Wellington Club Weekly / April 2024
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Hurricanes v Brumbies Stat Attack
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- Xavier Numia – made like Christian Cullen and scored two tries against the Brumbies. The Hurricanes met the Horsemen in Canberra on Saturday afternoon, meeting their maiden loss of the 2024 Super Rugby season. Some facts and figures from that fixture by Peter Marriott below. Week 10 v Brumbies: Lost 19-27 The Hurricanes and the...
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Law 14
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- By Touchline The tragic accidental death of a weight-restricted grade rugby player in Auckland last weekend ought to prompt an emphatic response from Rugby Union’s governing bodies. As a result of a tackle performed in accordance with the current laws of the game, a player has lost his life, leaving a widow and three young...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Colts – Upper Hutt Rams (36) v Paremata-Plimmerton (7)
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- The two clubs met on Ngati Toa Domain 2 in the fourth round of the Colts Paris Memorial Trophy competition. The match was played in fine conditions with a mild to moderate cross wind that didn’t really favour either team. The game in its entirety was hotly contested with many spirited performances. The run of...
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Sideline Conversions 29 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Held up! A feverish finish on Saturday between Paremata-Plimmerton and the upper Hutt Rams resulted in a 22-22 fulltime score – the first draw of the season in the Premier grade. Monday morning edition (updates expected later as more information or news comes rolling in): Round 5 of Wellington club rugby this coming Saturday is...
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MSP Out in front on their own as OBU beat Eagles, a draw and high scoring elsewhere
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- Tawa second five Kalim Kelemete gets a pass away in today’s Kevin Carmichael Cup Premier Swindale Shield match at Kilbirnie Park.
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Lots in store in round four matches tomorrow
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- Paremata-Plimmerton’s Tane McMillan-Parata plucks out a lineout last week against Avalon. The defending first round champions are back at home tomorrow to play the Upper Hutt Rams, while the Wolves are in Miramar to meet Jubilee Cup holders Oriental-Rongotai. Photo: Stewart Baird (who is on assignment in Hawke’s Bay club rugby this weekend). By Scott...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 27 April
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- It’s round four of the 2024 Wellington club rugby season today. Several more key matches today, as the contenders jostle for position. Will HOBM and MSP remain unbeaten at the head of the Swindale Shield ladder; can Avalon and Wellington grab their first wins? It’s a ‘lighter’ round today, with no U85kg, Reserve Grade or...
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Leon Tuiloma taking his opportunities in higher rugby
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- By Adam Julian When Norths junior Leon Tuiloma suffered a 106-7 defeat playing for the Wellington Axemen against his former club in 2022, he entertained thoughts of quitting rugby altogether. But Tuiloma is not a quitter and has a history of being the standout player in struggling teams. The robust and dynamic 20-year-old can play...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Brumbies
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- Izzy from Gizzy, who starts at lock, and Peter from Lower Hutt, who comes in hot off the bench, will be jumping for joy if the Hurricanes win their ninth straight win tomorrow. The match against the Brumbies in Canberra has always been a tough assignment for any visiting team. By Kevin McCarthy They say...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 068: The Nicholls Brothers
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- The three All Blacks Nicholls brothers, from left Ginger, Mark and Doc. The fabric of rugby in Wellington is woven tightly together with family connections. Perhaps the most famous of all is the Nicholls family. Father Sid is recognised as being the founder of the Poneke club in 1882 and later an early leader of...
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Laursen still going strong after 150 Premier games
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- By Steven White When Club Rugby caught up with Brandyn Laursen in 2017 he was flatting with a group of Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles teammates and was just starting out as a qualified builder. Now he’s a Kapiti Coast family man with a one-year-old son and is in business with his former rugby playing...
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Great Days in Club Rugby 010: Upsets and Boilovers
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- In 2016 when first-five Greg Mullany scores one of his two tries for Poneke to win the game and end OBU’s 19-match winning streak. Photo: Andy McArthur. Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately 8,000 Senior A/Premier club rugby matches contested in Wellington. In this new...
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Hurricanes v Fijian Drua Stat Attack
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- The Hurricanes beat the Fijian Drua 38-15 in their Super Rugby Pacific fixture this past Friday night. Some facts and figures about the game by Peter Marriott. Week 9 v Fijian Drua: Won 38-15 The Hurricanes and the Fijian Drua have only met on three occasions. The Hurricanes have won twice to the Drua’s single...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Petone (40) v Old Boys University (29)
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- The two clubs met for the Marc Verhoeven Trophy in round three of the 2024 Swindale Shield. It was also Old Boys University’s Old Timers’ Day. The match was played in ideal conditions in front of a healthy crowd of supporters from both clubs. Petone had the use of several represeantive contracted players in backs,...
