Historic Northland Rugby Matches
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By chance has anyone got a copy of Northlands 44 to 43 win over Auckland in 2001. The warm glow of that victory has see me through many a bleak season. <br><br>
Look at the names in that squad below with Woodward coaching, the two Taylor's, Caine, Rupeni, Fero, Shoemark (before he forgot about us), Pinder, Waaka, Tubbs, Hilton-Jones, Maimuri, Knight, Storey, Whitcombe ( before the Auckland trade ) Dow, Hammond. These guys played multiple seasons for us with guys lof real ability like Pinder, Waaka, Storey never getting proper recognition.<br><br>
See the article as well. The whole thing is about Auckland - this was one of the great up upsets in NZ Rugby and heralded Rupeni's arrival but also I think the quality of Woodward as a coach. Loved Jason Shoemarks try with the ball straight from halfback to second five on the advantage line. A great line run by such a young player.<br><br>
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=219433'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=219433</a><br><br><br>
NORTHLAND<br><br>
Coach: Bryce Woodward<br><br>
Assistant: Donny Stevenson<br><br>
Captain: Glenn Taylor<br><br>
Backs: Hayden Taylor, Rhyan Caine, Rupeni Caucau, Fred Asselin, Fero Lasagavibau, Eric Abraham, Mark Subritzky, Jason Shoemark, Jason Hita, Brad Miller, James Arlidge, Aidan Vince, Sam Pinder, Ben Meyer.<br><br>
Forwards: Tim Henwood, Brett Waaka, Allen Tubbs, Graham Hilton-Jones, Hayden Wright, Akapani Vaipulu, Brad Taylor, Vula Maimuri, Glenn Taylor, Tim Knight, Joe Veitayaki, Mike Storey, Derren Witcombe, Russell James, Tim Dow, Jason Hammond. -
All npc sides back then had very good teams, I mean the players involved in the 2nd div finals in the late 90s was outstanding.
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