North Harbour Club Rugby Round-up – 18 May

North Shore travelled to Warkworth and were untroubled to beat Mahurangi 57-8 and win the Buck Shelford Shield for the first round with a clean sweep.  Takapuna finished second in the first round beating Marist into third place at Onewa with a 30-20 win.  Takapuna had a solid first half but Marist came back strongly and with 15 minutes to go the score was 22-20 however Takapuna pulled away to carry the day.  Surprise package of the first round Northcote with three wins in a row beat Massey at Moire Park 23-10 with Ben Searle scoring 18 points.   Western Pioneers held on to the Country Cup with a comprehensive 28-11 win over struggling Silverdale.  Down at half-time, Western scored 4 unanswered tries in the second half. Three tries to Premier grade top try scorer Jona Tuitoga assisted East Coast Bays in downing Glenfield 32-15.

Results for 18 May were:

North Shore 57 Mahurangi 8

Takapuna 30 Marist 20

Western Pioneers 28 Silverdale 11

Northcote 23 Massey 10

East Coast Bays 32 Glenfield 15

Points: North Shore 41, Takapuna 36, Marist 31, Massey 25, Northcote 25, Western Pioneers 19, East Coast Bays 18, Silverdale 17, Glenfield 8 and Mahurangi 0.

The feature match of round ten on Saturday 25 May is Takapuna vs Northcote at Onewa Domain and the other four games are (home team named first):

Glenfield vs Marist

Mahurangi vs Western Pioneers

Silverdale vs East Coast Bays

Massey vs North Shore

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