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.
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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