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    Sideline Conversions 23 February (some rugby news to start the week)

    • 22 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: General scene at Massey on Saturday in the first week of the Academy Series between Wellington, Manawatu and Hawke’s Bay. The first weekend of 15s rugby is in the can, many more to come. Nice for many to be back at the stadium, an official crowd of just shy of 14,000, but it will...
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• • Aisle be Back: Hurricanes open season against Moana Pasifika

    • 19 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy Turns out a so-called debate about whether New Zealanders take far too long a summer break was very short lived. Summer decided not to show, and the nothing-happening vibes of January also failed to show. Here or anywhere. Rugby was meant to be on the beach – with a mountain of rocks...
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    Academy Series underway Saturday as Hurricanes teams kick off

    • 19 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Sevens rugby took the spotlight a fortnight ago, now it is the start of the fifteens game for many players in the wider region. The second annual Sam Doyle Memorial Cup series takes place at Massey University, Palmerston North over the next fortnight. The series sees the Academy sides of Wellington, Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu...
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    Sideline Conversions 16 February (some news and information to start the new week in rugby)

    • 15 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Flashback to the 2007 Swindale Shield clash between Upper Hutt and Wainuiomata. Upper Hutt won 19-17. These two teams meet this year in round 11 on 13 June. All photos are here: https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/ Plenty of activity behind the scenes as the autumn leaves of the off-season gather (or in the case of Sunday night’s...
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    What happened 100 years ago: Part 1 Club Rugby

    • 12 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The winning Wellington club rugby 1926 Senior Championship side Athletic, featuring All Blacks Cliff Porter and Kenneth Svenson in the front row. As we enter a new season of rugby in the Wellington region, a look back at how the season panned out 100 years ago. This year it is 1926. A recap of the...
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    Increased Media Coverage of Women’s Rugby Should Trigger Grassroots Boom in New Zealand

    • 11 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Media attention has a way of shaping what a sport becomes, not just what it looks like at the moment. For women’s rugby in New Zealand, that is actively shaping the sport. The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 triggered increased media coverage in New Zealand and an uptick in wagering activity on sports betting...
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• • Club Rugby Highlights Series: Kick & Collect

    • 10 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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    Sideline Conversions 9 February (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 8 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Ethan Webster-Nonu flies in for his match-winning try in home team Paremata-Plimmerton’s 21-17 semi-final win over Nelson Marist on Saturday.
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    HOBM National 7s Champions in all Wellington Final

    • 7 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White & Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur Hutt Old Boys Marist holds the McBain Shield, Jubilee Cup, Ambassador Sevens, and now the National Club Sevens titles. They dethroned hosts and reigning national champions Paremata Plimmeton 19-12 in an all-local final at a sun-kissed Ngati Toa Domain. With fatigue mounting, the decider was...
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    National Club Sevens all day Saturday at Ngati Toa Domain

    • 5 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • For the third time in the past decade, the National Club Sevens comes to Wellington, with Paremata-Plimmerton hosting the 2026 tournament at Ngati Toa Domain on Saturday. Paremata-Plimmerton will be seeking to become the first Wellington club of the modern era to successfully defend it on home soil, following Wainuiomata’s and Northern United’s unsuccessful defences...
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    Community match for the Hurricanes on Saturday

    • 4 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The corporate veil will soon descend over the Hurricanes for another year, but first fans can view the team in action up close when they take on the Chiefs at Porirua Park on Saturday, kick-off 1.00pm. The Hurricanes have traditionally brought a pre-season match to their community, with Wainuiomata last year, Levin the year before...
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• • Club Rugby Compilation Highlights Series: Tries from the Kick-off

    • 2 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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    Sideline Conversions 2 February (some news and information to start the week and the year)

    • 1 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Flashback to the 2013 Hardham Cup final with Vaea Fifita skipping clear for the Wellington Axemen. Norths would win the final 26-16, but Fifita made the first of his 52 appearances for the Wellington Lions that season. He subsequently made his Hurricanes debut in 2015 and played 11 Tests for the All Blacks 2017-19...
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    Club Rugby Compilation Highlights Series: Intercepts & Chargedowns Part 1

    • 29 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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    Club Rugby Compilation Series: Tries by Halfbacks Part 1

    • 28 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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    Club Rugby Summer Series: “The Jubilee Mystery”

