 22-15.

Then down to Vauxhall Rd for the prem game, also against Takapuna, in front of probably the biggest crowd we have ever seen at the club, for us to win 26-10.

We couldn’t have scripted the day any better. We would just like to thank our local community for its support, getting in behind the club. There sure were a lot of locals who were at the game on Saturday.

The ground was alive with young kids dressed in green and white. It was indeed a wonderful day.

Our club prizegiving will be held on 5 August, when we will acknowledge some of the top players of the season.

Chris Tankard Club Captain

North Shore Rugby Football Club