East Coast Bays RFC (Junior)

The ECB Rugby Club sees the U21 grade as a highly important grade in the club and accordingly puts a lot of resources and energy into making sure it is successful. This grade is the stepping stone from First 15 Rugby to Premier Rugby and it is therefore very important that the players’ skills are developed and grown whilst they are in this grade.

The club ensures the young men leaving school are coached and managed by the best the club has to offer to ensure ongoing growth of the rugby talent that is returning to the club. All coaches and managers are ECB Old Boys ensuring the history of the club is instilled in the young men that are the future of our Premier Grade Teams.

Furthermore, our club policy is to promote our talented U21 players to the premier team, as form allows. This has proven a successful formula in recent years with a number of U21 players now playing Premier rugby at the club or achieving higher honours in representing North Harbour Mitre 10 Cup or Sevens teams.

Former ECB U21 players in this category include:

Leon Thambiran – North Harbour U19, ECB Premiers, North Harbour B
Louis Noel – ECB Premiers
Ethan Roots – ECB Premiers Captain, North Harbour, North Harbour Sevens, Crusaders, NZ Maori, England (3caps)
James Roots – North Harbour U19, ECB Premiers, North Harbour, Auckland Blues Development
Tate Evans – ECB Premiers, North Harbour, North Harbour Sevens
David Meki – North Harbour U19, ECB Premiers, North Harbour
Jackson Searle – ECB Premiers
Josh Murdoch – ECB Premiers
Jack May – ECB Premiers
Dylan Sweet – ECB Premiers
Kingsley Henry – ECB Premiers
Jayden Lowe – ECB Premiers
Nick Burns – ECB Premiers
Chris Sumpter – ECB Premiers
Callum Blair – ECB Premiers
Jed Melvin – North Harbour U19 Captain, ECB Premiers
Chlayton Frans – ECB Premiers, North Harbour U19, Blues Development
Ryan Mead – ECB Premiers, North Harbour U19
Tamati Huggins – ECB Premiers
Jackson Ephraims – ECB Premiers
Damian Mapapalagi – ECB Premiers
Jack Roberston – ECB Premiers, North Harbour U19, U19 NZ Barbarians
Ben Taylor – ECB Premiers
Breyton Lenee – ECB Premiers
Boaz Ikahihifo – ECB Premiers
Callum Budge – ECB Premiers
Wade Jansen – ECB Premiers
Sean Corrigan - ECB Premiers

The U21 grade has driven the success of the club in recent years as the development of the U21 players has strengthened the playing depth of both the premier and premier reserve grades.

If you are serious about improving and developing as a rugby player whilst enjoying the social side of the U21 grade our club provides a proven platform to achieving this. If you are driven to become a premier player or North Harbour representative join our U21 programme on leaving school. Our results speak for themselves.

2016 North Harbour Finalist (Runners Up)
2017 Winners North Harbour U21 Grade
2018 Winners North Harbour U21 Grade
2019 Winners North Harbour U21 Grade
2020 Season (abandoned due to covid)
2021 Winners North Harbour U21 Grade

Our Under 21 team is supported with the help of the following sponsors:

Glassvice, Hydrovac, Wairau Motors, Youngman Richardson, CLM, DK Forestry, Eldridge Decorators, JLE Electrical, MH2 Recruitment, Scott Electrical

If you have any queries or require any further information on this grade please contact Warren Mann 027 327 4416.

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