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Wellington U85kgs shut out Manawatu U85kgs, King Country win Meads Cup
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Johnsonville No. 8 and Wellington U85kg captain Seamus Rowberry scores the second of his two tries in Wellington’s comfortable win over the Manawatu U85kgs in Feilding on Saturday. By Steven White A well-drilled Wellington representative U85kg team beat their Manawatu counterparts 62-0 in their one-off fixture played at Johnston Park, Feilding on Saturday afternoon. In...
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2027 Premiers Coach Appointment
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- We’re delighted to announce that Jason Adamson is returning to the Hawks whānau as our Premier Club Head Coach for 2027.
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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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Hawks Meet and Greet
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- HAWKS CLUB MEET & GREET: Friday 30 October 2026 6.30pm Hawks Clubrooms Light refreshments provided
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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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Best & Fairest competitions Teams of the Season
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Best & Fairest starting halfback Esi Komaisavai celebrates a try for Paremata-Plimmerton against Johnsonville in early June. Photo: Stewart Baird Photography. By Scott MacLean, of the WRRA A big part of our end of season pieces is to name teams based on the Men’s Billy Wallace and Women’s Erin Rush Best & Fairest standings, which...
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Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Sideline Conversions 12 October (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Horowhenua-Kapiti No. 8 Mika Alaifatu scores a try that wasn’t on Saturday, after running on to a pass that was ruled forward by flanker David Leota-Johnson. H-K did score soon after and led with two minutes to play before a try on fulltime and then extra time momentum carried Whanganui to a 39-38 win. Monday...
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Pride win Women’s Championship as Whanganui win Heartland final berth
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White & Scott MacLean The Wellington Pride are the 2026 Farah Palmer Cup Women’s Championship winners, following their 39-15 win over the Northland Kauri in the final at Wellington Stadium this afternoon. The Pride survived a late first half scare to pull away from the Northlanders and win well in the end, on...
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Women’s final and Heartland Championship semi-finals tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jackie Patea-Fereti and the Pride will be hoping to finish their season with the title in the bag, hosting Northland in their FPC final. By Scott MacLean The 15s season is closing fast, with just one representative match tomorrow involving Wellington teams this weekend, as well as the Heartland Championship semi-finals. Representative Just one team...
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Murphy Taramai and Ana Kerr win Best & Fairest competitions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Anastasia Kerr and Murphy Taramai led their teams’ performances this year and won the 2026 Best & Fairest competitions. Photos: Andy McArthur. Upper Hutt’s Murphy Taramai and Petone teenager Anastasia Kerr took home the two big individual club prizes from this week’s Wellington Rugby Awards; the Billy Wallace and Erin Rush Best & Fairest competition...
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Sideline Conversions 5 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Action from the Wellington Pride’s semi-final win over Hawke’s Bay. They are hosting the Northland Kauri at Wellington Stadium at 12.05pm. The rugby to watch and follow is thinning, but there is still some to note and follow. The Hurricanes U16s tournament is this week in Whanganui. We previewed this in the body of our...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wellington U16s (20) v Hawke’s Bay U16s (17)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met in round one of the 2026 Hurricanes Youth Council U16 competition at Lyndhurst Park, Tawa, on Saturday. A very even game that could have gone either way and duly went down to the last play with Manawatu just failing to come up with the try at the death after a torrid...
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NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Northland
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Stat Attack is compiled by Peter Marriott and continues for this year’s 50th National Provincial Championship competition. The eighth one here is from Saturday’s most recent loss, this time to Northland at home. Round 8 v Northland: Lost 28-52 The Wellington Lions are still looking for their first win of the season. They have...
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Sideline Conversions 21 September (some news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Horowhenua-Kapiti and Ories flanker David Leota-Johnson surges forward on Saturday, flanked by teammates, including Petone prop Kafa Katoa and HOBM No. 8 Mika Alaifatu. Photo: Stewart Baid. They beat Thames Valley 57-26. Monday morning edition: The first week of spring and the start of daylight savings at the end of this week mean the 15s...
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Hawke’s Bay win U18s title with last play converted try, Wairarapa-Bush claim division 2, Pride beat Northland
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Second five Ben Faitala running strongly for the Centurions U18s. His team led for the whole game up to the end when Hawke’s Bay scored a winning converted try to win. By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian & Andy McArthur The Hawke’s bay U18s beat the Wellington Centurions U18s 42-41 through a last play...
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Representative rugby at Maidstone Park and Wellington Stadium this Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean There are representative matches at home tomorrow for Wellington teams at Maidstone Park and Wellington Stadium, while its an important weekend for nearby Heartland teams Horowhenua-Kapiti and Wairarapa-Bush playing at home and away respectively. Representative Maidstone Park will be a busy place tomorrow. At 11.00am the Wellington U16 Boys side are the...
