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Full steam ahead for the Lions this Saturday
- 22 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Lions celebrate their Championship 57-45 win over the BoP Steamers in 2017. Following Sunday’s opening win of the season against Auckland for the Fred Lucas Cup, the Wellington Lions have a short turnaround this week before hosting the Bay of Plenty Steamers at Wellington Stadium on Friday night. In association with Peter Marriott, here...
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Short passes for 21 September (news in briefs to start Finals week)
- 20 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Bring back the Jubilee Cup parade. Welcome to finals week. The draw for the finals is expected to be made later today or after the government makes its announcement on the Covid-19 restrictions. But club rugby finals coming up on Saturday 26 September at a glance are: Jubilee Cup (Premier Men, Division 1): Northern United...
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Norths and OBU to meet in Jubilee Cup final
- 19 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wing Willie Schutz scored a key second half try for Marist St Pat’s, but they were beaten 28-32 by Old Boys University in their Jubilee Cup semi-final. PHOTO: Tom Minton. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian Draws & Results HERE It is Northern United versus Old Boys University. The two teams will meet...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 19 September (semi-finals)
- 18 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Premier (Jubilee Cup) 19/9/2020 2:45pm Petone �� Northern United RFC 19/9/2020 3:00pm Marist St Pats RFC �� Old Boys University RFC Premier (Hardham Cup) 19/9/2020 3:00pm Tawa Rugby Football Club �� Wainuiomata RFC 19/9/2020 3:00pm Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC �� Oriental Rongotai FC Premier (9-12 play-off) 19/9/2020 2:45pm Upper Hutt Rams RFC ��...
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Everything on the line on semi-finals Saturday in club rugby
- 18 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: MSP outside backs Sagele Aukusitino and Andrew Wells and MSP are hoping to take down OBU in one Jubilee Cup semi-final tomorrow, while the Wellington Axemen have beaten the Avalon Wolves by default in their wooden spoon playoff match. PHOTO: Tom Minton. By Scott MacLean FRIDAY LUNCHTIME EDITION: So after a season that has...
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Aisle Be Back: The Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup
- 18 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy A long time ago in a galaxy far away, they used to say politics and sport don’t mix. It actually was about apartheid and related stuff, and in the end, was all more than a bit bogus. Fast-forward to here and now, and you can’t move for politics in sports. Or sports...
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The Unit hoping to bring down MSP
- 16 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian It is 2013 when a diminutive and raucously outspoken halfback captured the attention of Dave Loveridge at an Old Boys University Colts practice. “Look at this unit,” Trapper quipped at 18-year-old Matt Fowler. The name stuck. “It’s an honour to be bestowed my nickname from Dave who boasts one of the great...
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Lions to play Auckland for Fred Lucas Cup on Sunday
- 15 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above Peter Umaga Jensen scored one of the fastest tries from the opening kick-off in NPC history last year against Auckland. Sunday’s clash between Wellington and Auckland promises to be a blockbuster and a big game for the Lions after losing their season opener to Waikato. The Wellington Lions are seeking a fast rebound from...
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Wellington Lions v Waikato in facts and figures
- 15 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Peter Marriott The Wellington Lions played Waikato in their opening 2020 National Provincial Championship fixture, losing 28-53. Some facts and figures related to that game below. Wellington lost its first match of the new season for the second year in a row. The last time this happened was back in 1998 and 1999 when...
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Top 10 Jubilee Cup semi-finals ranked
- 14 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Julian Savea running freely in the 2013 Jubilee Cup semi-final between Ories and HOBM. This coming Saturday Marist St Pat’s (1) and Old Boys University (4) and Petone (2) and Northern United (3) contest the Jubilee Cup Premier club rugby semi-finals Updated from a story two years ago, and a new entry from last...
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Short Passes 14 September (news in briefs to kick-start the week in rugby)
- 13 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Club rugby scene at Fraser Park on Saturday. PHOTO Hugh Pretorius Breakfast edition: It’s semi-finals week in club rugby and finals weekend in college rugby grades below the Premiership. Jubilee and Hardham Cup semi-finals at Evans Bay Park, Petone, the Hutt Rec and Lyndhurst Park, plus several other venues for Premier Reserve and Colts playoffs....
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Marist St Pat’s secure the Swindale, Petone clinch second home semi-final
- 12 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Draws & Results HERE By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian. Headline photo by Tom Minton. Marist St Pat’s safely negotiated the challenge of the Wellington Axemen to with a bonus point and win the first round Swindale Shield competition, while Petone rose from the pack to finish second on a dramatic final day...
