Junior Rugby

Welcome to North Shore Junior Rugby 2025

If you've played with us before, welcome back!  If you're new to the club, its great to have your children signing up to play either tackle or rippa rugby.  We're trying really hard to put the kids at the centre of the rugby experience and we want every child to continue playing each season, regardless of their ability or attitude - every child matters.   

We make every effort to balance our teams across each grade to ensure that each team has a similar performance within the same grade. This means from year to year that players may not stay with the same group of children, but be allocated to different teams and coaches.  You can find out more about junior grades here.

North Shore Rugby Club is one of the oldest rugby clubs in New Zealand and we pride ourselves on being a community based family club.   We do not have school based teams but mix players up from different schools so players and parents alike meet new people from our community. All junior parents are encouraged to enjoy the club rooms after senior matches on Saturday afternoons. 

Gear

All players will be supplied a playing jersey (which must be returned at the end of season). Parents buy boots, shorts and socks.

Socks, shorts, training jerseys and a range of off-field clothing are now purchase directly from of uniform supplier.  This can be done at one of weigh-ins, Family Day or online here.  Please direct all queries about purchasing gear online to our supplier at gina.coombes@dynastysport.co.nz. 

Junior Club Committee

The junior club is run by a hugely dedicated committee of parent volunteers.  Matt Hunt is our Junior Chairman.  If you have any queries about anything to do with junior club, please contact Matt on 027 490 2555 or northshorejuniorrugby@gmail.com and we'll be able to help or point you in the right direction.

Each grade has a co-ordinator who is responsible for forming teams and coaches in their grade and supporting those teams and parents throughout the season.  In 2025, our volunteer grade co-ordinators & volunteer committee members are:

J1: Sam Tuck - 021 996 399

J2: Juliette Doddrell - 021 129 5909

J3: Matt Hunt - 027 490 2555

J4: Abbie Featherstone - 021 986 117

J5: Brendan Hopwood - 027 283 1220

J7: Amber Hansen - 027 618 7575

J6: CJ Furlong - 027 588 3294

J8: Dave Luxton - 021 244 6212

Girls Under 9 Rippa: Liam Crause - 021 449 169

Girls Under 11 Rippa: Matt Mules - 0274 455 635

Girls Under 13 Rippa: Carl Chambers - 021 545 732  

Junior Vice Chair: Jules Dodrell - 021 129 5909

Head Referee: Sam Brodie - 027 836 4119

Club Manager: Callum McNair - 021 782 244

Extra Committee Support:

Mike Lane - 027 546 6034

Josh Blucher - 027 209 5892

Rich Dellabarca - 021 144 5922

Amber Hansen - 027 618 7575

Hayden O'Neill - 027 282 2700

Sam Lay - 021 379 541

Richard McRae - 021 576 772

Justin Clarke - 027 422 3662