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In Loving Memory of Frank Tunley
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- In Loving Memory of Frank Tunley
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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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The HAWKS ACADEMY is back!
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- The Hawks Academy 2026 is not open for registration. Skills, fitness, fun & teamwork for Year 9–12 Boys & Girls. Register NOW!
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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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Prizegiving Recipients 2026
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- Prizegiving Recipients 2026
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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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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 139: Pat Myers (Petone and Marist)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In the ‘post Ron Jarden era’ of the late 1950s and early 1960s several outside backs and wings emerged on the Wellington club rugby scene – and on to representative or All Black rugby – to set the competition alight and maintain a healthy following of the game and big crowds at Athletic Park and...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wellington Fijians (33) v Poverty Bay Māori (17)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two sides met at Porirua Park on day two of the 2026 Te Upoko Invitational tournament. Steady rain prior to kick-off gave way to dry conditions in the first half as the Fijians scored three tries to one in the first half and led 19-7 at halftime. The Fijians dominated the early stages of...
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Representative Rugby taking centre stage this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean For the first time since early April, there isn’t a club or college game taking in Wellington tomorrow. There is still rugby happening though, with representative footy taking centre stage both at home and away. Representative The weekend starts early, with an abbreviated Māori rugby tournament at Porirua Park today and tomorrow....
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Poneke Ruffnuts (30) v Johnsonville Cripples (20)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Poneke Ruffnuts completed the first round Mike Copeland Cup-second round John Davies Cup double when they beat the Johnsonville Cripples in the Reserve Grade Division 1 championship final on Kilbirnie Park. In their 30th season, the Ruffnuts came through to win their fifth John Davies Cup title since its inception in 2015, getting off...
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Super Cooper Leads Silverstream to Triple Treat
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White & Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur/Caroline Lewis St Patrick’s College, Silverstream won their third straight College Sport Wellington Premiership First XV title at a wild and windy Jerry Collins Stadium today, trampling Wellington College 38-14. Winning their 10th Premiership and third in a row for the first time, Silverstream bettered their 35-14...
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Sideline Conversions 17 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Lineout time at Rugby League Park on Saturday, with the Wellington Centurions and Māori teams in action in drizzly conditions. Monday morning edition – updates and additions expected to come: A busy weekend of rugby just completed, with St Pat’s Silverstream and Poneke celebrating the most. Silverstrream won five college rugby titles on Saturday and...
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Pōneke Ruffnuts win Reserve Grade final, College Finals Day winners crowned and rep rugby ramps up
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White & Scott MacLean The Pōneke Ruffnuts put the icing on the cake of their 30th anniversary celebrations with a hard-fought and gritty 30-20 win over the Johnsonville Cripples in their home Reserve Grade Division 1 final this afternoon. In College Finals Day, there were wins for St Pat’s Silverstream (three), St Pat’s...
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Club and College Finals and Representative rugby all on the schedule this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Wairarapa-Bush and Wellington Māori teams in the thick of the action last weekend. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. Wairarapa-Bush are away to play Poverty Bay in their Heartland Championship season opener, while the Māori are at Rugby League Park to meet the Wellington Centurions. More below. By Scott MacLean The path is clear for a...
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Pōneke And Johnsonville teams to meet in Reserve Grade decider on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White The last club final of the year could be one of the most fervently supported and hotly contested of the season. The Pōneke Ruffnuts and the Johnsonville Cripples meet at Kilbirnie Park to decide this year’s Reserve Grade Division 1 John Davies Cup champion. There have been 11 editions of the John...
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Venasio Situlia-Tuifao
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- Rest in Love and Peace Venasio Situlia-Tuifao
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St Mary’s and Taita Colleges contest drawn Schoolgirls Premier 1 final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It’s an 11-peat of titles for the St Mary’s College First XV, but this one will be shared. St Mary’s, winners of the Wellington schoolgirls title every year since 2015, and Taita College contested a thrilling 27-27 draw in the final on Wednesday night at Porirua Park. St Mary’s now go on to play Manukura...
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Familiar foes Wellington College and St Patrick’s Silverstream clash in Sunday’s Premiership final at Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur Wellington College and St Pat’s Silverstream meet on Sunday at Porirua Park in the 2026 Wellington First XV Premiership final. Since the Premiership began in 1979, both schools have won it 23 times. The final started in 1993 with a 20-20 draw between Bishop Viard College and Hutt...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 137: Ken Gray (Paremata-Plimmerton and Petone)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- One of the giants of Wellington rugby. Ken Gray rose to become a leading figure in Petone, Wellington and All Blacks rugby. “A great forward,” wrote doyen Sir T.P. McLean. “Durable, vigorous, relentless, pursuing, and supremely intelligent.” Gray has strong ties to both the Paremata-Plimmerton and Petone clubs, having played all his top club rugby...
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