Hautapu Sports are the inaugural winners of the Centenary Cup, a trophy to be contested the club’s Colts and their counterparts from local rivals Leamington.
Hautapu won the first staging of the event 20-10 at Memorial Park in a match that extends the Colts winning streak to eight matches and keeps them as co-leaders of their competition with unbeaten Hamilton Marist.
Main photo: Hautapu Colts celebrate winning the Centenary Cup.
The Centenary Cup was donated by the Cambridge Rugby Referees Association to mark their 100th year celebrations.
Meanwhile, Hautapua’s Premier A side beat bottom-placed Morrinsville 85-5.
The club’s Development team narrowly lost their Premier B fixture, losing 21-24 at Morrinsville.
Results
Games played on Saturday May 27, 2023
Premier A
Morrinsville 5
Hautapu Sports 85
Premier B
Morrinsville 24
Hautapu Sports 21
Colts
Hautapu Sports 20
Leamington 10
Photographer Matt Gould was on the sideline to capture some of the action at Morrinsville.
Photo gallery
Click on image to open to full size
Credit
Our thanks to Matt Gould of True You Photography for supplying us with matchday photography. See his work at Instagram @trueyou_photography.
Fixture
Game to be played on Saturday June 3, 2023
Colts
Rugby United (Thames Valley) v Hautapu Sports
Centennial Park, Paeroa, 1pm
What’s happening at your club
