Wests Junior Rugby Club
Nursery Grade for 3 and 4 year olds. The sessions are held on a Sunday morning in the Wests indoor training facility. The focus of the sessions are on basic skills, ball handling and lots of fun. The sessions are about 45 minutes each and will be held throughout the standard junior rugby season.
Small Black Rugby for players who are below the age of 7 on 1st January of the playing year. These are non-tackle grades where they will play “Rippa Rugby”. The games are 7 aside and each team usually contains 8-9 players. We do our best to keep players within their school groupings. The games are 20 minutes per half.
More information: Wests Junior Rugby.
Marist St Pats Junior Rugby
Based in Kilbirnie, next to Evans Bay Intermediate. They offer the following junior rugby
Rippa Rugby (non-tackle grades): fun for both boys and girls and a great way to develop basic ball skills. For youngsters up to 7 years of age (separate under-6 and under-7 grades)
Under-8 grade: touch rugby to start the season, progressing to tackle rugby.
Tackle rugby (separate grades for under-9, under-10, under-11, under-12 and under-13)
Little Rippas for kids aged 2 – 4 years – learn some basic ball skills and have some fun.
For more information, visit Marist St Pats.
Poneke
The Poneke Junior Rugby club offer junior grades for all age groups from the Nursery grade (Poneke Pups) through to the Under 13 Open grade, based in Kilbirnie. For more information, visit Poneke.