``North Harbour came down here to really upset and climb into us and penalties come when you become frustrated - that was the key for us,'' Ormond offered through deep breaths following the last blast of referee Jonathon White's whistle.
It was a shrill the modest but boisterous crowd of about 3000 had become sick of and White endured more boos than heard at a ghost convention as he blew the infringements two-to-one against the home side.
Many decisions ended with players from either side locked eye-to-eye, grappling with tempers bubbling but not quite overflowing to their fists.
Ormond appeared to be one of the players in the sights of the visitors and the Bay loose forward admitted it got to him.

``I think they came down here to target a few players, I don't know if I was one, but ... it was frustrating and probably my leadership wasn't there today,'' Ormond admitted.
He continued a running verbal battle he started with White when the NPC opened in Dunedin.
White blew the Otago game in similar style and many times last night the pair ended up in a conversation with only one outcome - a penalty to North Harbour.
In the two games White has controlled Bay of Plenty this season the Steamers have scored 14 points total and conceded 70 among the bevy of penalties.
North Harbour skipper Rua Tipoki said he had to keep on top of his players to not talk back to White, who issued both teams with a stern brief before kickoff.

``I think that's where we started getting a little bit of an edge because they were getting frustrated - I'd like to think we listened to him [White] well and got him onside,'' said Tipoki when asked if Harbour got a better hearing.
Harbour were certainly deserved winners on a nasty night when a biting wind and rain lashed out with Bay down 19-8 at halftime.
Harbour built the lead on the boot of All Black first-five Luke McAlister who knocked over five crisp penalties and a conversion in a classy 68-minute display which included a couple of strong bursts while Tipoki - a Steamer last season - was strong in midfield.

Bay toiled for the first half. They overcame the loss of starting No10 Murray Williams to a arm injury in the first four minutes. He was replaced by Mike Delany but the visitors proved the more clinical side.
Bay had enjoyed a brief time in the lead following winger David Johnston's first try for the Bay union in his fifth game. Delany also scored his first points before the Steamers fell off their game.
On top of the penalties Bay were guilty of mistakes and one, a dropped pass courtesy of an Anthony Tuitavake bone-crunching tackle on Grant McQuoid, saw Harbour winger Zar Lawrence swoop and sprint 48 metres to score.
As the game ground away in the second half Harbour added three more tries and a bonus point to the win.

``I'm just really happy to get a win,'' Tipoki said. ``It's bloody hard to beat the Bay at home and especially after what happened to us down in Otago - we really needed this for our confidence as a team.''
Bay of Plenty came up empty handed and now face the tough task of travelling away to the deep south next Saturday to chase their second competition win of 2005.
Ormond admits it's not getting any easier.
``We're down to Southland so it just gets harder ... we're down there for a few days so we'd better nail it,'' Ormond said.