Wellington Club Weekly / October 2021
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Bond Banter 1 November (some rugby news to start the week)
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- Breakfast edition: Otago beat Wellington 33-28 in a non-competition, first class match in Dunedin on Sunday. Peter Umaga-Jensen continued his eye-catching form for Wellington, but the Lions pack lacked spine against the Southerners, reduced to 14 for 20 minutes after a high, no-arms tackle. Disturbingly, replacement prop and former Wallaby Pek Cowan became a magnet...
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Aisle be Back: bread from heaven
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- By Kevin McCarthy The roof will be on, so there’ll be no raining on the parade of Beauden Barrett this Sunday in Cardiff. No surprise that he would be handed his 100th cap at a prestige venue, rather than against Italy a week later. However, coach Foster is clear that this was also a form...
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All Blacks v USA: Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott The All Blacks met the USA in Washington this past weekend – some facts and figures from New Zealand v United States: Won 104-14 New Zealand and the United States first met at test level at California Field in Berkeley, California, on 15 November 1913.The home side was then known as All...
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Club and school Sevens tournaments cancelled for 2021
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- This Covid disease is something else. Following the announcement earlier this week by College Sport Wellington that their tournaments have been cancelled, the WRFU has now moved to cancel all its sevens tournaments for 2021. Three tournaments were scheduled; an age-grade and women’s tournament on 6 November, followed by the two American Ambassador’s series events...
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Lordy Ōwhango has two All Blacks
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- Roy Roper (centre) – the oldest living All Black. By Adam Julian Roy Roper and Josh Lord separated by a foot in height and three quarters of a century in age share an unlikely connection. The All Blacks were born in Ōwhango, situated 20 kilometres south of Taumarunui on State Highway 4 on the “main...
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Wellington Lions v Southland Stags Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott The Wellington Lions beat Southland 24-22 last Saturday at Porirua Park in a non-NPC fixture. Some facts and figures from the game below: Non-Championship v Southland: Won 24-22 This match did not count towards the National Provincial Championship competition. In addition to the scheduled NPC round-robin matches, a non-championship game is now...
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Bond Banter 25 October (some news and information to start the week in rugby)
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- MORNING EDITION: Labour Day Monday is synonymous with the Condor 7s qualifying tournament at Naenae College. But not today. That tournament has been ‘postponed’ and the Hurricanes Schools 7s tournament previously scheduled for this coming Saturday has been called off. The upcoming WRFU tournaments scheduled for 6, 13 and 20 November could be on shaky...
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Rugby on this weekend
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- The rugby continues on a narrower front around Wellington and the lower North Island on Saturday. Starting in the Johnsonville sector, the Fijian Flyers are hosting a ‘Mini-7s Tournament‘ at Helston Park. Five sides are in action from early in the morning, with Hutt Old Boys Marist, the Johnsonville Hawks, the Palmerston North Fijian Tigers,...
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Aisle be Back: ‘Merica
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- By Kevin McCarthy Rugby in the US always lurks on the edge of our New Zealand consciousness. We know it exists, but we don’t really know much about it or take it seriously. I remember reading a book once on one of the late 1970s tours which touched down briefly in the US. Stu Wilson...
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Lions supporters marking 21 years since last NPC title win
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- Today marks the 21st anniversary since Wellington last won the National Provincial Championship. They won in 1978, 1981, 1986 and, most recently, on 21 October 2000 when they beat Canterbury 34-29 in the final in Christchurch. Unlike those previous three winning seasons, and most recently 1986 when they won every game (albeit no finals series),...
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Wellington Lions v Manawatu stat attack
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- By Peter Marriott The Wellington Lions beat Manawatu in their most recent NPC match, also for the Coronation Cup. Some facts and figures from the game below: Round 7: v Manawatu: Won 36-16 Wellington’s record in all NPC matches is now played 474, won 295 (62.2%), lost 167 and drawn 12. Wellington’s record in all...
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Bond Banter 18 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Scott Waldrom (centre) announced that Saturday’s match for the Avalon Wolves U85kgs was his last rugby match. A breakout try he scored for the Wolves in a Swindale Shield match in 2004 still ranks as one of our favourite club rugby tries. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. MORNING EDITION: The second half of October means preparations are...
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U85kg semi-final top billing this Saturday
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- U85kg National Club Cup glory is potentially just one match away for Wellington U85kg champions the Avalon Wolves and southern raiders the Carisbrook Bush Pigs when they meet at Fraser Park on Saturday. The two teams run out on to Fraser Park Artificial for a 3.30pm kick-off with a berth in the final up for...
