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    Hurricanes v Brumbies Quarter-final Stat Attack

    • 9 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Cam Roigard and Billy Proctor were in the thick of the action against the Brumbies. By Peter Marriott Qualifying Final v Brumbies: Won 66-12 The Hurricanes made up for last year’s 28-35 Qualifying Final loss against the Brumbies in Canberra by winning this year at home in Wellington. The two sides have a history of...
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    Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wainuiomata (48) v Northern United (31)

    • 8 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Wainuiomata pulled away from Northern United in the second half to win well, to take home the Alf Keating Memorial Trophy, on Old Timers’ Day at Porirua Park. Norths had led 19-14 at halftime, through tries to flanker Ethan Lepou and lock Taniela Tuangalu whilst Wainuiomata No. 8 and earlier try scorer Emmanuel Solomona was...
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    Sideline Conversions 8 June (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 7 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Lots going on in this scene in the Premier match on Saturday between Paremata-Plimmerton and Johnsonville, just like there is plenty happening this coming weekend. Photo: Stewart Baird Photography. Another stirring weekend of rugby, with some notable results across several grades. There are just three rounds to play in the Swindale Shield before this...
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    Petone men’s create buffer at top of Swindale standings as their women win their first round title

    • 6 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The Petone Ponies with the Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy today after their last round top-of-the-table 33-15 win over Northern United today. More on this game in the Women’s round-up below. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Swindale Shield points table (unofficial) after 10 rounds: https://stats.clubrugby.nz/table/2026-swindale-shield/ Petone have one hand on the Swindale...
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    Swindale Shield picture to become clearer in 10th round matches

    • 5 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Petone celebrate a try against Marist St Pat’s last week. They are up river for their tenth round match to play Avalon while Marist St Pat’s cross the road to play Poneke at Kilbirnie Park. Photo: Wall Sport Media. By Scott MacLean and Steven White Friday early afternoon edition – updates later: The 2026 Wellington...
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    Bus to Pare-Plim on Saturday 6 June 2026

    • 5 Jun 2026
    • Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
    • Bus to Pare-Plim on Saturday 6 June 2026
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    Reading the Game Before the Whistle: How NZ’s Best Club Players Prepare

    • 5 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Somewhere in Waikato, there is a loosehead prop sitting in his car an hour before training starts, studying footage of the opposing team’s previous game. Not because he wants to watch the highlight reel, but because he’s studying the ugly stuff. Their scrum setup, how their defence reacts to different ruck locations, and how their...
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    Wellington club rugby live scoring, streaming, listening and updates 6 June 2026

    • 5 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 6 June 2026) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield and lower grade Scoring and fulltime scores updated as they happen. WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores...
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    Loads of talent in all-time colleges XVs

    • 4 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The article below was first published on Club Rugby in 2015 and has been dusted off and re-posted below. There are few changes to the line-ups that were selected then. Selection at the time involved input from a few people. Challenges ahead are to select all-time XVs from other schools, such as Hutt Valley High...
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Brumbies Quarterfinal in Wellington

    • 4 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Du Plessis Kirifi and Peter Lakai are two players returning for this game as the Hurricanes are back to full strength and back in the saddle for their quarter-final encounter against the Brumbies. By Kevin McCarthy The Classics, by which I mean the stuff written about times before the A.D. system was agreed on, is...
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    Wellington college brush past Rongotai College in Traditional

    • 3 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Trytime to Wellington College – one of 10 they scored in their fourth consecutive midweek Traditional win over Rongotai College. By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur Wellington College beat Rongotai College 62-19 in their Premiership midweek Round 3 encounter for the Heron Scarf in fine, still conditions at Ma’a Nonu Stadium at Rongotai College...
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    First XV Scoring Highlights: Wellington College (62) v Rongotai College (19)

    • 3 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Accept the ball and pass it on. Wellington College beat brother school Rongotai College 62-19 in their Premiership midweek Round 3 encounter for the Heron Scarf in fine, still conditions at Ma’a Nonu Stadium at Rongotai College on Wednesday. Wellington College won 10 tries to three, after leading 38-0 at halftime and scoring six first...
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    Hurricanes v Crusaders Stat Attack (last round in Christchurch)

    • 2 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • When the Hurricanes played the Crusaders in Wellington a month ago. They return home this Friday to host the Brumbies in their quarter-final encounter. By Peter Marriott. Round 16 v Crusaders: Lost 14-47 Despite losing the match the Hurricanes still finished the regular season in first place with 55 points, four more than the Chiefs...
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 128: Mick Horan

    • 2 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Mick Horan was the talismanic hooker and captain of Marist Brothers Old Boys teams that enjoyed a purple patch in Wellington club rugby in the early 1960s. Horan played for Marist between 1955-65 and was credited with playing over 170 consecutive Senior A matches. He was involved in four winning Jubilee Cup teams and captain...
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    Matchday Scoring Highlights: Petone (59) v Marist St Pat’s (19)

