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- More close results in third round matches as appalling weather dominates
  - 18 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - The Johnsonville and Axemen scrums pack down at a sodden Helston Park. Photo: Steven White. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian. There were a series of close results to mark the third round of the Wellington Premier Swindale Shield competition in atrocious conditions that swept through the Wellington region overnight and today. The...
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- Swindale Shield set to heat up in round three
  - 17 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Action from the UHR Rams – Petone match last week. The Rams are back home hosting Oriental-Rongotai whilst Petone are away playing Old Boys University. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean Friday lunchtime edition – updates expected later this afternoon. Despite the forecast of bad weather for the first time this season, the Swindale Shield...
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- Team Lists for Saturday 18 April 2026
  - 17 Apr 2026
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  - Team Lists for Saturday 18 April 2026
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- Ha'amea 'Ahio 150 games this Saturday!!!!
  - 17 Apr 2026
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  - Ha'amea 'Ahio 150 games this Saturday!!!!
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- Wellington club rugby links to live scoring, streams and updates 18 April
  - 17 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 18 April 2026) Please be aware there is some bad weather around – leave early and bring wet weather gear to your games today. More here: CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield and lower grade Scoring and fulltime scores updated as they happen. WRFU...
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- Friendship & Festivities – Nelson and Wellington Honour First College Rugby Game
  - 16 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - The match-day programme when Wellington College and Nelson College met in 1976. By Adam Julian When Wellington College hosts Nelson College in a one-off fixture on Saturday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first interprovincial secondary school game of rugby in New Zealand, it will bring together friends, old rivals – and even old...
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- Randall Bishop – Tawa’s Mr. Reliable set to play his 200th Premier match
  - 16 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Randall Bishop gets his kick away last Saturday in Tawa’s one-point win over Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Some 15 seasons after making his Premier debut, and three Jubilee Cup titles two more finals appearances and a Horowhenua-Kapiti title later, Randall Bishop is set to run out to play his 200th match for...
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- Team Reports for Saturday 11 April 2026
  - 16 Apr 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - Strong weekend for our Hawks whānau Plenty of heart, hustle, and pride on display. Check out this week’s team reports
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- Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Chiefs
  - 16 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - The Hurricanes come out to play in front of their teeming supporters last Saturday at home against the Blues. By Kevin McCarthy The demise of Moana Pasifika will be a sad story – but as Shakespeare might have said once, ‘tis a tragedy foretold. It’s also a canary in the coal mine for Super Rugby....
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- Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 122: Bob Lendrum
  - 15 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Not to be confused with the player of the same name and first-five who played 131 first-class games for Counties and one test for the All Blacks in 1973, Bob Lendrum’s first-class career went no higher than Wellington. Robert Edward Lendrum was a Wellington representative in 1963 and 1964, and a Wellington B representative up...
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- Goal kicking forwards in rugby
  - 15 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - It is mostly the backs that take goal kicks in rugby, but what about goal-kicking forwards? We put together the following article looking at some of these place-kicking players from the pack. Some international examples, followed by a few club rugby players. Let us know who we missed out. Brian Black (Great Britain) The 1930...
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- Hurricanes v Blues Stat Attack
  - 14 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - In association with Hurricanes statistics compiler Peter Marriott, the Stat Attack returns in 2026. Facts and figures from the Hurricanes’ win over the Blue in Wellington below. Round 9 v Blues: Won 42-19 These two sides played the first-ever Super Rugby match back on 1 March 1996 at Palmerston North. The Blues won 36-28 and...
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- Swindale Shield Matchday Highlights Round Two: Tawa (26) v Pare-Plim (25)
  - 13 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Round Two of the 2026 Swindale Shield came to Lyndhurst Park where home team Tawa met Paremata-Plimmerton. Coming off a hefty first round loss to Petone, it took Tawa just a few minutes to score their opening try of the year. Paremata-Plimmeerton responded and eventually both teams were deadlocked 12-12 just before halftime when the...
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- Sideline Conversions 13 April (some news and information to start the week)
  - 12 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Action from Old Boys University’s Peter Dunford Cup win over Wainuiomata on Saturday. Monday morning edition: The first full weekend of club rugby was played on Saturday. And we got lucky with the weather. Saturday was fine and warm but 24 hours later it was grey and wet. It’s the second week of school holidays...
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- Axemen raise the half century as first round form reverses for some teams
  - 11 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Above: Losi Filipo dives over to score one of two tries for Petone in their tight win over the Upper Hutt Rams. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian An opening win of the competition for the Wellington Axemen against Pōneke and generally much closer matches than last week were two...
