Club rugby was first played in Northland in the late 1880s but the North Auckland Rugby Union was not established until 1920. In 1994, North Auckland changed its name to the Northland Rugby Football Union.
One of the first games played by the new North Auckland union ended in a narrow 8–6 loss to if you can help.
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