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Sideline Conversions 22 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Week three is in the books, and Hutt Old Boys Marist and Marist St Pat’s are the two unbeaten sides so far. Of the two, MSP will feel they are in a good position, while HOBM are probably grounded as the three clubs they have played so far – Wellington, Avalon and Norths – have...
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MSP and HOBM unbeaten as Petone and Ories come from behind
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- Article contributors: Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian and Martyn Bridge Photos: Andy McArthur, Caroline Lewis Results and scoring (as received) at: https://www.
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Chance for early frontrunners to stretch away and inaugural School Round tomorrow
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- Lookout for more tightly contested rugby in the third round of the Swindale Shield.
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 20 April
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- It’s round three of the 2024 Wellington club rugby season today. All eyes on many games today, as the contenders jostle for position. Will any sides announce themselves today? The Petone Women already have this weekend, beating the combined Poneke-OBU Women’s team 77-12 on Friday night, their third straight bonus point win. Men’s Premier Swindale...
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OBU captain Calvert looking forward to big early season clash this Saturday with Petone
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- Hooker Louie Calvert carries the attack to Johnsonville in the opening round. He returns to the Goats for his second season and is captain this year. The Goats are hosting Petone this Saturday on their Old Timers’ Day. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White It’s been a mostly even start to this year’s Swindale Shield...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Fijian Drua tonight
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- Josh Moorby starts at fulback and TJ Perenara at halfback in tonight’s match in Fiji. By Kevin McCarthy These are difficult times to be a Hurricanes supporter. I don’t mean that in the obvious sense because as we all know the team couldn’t be doing better with an unbeaten record and topping the table at...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 067: Con O’Halloran
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- Above: Petone’s team in 1935 – Con O’halloran second from left Cornelius ‘Con’ O’Halloran played for Petone and later Athletic and for the Wellington representative side throughout the 1930s and into the early years of the second world war. He played in a number of big matches, for example in the inaugural McBain Shield match...
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Zoe Clark and Wainuiomata Women’s team making positive start to new season
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- Captain Zoe Clark (centre) and teammates discuss tactics during a break in play last Saturday in their win over Oriental-Rongotai.
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Hurricanes v Chiefs Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott The Hurricanes beat the Chiefs 36-23 in their Super Rugby match at Wellington on Saturday night to maintain their seven from seven winning record. Some facts and figures from the contest below by Peter Marriott. Week 8 v Chiefs: Won 36-23 The Hurricanes and the Chiefs have now met on 44 occasions....
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Great Days in Club Rugby 009 Stirring wins
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- Lock Polonga Pedro scores for HOBM against Ories in their third round Jubilee Cup fixture of 2011. Despite this, Ories would win a roller-coaster 36-31 victory, helping to propel them to the Jubilee Cup title later in the winter. Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Johnsonville (32) v Northern United (28)
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- The two clubs met for the Barlow Trophy in round two of the 2024 Swindale Shield. Both were coming off narrow opening round losses so were eager to put their best foot forward. So was the weather, and a nasty southerly struck just before the match kicked off, with light rain turning heavy for a...
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Sideline Conversions 15 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- An early contender for dog supporter of the season. Photo by Hugh Pretorius. The atmosphere at most venues in Wellington at about 3.30pm on Saturday had the look and feel of old-school grizzly July Jubilee Cup rugby. Except it was barely mid-April and the second Saturday of the season. Let’s hope we don’t get another...
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Four teams unbeaten after two rounds of the Swindale Shield as southerly change hits
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- Article Contributors: Steven White, Adam Julian, Scott MacLean Photos: Andy McArthur, Hugh Pretorius For results from the day’s play visit Draws & Results across the top of this page or go here: https://www.
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Second round to heat up tomorrow despite forecast damp conditions
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- By Scott MacLean Into week two of the season and already they weather has turned, with the possibility of early winter conditions tomorrow. That seems unlikely to change the approaches of teams much but could be something of a leveller. The preview below is the 12.00pm edition – we expect to update this later on...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 13 April
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- It’s the second round of the 2024 Wellington club rugby season today. After an intriguing first round of matches across all grades last Saturday, all eyes will be on many result today. A number of teams chasing first wins or improved performances, while many are looking to make it two from two to start the...
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Feilding High School beat Silverstream, St Mary’s win well, St Pat’s Town miss out to Australian visitors
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- St Pat’s Silverstream are held up over the line on of four occasions in their match with Feilding High School this afternoon. The visitors continued their strong start to the season by winning 26-17. By Adam Julian and Steven White Feilding High School have continued their encouraging start to 2024 with a 26-17 victory over...