    • 25 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Touchline The 20-year period between the two World Wars saw the introduction of “the Jubilee Cup” to Wellington’s senior rugby championship. But despite the generally accepted narrative of its origin being in 1929, new information obtained by Touchline suggests its true beginnings are shrouded in the dense tobacco-smoke and oft heady beer-fumes of local...
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    Club Rugby Highlights Series: Long-range Strikes Part 1

    • 22 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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    Club Rugby Summer Series: Shooting Stars

    • 20 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • A look at some of the many players and personalities of the local game who packed in plenty in short careers that were cut short due to such factors as injury, death or transferring to rugby league. Going back to the start of the game in the latter years of the nineteenth century, There would...
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    Excitement machine Grant Batty passes away in Australia

    • 18 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Grant Batty scores his final try, for the All Blacks against the British and Irish Lions in Wellington in June 1977. Grant Batty, who passed away in Australia late last week aged 74 was the excitement machine of his era. Batty was a pocket-rocket try-scoring wonder who scored 109 tries in 142 first-class matches in...
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    Tenacious Wellington Flyers defend Bula 7s title

    • 17 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur Several times across their final three knockout games of the day, the Wellington Flyers had to dig deep. On each occasion they responded with a timely turnover, tackle out wide or an offload to a support player backing up, seeing them win all these matches and defending their...
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    Bula 7s tournament at William Jones Park on Saturday

    • 15 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Supporters starved of action over the festive season will get their rugby fix all day at William Jones Park on Saturday. The sixth annual Bula 7s tournament has drawn a bumper 16-team field to kick-start the year in rugby, but being on one field means that it is scheduled to go into the evening hours...
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    Club Rugby Highlights Series: Cutting Loose Part 1 –

    • 14 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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    Two decades and counting covering community rugby

    • 13 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Steven White is a leading rugby exponent in the Wellington region, renowned for his passion and dedication to grassroots rugby. Since 2005, he has run the well-known website clubrugby.nz, where he serves as editor, reporter, content creator and historian. Club Rugby is the only website in New Zealand dedicated exclusively to covering senior club rugby, First...
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    Club Rugby Summer Series: Late Bloomers and Slow Burners

    • 10 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Club Rugby contributors The buzz of watching and following young talent excites fans and academy managers alike. But some players come on later and mature into great players. Below are some examples of such players, from previous eras to modern times, who came into their prime a bit later than many others. As always,...
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    They won club rugby titles in more than one province

    • 4 Jan 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White & Adam Julian The recent passing of Mick (Stu) Bremner, who won Auckland and Canterbury club rugby titles as well as winning Wellington’s Jubilee Cup with University a decade apart as a player and coach prompted us to think which other players have achieved similar feats. There are many such instances, particularly...
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    Top PayID Casinos Australia setting the standard for transparency

    • 23 Dec 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Australian online casinos have never been under a brighter spotlight. How they handle payments, bonuses, and player care is getting picked apart by a sharper-eyed public. In 2024, PayID’s popularity keeps rising, players have come to expect instant payments and no-nonsense policy language. This appetite for transparency isn’t just a passing trend; it reflects a...
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    Sideline Conversions 22 December (some off-season news in briefs)

    • 21 Dec 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Club Rugby wishes everyone a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. This is probably our last article of the year, so after this we will see you on the other side! A few bits and pieces as the year winds down and the summer season kicks in. +++++ In the last tournament of the...
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    • 17 Dec 2025
    • Newtown Festival
    • Noise funk laser beam jam sandwich, experimental (mental) dog rock band. Hi we are Rugby. We have come out of the depths of Newtown with crash cymbals, jokes and coherent musical ideas. We love to play music and we love to have you listen to it. Dancing is optional but we’ll tickle you with the […]
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    Savea wins Kelvin R Tremain Memorial for the third time

    • 11 Dec 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Oriental-Rongotai loose forward Ardie Savea’s dominant performances across the rugby season have been reflected in the New Zealand Rugby Awards, with the 32-year-old acknowledged as the best player in the country in 2025 – for the third time. In the season where he brought up his 100th Test, Savea has been named as the Kelvin...
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    WRFU and Hurricanes part ways

    • 8 Dec 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Wellington Rugby Football Union and the Hurricanes have parted ways. The WRFU have sold their reported 50% share of the Hurricanes that they have owned since 2012 to new owners, NZ Sport Investment Limited (NZSI). NZSI is a joint venture between Malcolm Gillies and Summit Capital Limited, and has acquired WRFU’s 50% shareholding, with...
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