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Sideline Conversions 18 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Monday morning edition: Week four of pre-season 2024 and kickoff for the Horowhenua-Kapiti Ramsbotham Cup competition coming right up. Look out for our preview at the end of the week canvassing what’s coming up next Saturday, but there are at least five inter-club Premier fixtures between Wellington clubs scheduled. Poneke also travel to New Plymouth...
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Club Rugby pre-season schedules for this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wedged between the Ides of March today and St Patrick’s Day on Sunday is the third Saturday of pre-season club rugby matches and off-field training and events for Wellington’s 14 Premier clubs and clubs further up the line in Lower North Island Hurricanes territory. There is just one scheduled pre-season interclub Premier fixture between two...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Crusaders tonight
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes celebrate a try in last week’s win over the Blues. Tonight they play a down – but never out – Crusaders side in Christchurch in the fourth round of the Super Rugby competition. By Kevin McCarthy If not now, when. The question for the Hurricanes, top of the table, as they head to...
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Great days in club rugby 004: Brothers in Arms
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A family affair. Several sets of brothers in the the Tawa club that won both the Premier Jubilee Cup (pictured here) and the Premier 2 Ed Chaney Cup in 2013. 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....
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 064: Leslie Arthur Thomas
- Wellington Club Weekly
- LA “Shag” Thomas played several seasons for both Petone in club rugby and Wellington in representative rugby between 1917-28 and two years in the Hawke’s Bay in 1920-21. Thomas won four Wellington Senior A Club Championship titles with Petone, including three in succession 1922-24, and he made the All Blacks in 1925 and played three...
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Hurricanes v Blues Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- 4,000 points. With this try to Riley Higgins, the Hurricanes surpassed that marker of points in Super Rugby. The total now stands at 4,003. points. By Peter Marriott Some key facts and figures from the third round Super Rugby match at Wellington Stadium between the Hurricanes and the Blues. Week 3 v Blues: Won 29-21...
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Sideline Conversions 11 March (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hutt Old Boys have got their season off to a positive start, winning the annual NZ Marist Spillane tournament in Taupo. PHOTO credit: HOBM Facebook page. Watch a full replay of the final HERE Week three of club rugby pre-season rugby coming up. More details in Friday’s preview, but some Premier pre-season matches at a...
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Leilani Perese and that Poua Haka
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian The Hurricanes Poua haka, and reaction to it, has been one of the biggest news stories in New Zealand this week and one of the few times in women’s rugby history that the sport has landed itself on the front page of newspapers and television networks. Social media has gone berserk with...
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Club Rugby pre-season resumes tomorrow for Wellington and lower NI clubs
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Week two of club rugby pre-season matches sees four inter-club matches in Wellington involving Swindale Shield sides, a quadruple header at North Park in Petone and a handful of matches further afield including the annual New Zealand Marist Spillane tournament held in Taupo. A brief preview of what’s happening tomorrow follows. Staying in Wellington, the...
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Aisle be Back: First home game for Hurricanes this Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy What is it with the Hurricanes and early season controversies? Last year it was Ardie having a brain explosion that earnt him a breather – this year it’s Jordie sitting out three matches (although his citing has no controversy around it). But the absolute winner of the contest of course goes to...
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Great days in club rugby 003: when the defending champions’ colours were lowered
- Wellington Club Weekly
- 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 ‘Today in Club Rugby History’ files, selected a...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 063: William Reedy
- Wellington Club Weekly
- William ‘Bill’ Reedy was a successful club rugby player at the turn of the last century who won Senior Championship titles with both Petone and Athletic, played for Wellington across several seasons and played two tests for the All Blacks in 1908. Reedy earned his two test caps playing in his usual position of hooker...
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Hurricanes v Reds Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Peter Marriott Week 2 v Reds: Won 38-33 (GP) The Hurricanes and the Reds have now met on 26 occasions. The Hurricanes have won 20 matches to the Reds six. There have been no draws. The Hurricanes have beaten the Reds more often than they have any other Australian side: Next in line are...
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McEvedy Shield stars and future rugby players
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian & Steven White The 101st McEvedy Shield athletics meeting is being held at Newtown tomorrow. In modern times, the event is a four-school competition between Wellington College, St Patrick’s College Kilbirnie, St Patrick’s College Silverstream and Rongotai College. As such, a roll call of future well known club and representative rugby players...
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Sideline Conversions 4 March (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: In the absence of any rugby photos from this past weekend, we’ve gone back to the summer of 2007 for the headline shot! Who can remember beach rugby at Oriental Bay, won by the beach’s namesake Oriental-Rongotai, who beat Hutt Old Boys Marist in the final. Monday morning edition: The second weekend of pre-season...
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Club Rugby pre-season – what’s coming up in March
- Wellington Club Weekly
- With approximately a month to the start of major club rugby competitions starting in the lower North Island, all clubs are getting into the swing of their pre-season campaigns. As well as internal trainings, trials and camps, many teams play games against each other over the next few weeks, including some ‘cross-competition matches between clubs...
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Aisle Be Back: Hurricanes v Reds
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy Out of the blocks and as usual you can frame the top of the table, which at this early stage shows the Hurricanes on top, and the Crusaders well, languishing. Admittedly, the Force in Perth is not the Chiefs in the Tron but that’s just quibbling folks! It may be tempting to...