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Wellington club rugby scoring and results updates 12 September
- 11 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Draws & Results HERE Premier (Swindale Shield) 12/9/2020 3:00pm Avalon Rugby vs Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC 12/9/2020 3:00pm Johnsonville RFC vs Upper Hutt Rams RFC 12/9/2020 3:00pm Marist St Pats RFC vs Wellington FC 12/9/2020 3:00pm Northern United RFC vs Petone 12/9/2020 3:00pm Oriental Rongotai FC vs Old Boys University RFC 12/9/2020 3:00pm Poneke...
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Final round fireworks predicted in club rugby
- 11 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean Draws & Results HERE MIDDAY EDITION: It’s the final round of the season, and after thirteen weeks the destination of the Swindale Shield will be found along with the fate of all fourteen teams for next week with a couple of encounters that are critical to that. Congratulations to two players who...
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Goochy raises a ton
- 9 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jacob Gooch running strongly against the Wellington Axemen in a recent match. Last Saturday he played his 100th Premier match for Petone. This Saturday Petone meets Northern United at Porirua in a must-win match to advance to the Jubilee Cup semi-finals. By Adam Julian July 25, 2020, music is rumbling, the chat is short, shrieking,...
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Rams and Eastbourne set for U85kg Paul Potiki Shield decider
- 9 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The U85kg competition comes to a close in Wellington this Saturday with the Division 1 Paul Potiki Shield and Division 2 Tony O’Brien Shield finals. The latter is being played at Hataitai Park at 12.45pm between the Wellington Axemen and Marist St Pat’s, while the former for the Division 1 spoils is being contested at...
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Lions – Mooloo opener in NPC this Saturday
- 7 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: It was all and fun and games when the Wellington Lions beat Waikato in their last meeting last October in Wellington. PHOTO Hugh Pretorius. The Wellington Lions open their 2020 National Provincial Championship season this Saturday afternoon against Waikato in Hamilton, kick-off 2.05pm. It’s been 20 years since the Lions last won the NPC’s...
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Short Passes 7 September (news in briefs to start the week)
- 6 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- One week to play before the end of the round-robin club rugby season. Will Marist St Pat’s blitz the Wellington Axemen and win the Swindale Shield outright? Will it be shared or will Norths, OBU or even fourth placed Petone come through to win or share the first round spoils? There is also the matter...
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Hawks push MSP close as OBU put the hammer down in Swindale matches
- 5 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Frontrunners Marist St Pat’s came from behind to edge Johnsonville 26-24 in today’s Swindale Shield round. PHOTO: Tom Minton. Draws & Results HERE By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian Marist St Pat’s are odds-on to win this year’s Swindale Shield next Saturday and also qualify top for the championship semi-finals the weekend after,...
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Wellington club rugby score updates Saturday 5 September
- 5 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Draws & Results HERE Premier (Swindale Shield) RESULT* Avalon Rugby 07 v 45 Northern United RFC RESULT* Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC 24 v 22 Poneke FC RESULT* Johnsonville RFC 24 v 26 Marist St Pats RFC RESULT* Petone 46 v 22 Paremata-Plimmerton RFC RESULT* Tawa Rugby Football Club 60 v 07 Upper Hutt Rams...
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Penultimate week showdowns in club rugby
- 4 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Norths and other leading contenders will be looking to wrap up their semi-finals spots with a round to spare tomorrow. Draws & Results HERE 5.00pm edition: We are into the final month of the club season, and starting tomorrow it’s a super-busy September [as scheduled] of rugby across all levels of rugby, with the business...
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Aisle be Back: Super Rugby 2021 and this weekend’s North v South game
- 3 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy It’s Super Rugby though not as we know it. The latest news is that the old three-nations format is not a starter, and we’re off to having an Australian conference, and a New Zealand (Super Rugby Aotearoa) conference, with an added Pasifika team. There’ll be a playoff of some sort or crossover...
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Poneke captain Ben Huntley reaching the double ton this Saturday
- 2 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Poneke captain and midfielder Ben Huntley joins an illustrious club at Poneke when he runs out to start his 200th Premier match against Hutt Old Boys Marist this Saturday. The last player to have passed 200 games [starting team caps, not off the bench] for the Kilbirinie club was the late Misiluni Moananu in 2012,...
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Heroic Heaphy kick stuns shattered Stream
- 2 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian It will be talked about for years and depending on your school colours recalled with dramatically different narratives. The cold, hard facts are Palmerston North Boys’ High School beat St Patrick’s College, Silverstream 13-12 in the 84th traditional at Arena Manawatu this afternoon. In driving rain, and on a shoddy backfield, it was...
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Covid rugby commentator a hit at Wellington College
- 1 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Andrena Patterson at work live streaming and commentating Wellington College’s games and inset, with Hurricane Ngani Laumape and with friend and Harbour Hawks Highlander Patelesio Tomkinson. By Adam Julian When Radio Sport made the decision to cut local rugby broadcasting this year there was genuine concern about how much coverage the game would receive. Add...
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