Senior sport gets underway early this weekend with the Hautapu Sports Women’s Premiership rugby side hosting Otorohanga on Matariki Friday.
The match kicks off at 1pm and is the only senior rugby game being played at home this weekend.
The Premier A and Development sides head to Hamilton to face Fraser Tech, while the club’s U-21s have a bye.
Netball takes a break on Saturday but resumes on Monday evening when the Ladies Premier side play Leamington at St Peter’s, Cambridge.
The four senior Hautapu hockey teams are in great form and go into semi-finals action on Sunday.
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Game to be played on Friday June 20, 2025
Rugby
Waikato Women’s Premiership
Hautapu Sports v Otorohonga
Memorial Park, Cambridge, 1pm
Games to be played on Saturday June 21, 2025
Rugby
Waikato Premier A
Fraser Tech v Hautapu Sports
Fraser Tech Park, Hamilton, 2.45pm
Waikato Premier B
Fraser Tech v Hautapu Sports
Fraser Tech Park, Hamilton, 1pm
Waikato U-21
Hautapu Sports — bye
Netball
No Saturday netball this weekend
Games to be played on Sunday June 22, 2025
Hockey
Women’s Reserve 2
Waipa Civil Hautapu Women’s v Suburbs Junior Development
Gallagher Hockey Centre, New World Te Rapa Turf 1, 11.40am
Women’s Reserve 3
Evans & Co. Hautapu Women’s v FTHC Cruisey Blues
St Paul’s Collegiate, Hamilton, 10.30am
Men’s Reserve 3
Northcare Dental Old Boys v Woodcom Hautapu Men’s
Gallagher Hockey Centre, New World Te Rapa Turf 1, 1pm
Men’s Reserve 4
Suburbs Junior Development v Te Miro Water Hautapu Men
Gallagher Hockey Centre, New World Te Rapa Turf 1, 10.20am
Game to be played on Monday June 23, 2025
Netball
Monday Ladies Premier
Snap Fitness Hautapu Red v Leamington Premier
St Peter’s Cambridge, 8pm