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Great days in club rugby 002: Memorable fightbacks
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone’s Willie Moala on the way to the tryline in their roaring 39-34 win over Marist St Pat’s in the last round of the Jubilee Cup in 2007. MSP had led 26-8 earlier in the match. In this new series for 2024 to usher in a new season of community rugby in Wellington, we have...
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Hurricanes v Force Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Jordi Viljoen became the 300th different player to make his debut for the Hurricanes in a Super Rugby match. He also became the third instance of a father and son to both play for the Hurricanes, following his father Joggie’s seven appearances in 2000. By Peter Marriott Some facts and figures from the Hurricanes’...
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Sideline Conversions 26 February (Some rugby news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Academy side after their 41-12 win over Manawatu on Saturday. In blustery conditions, Wellington won 7 tries to 2, after scoring the game’s first try in the 25th minute. The Hurricanes U20s squad selection is imminent. For all clubs, the countdown is on to the start of pre-season rugby, with several clubs in...
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Wellington Academy v Manawatu Academy Match Highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met at Massey University on Saturday in the third and final Hurricanes region Academy series. Scores: Wellington Academy 41 (Jeremiah Avei-Collins, Nathanial Barry, Keanu Kotuhi, Samoanoa Euta, Stanley Solomon, Daviel Tafili, Jacob Kennedy tries; Solomoncon, Carlos Hihi 2 con) beat Manawatu Academy 12 (Eli Edwards-Martin, Kees Pereka tries; Liam O’Connor con). HT: 17-7. Match scoring...
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Wellington Academy wins Sam Doyle Memorial Trophy, wins for Hurricanes teams
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White and Andy McArthur. A round-up of rugby this weekend. Wellington Academy defeat Manawatu Academy to win Sam Doyle Memorial Trophy Wellington 41 (Jeremiah Avei-Collins, Nathanial Barry, Keanu Kotuhi, Samoanoa Euta, Stanley Solomon, Daviel Tafili, Jacob Kennedy tries; Solomoncon, Carlos Hihi 2 con) beat Manawatu Academy 12 (Eli Edwards-Martin, Kees Pereka tries; Liam...
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Wellington and Manawatu Academy and Hurricanes teams in action this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- There are a number of positional and starting/bench changes in the Wellington Academy side that plays their Manawatu counterparts tomorrow from the team that drew with Hawke’s Bay 19-19 last week. All five Wellington players in shot here are playing in different roles tomorrow. Two teams playing under the Hurricanes banner and the third and...
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Aisle be Back: The season opener in Perth
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Billy Proctor (left) is playing his 50th match for the Hurricanes against the Force, while Jordi Viljoen (centre) is paying his first. By Kevin McCarthy Kevin McCarthy is a long-time supporter of the Wellington Lions, the Hurricanes and the All Blacks. Like many, he has traversed the highs, the lows and the places in...
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Great days in club rugby 001: Hang on to your seat
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Petone scores on fulltime to beat Poneke 28-21 in their 125th anniversary match this week in 2010 In this new series for 2024 to usher in a new season of community rugby in Wellington, we have broken into the ‘Today in Club Rugby History’ files, selected a small sample of these matches and divided them up...
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Brayden Iose and Hurricanes to bring the heat to Perth in season opener
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Brayden Iose playing against Moana Pasifika in last Friday’s second and final pre-season match. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White The Hurricanes start their 29th Super Rugby season on the road. This coming weekend they meet the Western Force in Perth, followed by their second round encounter in Melbourne against the Queensland Reds. Loose forward...
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Sideline Conversions 19 February (Some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By our thinking, this coming weekend is the last weekend of ‘summer’ for many club rugby players and officials throughout the lower North Island. Pre-season matches will start on Saturday 2 March and continue on 9, 16 and 23 of March. In Wellington most clubs will be in camp over Easter weekend, while Manawatu’s re-extended...
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“AN ILL WIND BLOWS NOBODY ANY GOOD”
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Rolling Maul Wellington’s summer breeze is typically more abrasive than caressing, with the atmospheric disturbance swirling around rugby union early in 2024 creating discomfort for many loyal supporters of the game. News that the Wellington Rugby Football Union Inc. is considering selling its 50% share in Hurricanes GP Limited “after mounting losses”, reminds Rolling...
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Wellington and Hawke’s Bay draw academy match
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Daniel Tafili scores the first try of the match for Wellington against Hawke’s Bay. By Steven White Wellington 19 (Daniel Tafili, Salesa Seumanufagai, Harry Irving tries; Stanley Solomon 2 con) – Hawke’s Bay 19 (Oscar Ritchie, Bogi Kikau, CJ Mienie tries; Will Cole 2 con). HT: Hawke’s Bay 19-12. The Wellington and Hawke’s Bay Academy...
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Naholo impresses as Hurricanes enjoy convincing pre-season win over Moana Pasifika
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Kini Naholo scoring one of his eye-catching tries late in the game in the Hurricanes’ 9 tries to 4 Super Rugby pre-season win over Moana Pasifika this afternoon. By Adam Julian and Steven White. Photos by Mike Lewis Pictures and Andy McArthur. Hurricanes 59 Du’Plessis Kirifi 2, Kini Naholo 2, Peter Lakai, Reon Paul, Kyle Preston...
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