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• • All Blacks Sevens squad wins Bula Fiji 7s but Whanganui Fijians impress

    • 22 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Player of the Tournament Timoci Serawalu scores in the corner for the Whanganui Fijians in the first match of the morning against the New Zealand national squad. The two teams also met in the last game of the day almost 12 hours later in the Cup Final. The Ignite NZ Sevens team, also known as...
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• • Learning our new club haka

    • 21 Jan 2022
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Our players are learning our new club haka under the direction of Norm Broughton. All club whānau are welcome to join us...
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• • Inaugural Bula 7s tournament at Porirua Park on Saturday

    • 19 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • After a long break from rugby in the capital and many parts of the country, a red-hot sevens rugby injection comes to Porirua Park this Saturday with the inaugural Bula 7s tournament. Rugby-starved fully vaccinated supporters can roll up to Porirua Park from early in the morning to later in the evening to see no...
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• • OBU Club Day 2022

    • 19 Jan 2022
    • Old Boys - University Rugby Club
    • Nau mai, haere mai to our 2022 OBU Club Day! We welcome all OBU community members, volunteers and those that would like to be onboard the Waka for the 2022 season. Where: Cambridge Hotel When: Jan 29th 2022 Start: 10.30am #Oneherd #OBU2022 #Goats #Impalas The post OBU Club Day 2022 appeared first on OBU Rugby.
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• • Join the '500 Club' this season

    • 17 Jan 2022
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Marist St Pats is inviting members to join the 'Marist St Pats 500 Club' in 2022; benefits include entry into the $500 cash draw...
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• • Anne Gordon - Rest in peace

    • 15 Jan 2022
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • The Marist St Pats family is saddened to share news of the passing of much loved Club member Mrs Anne Gordon...
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• • Wellington goes Solo in 2022 All Black Sevens Squad

    • 13 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Roderick Solo on debut for Oriental-Rongotai in the 2020 Swindale Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. Oriental-Rongotai’s Roderick Solo is a new face in the All Blacks Sevens squad for 2022. The fleet-footed former Scots College flyer is one of five new faces in this year’s national men’s sevens set-up. Solo joins Leroy Carter (Bay of...
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• • Nominations for Office Holders

    • 12 Jan 2022
    • Old Boys - University Rugby Club
    • In accordance with Section 12 (a) of the Constitution of WCOB & VUW RFC Inc, nominations are hereby called for Office Holders for the 2022 season, effective from the 31st Annual General Meeting, to be held Thursday 24 February 2022.
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• • Ina Hansen Makes Queen’s New Year Honours List

    • 10 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • Ina Hansen, former Vice President of Wellington Rugby Football Union, has been recognised in the 2022 New Year Honours list, being awarded the Queen’s...
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• • Dave Meaclem – Educator, Laugher, Champion

    • 6 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian  Dave Meaclem, cheerful stalwart of Oriental Rongotai, Scots College and Rongotai College rugby, passed away on Thursday morning after an arduous battle with cancer. The vice president of Wellington Rugby was 60-years old. Whether drinking at a flashy do, spinning yarns with businessmen in Corporate Cabs or guiding a young man from...
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• • Remains of the day

    • 3 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: “Barney” Ronaldson seated on the ground at bottom right in the Greytown team photo of 1884. By Touchline An unplanned walk among the derelict tombstones of the “public” section of Wellington’s Karori Cemetery on New Year’s Day caused Touchline to muse that the pride of society in its history can perhaps be seen in...
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• • Burning Questions 2022

    • 2 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Tawa RFC celebrates with the Jubilee Cup last season at the Hutt Rec, after beating Marist St Pat’s in the final. Can both these teams rise to the top again in 2022? Photo: Andy McArthur. Happy New Year and welcome to a new season of rugby. As always, we kick the year off with...
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• • Merry Christmas from Club Rugby

    • 22 Dec 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Club Rugby wishes the rugby community a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Here’s hoping we can put the recent difficult season – actually two seasons – behind us and start anew with a bumper 2022 season that is unhindered by lockdowns or meltdowns of the non-sporting variety. Club Rugby wishes to thank all...
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• • Reading, Research and Rugby: Clive Akers for Steinlager Salver?

