News and information about rugby activities at Hautapa Sports Club
Hautapu Sports Club have a limited number of signage opportunities for businesses wanting to advertise at Memorial Park. These signs provide promotional exposure to thousands of spectators to the park each year. Sites are available around the Number 1 field … Read More
Hautapu Sports seek someone to take on the role each week of filming the Premier Rugby game and up-loading it for coaches and players to view. We need someone able to commit to the season and video recording starts on … Read More
Legendary rugby stalwart Ken ‘Jake’ Moreland will celebrate 60 years of service to the sport in 2022. The Hautapu Sports Club Life Member first donned the red and white jersey as a player, aged 16, in 1962. Since then, he’s … Read More
Three members of the Hautapu Sports Club’s executive committee have been farewelled and thanked by members after stepping down from their roles. Benjamin (BJ) Sinclair, Natalie Clarke and Stu Dromgool finished their terms on the executive committee at the club’s … Read More
Hautapu Sports has acknowledged the hard work put in by all members during a challenging 2021. At a club function late in the year, we recognised those who were outstanding in their efforts to make our club stronger. The Wayne … Read More
New Zealand rugby is encouraging clubs, coaches, players and supporters to become more aware of concussion injuries. The NZ Rugby Toolbox has made the following 6-minute video to increase awareness of concussion and how to deal with it.
Cancer affects too many New Zealanders and the Hautapu Sports community has not been spared. In 2021, our club established the Hautapu Whaanau Support Fund to provide financial support to members of our club community or for their loved ones … Read More
In 1978, the Hautapu Rugby Football Club (as we were then) celebrated its 75th Jubilee. To mark the event, the club commissioned a written history of the club, retelling the story of our beginnings and the events that had a … Read More
In 1998, Hautapu Sports Club reached the final of the Waikato Draught Shield, facing hot favourites and shield holders Old Boys RFC. The Hamilton team was expected to comfortably win but the team from Cambridge had other ideas and took … Read More
From Keith Dawson Arnold in 1947 to more recent All Blacks, Hautapu Sports Club is proud of those members who have represented New Zealand at various levels of competition. Here’s our club’s Roll of Honour: All Blacks Keith Dawson Arnold … Read More