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    • Gains and Losses 2019
      • The 2019 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. Round one Swindale Shield teams will be named here in the Draws & Results section (above) on Friday, as well as on the new NZR App. As always there is player movement between clubs and new players from school First XVs and some others from overseas set to join the playing ranks of the 14 Premier clubs and add intrigue to the start of the competition. As provided by clubs, see below for a list of gains and losses to wider Premier squads ahead of the 2019 season...

    • School leavers to watch 2019
      • St Pat’s Town players celebrate their late semi-final win over Scots College last year. Several players from each side could be playing Premier rugby this season. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. Wellington Secondary Schools rugby was in a weak position in 2018. Participation numbers across the board were down while the First XV Premiership competition was won by St Patrick’s College, Silverstream – averaging more than 50 points per game. Despite the dip in standards it’s undeniable younger players are making a bigger impact quicker and there are some promising prospects to keep an eye on in Club Rugby in 2019...

    • 100-game milestone proud achievement for Ash Carmichael
      • Since the start of 2013 Ash Carmichael has been a familiar face for both home and visiting team supporters alike at Upper Hutt’s Maidstone Park as the Premier team’s assistant manager. Ash in his Upper Hutt Rams colours under the Maidstone Park stand. In his role he helps the 22 players and the coaching and other team staff in the smooth running of match-day operations. Carmichael will reach his 100th game as part of the Upper Hutt Rams Premier squad in the first round of the Swindale Shield on 23 March when they host defending Jubilee Cup champions Old Boys University at Maoribank Park, their home ground for all 2019 matches...

    • Worldly prop hoping to makes big strides
      • “In New Zealand players are given a greater licence to make decisions about the game plan on and off the field. I think that’s one of the reasons why New Zealand has been more successful than South Africa and Australia,” Luke Chisholm responds when asked how New Zealand contrasts with his overseas rugby experiences.   Chisholm is a prop forward in his second year in the Wellington High Performance Unit and comes with a more worldly outlook than his peers. This raises the standard of our intake but also the intensity at training as well...

    • Norths win 2019 National Club Sevens
      • Wellington’s club sevens champions are now New Zealand title holders. Northern United won the 2019 National Club Sevens tournament hosted by Eden Rugby club in Auckland this weekend, winning their maiden Middlesex County Wavell Wakefield Cup title. Norths defeated 2013 champions and Auckland club Pakuranga 28-14 in the final. Junior Time Taotua (2), Johnny Teleaga and Esi Komaisavai crossed the chalk for their four converted tries in the final. Northern United – 2019 National club sevens champions...

    • National Club Sevens this weekend in Auckland
      • Fifteen of the country’s leading club sevens teams will be out to prevent a three-peat from the host side Eden RFC at this weekend’s National Club Seven tournament at Auckland. The Middlesex County Wavell Cup. Last year Eden became the first club since Dunedin’s Alhambra-Union to successfully defend the Middlesex County Wavell Wakefield Cup when the beat hot-shot Hawke’s Bay outfit Napier Old Boys Marist 24-14 in the wet in the Cup final at their Sandringham enclave...

    • 1919 – the year the rugby roared. Part 3: the representative season
      • Above: The Wellington rugby team 1919, Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library.  30 August 1919 was a watershed date in New Zealand provincial rugby. For the first time since September 1914, the Ranfurly Shield was put on the line. Introduced in 1904, the Ranfurly Shield had grown to be the pre-eminent prize in the domestic game, but with the outbreak of war in September 2014 it had been locked away for five years. Starting with the first defence against Canterbury on the last Saturday of August 1919, Wellington would successfully defend the Ranfurly Shield on five occasions and take it with them to defend on the road for the first time (which they would do again in 1920)...

    • 1919 – the year the rugby roared. Part 2: the club rugby season
      • The Senior Championship club rugby competition 100 years ago was every bit as thrilling as it is today. Crowds of up to several thousand regularly watched club matches at Athletic Park and further afield at venues such as Duppa St Park (now the site of a WCC plant nursery and a bowling club) and the Petone Rec and there were several star players to follow such as Poneke captain Beet Algar, Athletic and Wellington representative captain Edward ‘Teddy’ Roberts and Petone’s Matt Corner...

