The Observer newspaper reported that “Takapuna is the latest recruit to Northern Unionism.
One team has been entered in the third grade competitions to play in all red jerseys”.
[6] During the week their team list was published in the Auckland Star newspaper and was as follows: Adams, Quedley, Creamer, De Piua, Warinan (captain), Stewart, Henderson, Thorpe, Dunn, Brown, Gibbons, Sheriff, Holmes, Patrick, Brunton, and Moseley.
Their 5th match was eventually played, against North Shore after being rescheduled for 30 June.
At the start of the 1918 season it was reported in the Auckland Star that the club was scheduled to have their team weighed in on Thursday 18 April.