Wyndham City Rhinos Junior Rugby Union Football Club

A classic West Verse East battle to see who will be Premiers in the U12A and U14A Combined grades sees us up against two prepped up Harlequins teams this Saturday. With the Minor Premiership wrapped up for both grades, neither team will be resting on its laurels and will go all out to take home the main prize. Our U16 girls set the stage with their Premiership win earlier this season and we hope their efforts will be matched on the field this Saturday. Looking forward in seeing a large contingent of family and supporters decked out in their club colours being loud and proud for both games. Good luck to all players and their team management for getting to this stage. The rest is up to the players on the day. 🦏💜🖤💛

Congratulations to our U12A and U14A Combined in qualifying for next Saturday's Junior Grand finals after some solid results. While our U11's fell short on the scoreline, they did not fall short in playing with heart and a never give up attitude given the emotional week they had and which saw them keep pace with their opposition for most of the match. A great effort by all involved. With one Premiership / Minor Premiership already in the trophy cabinet courtesy of our undefeated U16 Girls, we wish our remaining teams all the best of luck next week and remain proud of all our teams regardless of results. We hope you can continue to support our players and post your good luck messages throughout the week.

Tomorrow's Finals will see our U11, 12A and 14A combined teams compete for a place in the following weeks' Junior Grand Final Day. We wish the best of luck to all of our teams and regardless of the results, know that nothing will be left out on the field. Play in good spirit and sportsmanship and those watching on the sidelines, ensure you encourage and clap the efforts of both teams competing. We anticipate a strong presence of Rhinos supporters and families to attend and we hope as many as possible are able to arrive early and stay on to support all grades tomorrow. Our U11's kick off at 9:30am followed by our U12's at 10:35am. Unfortunately there is an overlap with the U14's game kicking off at 11:10am while our 12's are still playing. Would have been good if they were given the later 11:40am KO to prevent this but anyway... Best of luck also to Southern Districts Rugby Club in hosting such a big day after a long absence of Junior Finals hosting. We have no doubt it will be well managed and catered for by their dedicated committee and volunteers who will ensure the off field tasks contribute to a very successful day. Ean - on behalf of your Committee WCRJRUFC inc.

With the regular season now completed after today’s games, we are very proud to share that our U12A (undefeated) and U14A Combined teams have both been crowned 2026 Minor Premiership winners. Add to that our U16 Girls finishing as undefeated Minor Premiers and Premiers, this has been a great result in what has been another challenging year for Junior Rugby in Victoria. So next week’s finals will see our U11, U12A and U14A Combined, compete in their relevant final to proceed to the GF. Congratulations to all the players, coaches and team management for reaching this milestone and ensuring the Rhinos ongoing finals appearances remain intact. We wish all teams the best of luck next week knowing that your club is very proud of all our teams’ achievements from U8’s through to our U18’s. Anything after this week is a bonus.

Our club would like to acknowledge the selection of 4 of our Rhino players and 5 Warriors player s - a total of 9 from the combined Rhino/Warriors U14A team into the U14 Squad who will be competing later this year in the ' Emerging Reds Cup" in Queensland. A great achievement in what is a very competitive age group this year. Now selections have taken place, we look to see the team focus on the remaining competition game and upcoming finals series with both our clubs being very proud of their ongoing achievements with the job not yet completed.

On behalf of our Committee, I would like to wish all teams the best of luck in their respective games today. For some teams, it will be their final game of the season, and we hope you have enjoyed the season and look to finish it off in style. We hope the experiences both on and off the field have been enough for you to be encouraged to continue your Rugby journey with our club next season. To our dedicated and committed coaches we thank you. You have ensured your players have received not only strong and knowledgeable coaching and guidance but have also showed the values of being good sports persons on the field and good people off the field. Our remaining teams who are finals bound, our club sees this achievement as a bonus and a reward for all your hard work throughout the season. Don’t become complacent and remember you are only as good as your last game. Keep the good work up and regardless of outcomes, our club is incredibly proud of all our grades in the manner each and every one of you have conducted yourself and ensured that our club continues to be a major contributor to the development and progress of this great game of Union in Victoria. Ean – on behalf of The Committee – WCRJRUFC Inc.

We hope to see everyone at this year's club Presentation being held on Saturday 12th September in closing out the 2026 season.

This week sees the final round of the Junior Competition grades before finals the following week. Our U8 and U9 Pathway grades play their final game for the season away at Northern’s home ground which sees all 8,9 and 10 grades across Melbourne playing in a season Grand Finale. Our U11’s will be out to secure second spot on their table, with our 12’s and 14’s, already securing their respective Minor Premiership going all out to keep their undefeated status intact and use their games to prepare for the upcoming Final. Our U18’s has their final match against Endeavour Hills who, no doubt, will go all out in ensuring their undefeated status remains intact for the season. A feat that our U18’s, albeit a different line up, achieved last season. All games are away which has become a bit of a regular last round occurrence over the last few seasons, so we wish all grades the very best of luck in their respective games. We ask parents and club supporter’s attending the games to encourage and cheer and be respectful of the officiating Referees, Match Officials and volunteer Touch Judges who ensure the games go ahead.

This Thursday night please come and support our finals winners fundraiser - our under 16’s GIRLS

CONGRATULATION girls

Opportunity or not? Surely as a collective both the recently cash flushed RA and RV could work together and conduct a feasibility study along with Wyndham City Council and other partners in the use or establishment of a true Centre of Excellence of this ready made complex? The other Centre is going nowhere at the moment so cut the losses and move on? Just a thought.