Congratulations to North Harbour and Captain Rua Tipoki on lifting the Ranfurly Shield off Canterbury at the weekend. No disrespect to the big two intended, but based on 2004 experience it's brilliant to see the Shield somewhere outside of Canterbury or Auckland. Enjoy reading about the celebrations over at http://www.harbourrugby.com. Good work Rua on being in two Shield winning teams in just over two years!

I wonder if we can get a challenge in early in 2007. For the meantime a win over Manawatu on Thursday night will do...