JUNIOR GRADES (Up to 14 years old)

Junior Grades include our Taggers, Tinys, Minis, Mods and Juniors.  

• Junior players are from 4 years old to 14 years old
• Players are put into teams once they register.
• All Junior teams are mixed teams (boys and girls)
• There are no trainings outside of the game on Thursday night - they learn quickly on the field
• Each team has a Team Manager who is responsible for substituting players and giving encouragement.
• Each game is 30 minutes long.
• Grades are where possible aligned to NZTFI Junior National Grades (U6, U8, U10, U12, U14)
• A player once assigned a team will be given a colour of that team.  They can wear any shirt of that colour on game day.
• 8 players are on the field and where possible a maximum of 5 boys on the field at any one time.
• Girls get additional points for scoring

Junior On Field Team Rules 

Please note for U6 Taggers and U8 Tinys these are Guidelines, for all other Junior Grades they are Rules

• 8 players on the field at any time (U6 can be 6 on a field with smaller field size if that works better)
• Module on field team is made up of at least 3 girls and maximum of 5 boys.  This is different from National rules which is 4 girls / 4 boys on the field at any time. 
• Younger age grades we are not too concerned with how many boys and girls but try to stay as close too if can.
• Older Junior grades and Senior grades, this ratio is non-negotiable.  Therefore:
  • There can only be a maximum of 5 males on field at any time.
  • There has to be at least 3 girls on the field at any time.
  • If you cannot get 3 girls on the field, the team has to play short however the other team if they meet girl requirements can have maximum of 8 on field so game could be 8 against 7 players for example.
  • 2 girls / 5 boys
  • 1 girl / 5 boys
  • 0 girls / 5 boys.