Thames Rugby History, Thames (2026)

29/03/2024

Save the date & make a weekend of it! 🍻

🗣️Calling all our past players to come home to Rhodes Park on Saturday 13 April for our first annual “Old Boys Day!”

👏🏽This is your chance to catch up with old team mates & Club members while enjoying cheap sideline food & drinks and cheering on our Devo team playing Whangamatā at 12.25pm & Premiers playing Hauraki North at 2pm.

🍻The day wouldn’t be compete without then joining us, just like the good old days in the Clubrooms for the aftermatch to continue the story telling over some more drinks into the night.

🤝🏽 Spread the word & make it a rugby reunion of the Blue & Black pack at home.

See you there! 🔵⚫️

28/01/2023

Some Hui Mai legends 💚💛

Was great to see Glen Wilkie, Warren Wilkie & Koro Tuhoro - three players from the clean sweep 1976 TV Championship Hui Mai team back at the clubrooms recently! & that little bird told us that it’s Koro’s 70th birthday today - happy birthday! 🥳

Hurrah for the emerald green!! 💚💛

31/07/2022

Couple of Thames rugby legends in that team!

The Thames Valley Rugby Football Union Inc are celebrating their CENTENARY on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th August 2022. To find out more and register for this fantastic weekend, click on the link below and don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity celebrating ALL things TVRFU! 🙌

https://thamesvalleyswampfoxes.co.nz/tvrfu/thames-valley-rugby-football-union-centenary-events-2022/

29/07/2022

Roy 💙🖤

The Thames Valley Rugby Football Union Inc are celebrating their CENTENARY on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th August 2022. To find out more and register for this fantastic weekend, click on the link below and don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity celebrating ALL things TVRFU! 🙌

https://thamesvalleyswampfoxes.co.nz/tvrfu/thames-valley-rugby-football-union-centenary-events-2022/
(Pictured - Tuk Sheehan and Roy Tyack before the 1975 Ranfurly Shield challenge in 1975 at Auckland with the mini Swamp Fox mascot. )

19/05/2022

Throwback Thursday - Thames XV as voted by supporters for our 150th. The team is now proudly displayed on the grandstand at Rhodes Park. 🐐 🔵⚫️

13/02/2022

A huge Happy 70th Birthday to this Thames Rugby Legend Miles O’Dwyer! We hope you have a great day! 🎉🎂🍻
🙌🏽 Miles first played in Thames for United and later on found his calling as an incredibly successful coach as below:
🏉Thames TRU perms coach 1984 - 1986, 1988-1889, 1992
🏉TVRFU Div 1 Champions 1986, 1989, 1992
🏉TVRFU Div 1 Runners up 1984, 1985, 1988
🏉TVRFU Secondary Schools coach 1991-1992
🏉TVRFU coach/selector 1993-1994
🏉150 years of Thames Rugby XV Selection Coach - as noted by Thames supporter’s!