Taupō United Juniors

📅 SAVE THE DATE | TAUPŌ UNITED JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING ❤️🖤

Whānau, save the date — Thursday 27 August is our 2026 Junior Prizegiving! 🏉🏆

We know this is a busy time of year and many of our tamariki are already moving on to their next sports and commitments. To keep things easy for our whānau and consistent with our usual training day, we’ve decided to host prizegiving on:

📅 Thursday 27 August
⏰ Prizegiving from 3.30pm
📍 Taupō United Rugby & Sports Club
🍽️ Shared kai from 5.00pm

This is our chance to come together one last time for the season — to celebrate our tamariki, our teams, our kaupapa and everything we’ve achieved together in 2026.

We’ll also take the opportunity to acknowledge the amazing people who make our junior club possible — our coaches, managers, referees, volunteers, committee, supporters and generous sponsors. ❤️🖤

He waka eke noa — we’re all in this together.

If you’re able to join us, we’d love to have you there as we wrap up another awesome season with our United whānau.

🏆❤️🖤 SAVE THE DATE — THURSDAY 27 AUGUST! 🖤❤️🏆

🏉❤️🖤 THURSDAY TRAINING | ONE LAST PUSH! ❤️🖤🏉

Final training before FINALS WEEKEND — let’s finish the week strong, United whānau! 🔥

📅 Thursday 20th August
⏰ 3.30pm – 4.30pm
📍 United Fields & Clubrooms

Bring along:
💧 Water bottle
👟 Training gear & boots
🔥 Plenty of energy!

🍽️ DINNER AFTER TRAINING
Stick around after training for our final Thursday night kai together for the season.

One last training. One last shared kai. Then it’s FINALS TIME! 🏆

🔥 SEMI-FINALS | LET’S GO UNITED!🔥

It’s semi-finals week and both our competitive teams — U8 and U9 — are playing for a spot in the **FINALS!** 🏉❤️🖤

And a big shout-out to our U6 and U7 Rippa superstars who are back out there this weekend doing their thing — learning, growing, having fun and representing United with pride! 🌟❤️🖤

⏰ REMINDER: All games are back to NORMAL GAME TIMES this weekend. 9.30am and 10.30am starts

This weekend let’s show what it means to be United whānau — standing together with kotahitanga, manaakitanga and pride in our club.

❤️🖤 Be loud, positive and proud.
❤️🖤 Encourage our tamariki and celebrate their mahi.
❤️🖤 Show manaakitanga to our players, coaches, refs and whānau.
❤️🖤 Back our teams from the first whistle to the last.

We need our United whānau out in force. Fill the sidelines, bring the noise and back ALL our tamariki! 🔥❤️🖤

Check out this week’s match schedule below 👇

**GO UNITED!** 🏉❤️🖤

🏉❤️ TRAINING IS ON THURSDAY! ❤️🏉

Another great afternoon of rugby awaits, and we can't wait to see all of our Taupō United tamariki back together.
🕞 Training: 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Thursday 13th August
📍 Taupō United Clubrooms
Don't forget:
❤️ Boots
🖤 Mouthguard
❤️ Water bottle
🖤 Warm clothes
❤️ Positive attitude, listening ears, and plenty of energy!
🍽️ Club kai will be available after training, so stick around, share a meal, and enjoy time together with your United whānau.

Hei āpōpō!

❤️🖤 THE U9 TE AHI KAHA TROPHY IS COMING HOME! 🛡️🔥

WE ARE SOOOOO PROUD OF OUR U9s NGA KAHA TEAM!

Earlier this season, it was a bit of a surprise when our U9s first got their hands on the Te Ahi Kaha Trophy — and almost as quickly as it came, we lost it again! 😅

This time around, our kids knew what was on the line and what they needed to do.

And they DID THE MAHI. 💪🏉

They dug deep, backed each other and put everything they’ve been learning at training into action, coming away with a 55–40 WIN and bringing the trophy back to United! ❤️🖤

But as much as we love a win, it’s not just about the score. The growth in these kids as a team is what makes us most proud. A huge mihi to our U9 whānau too — the taxis, sideline crew and biggest supporters. You help make all of this possible. ❤️

U9s — be proud. You earned this one.

🔥 Bring on SEMIS!

❤️🖤 PLAYERS OF THE DAY | UNITED 🖤❤️

Another weekend, another group of awesome young players showing us what it means to be UNITED. 🏉

A huge congratulations to this week’s Players of the Day from across our junior teams! 👏❤️🖤 Every week our coaches get to recognize some of those moments — and we love being able to celebrate them as a club.

⭐ Congratulations to all of our Players of the Day! ⭐

🏉❤️ ROUND 10 | IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS! ❤️🖤

⏰ Important Reminder: All games this weekend are scheduled 30 minutes earlier than usual. Please check the draw carefully and make sure your team arrives in plenty of time.

The final week of the regular season is here, and what a season it's been!

This Saturday is Round 10—the last round before semi-finals and finals. Every game counts as teams look to secure their place in the finals series.

📅 Check out this week's draw below and keep an eye on your team chats for meeting times and any last-minute updates.

Before you head out, don't forget:
❤️ Boots
🖤 Mouthguard
❤️ Water bottle
🖤 Warm clothes
❤️ Your loudest sideline support!

No matter what happens this weekend, we're incredibly proud of the commitment, growth, and sportsmanship our players have shown throughout the season.

A huge thank you to our coaches, managers, referees, volunteers, sponsors, and whānau for everything you've done to support our tamariki this season.

❤️🖤 Good luck to all of our Taupō United teams this weekend. Let's finish the regular season strong and show what being United is all about! 🏉