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Excitement building for 2025 Swindale Shield with draw released
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The 2025 Swindale Shield draw is out, and clubs and supporters will be circling the big dates on the calendar. The season gets underway in the first weekend of April as it did this year, and then rolls through 13 weeks finishing in the last weekend of June, before the playoffs commence the following week...
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St Mary’s third, other Wellington schools underwhelm at Condors
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A far from vintage weekend for Wellington at the Condor Sevens at Mount Maunganui’s Blake Park. St Mary’s were the only shining light, reaching the Cup semifinals before falling 10-26 to Howick College. St Mary’s had topped their pool on Saturday, with wins over Rosehill College (36-0), hosts Mt Maunganui College (43-7), and then heavyweights...
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Five Wellington teams heading to Condor 7s this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Five Wellington schools are joining some 80 others from around the country at Blake Park, Mt Maunganui this weekend for the annual Condor 7s tournament. St Patrick’s College Silverstream’s U15 Boys team is joined in the tournament by the Hutt International Boys’ School’s and Scots College’s Open Boys teams and the St Mary’s College’s and...
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All Blacks v Italy Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The All Blacks beat Italy this past weekend. Some facts and figures from the test by Peter Marriott. New Zealand v Italy in Turin: Won 29-11 New Zealand and Italy first met at test level at Auckland in the opening pool match of the 1987 Rugby World Cup. New Zealand won the match 70-6. Before...
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Sideline Conversions 25 November (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This column and our 2024 rugby coverage is fast coming to a close for the year, as we are running out of content. This may or may not be our last column of the year! An advertising spot on Club Rugby has opened up for next year. If interested in this and/or advanced sponsorship please get...
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Wellington teams do the double at Central 7s tournament
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington teams swept the 2024 Central Region 7s tournament at Massey University this afternoon. Wellington won both the men’s and women’s tournament, with the men’s team beating the Whanganui Butcher Boys 26-12 in their final and the women’s side defeating the Manawatu Cyclones 28-24. The men’s win was Wellington’s first win in this tournament since...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Italy
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy We are clearly disrespecting Italy by rushing to write the summaries of Razor Year One. So, apologies to that fantastic country – but a victory is highly unlikely, unless they flood the arena in Turin and bring in the sharks. Assuming the All Blacks add another win, they’ll end the year with...
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Central Region 7s on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The second annual post-covid revived Central Region 7s is being hosted by the Manawatu Rugby Football Union on Saturday. This is the tournament that was played in Levin for many years, prior to Covid 19 striking the nation and it going into abeyance for three years. There were green shoots in its revival last year...
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All Blacks v France Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The All Blacks missed out to France this past weekend. Some facts and figures from the test by Peter Marriott. New Zealand v France in Paris: Lost 29-30 New Zealand and France first met in a test at Parc des Princes on 1 January 1906. New Zealand won the match 38-8. It was New Zealand’s...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy The mental state of the nation regarding the All Blacks often resembles the patient who can’t quite nail their medication dose. Too little, and the world’s a terrible place, too much, and the world’s your oyster. Right now we’re probably in that latter phase. Which is odd after a tightly-fought victory over...
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New players to feature in Super Rugby squads in 2025
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes have nine new signings in their 38-player squad, some of whom could also be in line to make their Swindale Shield debuts next season. The full squad, as released this morning, is listed below. There are 12 Wellington players in the Hurricanes squad, these being: Asafo Aumua (Avalon), TJ Clarke (Petone) Caleb Delany...
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All Blacks v Ireland Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The All Blacks beat Ireland this past weekend. Some facts and figures from the test by Peter Marriott. New Zealand v Ireland in Dublin: Won 23-13 New Zealand and Ireland first met in a test at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on 25 November 1905. New Zealand won the match 15-0. The two sides have now...
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Sideline Conversions 11 November (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Monday breakfast edition: That appears to be it for rugby in Wellington for the year. The end of another mighty season. Several weeks off and it starts anew with pre-season 2025. There are still some sevens tournaments to be played further afield, with the Central Region 7s in Palmerston North (exact venue and details to...
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Paremata-Plimmerton and Petone Wellington club sevens champions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White. Photos by Andy McArthur. Paremata-Plimmerton (men’s) and Petone (women’s) are the 2024 Wellington club rugby sevens champions. Both clubs defended their titles that they won last year at the same venue as then at Trentham Memorial Park. Paremata-Plimmerton retained the American Ambassador’s Trophy, while Petone have stored away the Eleonor Roosevelt Cup...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Ireland
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy Thank god for sh#t Richie McCaw, Most pundits thought about three weeks ago that Sam Cane should not be on the plane to the Northern Hemisphere. It was, along with the selection of TJ Perenara, evidence of the innate caution of Scott Robertson who had missed a chance to bring through the...
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American Ambassador’s Sevens 2.0 on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Friday morning preview – any updates and amendments will be made below as received. The second and final leg of the Wellington Rugby Football Union’s American Ambassador’s Sevens tournament is at Trentham Memorial Park on Saturday. Points from last weekend’s opening leg at Rugby league Park and Te Whaea roll over, heading to crossover semi-finals...
