Referees

This tournament is not only for the best under 13 under 55kg Rugby players North of Taupo, But the Rugby Unions use this tournament to develop their top up and coming Rugby Referees. At the 2009 tournament we had a visiting Referee come down from Samoa who went on to referee a IRB International Rugby game.

All of the above were watched under the careful eye of Mr Smudge McNeillage (Auckland)

Tournament Photos

ProSport Programme

The Management of the NRM Roller Mills Rugby Tournament would like to thank all of those involved with ProSport. These people were the first ones there on the day setting up and last ones to leave. They made this tournament run smoothly....Thank You.

The Pro Sport Programme is the only programme of its type run by any of the provincial unions within the New Zealand Rugby Union and is administered by the Auckland Rugby Football Union and managed and delivered by two qualified, New Zealand registered teachers. The Auckland Union saw a way of not only retaining and supporting its young pool of rugby talent, but also providing them with educational and employment opportunities through learning and work experience opportunities primarily within the rugby development, coaching and event management areas. The National Certificate in Recreation and Sport – Core Skills , is the qualification which is delivered within the programme. The aim of the programme is to equip the trainees with the necessary skills and ability to either advance into long term sustainable employment; a career within the sports industry or to further their academic qualifications through further tertiary educational studies while also further developing their rugby. Another key aim of the programme is to support and enhance the delivery of rugby in the Auckland area, particularly in primary and intermediate schools through the management of tournaments. The programme also encompasses embedded literacy and numeracy programmes to meet individual learner needs. The programme takes an holistic and relevant approach to learning and the development of young and vital individuals with many abilities, who are being given the opportunity to gain qualifications, not only in the specific field of rugby, but across a range of generic subjects which will enable them to develop and apply transferable life and employment skills, appropriate in any employment, further study or recreation and/or sporting situation.