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• • Short Passes 30 November – rugby news and happenings

    • 29 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Two months on from club rugby Finals Day, but only three months before pre-season is in full swing!  Congratulations to Hawke’s Bay (Championship) and Tasman (Premiership) for winning this year’s National Provincial Championship titles. The 15s rugby season is just about over in New Zealand, with just this coming weekend’s match between the Maori...
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• • Members rally in difficult year

    • 28 Nov 2020
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • The annual report presented at the club's AGM on 26 November revealed strong member support in a tough year...
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• • Eight new caps in Māori All Blacks squad

    • 25 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Māori All Blacks Head Coach Clayton McMillan (Ngāi Te Rangi/Ngāi Tamawhariua/Te Rangaihouhiri) has named eight new caps in a 24-strong squad to prepare for a one-off match against Moana Pasifika in Hamilton. Hawke’s Bay and Highlanders hooker Ash Dixon (Ngāti Tahinga) will captain the side against Moana Pasifika on Saturday, 5 December, kick-off 7.05pm. The...
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• • Inaugural Moana Pasifika squad named to play Māori All Blacks

    • 24 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Tomasi Alosio in action in club rugby this year – one of six players in the 26-man Moana Pasifika squad not aligned with a Super Rugby team.  The Inaugural Moana Pasifika squad has been named to play Māori All Blacks. The colours of Pacific nations Fiji, Samoa and Tonga will come together under the...
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• • Short Passes 23 November (rugby news and happenings)

    • 22 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Salesi Rayasi continued his brilliant season for Auckland when he scored yet another try in the 23-18 win over Waikato in their Premiership semi-final on Saturday. He has now crossed the strip 14 times in 2020. The Auckland record is held by 1987 World Cup winning wing Terry Wright who scored 19 tries in 1984....
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• • Hurricanes sharing the Love

    • 20 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Hurricanes are sharing the Love – for the next three years. A year out of school, Love has been contracted to the Hurricanes for 2021, 2022 and 2023. Love joined Wellington from Palmerston North Boys’ High School in 2020, linking with the Wainuiomata club, making the following appearances: Date Competition Rnd Pos Team 1...
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• • Aisle be Back – No panicking after back-to-back losses

    • 20 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy They’re in those history books now, to borrow Jeff Wilson’s phrase after the 1996 toppling of the Boks in South Africa. Of course, the history is Argentina defeating the All Blacks for the first time. Which let’s face it, is overdue. They probably should have broken the duck at home during the...
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• • Incident on 14 November

    • 18 Nov 2020
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Marist St Pats is investigating an incident which occurred at a club sevens tournament at Maidstone Park...
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• • 2020 Billy Wallace Best & Fairest competition shared

    • 17 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • For the 10th time, the 2020 Billy Wallace Best & Fairest competition has been shared. Bruce Kauika-Petersen (Norths) and Sam Reid (Old Boys University) have been confirmed as joint winners on 14 points. Both players were tied heading into the September’s Jubilee Cup final between their two clubs, won 22-14 by OBU, but neither added...
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• • Lions close out season with win over Manawatu

    • 17 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • The Wellington Lions have ended their season with a 31 – 5 win over the Manawatu Turbos at Sky Stadium.  It means the premiership side finish their...
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• • 2020 Wellington Rugby Community Award Winners

    • 17 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
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• • Short Passes 16 November – happenings and news in briefs

    • 15 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Wellington Lions avoided relegation with a 31-5 win over Manawatu on Saturday. But a 5-5 record and sixth place finish in the seven-team Premiership represents a disappointing season. Reversing an extra time loss to Canterbury would have seen them in contention to win the title but ultimately periods of inconsistency were all too frequent....
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• • Norths and Ories win Wellington club sevens crowns

    • 14 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Northern United (Men’s) and Oriental-Rongotai (Women’s) are the 2020 Wellington club rugby sevens rugby champions. Both teams won their second consecutive tournaments this weekend at Maidstone Park to lift the trophies. Norths retained the American Ambassador’s Cup, while Ories won the Eleanor Roosevelt Cup. In repeats of last week’s opening leg finals, Norths beat Ories...
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• • Club sevens to be decided on Saturday

    • 13 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The second and final leg of the American Ambassador’s Sevens series is being played at Maidstone Park on Saturday. Play starts at 9.00am and continues on through the day with the Men’s Cup final and possible series decider at There are three more Men’s teams than last week and one fewer Women’s side, for a...
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• • Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Argentina and Super Rugby Trans-Tasman