    • 1 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Your 2026 Swindale Shield leaders. Petone produced a swashbuckling first half of attacking rugby to exhaust Marist St Pat’s defensive supplies, and went to halftime leading 40-5. The home side were in peak form, the visitors meeting a side playing like it was 1973 all over again. First year Left wing William Davis, out of...
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    Jordan Payne tackles rural mental health

    • 1 Jun 2026
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Former Chiefs player, Jordan Payne, has stepped off the rugby field and into a new arena, completing a PhD focusing on rural mental health in Aotearoa.
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    Sideline Conversions 1 June (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 31 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Jordan Soli dives over to score a first half try for Ories against Poneke on Saturday. He is the clear-cut leading points scorer in the Swindale Shield – more below. Photo: Andy McArthur. Welcome to a new week and new month of rugby. There is a whole lot going on over the next few weeks...
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    Inspiring close wins for Wainuiomata, Avalon, Ories and the Upper Hutt Rams in ninth round King’s Birthday Weekend fixtures

    • 30 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Ifeanyichukwu Nnebechukwu runs in one of this three tries today for Pōneke against Oriental-Rongotai. Pōneke had come back from 0-24 down to draw level 24-24 at halftime and then lead late before two tries in the closing minutes took the game away from them and Ories won 39-34. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White &...
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    Wellington Club Rugby 30 May – Links to livestreams, scoring, listening and Results

    • 29 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 30 May 2026) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield and lower grade Scoring and fulltime scores updated as they happen. WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores...
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    Plenty on the line in round nine King’s Birthday Weekend fixtures

    • 29 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Trytime at Evans Bay Park last Saturday. Marist St Pat’s are on the road to play Petone tomorrow, while Paremata-Plimmerton return home to host Old Boys University. With a month to play after these games, both a big fixtures. Photo: Tane Nathan/Kinetic Images. By Scott MacLean FRIDAY LUNCHTIME EDITION – updates later this afternoon: It’s a...
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    Sean Rankin Blazer Game

    • 29 May 2026
    • Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
    • This weekend Sean Rankin reaches a special milestone as he plays his Blazer Game for the Johnsonville Hawks.
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    Team Lists for Saturday 30 May 2026

    • 29 May 2026
    • Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
    • Team Lists for Saturday 30 May 2026
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    Around the World with club rugby Volume 1

    • 28 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Wellington club rugby has a rich and diverse history of players coming from overseas for short or longer stints and leaving their marks on their host clubs and the competition. In part one below we have put together a list of some of these players right up to the present day who have played their...
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• • Sports Wrap-Up 28th May

    • 28 May 2026
    • Onslow College
    • Read the latest news from our Lawn Bowlers, the Junior Triangular Sports Exchange, Wellington U16 Rugby Trialists and the latest from our Adventure Racers.
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 127: Winston McCarthy

    • 27 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • “Listen…! It’s a goal!” One of the most memorable spoken moments in New Zealand sporting sporting broadcast history, and uttered by Wellington rugby commentator Winston McCarthy Winston John McCarthy was a leading rugby personality in the middle years of the twentieth century and he remains one of the most famous rugby broadcasters in New Zealand,...
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    Walton-Sexton putting overseas, domestic and Heartland experience to good use at OBU

    • 27 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Sam Walton-Sexton has quickly become a key member of the OBU Goats Premier squad and has played in all eight matches so far this season. This coming Saturday they play Paremata-Plimmerton at Ngati Toa Domain in a key match for the Swindale Shield fortunes of both clubs. The halfback will have one ear on proceedings...
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    Club Rugby Highlights Series: Kick & Chase Tries Part 2

    • 27 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Celebrating community rugby highlights of the past decade. Kick and chase tries can be some of the more thrilling strikes in rugby, for spectators and players alike. Often its a little bit of magic or unpredictability that pays off from the boot that turns or seals tight matches. See below for the second part of...
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    Hurricanes v Highlanders Stat Attack

    • 26 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Du’Plessis Kirifi on the leap against the Highlanders. He scored his 15th try in his 103rd match for the Hurricanes. It was his fourth against the Highlanders which includes a “pair” at Wellington in 2024. He has scored a try in each of his last three matches. Kirifi has now played a record 14 matches...
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    Matchday Scoring Highlights: Upper Hutt Rams (39) v Johnsonville (27)

    • 25 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Despite a considerable number of penalties and some four yellow cards, there was no shortage of entertaining play for the neutral viewer at this game at Helston Park. The Rams scored early off a near side lineout back on their side of halfway, but Johnsonville ran in three tries before halftime, including two to wing...
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    Sideline Conversions 25 May (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 24 May 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • General Swindale Shield action from Lyndhurst Park on Saturday, where competition leaders Tawa beat bottom placed Avalon. Like all their recent matches, Avalon were in the contest throughout much of the first half before falling away. Tawa won 47-7. Photo: Stewart Baird. Monday morning edition: The settled weather rolls on, but we don’t want to...
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