Men’s B

Venue

Windsor Park

Grade

Northern B Competition

Date

30/09/2017

Opposition

Northland B

Details

Half-time Score

Full-time Score

North Harbour B

28

68

Northland B

12

17

Scorers Name

Tries

Con.

Pen.

D/Goals

Kane Jacobson

2

Nick Smith

2

Mark Royal

1

Danny Drake

1

Gannon Moore

1

Fraser Conway

1

Pierre Pili

1

Lua Li

1

Todd Doolan

9

Game Highlights

Fortress Windsor – is still intact after Harbour B’s put the Taniwha to the sword. The 85-point match was the end of the Northern Region B Campaign for 2017, with both teams wanting to empty their tanks. Northland started the try scoring after 6 mins and were really up for it until the Harbour men saw a few holes. The match was played at pace and Northland were matching our men all the way until the 30^th min. Harbour had score 4 tries with Todd Doolan adding 4 Conversions, and miss 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 the Todd Doolan adding 5 more conversions with the 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, all dotted down for their 5 pointers. That was the end for the B’s finishing 3^rd in the Northern Region B Competition. A good performance to score 68 points against Northland with 10 tries is a great effort.

Thank you to all our supporters, Family and Friends, ECB Rugby for hosting our fixtures, Billy and Slade in the Kitchen at ECB. Glenfield Rugby Club for using their facilities as our training base. North Harbour Rugby Union for all their work behind the scenes.  Our Sponsors, QPC Builders ‘Alex Coburn, Allen Vaughan from the Inn field Bar of Glenfield Road.

How we started, preseason 2 Wins over Harbour U19s, Auckland B, Northern B Competition, wins Over Auckland B Juniors, Counties Black and Red, Waikato, Northland, and 2 losses to Auckland B, Taranaki. Finishing 3^rd Northern Region B.    

Venue

Vogeltown Park 1 New Plymouth

Grade

Northern B Competition

Date

23/09/2017

Opposition

Taranaki B

Details

Half-time Score

Full-time Score

North Harbour B

5

26

Taranaki B

15

29

Scorers Name

Tries

Con.

Pen.

D/Goals

Adrian Smith

1

Connor Collett      

1

Matu Tevi

1

Gannon Moore

1

Todd Doolan

3

Game Highlights

Taranaki were calling for the B’s to head South, a trip with excitement on the way down and a fixture venue changed during the week. The B’s were transferred from Yarrow number 2, to Old Boys Rugby Club. A club with a lot of history and long grass was going to be an interesting challenge. Right from the kick off the Naki had come to play. Within the first 40 we were down 3 tries to one, and we were very lucky there Taranaki goal kicker had left his kicking boots at home. We were still in the match at half time with Connor Collett use his power to run through 3 defenders. Taranaki were very tough around the ruck area, and there defence was spot on. Harbour managed to change their game play, to use the width more and we started to play catch up. We score a few more tries to Adrian Smith, Matu Tevi, and a solo try to Silverdale’s flyer Gannon Moore, with Toddy Doolan kicked 3 conversions. Harbour had hit the lead and a penalty to the Naki in the closing stages stole the match. We managed to score 26 points and get two bonus points, but still the W was missing. That was a game that we couldn’t finish off.

*Highlights- Stop off in Te Kuiti to play Tribute to Sir Colin Meads.

*Longest golf drive contest at Tainui Rugby Club went to Lua Li.

*Trivia Questions on Harbour History went Jarrod / Dennis.

Thank you to Paladin for Sponsoring these activities.

Venue

Windsor Park

Grade

Northern B Competition 

Date

16/09/2017

Opposition

Counties B Black

Details

Half-time Score

Full-time Score

North Harbour

14

22

Counties B Black

3

17

Scorers Name

Tries

Con.

Pen.

D/Goals

Josh Tyrell

1

Lewis Gjaltema

1

Mark Talea

1

David McMurtrie

2

1

Game Highlights

The Windsor Park fortress is still the tack. The B’s welcomed Counties Black along for another ding dong battle. Harbour dominated the entire match but lacked the finishing touches to secure a bonus point.

The three tries came from Josh Tyrell, Lewis Gjaltema, Mark Talea with his acrobatic 5 pointers, with David McMurtrie steering the bus with 2 conversions and penalty.  

Harbour had a 14-3 lead at half time, and downwind in the second spell. We all knew Counties would finish strongly and they did. 17 points with ball in hand to be cut short of the try line in the 78^th minute, a huge sigh of relief. Player of the day went to Adrian Smith. * The B’s will be travelling to Taranaki next weekend. Safe travels team.

Venue

Colin Maiden Park

Grade

B’s Northern Region Competition

Date

09/09/2017

Opposition

Auckland B

Details

Half-time Score

Full-time Score

North Harbour

Auckland B

26

Scorers Name

Tries

Con.

Pen.

D/Goals

Ryan Thompson

Venue

Windsor Park

Grade

B’s Northern Region Competition

Date

02/09/2017

Opposition

Counties Red

Details

Half-time Score

Full-time Score

North Harbour

29

34

Counties B ‘Red

5

12

Scorers Name

Tries

Con.

Pen.

D/Goals

Josh Tafili

2

Lewis Gjaltema

1

Saolofa Silipa

1

Sam Graham

1

Todd Doolan

3

1

Game Highlights

The Harbour B’s are continuing their early good form with three wins in a row. They faced a big pack from Counties, known as the Red team.

Harbour’s home game at Windsor Park was always going to be a battle. We scored 4 Try’s in 40mins, the five pointers came from – Sam Graham, Lewis Gjaltema, Saolofa Silipa, Josh Tafili, Toddy Doolan adding 3 Conversions, 1 Penalty. Counties replied just before half time with a great team try, they had a sniff.

The Second 40 for Harbour and a tail wind was always going to be a little easier, however Counites showed a fight back and putting a lot of pressure on us. The game started to open up with both teams throwing the ball around, lots of advantage going both ways, but no one actually turning the metres into points. Harbour had two chances to grab two more, but fumbled. Only in the last 5mins Josh Tafili managed to cross over for one more, which put the game out to a commanding lead. Counties never gave up. Final score 34- 12. All spectators would have enjoyed watching 46 points of footy.

Venue

ECB RFC Windsor Park

Grade

B’s Competition Northern Region

Date

26/08/2017

Opposition

Waikato B

Details

Half-time Score

Full-time Score

North Harbour B

14

32

Waikato B

10

24

Scorers Name

Tries

Con.

Pen.

D/Goals

Shae Tucker

1

John Tu’ungafasi

1

Kane Jacobsen

1

David McMurtrie

1

5

Game Highlights

Harbour B’s managed to secure their first home victory and round two of the Northern Region Competition at Windsor Park. A very strong Waikato team travelled north, spectators would have been happy to witness some 50 points in 80mins of rugby. Both teams were solid across the park with the half time score 14-10 to Harbour. The try count after in the first 40 was Waikato 2- 1. Second 40 saw both forward packs hammering each other and both back lines running both lengths of the field with Waikato securing a total of 4 Tries in this match. It was a day for our goal kicker David McMurtrie that kept us in the match with 5 Penalties and 1 conv with a total of 17 points. Our try’s came for Shae Tucker, Kane Jacobsen, John Tu’ungafasi. Player of the         day David McMurtrie.