    • Wellington’s “Ghost” Rugby Clubs Part 11: Wadestown RFC
      • Photo above: Soon to be selected All Black, Neven McEwan in 1955, left, with Australian sporting great, Ken McGregor. A MOST VALUABLE MEANS OF CIVILISING YOUNG MEN “The Wadestown Club” On 10 February 1910, the then Mayor of Wellington, Dr Alfred Kingcome Newman, remarked when opening the new Wadestown clubrooms on Pitt Street that, “a club in suburban life was one of the most valuable means of civilising young men.” The Club (originally formed in 1895) had a membership of between 40 and 50 with Charles Joplin, the Headmaster of Wadestown School, its elected President...

    • Bumper summer of rugby coming up
      • The anticipation for the coming rugby season is growing by the day. The summer of rugby ramps up in the lower North Island over the next several weeks, including several sevens tournaments, pre-season club rugby and the opening salvos of the Super Rugby season for the elite players. The Hurricanes region’s club competitions stoke up over the back half of March. The Wellington Swindale Shield competition kicks off on Saturday 23 March. Saturday 2 February promises to be a bumper day on the rugby fields just north of Wellington...

    • Counties Manukau and Manawatu win Natonal Sevens titles
      • The Counties Manukau (Men’s) and Manawatu (Women’s) teams wound up a whirlwind second day's play in Rotorua on Sunday by winning the 2016 National Sevens Cup titles. Counties Manukau defeated North Harbour 54-14 in the Men’s Cup final and Manawatu overcame Wellington 26-19 in the Women’s Cup final. Steelers playmaker Augustine Pulu won the Joe Tauiwi Trophy for being the Men’s Player of the Tournament and Kat Whata-Simpkins was awarded the Anna Richards Trophy as the Women’s tournament MVP...

    • Rangihuna to captain Wellington Sevens team in Rotorua
      • Above: New Wellington Sevens captain Sheridan Rangihuna running in support of Rotorua-born New Zealand Universities wing Te Wehi Wright at last month’s Central region qualifying tournament. Former Wellington Lions halfback Sheridan Rangihuna will captain the Wellington men’s team at this weekend’s National Sevens and hopes that the Rotorua International Stadium will once more prove a happy hunting ground. This is the third year the National Sevens have been at Rotorua and so far Wellington has come away with winners (beating Auckland in the final in 2014) and runners-up (missing out to Waikato in the final in 2015) medals...

    • Wellington Pride Sevens squad looking forward to National tournament
      • Above: This year’s captain Aimee Sutorius and Amanda Rasch watch on as Lizzie Goulden crosses against Canterbury at this tournament last year. Rasch and Goulden are two of five Oriental-Rongotai club players and 10 current Wellington Pride Women’s NPC players competing at Rotorua. Youthful exuberance is a feature of the Wellington women’s squad for this weekend’s National Sevens tournament in Rotorua. The 12-player squad includes two players still at school in Wellington Pride wing Ayesha Leti'Iiga and newcomer Monica Tagao'i, both aged 17, and Wellington Pride wing Timena Tuma'ai aged 19...

    • Hurricanes preparing for pre-season Eketahuna match
      • Mother Nature has played a key role in helping the Eketahuna Rugby Club ground remain in good condition ahead of next month’s Super Rugby pre-season game between the Hurricanes and Blues. The club’s President Dennis “Doc” Dougherty, says rain that feel last week has kept the ground moist and with more rain predicted later today, he’s confident it will ensure the pitch is in top notch condition for the Super Rugby clash on Saturday, 13th February 2016. “Although we have irrigation in place, up until now we’ve relied on Mother Nature, who has kindly delivered on her own,” says Doc...

    • The Hurricanes other franchises XV
      • After 20 years of Super Rugby, the competition is expanding to 18 teams in 2016. As we look forward to the start of this year’s competition that kicks off later in February, we’ve taken a look at the some of the Hurricanes players that have lit up Super Rugby thus far. Many Hurricanes have also played Test rugby for other Super Rugby teams, some having started at the Hurricanes and moved on to greater things elsewhere and others having come from other sides and added value to the Hurricanes...

