Former Hautapu Sports player Marty Bourke has been shortlisted for this year’s New Zealand Rugby men’s Coach of the Year award. Bourke (45) is one of three nominees for the award after leading Canterbury to the NPC title. Other nominees … Read More
Hautapu Sports will kick off the 2026 Waikato Premier Rugby season with a home game against Hamilton Marist at Easter Weekend. Waikato Rugby have released the schedule for next season’s games in which the Premier A side will kick off … Read More
Hautapu Sports will chase back-to-back titles when they contest the Marist Colts 7s tournament on Friday November 7, 2025. The Hautapu U-21s team won the short-form tournament in 2024 and will return to Hamilton’s Marist Park to defend their crown. … Read More
Hautapu Sports’ opening games will be streamed live from the Cobra 10s tournament in Malaysia over the weekend of November 1-2, 2025. The games will take place at the Cobra Rugby Club, in Kuala Lumpur, where 12 teams representing seven … Read More
Hautapu Sports will host a golf day at Cambridge Golf Club on Friday September 26, 2025, to help raise funds to send a team to the Cobra 10s in Malaysia. The Cobra 10s are an invitation-only 10-a-side rugby competition to … Read More
Hautapu Sports’ Memorial Park will host top women’s rugby on Saturday September 13 when Waikato play Manawatu in the Farah Palmer Cup. The Waitomo Waikato team will go head-to-head with the Manawatu Cyclones, kicking off at 2.05pm. The teams currently … Read More
Hautapu Sports’ senior rugby season reaches its high point this weekend when the club tries to bring home the Breweries Shield and the Elliot Shield. The Premier A team will play Hamilton Marist for a third year in a row … Read More
Hautapu Sports have named their squad for the grand final of the 2025 Breweries Shield. The Premier A team will travel to play Hamilton Marist at Marist Park in their seventh final appearance in eight seasons. The match brings together … Read More
Dreams of end-of-season glory, the raising of fists in triumph and maybe — just maybe — the chance to claim another Waikato Breweries Shield … For Hautapu Sports Club, another shield victory would be the eighth in the club’s history. … Read More
By Ryan Yelavich A collection of Hautapu Sports rugby photographs has been uncovered from random games and events dating back to 1984. In this special feature, we’ve delved into the collection to remind us of the 1999 Breweries Shield final … Read More