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• • U85kg semi-final top billing this Saturday

    • 15 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • U85kg National Club Cup glory is potentially just one match away for Wellington U85kg champions the Avalon Wolves and southern raiders the Carisbrook Bush Pigs when they meet at Fraser Park on Saturday. The two teams run out on to Fraser Park Artificial for a 3.30pm kick-off with a berth in the final up for...
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• • Garden-Bachop Named on the Bench for Turbos Clash

    • 14 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • After suffering injury with the Hurricanes in March this year, Jackson Garden-Bachop is set to make his return this weekend as the Lions head to...
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• • Wellington Lions v Canterbury Stat Attack

    • 13 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Alex Fidow (above) scored his 18th try for Wellington and second against Canterbury. His first was scored in 2019. It was his try in this match which brought up Wellington’s 7,000th point in home matches and also provided Wellington with the chance to even the scores at fulltime. By Peter Marriott. Some facts and figures...
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• • Status quo for club rugby competition structure for next three seasons

    • 12 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • WRFU Release 12 October: Earlier this evening WRFU’s 20 Clubs and affiliated bodies voted to retain this year’s Premier Men’s competition format for the next three years. This vote was the culmination of a five-month review process in which a working group comprising Clubs and Wellington Rugby Football Union (WRFU) representatives proposed three format options...
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• • Give It A Go, Go On! (Registration For Year 5 & 6 girls' Now Open)

    • 12 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • We’ve teamed up with other sporting codes in Wellington so year 5 & 6 can give a range of sports a go. Come on down to ASB Sport Centre every Tuesday...
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• • Clubs vote to keep 2021 Premier Men’s competition format for next three years

    • 12 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • Earlier this evening WRFU’s 20 Clubs and affiliated bodies voted to retain this year's Premier Men’s competition format for the next three years.  ...
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• • Lions Move into Top 4 With Heart-stopping Golden Point Victory

    • 11 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • The Wellington Lions were able to snap their 4-game losing streak on Friday night with a pulsating 35-30 victory over Canterbury in Golden Point.   A...
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• • Bond Banter 11 October (Some rugby news and information to start the new week in rugby)

    • 10 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Morning edition: The end of the community 15s season is all-but over. Just waiting for details of a potential U85kg Knockout Cup semi-final this Saturday between the Avalon Wolves and the Carisbrook Bush Pigs – which will either be in Dunedin or Lower Hutt. The other semi-final is scheduled to be between Morrinsville (Waikato) and...
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• • Te wairua o george nepia

    • 10 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Touchline The urupa at St. John’s Maori Church in Rangitukia (consecrated on Easter Sunday 1901, on the site of an earlier 1842 Anglican Mission Station), contains the memorials of the Nepia and Kohere families. While George Nepia was originally from Nuhaka (near Wairoa) and played his early rugby for Hawkes Bay, following his marriage...
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• • Wellington U19s and Centurions stay unbeaten as HYRC age-grade competitions conclude

    • 9 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven  White and Scott MacLean. Photos by Andy McArthur. Unbeaten seasons for the Centurions Wellington Development Men’s team and Wellington U19s side, as the Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council’s age-grade competitions finish, and the Upper Hutt Rams U85kgs miss out in Dunedin in the U85kg Knockout competition. Hawke’s Bay (Division A) and Wellington Gold (Division...
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• • Aisle be Back: the next leg of the tour underway

    • 7 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The All Blacks play their next match in a fortnight against the USA Eagles in By Kevin McCarthy I’m sure I’ve referenced the greatest modern philosophy guide of modern times before, but to repeat myself – as in Kung Fu Panda, there is no good news or bad news. There is only news. This is...
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• • Final weekend of 15s community rugby competitions

    • 7 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The 2021 15s rugby community competition and inter-provincial representative season draws to a close this Saturday with the final set of matches played throughout the lower North Island. This includes the third and final rounds of both Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council’s U16 Boys and U18 Girls tournaments, and the campaign ending matches for Wellington Men’s...
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• • Savea Returns as Team Named For Canterbury Matchup

    • 7 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • The Lions are back in action this Friday night, taking on Canterbury at Sky Stadium. With victory needed to stay in touch of the semi-final race, the...
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• • Bunnings Warehouse NPC to continue without Auckland based teams

    • 7 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has confirmed the Bunnings Warehouse NPC will continue without the Auckland based teams; North Harbour, Auckland and Counties...
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• • Wellington Lions v Bay of Plenty Stat Attack

