WELCOME TO MARIST NORTH HARBOUR RUGBY CLUB

About Marist NH Junior Rugby

Welcome to Marist NH Junior Rugby.
Juniors encompass grades from the older kids in J1, J2, J3, J4; first years of tackle in J5 & J6, through to J7 & J8 Rippa grades for the young ones. We also offer the Girls and Boys Rippa and Rip Rugby non-tackle grades as outlined below.


Any Junior enquiries can be made to:

Club Administrator: info@maristnh.co.nz

2025 REGISTRATIONS WILL OPEN FEB 2025!!



**2024 REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN!**


Online registrations are now open!


*Players must be turning 5 by 30th June 2025 to be eligible to play.

Your child will be playing either Tackle Rugby (J1-J6)*, Rippa Rugby (J7-J8) or Girls/Boys Rip Rugby (U9's-U17's).


*Note: The grade your child gets put into will depend on their age and weight.

To determine which GRADE your child is eligible for, please scroll down to see the Age and Weight Chart for 2025


If this is your child’s first year at Marist, please bring evidence of their D.O.B. – Passport or Birth Certificate.

We make every effort to balance our teams across the grades to ensure that each team has a similar performance within the same grade. We always endeavour to recognise the requests by parents for their child to stay with a particular team, but this could mean from year to year, that players may not stay with the same group of players, but be allocated to different teams and coaches.

Players must wear the Marist Rugby shorts and socks for all games. These are to be purchased online (see Shop in menu above). Sizes will be available at our Weigh In sessions for you to look at. 

All players will be supplied with a playing jersey on game days (returned end of season).

*Mouth guards are compulsory. All players will be given a free mouthguard in their Welcome Pack.


Weigh In Sessions 2025


Once you have registered your child online to play Junior Rugby for 2025, we invite all players to attend ONE welcome session (Sat 8th March 2pm-4pm/Thurs 13th March 5pm-6pm/Sat 15th March 2pm-6pm/Thurs 20th March 5pm-6pm), for weigh in (if applicable), gear available for sizing (orders online), 2nd hand uniform sale, and a general meet & greet. 

*Note: those playing in J1 to J6 (tackle grades) MUST attend a Weigh-In session. 

***Junior Open day - Sat 8th of March 2pm-4pm***


1. Weigh In Session: Thursday 13th March 5pm-6pm

(weigh in, gear sizing, meet & greet)

2. Weigh In Session: Sat 15th March - 2pm-4pm 

(weigh in, gear sizing, meet & greet)

3. Weigh In Session: Thursday 20th March - 5pm-6pm

(weigh in, gear sizing, meet & greet). - tbc


Team Muster
All Marist Juniors to attend.
To be held Saturday 22nd March, 2-4pm, Marist Rugby Club.


Meet your team and coach, an afternoon of fun activites!


2025 Information Sheet
An information sheet is emailed/given out to to all players who register (coming Feb 2025). 

​​​​​​​2024 Registration Fees 

Fees for 2024 are as follows (includes $30 Union Levy):

  • New Members - FREE!
  • 1 Player - $140.00
  • 2 Players (same family) - $240.00
  • 3 Players (same family) - $340.00 

Fees for 2024 are to be paid using our online facility. When you submit your registration form, you will be prompted to pay.


Grades

All Marist Junior Rugby is played on Saturday mornings at various rugby venues around North Harbour.


J1, J2 Tackle Rugby

  • 10-12 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • 1 or 2 training nights during the week
  • Trainings are between 4-6pm
  • Play on a full field
  • 15-a-side
  • Games are usually between 10:40am - 1:00pm.

J3, J4, J5 Tackle Rugby

  • 7-11 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • 1 training night during the week
  • Trainings are between 4-6pm
  • Play on a half field
  • 10-a-side
  • Games are usually between 9:30am - 11:50am

J6 Tackle Rugby

  • 6-9 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • 1 training night during the week
  • Trainings are between 4-6pm
  • Play on a quarter field
  • 7-a-side
  • Games are usually between 9:30am - 11:50am

J7, J8 Rippa Rugby

  • 5-7 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • 1 training night during the week
  • Trainings are between 4-6pm
  • Play on a quarter field
  • 7-a-side
  • Games are usually between 8:00am - 9:30am


Boys Rippa & Rip Rugby

  • Boys U9 Rippa for 7-8 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • Boys U11 Rip Rugby for 9-10 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • Boys U13 Rip Rugby for 11-12 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • No weight restriction
  • For those keen on a non-contact game of rugby
  • 1 training night during the week
  • Trainings are between 4-6pm
  • Play on a half field
  • 7-a-side
  • Games are usually between 9:30am - 1:00pm


Girls Rippa & Rip Rugby

  • Girls U9 Rippa for 7-8 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • Girls U11 Rip Rugby for 9-10 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • Girls U13 Rip Rugby for 11-12 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • Girls U15 Rip Rugby for 13-14 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • Girls U17 Rip Rugby for 15-16 year olds (age as at 1st Jan)
  • No weight restriction
  • For those keen on a non-contact game of rugby
  • 1 training night during the week
  • Trainings are between 4-6pm
  • Play on a half field
  • 7-a-side
  • Games are usually between 9:30am - 1:00pm