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Ories and HOBM Eagles unbeaten after first leg of American Ambassador’s series
- Wellington Club Weekly
- General crowd scene as seen from tournament headquarters at Mary Crowther Park on Saturday. Oriental-Rongotai and Hutt Old Boys Marist are the two unbeaten teams in the men’s division at the conclusion of the first of two Wellington club rugby sevens tournaments, played at Wainuiomata’s Mary Crowther Park on Saturday. But the Upper Hutt Rams...
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Onslow Sport Wrap up – 20th November
- Onslow College
- A massive congratulations to Sahana Sambhus (Year 10) who dominated the College Sport Wellington Junior Tennis Tournament, winning the Gold draw and dropping only four games in the entire competition, including a decisive 4-0, 4-2 victory in the finals.
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Pre-season training for 2026 is on
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- Off season training is on.
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Johnsonville Rugby and Football Club, 80, Helston Road, Paparangi, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Agm 2025
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- AGM: Monday 1 December 2025 - 7pm - Clubrooms
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Johnsonville Rugby and Football Club, 80, Helston Road, Paparangi, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Paremata-Plimmerton win inaugural Feilding Blitz 7s
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington club Paremata-Plimmerton won the inaugural Rosebowl Blitz 7s tournament on Saturday. Paremata-Plimmerton beat Whanganui’s FullSend in the final in the tournament that was played in blustery but fine conditions at Johnston Park on Saturday. The tournament was well run by the Feilding Yellows club and the competition was well-contested with the rugby trumping the...
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Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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St Pat’s Silverstream, St Bernard’s and Aotea Colleges Condor Sevens winners
- Wellington Club Weekly
- St Bernard’s College with the Roderick Solo Cup for winning the Wellington region Condor 7s U15 tournament. By Steven White. Photos by Andy McArthur. For the first time since 2020, St Patrick’s College, Silverstream, are Wellington Open Boys Condor Sevens champions. Silverstream added the Christian Cullen Cup to their First XV Premiership title from last...
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Club Rugby Awards of the Year 2025
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean, Steven White & Adam Julian The final piece of our club season coverage for this year is our Annual Awards. A mix of the serious and silly, here’s ours for 2025. Team of the Year: The Upper Hutt Rams Colts. Melding any age-group team together is a skillful operation, dealing with players...
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Solomona and Meroiti win College Sport Wellington rugby awards
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Elijah Solomona playing for the St Pat’s Silverstream 7s team on Saturday. Photo by Club Rugby. St Pat’s Silverstream captain and openside flanker Elijah Solomona and Tawa College and Northern United utility back Baylee Meroiti are the 2025 College Sport Wellington boys and girls Rugby Players of the Year. The pair won these awards at...
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Condor 7s chance for smaller rugby schools to shine
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Defending champions Hutt International Boys’ School return to the scene of their triumph when they line up alongside nine other Senior Boys school teams at the annual Wellington region Condor 7s tournament at Naenae College tomorrow. Last year HIBS beat then two-time defending champions Scots College 19-17 in a blockbuster final to win their first...
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Best & Fairest Teams of the Season 2025
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean A regular of our end of season coverage is to name teams based on the Men’s Billy Wallace and Women’s Erin Rush Best & Fairest standings, which represent the outstanding and consistent performers across the club season. Last week the WRFU announced the two winners – Men’s winner Esi Komaisavai from Paremata-Plimmerton...
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Lifetime Contribution Award for Denys Latham at WRFU Awards
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Coach Denys Latham and the Porirua College First XV in 1973, after winning the Wellington secondary schools First Grade competition. By Steven White Denys Latham has been involved in rugby in Wellington as a player, coach and administrator almost continuously since he moved south from Taranaki to become a founding teacher of Porirua College in...
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Esi Komaisavai and Harmony Kautai win Best & Fairest competitions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- With some 50 tries between them in 2025, Esi Komaisavai and Harmony Kautai were worthy winners of the club rugby Best & Fairest competitions this year. By Scott MacLean & Steven White The winners of the two big individual club awards from Monday night’s Wellington Rugby awards were Paremata-Plimmerton’s Esi Komaisavai who took home the...
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Sideline Conversions 6 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions gather in one of their last huddles of the year on Saturday at Porirua Park. Photo: @Braydzmedia_ That is the end of the 15s season for 2025 for rugby in Wellington and most players. The exception being those who are still involved in the Heartland Championship. The Wellington Lions lost seven out...
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Wairarapa-Bush big winners in Heartland and NPC action on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean & Steven White Replacement halfback Sam Walton-Sexton was the hero for Wairarapa Bush, as his extra-time try lifted the home side to a 29-24 win over Poverty Bay at Memorial Park in Masterton this afternoon. Earlier a Jack Eschenbach penalty had put Wai-Bush ahead early on, but the visitors crossed twice to...
