Taniwharau Rugby League Club

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Taniwharau Rugby League Club
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Club information
ColoursGreen and gold
Founded1944
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Waahi Pa (Kumara Patch)
  • Davies Park
Coach Premier Coach: Ray Barchard & Jay Rapana Premier Reserve Coach: Jordan Muru
Competition Waikato Rugby League and WaiCoa Competition
Records
Premierships14
Waicoa Bay Premierships2002, 2007

The Taniwharau Rugby League Club is a rugby league club from Huntly, New Zealand. They compete in the Waikato Rugby League and WaiCoa club competitions. The club plays in a green and gold strip and are based at Waahi Pa in Huntly.

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History

Taniwharau was founded in 1944 by Tonga Mahuta. It is the most successful club in Huntly, a town which once boasted four rugby league clubs – the Rangiriri Eels, Huntly South, Huntly United and Taniwharau.

The club won 11 straight Waikato premierships in the 1970s and 1980s. They won the inaugural Waicoa Bay championship in 2002 and 2007. They were unbeaten in 2007, a feat that had never before been achieved at the Waikato Rugby League Premier Level. Taniwharau won the reformed Waikato Rugby League title in 2008 and 2009. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "It's all gold for champions Taniwharau". Waikato Times . 12 August 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Devonshire, John (10 August 2009). "For Taniwharau it's a three-peat". Waikato Times . Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  3. ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 83. ISBN   9781869693312.
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