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    North Harbour's clutching at two-decade old inspiration for their Ranfurly Shield challenge against Otago in Dunedin this afternoon

    North Harbour's clutching at two-decade old inspiration for their Ranfurly Shield challenge against Otago in Dunedin this afternoon


    The Hibiscus, still winless this season, famously took the Log o' Wood from Canterbury in 2006, but have fallen in every battle since.

    Captain Jed Melvin says they've watched the tape of that night in Christchurch and it'd mean everything to recreate it.



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     27 Sep: The power the Black Ferns may lose if Portia Woodman-Wickliffe hangs up her boots isn't lost on assistant coach Tony Christie
     27 Sep: Tasman have snapped a three game losing run with a 55-38 NPC victory over Southland in Invercargill
     26 Sep: Ardie Savea admits his All Blacks don't want to be the team to lose the Bledisloe Cup to the Wallabies - for the first time in 23 years
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