Northland Rugby Football Union
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| Full name | Northland Rugby Football Union |
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| Nickname (s) | Taniwha | ||
| Founded | 1920 | ||
| Stadion | Okara Park | ||
| Places | 25,000 | ||
| president | Rod Malone | ||
| Trainer | Derren Witcombe | ||
| Homepage | www.taniwha.co.nz | ||
| league | ITM Cup | ||
| 2010 | 10th place | ||
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The Northland Rugby Union (NRFU) is the rugby union -Provinzverband the region Northland on the North Island of New Zealand . The association's selection team in the national championship Air New Zealand Cup is called Northland Taniwha and plays its home games at Okara Park in Whangarei .
The association was founded in 1920 as the North Auckland Rugby Union . It consists of 54 clubs which, due to the size of the region, belong to one of seven sub-associations. Northland has owned the Ranfurly Shield four times to date , in 1950, 1960, 1971 and 1978.
Northland players are eligible to play in the international super rugby league and are called up by the Blues (1995-1998 by the Chiefs ).
Well-known former and current players
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Fan (English)