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    • Wainuiomata win Hardham Cup with win over Paremata-Plimmerton
      • Fulltime in the Hardham Cup final. Wainuiomata are the 2024 Premier 2 Hardham Cup champions, beating Paremata-Plimmerton 24-19 in the final at a fine but breezy Porirua Park early this afternoon. It was close throughout, but it was a 76th minute long-range penalty to first-five Andrew Wells that put them 10 points up and make...

    • Wellington club rugby Finals Day at Porirua Park tomorrow
      • By Scott MacLean All roads lead to Porirua Park for Finals Day tomorrow. There are six finals being played across two fields. A preview of the day’s action is below. Premier Jubilee Cup Tawa (4) vs Old Boys University (1) Referee: Jamie Fairmaid For the second time in three years sides that met in the...

    • Aisle be Back: The Ardieocalypse
      • Ardie Savea playing against the Crusaders for the Hurricanes in 2023. [logoshowcase cat_id=”43″] By Kevin McCarthy I think we can survive the Ardieocalypse. In fact, we already did. Which is no mean feat, considering he was World Player of the Year, and still at his peak internationally. There is no one like him as an...

    • Hutt Old Boys Marist and Tawa to meet in Colts final on Saturday
      • After a full 13-week round-robin followed by a three-week knock out series, the 2024 Wellington Colts Division 1 champions will be crowned this Saturday on Jerry Collins Stadium, kick-off 1.15pm and as the curtain-raiser to the Jubilee Cup decider that kicks off on the same ground. Hutt Old Boys Marist will go into the final...

    • Harry Irving and OBU preparing for Jubilee Cup final on Saturday
      • Harry Irving on the attack against Petone earlier this season. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Most players go through their careers without winning a Jubilee Cup even if they are of rare quality and durability. Jason Goble played 275 games for Avalon and never contested a decider. Similarly, Paul Hakaraia made 255 starts for...

    • Jubilee Cup Final – big efforts in losing causes
      • Name the only player to win the Super Bowl MVP after his team lost the game. Winners write history so when this pub quiz question is asked it poses a genuine head-scratcher. The answer is Chuck Howley. The Dallas Cowboys linebacker and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee was MVP in the 1971 Super Bowl...

    • Tawa College retain Beard Trophy with win over Aotea College
      • Tawa College hooker and captain Malachai Suniula and teammates with the Beard Trophy after defending it for the fourth and final time this year at Porirua Park. Photo: Peter McDonald. Tawa College have locked the Beard Trophy away for another summer after successfully defending it for the fourth and final time of the winter this...

    • All Blacks v Fiji Stat Attack
      • All Black 1215 Billy Proctor training ahead of his test debut against Fiji. He scored a try in his first international. Photo: NZR media release. The All Blacks met Fiji in San Diego, California this past Saturday. Some facts and figures from the match by Peter Marriott below. New Zealand v Fiji in San Diego:...

    • Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 080: Ray O’Callaghan
      • Thomas Raymond ‘Ray’ O’Callaghan was a goal-kicking second-five or fullback who left his mark on the local game as a player over several seasons and then as a coach a decade later. O’Callaghan won two Jubilee Cups playing for the Marist Brothers Old Boys club, and later one as Marist’s head coach. These Jubilee Cup...

    • Wellington club rugby matchday scoring updates 20 July
      • Then there were eight, It’s week 16 of the 2024 Wellington club rugby season today. Today is the third round of the Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup competitions for 2024. It is semi-finals Saturday in these top two competitions, plus in the Colts and Premier 2 grades. It is also the finals of the two...

    • Brett Manaia and Eagles ready for Jubilee Cup playoffs
      • Brett Manaia with ball in hand in his 100th Premier game recently against Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White The Manaia surname has been a near-constant entry on Hutt Old Boys Marist teamlists for well over a decade. Three of the four Manaia brothers out of St Bernard’s College have appeared in HOBM Premier...

    • Jubilee Cup super semi-finals
      • Campbell Woodmass dives over to score the winning try for Northern United against Tawa in their 2019 semi-final. Photo: Stewart This coming Saturday sees the 2024 Jubilee Cup semi-finals. Tawa and Oriental-Rongotai meet at Lyndhurst Park and Hutt Old Boys Marist and Old Boys University clash at the Hutt Recreation Ground. In an article updated...

    • Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 079: Dick Burke
      • Richard ‘Dick’ Burke is one of several prominent players whose careers were curtailed by World War II, but whose playing days finished with a flourish before moving on to a meritorious coaching career. One of the leading players in a middling University team in Wellington club rugby throughout the latter half of the 1930s, Burke...

    • All Blacks v England test series stat attack
      • By Peter Marriott The All Blacks have just completed a two-test series over England, winning both internationals narrowly. A comprehensive Stat Attack follows by Peter Marriott, starting with the second test this past Saturday in Auckland and the first test in Dunedin below that. New Zealand v England in Auckland: Won 24-17 New Zealand and...

    • The 2000 NPC Final
      • Wellington won the NPC Premiership in 2000 when they beat Canterbury at a sold-out Lancaster Park, Christchurch, 34-29. With a staggering 36 internationals, including 29 past, present, or future All Blacks, the 2000 NPC final is arguably the greatest NPC match ever played. The ‘Match of the Century’ between Canterbury and Auckland in Christchurch in...

    • Norm Hewitt – A Charitable Rugby Titan
      • Norm Hewitt and Richard Cockerill face off in 1997. Photo credit: Gladiator, the Norm Hewitt Story. Adam Julian Former All Black and Wellington Lions captain Norm Hewitt was a dynamic and often inspirational hooker whose off-field fame was later hugely magnified by his charity work and a much-publicised Dancing With the Stars competition win. Hewitt...

    • Wellington club rugby matchday scoring updates 13 July
      • Strap into your seats. It’s week 15 of the 2024 Wellington club rugby season today. Today is the second round of the Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup competitions for 2024. It is also round two of the Premier Reserve Ed Chaney Cup and HD Morgan Memorial Cup competitions, as well as the championship U85kg rounds,...

    • Knockout club rugby to bring extra intensity
      • Above: Wainuiomata host Northern United and Avalon are away at Paremata-Plimmerton in tomorrow’s Hardham Cup quarter-finals. By Scott MacLean We’ve reached knockout rugby; Win and move on, lose and you’re done. In the Premier grade, 12 teams are in action tomorrow, and half of them will be playing their final matches of the season tomorrow....

    • Aisle be Back: The second test in Auckland
      • By Kevin McCarthy You could have spent this week and next week reading or watching all the commentariat about Scott Razor Robertson’s debut as All Blacks coach. So, here’s some more – feel free to agree or more likely disagree. Just remember that tomorrow night there is more evidence, raw data, to feed into the...

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