Tasman Rugby Union

Tasman Rugby Union
SportRugby union
AbbreviationTRU
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
AffiliationNew Zealand Rugby
Regional affiliationTasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere
HeadquartersNelson
Official website
www.tasmanrugby.co.nz
New Zealand

The Tasman Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, a bay at the north end of the South Island in New Zealand. Headquartered in Nelson, TRU is New Zealand's newest provincial union, founded in 2006 with the amalgamation of the existing Marlborough and Nelson Bays sub unions.[1]

The union's premier team is the Tasman Mako which compete in New Zealand's provincial rugby competition, the Bunnings NPC.

  1. ^ "Tasman rugby". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 15 July 2021.