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- Wellington club rugby links to live scoring, streams and updates 11 April
  - 10 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 11 April 2026) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield and lower grade Scoring and fulltime scores updated as they happen. WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores and get...
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- All grades underway in Wellington club rugby tomorrow
  - 10 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Wainuiomata will be seeking their second straight win to start the year when they host Old Boys University in Round Two of the Swindale Shield, while Avalon are at home for the first time and playing Hutt Old Boys Marist. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. By Scott MacLean Welcome to the first full weekend of the club...
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- Money or the Bag! Saturday 11 April 2026
  - 10 Apr 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club presents…Money or the Bag! Saturday 11 April 2026
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- Team Lists 11 April 2026
  - 10 Apr 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - Here are the Team Lists for 11 April 2026 for the Premiers, Premier Reserves, Cripples, and Terrahawks U85. Up the Hawks!!
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- Where are they Now: Martin Leslie (Petone and Scotland)
  - 9 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - By Adam Julian The recent Six Nations broke many scoring records and was regarded as one of the best ever. Noteworthy was Scotland’s 50-40 win over eventual champions France. In 1999, Scotland beat France in a similarly dramatic match in Paris, dominated by Petone legend Martin Leslie. Petone started the 2026 Swindale Shield with a...
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- Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Blues in Wellington
  - 9 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - By Kevin McCarthy I said a year ago that somehow, I thought Scott Robinson would get his main man Richie Mo’ounga some how on the plane to South Africa for the great Trek. The duo would be on tour, despite the niceties in the NZR eligibility rules. Well, Scott Robinson strolled past me on Lambton...
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- Barker College make fast start on three-game tour
  - 8 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - By Adam Julian Barker College opened its three-game New Zealand tour with a 40-36 victory over St Patrick’s College, Silverstream on Wednesday. The North Sydney independent Anglicans stunned the 2025 Wellington Premiership winners by blasting to a 26-0 lead in under 10 minutes. Not since 2017, when Silverstream was caned by national championships, Hastings Boys’...
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- Pioneers of rugby in Wellington 121: Bill Freeman
  - 8 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - One of Wellington rugby’s most famed coaches, Bill Freeman was Wellington A representative coach between 1964-70. Under his coaching, Wellington teams enjoyed several memorable wins over the space of a few years, including twin victories over the touring Springboks and British and Irish Lions in 1965 and 1966, and for introducing some all-time great players...
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- Schwalger leading from the front for Wellington College in 2026
  - 7 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Z’kdeus Schwalger in action in a recent early season fixture. Photo supplied. By Adam Julian With his big hits and big hair, Z’kdeus Schwalger is a startling rugby personality. The Wellington College loose forward is determined to deliver a showstopping performance when his school hosts Nelson College in a one-off fixture on April 18. The...
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- A Word From the Chair
  - 7 Apr 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - The first A Word from the Chair newsletter for 2026
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- Swindale Shield Matchday Scoring Highlights: Round One MSP (58) v Norths (22)
  - 6 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Round One of the 2026 Swindale Shield came to Porirua Park where home team Northern United met Marist St Pat’s for the Maurice Standish Cup. In breezy conditions, home side Norths scored first and late led 12-7 during the first half. MSP got their noses ahead 19-12 by halftime. Early in the second half a...
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- Sideline Conversions 6 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
  - 5 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Upper Hutt Rams celebrate a job well done, beating Poneke 66-32 in their Swindale Shield season opener. Is this the year of the Ram? Photo: Tane Nathan/Kinetic Images. The first weekend of Wellington club rugby saw seven entertaining Premier fixtures played throughout the region and the opening round of Premier 2 games. There were Premier...
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- Paremata-Plimmerton pip first round defending champions, second half blowouts elsewhere
  - 4 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Ethan Webster-Nonu scores a key try against his former side today in round one of the Swindale Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Oriental-Rongotai played through last year’s first round Wellington club rugby Premier Swindale Shield with 13 straight bonus point wins. In today’s 2026 season opener, Ories were pipped at...
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- Wellington club rugby 4 April: Live scoring and updates, radio and livestreams
  - 3 Apr 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield and Harper Lock Shield Premier 2 live Scoring on 4 April 2026: WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 Round 1 teamlists at this link in the line below (note we are aware of an issue with all teamlists not displaying correctly on mobiles or tablets,...
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- Team Lists for Round 1 4 April 2026
  - 3 Apr 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - First team lists of the year for the Johnsonville Hawks. Prem Reserves and Premiers both taking on the Billy Goats of OBU.
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