Junior Rugby
IMPORTANT DATES 2025
- Registrations Open: 17th February 2025
- Registrations Close: 29th March 2025
- Muster: 7th April 2025
- Team Allocation: 4th April 2025
- Training begins: this is up to the team coach/manager who will communicate this with each team directly.
- Winter Season Starts: TBC 2nd May 2025
- Winter Season Ends: TBC
- Prizegiving: 14th September 2025
RIPPA RUGBY
Hautapu Sports Club provide Rippa Rugby for Years 1 & 2. This takes place at Memorial Park and is played at Leamington once a month. These games are played on a Friday night and kick off is at 4.30pm, and 5.10pm. Rippa play 15minute halves with a 5min half time break.
TACKLE RUGBY
Tackle Rugby is offered to years 3-6. Hautapu Sports Club is part of the Waikato Wide Junior Rugby sub union and play on a Saturday morning at once of the following venues – Memorial Park, Leamington, Hinuera, Morrinsville/Kereone, Matamata, Tokoroa and Putaruru. These games are usually played between 9am and 12pm depending on the draw. Tackle grades play 20min halves with a 5min half time break. These games are played with 10 players a side on reduced size fields. Our 11th grade sides (year 6) play on a full field with 15 players.
NOTE: All intermediate aged players register through CJRS.
If your child wishes to play for Hautapu Sports Club this year please complete and submit the registration form. Additional players can be added at the bottom of the player information section. This form needs to be submitted by Saturday 29th March 2025. Players not registered by this date will be placed in teams only where possible.
