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For the first time in 10 years, the Whangateau Rams Club will host a junior rugby league programme this season.
Over the next five weeks, the Rams are holding rugby league training sessions at various locations across Rodney, from Snells Beach to Te Hana.
Parents and players aged six to 18, are invited to turn up and get a feel for the game.
Trainings will take place on Wednesdays from 4.30pm to 6pm, starting at Goodall Reserve in Snells Beach on Wednesday, March 4.
Further locations will be announced on the Rodney Rams Rugby League Club Facebook page.
Meanwhile, the club held its first junior tag prizegiving last month after a successful season that saw it compete at a club challenge day in Cornwall Park in Auckland.
The wahine toa trophy for most valuable girl went to Kyla Payne, while the tane toa trophy for most valuable boy went to Ollie Edwards.
A 30-year-old trophy was also brought out of the cupboard for junior club player of the year, which was awarded to Oshana Lima.
The junior tag programme has been the first step in re-establishing rugby league at the Rams.
Co-ordinator Craig Lees says the idea is to get a new generation of juniors coming through the club with a view to raise representative players from Rodney and ultimately a premier side.
“The club is in its infancy but the infrastructure is in place in terms of a formal association with Auckland Rugby League (ARL),” he says.
Lees says Whangateau has the opportunity to revive rugby league, being a central location between Warkworth and Wellsford and having the facilities to run up to four games at once.
“A lot of the parents of these tag kids once played league at Whangateau, and they are passing on the torch.”
