Taniwharau Rugby League Club

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| colours = Green and gold

| founded = 1944

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| ground = Waahi Pa (Kumara Patch)

| ground2 = Davies Park

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| coach =Premier Coach: Ray Barchard & Jay Rapana

Premier Reserve Coach: Jordan Muru

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| league = Waikato Rugby League and WaiCoa Competition

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| cup1 = Waicoa Bay Premierships

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The Taniwharau Rugby League Club is a rugby league club from Huntly, New Zealand. They compete in the Waikato Rugby League and WaiCoa club competitions. The club plays in a green and gold strip and are based at Waahi Pa in Huntly.

History

Taniwharau was founded in 1944 by Tonga Mahuta. It is the most successful club in Huntly, a town which once boasted four rugby league clubs – the Rangiriri Eels, Huntly South, Huntly United and Taniwharau.

The club won 11 straight Waikato premierships in the 1970s and 1980s. They won the inaugural Waicoa Bay championship in 2002 and 2007. They were unbeaten in 2007, a feat that had never before been achieved at the Waikato Rugby League Premier Level. Taniwharau won the reformed Waikato Rugby League title in 2008 and 2009.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/576390 |title=It's all gold for champions Taniwharau |date=12 August 2008 |work=Waikato Times |accessdate=17 November 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/2736738/For-Taniwharau-its-a-three-peat |title=For Taniwharau it's a three-peat |author=Devonshire, John |date=10 August 2009 |work=Waikato Times |accessdate=17 November 2011}}