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Aisle be Back – Hurricanes return from their bye to play the Chiefs
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- By Kevin McCarthy Two weekends ago, in the aftermath of the Hurricanes victory over Highlanders, TJ Perenara seemed to say something to the effect that maybe the high -flying team might need to feel some adversity at some point. Apologies to TJ if that’s not quite right as I’ve tried to check the comments and...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 066: Stan Ransom and Doug Mackay
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- Above: The University team of 1928 that won the first of its two consecutive Senior A Championship titles. Stan Ransom (highlighted in red) and next to him Doug Mackay (blue). A tale of two University players who helped their side win back-to-back Senior A club championships – including the inaugural Jubilee Cup in 1929 –...
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Great Days in Club Rugby 008: All Square
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- When Poneke and Ories drew 30-30 in 2017. Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately 8,000 Senior A/Premier club rugby matches contested in Wellington. In this new series for 2024 as part of our ongoing celebration of community rugby in Wellington, we have broken into the...
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Avei-Collins, Solomon and Paongo named in first New Zealand U20s squad of the year
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- Jeremiah Avei-Collins (Northern United), Stanley Solomon (Petone) and Tufuka Paongo (Old Boys University) have been named in the first New Zealand U20s squad of the year. Avei-Collins and Solomon will be heading to Australia in May, while Paongo is one of five non-travelling reserves. There are 10 Hurricanes players selected in the group, including the...
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Petone v Tawa Swindale Shield Match Highlights
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- Petone opened their 2024 Wellington club rugby Premier Swindale Shield season with a five tries to one 37-10 win over Tawa at home on Saturday. Petone led 13-7 at halftime and 13-10 early in the second half, before pulling away in the second with a three-try burst to extend this to 32-10 before 60 minutes...
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Sideline Conversions 8 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- The HOBM Eagles were the weekend’s biggest winners, defeating the Wellington Axemen 81-7. Photo: Warwick Burke. Photo galleries of all the weekend’s Swindale Shield matches at https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/2024/2024-Swindale-Shield- and more to come. MONDAY MORNING EDITION: Round one is done and dusted and the season proper is underway. This Thursday the St Pat’s Silverstream First XV hosts...
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Contrasting wins in opening round of Swindale Shield
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- Article contributors: Steven White, Adam Julian, Scott Maclean and Martyn Bridge Photos: Andy McArthur and Caroline Lewis Wellington club rugby exploded like an air burst over Tunguska this afternoon with a series of thrilling set of matches across all grades. The wait was worth it for the latest start to the season in a number...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 6 April
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- It’s the opening round of the 2024 Wellington club rugby season today. All competitive grades are in action for the first time this year. The first round of the Premier Women’s competition kicks off at 11.00am (at the earlier time, so players can watch the Hurricanes Poua who are playing in Levin and love on...
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The wait is over as Wellington club rugby starts tomorrow
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- By Scott MacLean Friday lunchtime version – this preview will hopefully be updated later this afternoon as the final few teams are revealed. And so it begins once more. After a month or so of preseason warmups, the regions 14 Premier sides hit the field for real tomorrow with the opening round of the Swindale...
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Club Rugby A-Z 2024
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- By Scott MacLean The 2024 club season kicks off on Saturday with the first of 13 rounds in the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield along with the Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield, Colts Paris Memorial, and the Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy. Our ninth annual A-Z looks at the season ahead. A – Administration: It can be...
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Jubilee Cup Final replays – stats on past rematches and who have you got on Saturday?
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- The opening weekend of Wellington club rugby Premier Swindale Shield matches sees seven epic battles. Not least the replay of last July’s Jubilee Cup final, between champions Oriental-Rongotai and first round winners Paremata-Plimmertn at the Polo Ground at 2.45pm. See below for a table and some commentary on the previous 19 Jubilee Cup final replays...
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Great days in club rugby 007: Supernovas
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- Teenager Buxton Popoalii scores one of his two tries for Northern United in the 2008 Jubilee Cup semi-final win over Petone. Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately 8,000 Senior A/Premier club rugby matches contested in Wellington. In this new series for 2024 as part of...
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Wellington club rugby Gains and Losses 2024
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- The 2024 Wellington club rugby season gets underway this Saturday, with Round one Swindale Shield teams named here in the Draws & Results section (above) on Friday. As is the norm these days, there’s a good deal of movement between clubs while there is also those coming into the province or leaving in search of other opportunities....
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Hurricanes v Highlanders Stat Attack
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- TJ Perenara brought up his 60th try against the Highlanders this past Easter weekend to equal the Hurricanes record also held by Julian Savea. Savea’s 60th try was scored in his 150th match: Perenara scored his 60 tries in 154 matches. By Peter Marriott The Hurricanes went 5/0 this past weekend to start the 2024...
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