Takapuna Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Takapuna, New Zealand. The club was established in 1934 and is a member of the North Harbour Rugby Union. Until 1985, Takapuna was a member of the Auckland Rugby Football Union. The club is based at Onewa Domain, which was also home to North Harbour until 1997. History Takapuna is one of only two teams from the current North Harbour union (the other being North Shore) to have won the Auckland championship, having done so in 1940 and 1980. Since North Shore's only win came in 1899, Takapuna are the only North Harbour club to have been awarded the Gallaher Shield. Since the establishment of the North Harbour union in 1985, Takapuna has dominated the senior competition, winning the North Harbour championship 12 out of a possible 29 times, including seven titles in a row between 1994 and 2000. Between 1991 and 2009 Takapuna played in 17 finals winning 12 times. Takapuna only missed 2 Premier finals during this period (1993 and 2003). Club honours Auckland Championship (2): 1940, 1980 Auckland Under 21 Championship (1): 1977 Auckland Third Grade Championship (2): 1978, 1979 North Harbour Championship (13): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2022 North Harbour Senior First Championship (3): 1994, 1997, 1999 North Harbour Under 21 Championship (10): 1985, 1986, 1991,1995,1996,1997,1999,2001,2006,2012 North Harbour Under 19 Championship (3): 1995, 1998, 2004 North Harbour Under 85 Championship (6):1985, 1988, 1989, 2013, 2015, 2018 North Harbour Women's Championship (2): 2003, 2009 North Harbour Sevens Championship (5): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 Blues Club Competition (1): 2001 Notable players All Blacks Takapuna has produced eight All Blacks players, listed as follows: Greg Burgess (1980,1 test match) Graham Dowd (1992,1 test match) Eric Rush (1992-1996,9 test matches) Blair Larsen (1992-1996,17 test matches) Glen Osborne (1995-1999,19 test matches) James Parsons (2014-2016,2 test matches) Matt Duffie (2017- 2 matches) Karl Tu'inukuafe (2018,13 test matches ) North Harbour Centurions Graham Dowd (1985 – 1994, 107 games) James Parsons (2007 – 2020, 103 games) North Harbour Representatives H Amosa 1991 (8 matches), MI Begbie 1987 (1), SC Bendall 1987-90 (12), S Biddles 2007-2008 (13), D Boland 1985 (2), LD Bone 1999 (3), KG Boroevich 1990-95 (17), GW Brunsdon 1986-88 (2), PR Cole 1991 (6), GS Davis 1996-99 (40), A Donald 2001 – 2006 (34), GW Dowd 1985-94 (106), C Eagle 1994-96