    • 13 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy True to form, the All Blacks duffed the last Bledisloe of this year. The kings of the dead rubber, the Wallabies.  Now exactly what would that trophy look like? What I mean is let’s not engage in a giant pile-on after the fractious, disjointed performance that saw four cards, and a feisty...
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• • Lions team to face Manawatu at Sky Stadium named

    • 12 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • Wellington Lions head coach, Leo Crowley, has made a handful of changes to his side ahead of their clash against Manawatu at Sky Stadium. Saturday...
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• • Wellington Lions to meet Manawatu in final match of 2020 on Saturday

    • 11 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Peter Marriott and Steven White The Wellington Lions and the Manawatu Turbos resume their long-established rivalry after a two-year hiatus and contest the Coronation Cup when they meet on Saturday afternoon at Wellington Stadium. This fixture goes back to 1887 when Wellington enjoyed what was then a reasonably comfortable 11-0 victory. Prior to the...
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• • Girls Rippa Rugby win Regional Tournament

    • 11 Nov 2020
    • Newlands College
    • Congrats to our Junior Girls Rippa Rugby team who came together on the day under the coaching of Joe Gates and the management of Mr Ewens to win the Regional Tournament that took place last Thursday.
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• • Results – 2020 CSW Rugby League 9s tournament

    • 10 Nov 2020
    • College Sport Wellington
    • Please see the results below from the College Sport Wellington Rugby League 9s tournament played on Saturday at Naenae College.
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• • Paremata-Plimmerton RFC 2021 Coaching Vacancies

    • 10 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
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• • Lions defeated in Hawke’s Bay shield challenge

    • 9 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • The Wellington Lions have missed out on the Ranfurly Shield after suffering a 34 – 18 loss to Hawke’s Bay on Sunday. It’s the first time the Lions...
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• • Short Passes 9 November – some news and happenings in rugby

    • 8 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Luca Rees scores in the corner for Norths in their 43-0 semi-final win over Petone on Saturday. They were met with sterner opposition in Ories in the final, winning 15-14. Photo: Tom Minton. First edition: Just one more weekend of rugby in Wellington to bring the curtain down on a long, often stressful and bizarre...
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• • Norths and Ories win opening leg sevens tournaments

    • 7 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Northern United Men’s side and Oriental-Rongotai Women’s team were the winners of the opening leg of the American Ambassador’s Sevens tournament at Onepoto Park today. But only just. Both sides survived second half comebacks in their finals and won by a thread. Norths beat Oriental-Rongotai 15-14 in the Men’s final, hanging on with desperate...
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• • Wellington Lions named ahead of Ranfurly Shield clash

    • 7 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • The Wellington Lions have named a re-jigged backline ahead of this Sunday’s Ranfurly Shield challenge in Hawke’s Bay. It’s the first time the men...
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• • WRFU American Ambassadors Sevens Series - Tournament One

    • 6 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • The first tournament of the WRFU American Ambassadors Sevens Series kicks off this weekend on Saturday 7 November at Onepoto Park in Porirua. The...
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• • Draw – 2020 CSW Rugby League 9s tournament

    • 5 Nov 2020
    • College Sport Wellington
    • Please find the draw below for the 2020 CSW Rugby League 9s tournament to be held at Naenae College on Saturday 7th November. 2020 CSW Rugby League 9s tournament Draw - 2020 Rugby League 9s Tournament (v3) The post Draw – 2020 CSW Rugby League 9s tournament appeared first on College Sport Wellington.
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• • Aisle be Back: Bledisloe #4 in Brisbane

    • 5 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy He is of course one of those players who was marked down at an early stage as a potential Rolls Royce, but sadly with a Ford Escort engine.Let’s try this experiment. Treat Akira Ioane as if you’ve never seen him before, when he starts his first test this weekend in Brisbane. Akira...
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• • American Ambassador’s club sevens series underway

    • 5 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • A short, sharp sevens season in Wellington starts this Saturday at Onepoto Park, Titahi Bay, with the first tournament of the two-leg American Ambassador’s club series. Some 18 teams will descend on Onepoto Park for the opening tournament, with the second and final leg set to be contested at Maidstone Park the following Saturday. The...
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• • Finalists announced for 2020 Community Rugby Awards

    • 5 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • The finalists for the 2020 Wellington Rugby Football Union Community Rugby Awards have been announced. The awards, which will be held on Tuesday 17...
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• • Wellington Lions to play for Ranfurly Shield on Sunday

    • 4 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Ihaia West kicked four conversions when the Magpies beat the Lions 36-14 in their Ranfurly Shield defence in 2014.  This coming Sunday the Wellington Lions challenge for the Ranfurly Shield at McLean Park, Napier against home side and holders the Hawke’s Bay Magpies. Sunday’s Ranfurly Shield challenge will be the 99th match that Wellington has...
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