    • The Hurricanes International Test XV
      • After 20 years of Super Rugby, the competition is expanding to 18 teams in 2016. As we look forward to the start of this year’s competition that kicks off later in February, we’ve taken a look at the some of the Hurricanes players that have lit up Super Rugby thus far. Whilst plenty of Hurricanes players have also played for the All Blacks, many have also played Test rugby for other countries. Club Rugby's 2016 Hurricanes coverage is in association with Les Mills Wellington - more details coming soon A Hurricanes International Test XV is below: 1...

    • Mount Maunganui Sevens tournament this Saturday
      • New Zealand’s favourite summer sport hits Mount Maunganui this Saturday, with the Bay of Plenty Provincial Sevens Tournament taking centre stage at Blake Park. The one-day tournament will feature the Northern Regional men's sevens winners and current BoP Provincial Sevens title holders Auckland, Central Regional Sevens runners up Manawatu and the 2014 and 2015 National champions Wellington and Waikato. Northern Regional Women’s Sevens winners Counties Manukau will compete for tournament honours, alongside current BoP tournament holders Auckland, Southern Regional Women’s Sevens winners Canterbury and Central Regional Sevens winners Manawatu...

    • The Hurricanes most capped XV
      • After 20 years of Super Rugby, the competition is expanding to 18 teams in 2016. As we look forward to the start of this year’s competition that kicks off in mid-February, here is a look back at the some of the Hurricanes players that have lit up Super Rugby thus far. Club Rugby's 2016 Hurricanes coverage is in association with Les Mills Wellington - more details coming soon The Hurricanes most capped XV by position is a fair side: 1. John SchwalgerHurricanes appearances: 84 Career: 2006-2011, 2013-2014Club: Northern United John Schwalger made his first-class debut for the Wellington Lions in the white hot atmosphere of 2005’s tour match against the British and Irish Lions...

    • Rugby at full throttle in early 2016
      • After a refreshing break, Wellington and Hurricanes region rugby fans can look forward to a bumper spread of rugby throughout January and February. From regional club, provincial and international Sevens tournaments through to pre-season and then early rounds of competition Super Rugby matches, there’s plenty for fans to get enthused about, in the lead-up to the start of club rugby fifteens competitions at the end of March. It all starts this coming Saturday with the one-day Bay of Plenty Provincial Sevens tournament at Blake Park, Mt Maunganui...

    • Happy New Year with the All Blacks
      • Above: Billy Wallace opens up on his rugby career later in life. Photo courtesy of the Evening Post.   On tour with Billy Wallace and the 1905-06 All Blacks   On international tours up to the 1970s it was commonplace for the All Blacks to play matches between Christmas and New Year.   The All Blacks have played 17 matches in this week in history whilst on tour in Europe, including playing their only New Year’s Day Test in 1906 on arguably the most famous tour of them all.   The 1905-06 All Blacks tourists to the UK, Ireland, France and North America are better known as the ‘Originals’, and three Wellington players took part: Poneke utility back Billy Wallace, Ories halfback Fred Roberts and Petone wing Duncan McGregor...

    • Tributes for Wellington club rugby player Willie Collins
      • Former Petone, Avalon, Hutt Old Boys Marist and Upper Hutt Rams club rugby player Willie Collins passed away in a diving accident on Sunday afternoon. Collins, a relation of the late great Jerry Collins, was the brother of August and Joe Collins who have also both played Premier rugby in Wellington over a number of seasons. The Collins family have been stalwarts of the Petone Rugby Football Club, whom Willie, Joe and August have all played Premier rugby for. August started in two Hardham Cup matches for Petone this year, while Willie last played Premier rugby in 2013 for Hutt Old Boys Marist...

    • Club Rugby’s Battlers XV
      • The Crowd Goes Wild television show has been running a very entertaining and thought provoking competition entitled the “Rugby Battlers XV. The idea is to vote for 15 players who epitomise the phrase' battler', honest players who weren't quite stars but toiled away none the less. Interestingly, eight All Blacks were selected for the side. A team of ‘Battler’ non-internationals only from the last quarter of a century or so is offered below:    15. Warren Johnston - The fullback played 165 matches and scored 1669 points for Northland...

    • Is it time for an Amateur Rugby Union Association?
      • Is it time for an Amateur Rugby Union Association? In 2016, it will be 125 years since the initial meeting to form the New Zealand Rugby Union occurred (in 1891) and 20 years since rugby first went professional in New Zealand (in 1996). The inevitable monetisation of amateur values which has followed professionalism, ongoing changes to the social structure of local New Zealand communities and the greater proliferation of sporting choices at young ages, are just three of the factors which are challenges to the long-term stability and sustainability of the amateur game in New Zealand...

