Squads to consist of 15-aside with a minimum of 20 players, a maximum of 22, with a maximum of 22 players named / available for each game (i.e. a maximum of 7 reserves per game).
Squad selection priority to be given to year 8’s no trials or ability based selections. Other than that stated above, criteria for selection at the discretion of each franchise, examples of criteria as follows:
- Player attitude / coachability
- Even mix of players proportional to the total number of eligible players per club within any franchise
- Years played for each club (long service)
TEAM SHEETS available to be completed by July 20th 2025 and emailed to
wcjrcommittee01@gmail.com
PLAYER ID SHEETS (Template attached) must be completed for all players and must be completed ready for weigh in on the first day of competition. Players are to be Year 8 or under.
WEIGHT. Players to be UNDER weight as below: There will be no tolerance outside these ranges.
- 3rd August 2025 UNDER 45kg / 60kg.
- If on first weigh-in player is 45kg / 60kg or over, they CANNOT play the whole tournament and MUST be replaced
- 10th August 2025 UNDER 45.5kg / 60.5kg
- If player is 45.5kg / 60.5kg or OVER, player CANNOT play until the next weigh-in on 18th August 2025.
- 17th August 2025 UNDER 46kg / 61kg
- If a player is 46.0kg / 61kg or OVER, player CANNOT play until the next weigh-in on 25th August 2025.
- 24th August 2025 UNDER 46.5kg / 61.5k.
- if a player is 46.5kg / 61kg or OVER, player CANNOT play on 25th August 2025.
ADDITIONAL PLAYERS (emergency circumstances only) are permitted at the discretion of the Management Committee.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
- All Players must play a minimum of half a game (as per NZRU Ruling).
- Rolling subs are not permitted.
- Subs are to be made at quarter, half and three quarter (unless there is an injury).
- Any player sent from the field, (or has sufficient evidence against them) will automatically miss the next game, AND / OR be disciplined as deemed appropriate by The Management Committee.
All coaches and reserves are to position themselves beyond the dead ball line of the opposition end of field. The Manager and 2 water boys may position themselves on the sideline for access to the field for water.
The WCJR will provide referees, Host clubs to organise fields. The WCJR Management Committee will provide the scales and the Official Weigher.
Games to be 2 x 20 minute halves. 5 minutes for half time and 1 minute for quarter and three quarter time to effect substitutions (no coaches / managers on the field at quarter and three quarter time). Normal rugby rules apply, with the following exceptions: scrums will be non contested in the U45kg division and contested in the U60kg and +60kg division, contested lineouts but NO lifting.
In each 2 hour field allocation window, the U45kg teams of the franchise’s will play first (curtain raiser) followed by the U60kg teams of the same franchise’s after a 10 minute interval between matches.
+60KG COMPETITION
- On Sunday 27th July 2025 players who have registered via the online google form will participate in a skills clinic facilitated by Waikato Rugby and coaches and managers will meet their teams.
- Players will be put into 4 teams to do some team runs whereby some adjustments may need to be made in an effort to make 4 fairly even teams.
- On Sunday 3rd August teams will come together for another skills clinic. The players will also be issued their Hoodies / Training T-Shirts.
- Sunday 10th August coaches and managers will advise training/team bonding plan for their respective team.
- Sunday 17th August and Sunday 24th August all four teams will play each other.
Failure to observe any of the above rules will result in disqualification from the tournament. Any dispute will be decided by the WCJR Management Committee.