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Wellington Lions v Canterbury Stat Attack
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- Alex Fidow (above) scored his 18th try for Wellington and second against Canterbury. His first was scored in 2019. It was his try in this match which brought up Wellington’s 7,000th point in home matches and also provided Wellington with the chance to even the scores at fulltime. By Peter Marriott. Some facts and figures...
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Status quo for club rugby competition structure for next three seasons
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- WRFU Release 12 October: Earlier this evening WRFU’s 20 Clubs and affiliated bodies voted to retain this year’s Premier Men’s competition format for the next three years. This vote was the culmination of a five-month review process in which a working group comprising Clubs and Wellington Rugby Football Union (WRFU) representatives proposed three format options...
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Bond Banter 11 October (Some rugby news and information to start the new week in rugby)
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- Morning edition: The end of the community 15s season is all-but over. Just waiting for details of a potential U85kg Knockout Cup semi-final this Saturday between the Avalon Wolves and the Carisbrook Bush Pigs – which will either be in Dunedin or Lower Hutt. The other semi-final is scheduled to be between Morrinsville (Waikato) and...
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Te wairua o george nepia
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- By Touchline The urupa at St. John’s Maori Church in Rangitukia (consecrated on Easter Sunday 1901, on the site of an earlier 1842 Anglican Mission Station), contains the memorials of the Nepia and Kohere families. While George Nepia was originally from Nuhaka (near Wairoa) and played his early rugby for Hawkes Bay, following his marriage...
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Wellington U19s and Centurions stay unbeaten as HYRC age-grade competitions conclude
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- By Steven White and Scott MacLean. Photos by Andy McArthur. Unbeaten seasons for the Centurions Wellington Development Men’s team and Wellington U19s side, as the Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council’s age-grade competitions finish, and the Upper Hutt Rams U85kgs miss out in Dunedin in the U85kg Knockout competition. Hawke’s Bay (Division A) and Wellington Gold (Division...
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Aisle be Back: the next leg of the tour underway
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- The All Blacks play their next match in a fortnight against the USA Eagles in By Kevin McCarthy I’m sure I’ve referenced the greatest modern philosophy guide of modern times before, but to repeat myself – as in Kung Fu Panda, there is no good news or bad news. There is only news. This is...
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Final weekend of 15s community rugby competitions
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- The 2021 15s rugby community competition and inter-provincial representative season draws to a close this Saturday with the final set of matches played throughout the lower North Island. This includes the third and final rounds of both Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council’s U16 Boys and U18 Girls tournaments, and the campaign ending matches for Wellington Men’s...
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Wellington Lions v Bay of Plenty Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott Round 5 v Bay of Plenty: Lost 32-33 Wellington’s record in all NPC matches is now played 472, won 293 (62.1%), lost 167 and drawn 12. Wellington’s record in all NPC matches against Bay of Plenty is played 35, won 27 (77.1%), lost six and drawn two. Bay of Plenty has now...
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Sponsorship in Rugby: All Blacks from NZ Is Now Supported by French
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- Sponsorship in Rugby: All Blacks from NZ Is Now Supported by French The “brand value” and the media weight of the sports team or individual athlete must be comparable or higher than the “brand value” of the potential sponsor. Air New Zealand, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Sanitarium (health food manufacturer), Barkers (clothing brand), and Bvlgari (chain of...
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Bond Banter 4 October (some news and tidbits to start the week in rugby)
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- Morning edition: Welcome to Rugtober. One more weekend of 15s rugby and then we are mostly done for the season, before a run of sevens tournaments starting later in the month, potential lockdowns aside. It starts this Wednesday evening at Porirua Park with round two of the Hurricanes Youth Council’s Secondary Schoolgirls competition, with the...
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Whanganui and Wellington teams win Hurricanes region U18 and U19 competitions
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- Te Upoko o Te Ika Wellington Māori retained the Sir Eruera Tihema Tirikatene Shield against Waitaha Canterbury Māori. Round-up of this match and others below. By Steven White, Adam Julian and Scott MacLean The Whanganui U18s and the Wellington U19s won their respective Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council competition titles today, in the third and final round...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Springboks #2
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- By Kevin McCarthy You know the old line about the definition of insanity being repeating something over and over in the hope it will work. The Springboks seem intent on proving that – both last weekend, and this weekend. The difference of course is that it has worked in the past and was oh so...
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