Clubname: | Taniwharau Rugby League Club |
Colours: | Green and Gold |
Founded: | 1944 |
Ground: | Waahi Pa (Kumara Patch) |
Ground2: | Davies Park |
Coach: | Ray Barchard & Jay Rapana Jordan Muru |
Premiers Captain: | Mahinga & Kena Rangi,(Premiers Captain) Mahana Toka (Club Captain) |
Premier Reserves Captain: | Te Ranginui Taoho,(Premier Reserves Captain) |
League: | Waikato Rugby League and WaiCoa Competition |
Premierships: | 14 |
Cup1: | Waicoa Bay Premierships |
Cup1titles: | 2002, 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 Huntly.
Taniwharau, founded in 1944 by Tonga Mahuta, 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 during the 1970-80's. Taniwharau also won the inaugural Waicoa Bay championship in 2002 and again in 2007 a year in which they went through the season unbeaten; a feat that has never been achieved before at the Waikato Rugby League Premier Level. Taniwharau were able to win the reformed Waikato Rugby League title in 2008 and 2009.[1] [2]