    • 6 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Peter Marriott Round 5 v Bay of Plenty: Lost 32-33 Wellington’s record in all NPC matches is now played 472, won 293 (62.1%), lost 167 and drawn 12. Wellington’s record in all NPC matches against Bay of Plenty is played 35, won 27 (77.1%), lost six and drawn two. Bay of Plenty has now...
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• • Sponsorship in Rugby: All Blacks from NZ Is Now Supported by French

    • 6 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Sponsorship in Rugby: All Blacks from NZ Is Now Supported by French The “brand value” and the media weight of the sports team or individual athlete must be comparable or higher than the “brand value” of the potential sponsor. Air New Zealand, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Sanitarium (health food manufacturer), Barkers (clothing brand), and Bvlgari (chain of...
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• • Poneke FC Premier Men's Coaching Vacancy

    • 4 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • Poneke are seeking applications of interest for their Premier Men's coach.
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• • Wainuiomata RFC Coaching Vacancies

    • 4 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • Wainuiomata RFC are seeking experienced coaches for their senior teams.
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• • Lions Go Down Late in Thriller

    • 4 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • The Lions headed to Bay of Plenty this past weekend to take on the Steamers, going down in injury time 33-32.  In a very topsy-turvy affair where the...
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• • $500 cash winner for September

    • 4 Oct 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • September's monthly $500 cash draw for our 500 Club members has been made and the winner announced...
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• • JRFC GDO Appointment - Announcement (Pānui)

    • 3 Oct 2021
    • Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
    • On behalf of the JRFC we are excited to announce Serge Hollis as our new Game Development Officer (GDO) at the club heading into the...
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• • Bond Banter 4 October (some news and tidbits to start the week in rugby)

    • 3 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Morning edition: Welcome to Rugtober. One more weekend of 15s rugby and then we are mostly done for the season, before a run of sevens tournaments starting later in the month, potential lockdowns aside. It starts this Wednesday evening at Porirua Park with round two of the Hurricanes Youth Council’s Secondary Schoolgirls competition, with the...
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• • Whanganui and Wellington teams win Hurricanes region U18 and U19 competitions

    • 2 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Te Upoko o Te Ika Wellington Māori retained the Sir Eruera Tihema Tirikatene Shield against Waitaha Canterbury Māori. Round-up of this match and others below. By Steven White, Adam Julian and Scott MacLean The Whanganui U18s and the Wellington U19s won their respective Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council competition titles today, in the third and final round...
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• • Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Springboks #2

    • 1 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy You know the old line about the definition of insanity being repeating something over and over in the hope it will work. The Springboks seem intent on proving that – both last weekend, and this weekend. The difference of course is that it has worked in the past and was oh so...
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• • Changes Aplenty as Lions Prepare for the Steamers

    • 1 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • Lions Coach Leo Crowley has made six changes to his starting XV ahead of this weekend’s clash against Bay of Plenty in Rotorua.  In the front row,...
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• • Knockout Time for the Pride as Makisi Brings up Her Half-Century

    • 1 Oct 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • This weekend the Wellington Pride head to Waikato for the second time in 2021, instead this time a place in the Farah Palmer Cup Premiership final is...
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• • Hurricanes region age-grade competitions in full swing this Saturday

    • 30 Sep 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • There are three matches in Wellington on Saturday and several more in other parts of the Hurricanes region for local rugby supporters to follow. As per last week, we are in Alert Level 2, which means no spectators at any grounds. Check guides for which individual matches will be livestreamed. As always, we will endeavour...
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• • Manukura retain Rex Kerr Cup in tough final against St Mary’s

    • 29 Sep 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By College Sport Media Manawatu champions Manukura retained their Hurricanes Secondary Schoolgirls rugby title that they shared last year with St Mary’s College with a 19-12 win over their Wellington rivals at Bill Brown Park in Palmerston North on Wednesday afternoon. Like last year’s between the same teams that was drawn 10-10, the 2021 Hurricanes...
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• • Pride Jubilant in Victory, Ready for Preliminary Final Challenge

    • 29 Sep 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • For the 2nd time in three years, the Wellington Pride have made the semi-final stage of the Premiership in the Farah Palmer Cup. The equation was...
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• • Premier 1 Boys Rugby Final – Recap

    • 27 Sep 2021
    • College Sport Wellington
    • Story courtesy of College Sport Media   A bemused atmosphere reigned at the conclusion of the Premiership Wellington final at Wellington Stadium on Sunday.
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