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    Sideline Conversions 1 December (some rugby news and information to start the month)

    • 30 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The thrills and spills of sevens rugby. Lots of action at Trentham Memorial Park on Saturday. Photo by Andy McArthur. Full gallery here That’s lights out for the rugby season. But in just several weeks it starts up again, with the annual Bula Fiji 7s tournament later in January (to be confirmed) and the National...
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    HOBM and Norths win American Ambassador’s sevens series

    • 29 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Fereti Soloa and the HOBM Eagles celebrate their 2025 American Ambassador’s win. By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur and Mike & Caroline Lewis The 2025 Jubilee Cup champions are also the Wellington club rugby sevens champions. The Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles played through the two-week American Ambassador’s tournament unbeaten to win this year’s...
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    Weather Effects on Betting Predictions in Rugby

    • 29 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Weather Effects on Betting Predictions in Rugby Weather can change how a rugby match is played and because of that it also changes the chances that bookmakers and bettors give to different outcomes. Rain makes it harder for players to handle the ball and often leads to fewer points being scored, something frequently seen in...
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    American Ambassador’s Sevens finale this Saturday

    • 27 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The 2025 rugby season in Wellington goes out with a bang this Saturday with the second and concluding leg of the American Ambassador’s Sevens series. All sporting roads in the Wellington region head to Trentham Memorial Park for the tournament that kicks off at 9.00am and runs until late afternoon, with the addition of finals...
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    Aisle be Back – that’s a wrap for the year

    • 26 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Peter Lakai – the Club Rugby website Wellington Player of the Year 2025, in action against the Chiefs in early May. By Kevin McCarthy I guess a wrap of the year traditionally consists of highs and lows. Indeed, as I write this, a gusty gale is blowing through Wellington, making it feel like mid-winter –...
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    Ories and HOBM Eagles unbeaten after first leg of American Ambassador’s series

    • 22 Nov 2025
    • 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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    Wellington club sevens series underway on Saturday

    • 21 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The wait is almost over. It’s a later than usual start to sevens rugby in Wellington this season as the 2025 American Ambassador’s series kicks off at Mary Crowther Park on Saturday morning. Like last year, this is the first leg of two, with the six-team women’s tournament taking place on Mary Crowther 1 and...
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    • 20 Nov 2025
    • 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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    Wellington club sevens series underway on Saturday

    • 20 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The wait is almost over. It’s a later than usual start to sevens rugby in Wellington this season as the 2025 American Ambassador’s series kicks off at Mary Crowther Park on Saturday morning. Like last year, this is the first leg of two, with the six-team women’s tournament taking place on Mary Crowther 1 and...
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Wales and the end of the season

    • 20 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy There’s a saying in our household. When you come Lord, make it quick. As in, when death comes, please don’t make it a lingering demise. It maps nicely to our favourite international rugby team, which is currently about to undergo a convulsive review of two years of Razor Robertson. You may recall...
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    Pre-season training for 2026 is on

    • 20 Nov 2025
    • Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
    • Off season training is on.
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    Agm 2025

    • 20 Nov 2025
    • Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
    • AGM: Monday 1 December 2025 - 7pm - Clubrooms
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    Paremata-Plimmerton win inaugural Feilding Blitz 7s

    • 15 Nov 2025
    • 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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    Feilding 7s Blitz tournament on Saturday

    • 14 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Sevensvember continues on Saturday with the inaugural Rosebowl Blitz 7s tournament. The Rosebowl Blitz 7s tournament tournament hosted by the Feilding Yellows club features 12 men’s teams in a one-day shootout at Johnston Park. There are four Wellington teams, including three club sides ahead of the scheduled two-leg WRFU club sevens on 22 and 29...
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    Feilding 7s Blitz tournament on Saturday

    • 13 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Sevensvember continues on Saturday with the inaugural Rosebowl Blitz 7s tournament. The Rosebowl Blitz 7s tournament tournament hosted by the Feilding Yellows club features 12 men’s teams in a one-day shootout at Johnston Park. There are four Wellington teams, including three club sides ahead of the scheduled two-leg WRFU club sevens on 22 and 29...
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v England

    • 13 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy Seasons shouldn’t be assessed on one match in theory – but throw that out this weekend. England, Twickenham, and a Grand Slam in prospect (yes I know, don’t forget Wales). It’s not a world cup knockout, but it isn’t far short of it. It seems a constant but England – despite protestations...
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    Club Rugby Betting Insights with Legiano Sports: Strategies and Responsible Betting

    • 11 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Club rugby carries a particular weight. The rivalries run deep, the venues feel close, and the margins between winning and losing are rarely comfortable. In the middle of this environment, some bettors look toward platforms such as legiano casino, and beside it, the broader sportsbook brand legiano, which often promotes club-level rugby markets as part...
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    St Pat’s Silverstream, St Bernard’s and Aotea Colleges Condor Sevens winners

    • 8 Nov 2025
    • 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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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Condors Sevens take two on Saturday

    • 7 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • After a false start last Labour Day Monday, the Condors tournament on Saturday is set to usher in Sevensvember across the region. In changes to last Monday’s draw, there are two fewer teams in the Open Boys grade and no Open Girls section (there is also the Hurricanes Girls 7s tournament for those leading teams...
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Scotland

    • 6 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: When the All Blacks played Scotland in 1964. This was a 0-0 draw – the closest Scotland has ever come to beating the All Blacks. By Kevin McCarthy It seems staggering that Scotland is still winless against the All Blacks. Like the Irish before them, they’ve gone perilously close to the Holy Grail a...
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    Dominic Ropeti to join Moana Pasifika in 2025

    • 6 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Dominic Ropeti playing in the Jubilee Cup this July. He is off to the Moana Pasifika Super Rugby squad in 2026. Photo: Andy McArthur. Oriental-Rongotai loose forward Dominic Ropeti has been selected by Moana Pasifika for their 2026 Super Rugby squad. All squads were named on Thursday, with most signaled well in advance and few...
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    Club Rugby Awards of the Year 2025

    • 5 Nov 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

    • 3 Nov 2025
    • 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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    Countdown clock set for 2026 Swindale Shield with draw release

    • 31 Oct 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It’s a little over six months until the start of the 2026 Wellington club rugby season, but with Friday’s Premier first round competition draw release by the WRFU its expectation and anticipation is hanging in the air. Mark down Saturday 4 April 2026 for the opening round of the Premier first round Swindale Shield. It...
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Ireland in Chicago

    • 31 Oct 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: when the All Blacks played Ireland in Dublin in 1963. By Kevin McCarthy The country will seem a bit emptier for the next month – because 70 of the best rugby players are in the northern hemisphere. Plus, an unspecified number of coaching and support staff. So, a round 100 folks would seem a...
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    Condor 7s chance for smaller rugby schools to shine

    • 26 Oct 2025
    • 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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    Aisle be Back: The NPC Final

    • 24 Oct 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy A week of turbulence, and red alerts for many of us – tragically so for some, and a reminder of the precariousness of life at the bottom of the world. But as I write this, the sun’s shining, there’s no wind, the cliché Wellington on a good day. The sort of day...
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    Best & Fairest Teams of the Season 2025

    • 20 Oct 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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    Sideline Conversions 20 October (some news and information to start the rugby week)

    • 19 Oct 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • From the Mike Lewis Pictures Favourite photos of the year galleries – more HERE If you are in the North Island it is season over as far as 15s rugby is concerned. If you are in the south there is one more week to go with Canterbury hosting Otago in the 2025 NPC decider in...
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    Lifetime Contribution Award for Denys Latham at WRFU Awards

    • 17 Oct 2025
    • 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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