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All Blacks v England Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The All Blacks beat England with a late converted try this past weekend. Some facts and figures from the test by Peter Marriott. New Zealand v England in London: Won 24-22New Zealand and England first met in a test match at Crystal Palace in London on 2 December 1905. It was New Zealand’s sixth-ever international...
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Sideline Conversions 4 November (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A fast-paced and well-contested opening leg of the American Ambassador’s sevens on Saturday, with the second and final leg of the series set to be played this coming Saturday at Trentham Memorial Park. By the end of the day, the Upper Hutt Rams and one of the two Paremata-Plimmerton sides came away unbeaten and in...
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Paremata-Plimmerton Black and Upper Hutt Rams seize initiative after opening day of American Ambassador’s Sevens
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jack Wright gets airborne for the Upper Hutt Rams against the Wellington Axemen today, in the opening weekend of sevens in Wellington. By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur Paremata-Plimmerton Black and the Upper Hutt Rams are in the box seat after the first leg of two Wellington club rugby sevens tournaments at Rugby League...
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Aisle be Back: The NPC win, All Blacks v England and TJ Clarke joining Hurricanes
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy Three extraordinary things happened in the past week. Extra time was needed for the Lions to clinch the NPC title. An All Black on the northern tour did something naughty. And the haka was again relitigated. Okay I lied, only the first was extraordinary. The other two, just vanilla. The final dished...
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Club sevens season underway this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington club rugby sevens series and the Hurricanes schools tournament are both on tomorrow, in Wellington and in Feilding. Wellington club sevens The first leg of two Wellington club rugby sevens tournaments is being played tomorrow at the twin venues of Rugby League Park and Te Whaea Artificial. The men’s tournament is on Rugby...
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Wellington Lions v Bay of Plenty FINAL Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions defeated Bay of Plenty 23-20 in the 2024 NPC final. Some facts and figures from the final by Peter Marriott below. Final v Bay of Plenty: Won 23-20 (In Extra Time) The NPC Finals format was introduced in 1992 and since then Wellington has been involved in 13 First Division/Premiership Final matches....
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Sideline Conversions 29 October (some rugby news and happenings on a Tuesday)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jackson Garden-Bachop enters the field for his 100th match for Wellington on Saturday. +++++ A monumental effort by Hutt International Boys School (HIBS) to win the Wellington Condor Sevens title yesterday. HIBS had not entered the tournament for 11 years but their competitiveness in the Premiership was reason alone to be somewhat weary. HIBS lost...
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HIBS win Open Boys Condors, St Mary’s defend both girls titles, Silverstream U15 boys winners
- Wellington Club Weekly
- – By Steven White Results at: For results visit: https://www.collegesport.org.nz/newsarticle/146843?newsfeedId=1578927 More photos and video content to come. It’s HIBS. Hutt International Boys’ School are the 2024 Open Boys Condor Sevens champions. HIBS won the Christian Cullen Cup for the first time wit a resounding 19-17 win over last year’s winners Scots College in the final...
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Condor Sevens at Naenae College today – no live streaming but link to live results
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Monday morning updates: The 2024 Condor Sevens tournament is at Naenae College all day today (Monday). There is no live streaming today. There are live results online – to view and keep track of these, visit our friends at College Sport Wellington at this link here: https://www.collegesport.org.nz/newsarticle/146843?newsfeedId=1578927 We will come in hot later on today...
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Wellington Lions win sixth NPC title in 100-minute final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions won their sixth National Provincial Championship title in an extra time thriller in the wet at Wellington Stadium this afternoon. A penalty in the 92nd minute to replacement first-five Callum Harkin, 30 seconds after he had come on to the field, was the difference as Wellington 23-20. Scores had been locked up...
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Century up for Jackson Garden-Bachop in NPC Final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Jackson Garden-Bachop turns 100 today, the first Wellington player since Tana Umaga in 2007 to reach that milestone. Garden-Bachop attended the 37-7 win against Manawatū on September 11 in front of 14,081 at Sky Stadium, marking Tana’s centenary. He is proud to join a family friend, and 21 others, in triple figures....
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Condors set for Monday flight
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The curtain drops for good on the College rugby season in Wellington on Monday, with the Condor Sevens being played in its now traditional location at Naenae College. It’s a bumper field this year with 31 teams entered, the most since before the word ‘Covid’ became a thing in our lives, making for a very...
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Kyle Preston and Lions focused on NPC final this coming Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White Kyle Preston is like a cat on a hot tin roof. Well, he is a Wellington Lion, his form is strong and he’s scored some sizzling tries in recent weeks, and last time we spoke to him 18 months ago he was spending his week days working as a roofer. Cheesy introductions...
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Wellington Lions playing in 14th NPC final on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Julian Savea celebrates the match-sealing try in extra time in the Lions’ 100-minute 59-45 Championship final win over Bay of Plenty in 2017. By Adam Julian & Steven White The Wellington Lions are hosting the Bay of Plenty Steamers in Saturday’s 2024 National Provincial Championship decider. The NPC semi-final and final series was introduced in...
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