    • 21 Dec 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian  There’s a chance that when avid readers of rugby open their Christmas presents (another book), the author could be Clive Akers. Editor of the Rugby Almanack since 1994, Clive is the author of seven major rugby history books, notably including Monro: The Life and Times of the Man who gave Rugby to...
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• • WRFU Join Forces with ETCO to Aid Player Personal Development

    • 20 Dec 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union have joined forces with ETCO [The Electrical Training Company], New Zealand’s leading provider of electrical...
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• • President's Christmas reflections

    • 15 Dec 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Incoming President John Holden reflects on the value of sport in shaping good character and good citizens...
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• • Wellington Rugby Awards

    • 15 Dec 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Keelan Whitman and Valini Vaka were recognised at the annual Wellington Rugby Awards announced this week...
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• • Club and college players to need vaccination certificate in 2022

    • 13 Dec 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Papers please. Club and college rugby players will need a Covid vaccination certificate to play in competitions from next year. Under the Government and Sport New Zealand’s Covid-19 Protection Framework, gatherings in the Red traffic light setting which do not use Covid-19 Vaccination Certificates are limited to 25 people. In the Red setting, 15-a-side rugby...
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• • Beer with an All Black: Ian Kirkpatrick

    • 11 Dec 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Ian Kirkpatrick playing against the British & Irish Lions in 1971. This photo and photo below from NZ Weekly News magazines in 1971. By Adam Julian Patron of New Zealand Rugby, Member of the Order of the British Empire, 2003 inductee to the World Rugby Hall of Fame and his name enshrined upon the...
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• • Statement on Sevens case

    • 7 Dec 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Marist St Pats has released a statement in response to court proceedings that were publicised on Stuff today...
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• • $500 cash winner for November

    • 2 Dec 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Each month, our 500 Club members enter a draw for $500 cash. The winner for November has been drawn...
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• • Operating at the JRFC under the Covid-19 Protection Framework

    • 1 Dec 2021
    • Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
    • From 3 December 2021 we transition into the Covid-19 Protection Framework. The Wellington region will go into the 'ORANGE' light...
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• • Requiem Mass for Barrie Smith

    • 30 Nov 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • The Marist St Pats family farewelled Barrie Smith at a Requiem Mass at St Patrick's Church, Kilbirnie this morning...
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• • Countdown underway to the start of the 2022 Swindale Shield

    • 29 Nov 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Rugby begins anew in 2022. And it all starts with the Swindale Shield Premier club rugby competition, which kicks off on Saturday 2 April. The only traffic lights supporters need to consider on that afternoon are the ones on the road transporting them to the grounds. First round matches at a glance are scheduled as...
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• • John Spillane - Life Member

    • 29 Nov 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Marist St Pats legend, John Spillane, was awarded Life Membership at Marist St Pats during our 51st Annual General Meeting...
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• • Positive direction set for 2022

    • 29 Nov 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • At our 51st Annual General Meeting our members were updated on numerous initiatives that the club has underway...
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• • Bond Banter 29 November (Some rugby news and happenings to start the new week)

    • 28 Nov 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Glory days. Wainuiomata v Upper Hutt 2007. Home side Upper Hutt won this late April clash in the wet at Maidstone Park 19-17.  Morning edition: It is just about the the end of the line as far as rugby goes for 2021. There is a match this coming weekend in Taupo between the NZ Heartland...
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• • 2022 WRFU Swindale Shield Draw Confirmed

    • 26 Nov 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • Wellington's 2022 Swindale Shield draw will shape up as a real test for the union's 14 Premier clubs when the rugby season kicks off on 2 April with a...
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• • 2022 Swindale Shield draw released

    • 25 Nov 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • See the 2022 Swindale Shield draw below – a commentary story to follow.
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• • Aisle be Back: much to ponder in the off-season

    • 25 Nov 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • A break for everyone coming up, before pre-season community and Hurricanes rugby in the New Year. By Kevin McCarthy Nearly 80 years ago, on World War II’s Eastern Front, there was a battle fought at a place called Kursk. Nazi Germany had been dealt a major defeat a few months earlier in the depths of...
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