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Lions heading bringing their curtain down while Heartland teams part of bumper last round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean Just two matches in the lower North Island this weekend. The Wellington Lions are at home for their final match, while Wairarapa-Bush are also at home for their final round-robin match but hoping it is not their last at home. Horowhenua-Kapiti are playing away. Representative As covered in Monday’s column, Northland’s draw...
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Lions heading bringing their curtain down while Heartland teams part of bumper last round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean Just two matches in the lower North Island this weekend. The Wellington Lions are at home for their final match, while Wairarapa-Bush are also at home for their final round-robin match but hoping it is not their last at home. Horowhenua-Kapiti are playing away. Representative As covered in Monday’s column, Northland’s draw...
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Irving and Leota-Johnson in line for debuts as Lions look to disrupt Steamers in their last game
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Lions will be looking to up-end the Steamers when they host them in their final match of the season at Porirua Park on Saturday. Eleven months ago the Wellington Lions were on top of the domestic rugby world, having beaten Bay of Plenty 23-20 in a tightly contested final that went to extra-time. On...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Horowhenua-Kapiti (22) v Wairarapa-Bush (21)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met in their eighth round Heartland Championship match at Levin Domain on Saturday 27 September, with the home team winning by a point in a tightly fought match dominated by turnovers and penalties. There were plenty of errors early in this match as Horowhenua-Kapiti posted the first points with a penalty to...
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Sideline Conversions 29 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A good last game of the season for the Wellington Māori and Centurions U18s teams, with the Māori winning 30-22. Photo: Andy McArthur. The Wellington Lions have one more match to come in their 2025 NPC campaign, hosting the Bay of Plenty Steamers this coming Saturday at Porirua Park, but for home fans there is...
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Pōneke miss out late in U85kg final, as lower North Island Heartland Championship derby goes down to the wire
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Pōneke coach Ross Bond talks with his team after their narrow loss to Christchurch’s HSOB at Eden Park this afternoon. Photo: Dave Lintott Photography. By Steven White, Brad Hudson & Scott MacLean Some close contests in club and representative rugby this afternoon as Pōneke narrowly missed winning the national U85kg title and Horowhenua-Kapiti edged Wairarapa-Bush...
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Wellington Centurions, Wairarapa-Bush win U18s titles as Pōneke advance to U85kg final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Centurions with the Division A Hurricanes U18s title after their tight win in Napier today. By Steven White & Scott MacLean The Wellington Centurions U18s and the Wairarapa-Bush U18s won today’s respective HYCRC U18 competition deciders with victories away from home. The Centurions U18s defeated their Hawke’s Bay counterparts 21-19 at Napier to...
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Lions welcome back three All Blacks in must-win match against Stags at Porirua Park
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions welcome back three of their All Blacks on Saturday afternoon when they play the Southland Stags at home at Porirua Park in what is a must-win fixture for them. The Lions have three round-robin matches to play, and two of them are at home. This weekend’s match against Southland is followed by...
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Wellington Club Rugby “Rookie” Team of the Year 2025
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Some new players that made their marks on Wellington club and representative rugby this year, from left to right: Johnny Falloon (OBU), David Leota Johnson (Ories), Preston Moananu (MSP), Sione Baker (Pare-Plim), Dom Ernst (HOBM), Luke Bidois (Tawa). A team chosen by consensus from contributors based on players who have caught our attention this...
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Wellington Lions v Northland Taniwha Facts & Figures
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott provides the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Northland seventh round match from Okara Park this past Thursday. Round 7 v Northland: Lost 26-43 This was the...
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Crunch midweek match for Lions against Taniwha in first visit to Northland since 2016
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions are coming off a five-day turnaround to face the Northland Taniwha in Whangarei tonight in round seven of 10 of the National Provincial Championship. The Lions will be hoping to claw their way out of their current position on the points table with a bonus point win over the Taniwha, one that...
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Tuhoe Carpinter-Davies: Rugby league fanatic and proud employee
- Partners Porirua
- At just 21 years of age, Tuhoe, like many of our Porirua rangatahi has had to live through a recession. Despite previously working as a labourer when the recession hit, he found himself on the benefit. The post Tuhoe Carpinter-Davies: Rugby league fanatic and proud employee appeared first on Partners Porirua.
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Well done to all our Winter Tournament Week 2025 attendees!
- Onslow College
- Well done to all our students who took part in Winter Tournament Week 2025.
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Peter "Punk" Timberley
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- Kia ora e te whānau. The club is saddened to advise that one of the true characters of our club, Peter "Punk" Timperley passed away late...
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Wellington Lions v Auckland some numbers and stats
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott will provide the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Auckland fifth round match from Porirua Park this past Sunday. Round 5 v Auckland: Won 36-17 Wellington and Auckland...
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Lions and Auckland looking for change in fortunes in Fred Lucas Cup game
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Both the Wellington Lions and Auckland will be seeking an uptick in fortunes when they meet on Sunday at Porirua Park in round five of the NPC and in their annual Fred Lucas Memorial Cup game. Both sides have misfired early in their campaigns, especially Auckland who have yet to register a win, making this...
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