    • Wellington against international teams: versus British and Irish Lions 2005
      • Match Details Result: British and Irish Lions 23 – Wellington Lions 6 When: 15 June 2005Where: Westpac Stadium, Wellington Weather: Showery and slippery underfootCrowd: 39,500 The Tour The 12th tour by a team representing combined sides of the British Isles and Ireland and the first of the professional era was one of the most eagerly anticipated by a Lions touring team to New Zealand. In fact, by the time of the first Test in Christchurch on 25 June, the country was at fever pitch, on a par with previous great tours by the Lions and Springboks...

    • Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu win Central Region Sevens
      • Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu won the respective men’s and women’s finals at today’s Central Region qualifying tournament at Playford Park in Levin. Hawke's Bay defeated Manawatu 26-17 to claim the men's final and Manawatu pipped Wellington 24-17 with a try on the hooter to win the women’s final. The Manawatu women defended their title they won at this tournament last year in Palmerston North, while victory was sweet for the Magpies men's side after they were bundled out last year by Horowhenua-Kapiti and missed qualification for the Nationals...

    • Nonu wins supreme accolade; Stokes Valley pair volunteer award
      • Ma’a Nonu (Oriental-Rongotai) has won the Kelvin R Tremain Player of the Year award at tonight’s 2015 New Zealand Rugby Awards. Nonu, who played his 100th Super Rugby game for the Hurricanes earlier this year, brought the curtain down on his 103-Test All Blacks career in the 34-17 Rugby World Cup final win over the Wallabies. Always dangerous on attack, he scored five Super Rugby tries, an incredible double against Australia to secure the Bledisloe Cup in Auckland and a phenomenal try in the World Cup Final...

    • Central Region Sevens in Levin on Saturday
      • Playford Park in Levin comes alive on Saturday with the Men’s and Women’s Central Region Qualifying tournament for the Sevens Nationals in the New Year. Seven of the eight Hurricanes region sides (East Coast not entering) and Taranaki will contest the Men’s side of the draw, with five spots for the Nationals up for grabs, while Wellington, Wairarapa-Bush, Manawatu, Taranaki and Poverty Bay will be chasing three places available for the Women’s Nationals. The Nationals are in Rotorua on the weekend of 16 and 17 January, a month away...

    • Excitement already for 2016 Swindale Shield as draw released
      • Above: Members of the Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles celebrating with the first round Swindale Shield earlier this year. The Wellington Rugby Football Union has moved early to release next year’s Premier Swindale Shield Wellington club rugby draw. A bumper start to the season sees the opening round of afternoon Swindale Shield matches played on Easter Friday, 25 March, before the Hurricanes host the Kings in their first home match at Westpac Stadium in the evening. A key feature of the 2016 first round is a full round-robin, with all 14 teams playing each other once over 13 rounds to determine the first round Premier champion and to find the top eight sides that will progress through to the coveted Jubilee Cup for the second half of the season...

    • Wellington against international teams: versus Western Samoa 1996
      • Above: Wellington Lions fullback Kelly Rolleston running in one of his two tries in this match against Western Samoa. Credit: EP 28/5/1996 Match Details Result: Wellington 52 – Western Samoa 30When: 26 May 1996Weather: FairCrowd: 15,000 The Tour 1996 was a watershed year for world rugby, being the first year of professionalism. The Super 12 competition started up in 1996 and the new Wellington Hurricanes team was born.For the first time, Western Samoa came to New Zealand as a full international touring side and played one Test against the All Blacks, in Napier and under lights for the first time in New Zealand...

    • Coles signs on as captain for 2016
      • Super Rugby is expanding to 18 teams in 2016 and the Hurricanes have selected the right man to lead the side into the dynamic new era. Dane Coles (Poneke) takes over from Conrad Smith (Old Boys-University) as the Hurricanes’ captain next season. Coles becomes the third hooker after Norm Hewitt and Andrew Hore and the fourth front-rower after Hewitt, Hore and founding skipper Mark Allen to lead the Hurricanes in to Super Rugby battle. Halfback TJ Perenara (Northern United) is the Hurricanes’ vice-captain in 2016...

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