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• • Women in Rugby week to kick off with Gala Day

    • 6 May 2021
    • Wellington Rugby Football Union
    • This coming weekend begins an important week on the club rugby calendar, the Women in Rugby week. Running from May 8-15, the week is designed to help...
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• • Increase in team numbers for start of school rugby season

    • 5 May 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Wellington College and St Pat’s Silverstream teams after last year’s U15 final. Wellington College retained their title with a 45-32 win. PHOTO: Andy McArthur.  By Scott MacLean Has the slow demise of school rugby been overstated? Numbers might still be well down on where they were a decade ago, but the positive signs are...
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• • Stat Attack: Hurricanes (42) v Highlanders (22)

    • 5 May 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Hurricanes 22nd victory against the Highlanders last Friday is a new record for the number of times they have beaten another Super Rugby side: Previously the record was shared with the Chiefs whom the Hurricanes have beaten 21 times. By Peter Marriott The Hurricanes concluded their Super Rugby Aotearoa campaign last weekend against the...
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• • Foxton Waka Ama Hui

    • 5 May 2021
    • Hoe Tonga Pacifica Waka Ama Association
    • Date: Wednesday 12th May 2021 Time: 7pm Venue: Foxton Rugby Clubrooms We are looking forward to meeting with those in Foxton or the surrounding areas interested in establishing a waka ama club in this community. Information will be given on … Continue reading →
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• • Johnsonville players bringing Irish flavour to Wellington club rugby competition

    • 4 May 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White. Photos by Natural Light Photography Co.  A month into the 2021 Wellington club rugby season and the Johnsonville Hawks have equalled their win tally from last year and had two close losses. Johnsonville’s Irish players Mark Sutton and Niall Delahunt are both back for second seasons at the club and have started...
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• • Past club rugby matches in photos. #004: marist st pat’s v poneke 2015

    • 3 May 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. A convincing win to Marist St Pat’s over Poneke in the ‘Battle of Kilbirnie’ in their third round Swindale Shield fixture in April 2015 at Kilbirnie Park. On a blustery afternoon, Marist St Pat’s fought hard for...
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• • St Bernard’s set pace in Lower Hutt First XV rugby

    • 3 May 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian The Secondary School rugby season gets really serious at the beginning of Term Two with grading games kicking off this Saturday. Today in idyllic, autumnal conditions, Hutt Valley High School (HVHS) played host to St Bernard’s College in the Challenge Cup, an annual traditional fixture which dates back to 1966. St Bernard’s...
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• • $500 cash winner for April

    • 3 May 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • April's monthly $500 cash draw for our 500 Club members has been made and the winner announced...
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• • Bond Banter 3 May (NEWS IN BRIEFS AND SOME RUGBY INFORMATION TO START THE WEEK)

    • 2 May 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Time flies when you are having [rugby] fun. After a long lead-in, we are already a month in to the club rugby season in Wellington, while teams are preparing for the second rounds in both Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu Premier competitions. It keeps getting better. This Saturday marks the start of the school grading season,...
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• • MSP and OBU unbeaten teams after opening month of Premier club rugby

    • 1 May 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Martyn Bridge and Adam Julian.  Results & Standings HERE Defending Swindale Shield champions Marist St Pat’s and last year’s championship winners Old Boys University are the two teams unbeaten after four weeks of the 2021 Wellington club rugby season. Both were comfortable winners in round four this afternoon, played around...
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• • Horan-Millar Trophy retained

    • 1 May 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Our Premier Men have beaten Poneke by 45-8 to retain the Horan-Millar Trophy and stay unbeaten in the Swindale Shield...
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• • WELLINGTON CLUB RUGBY SCORING UPDATES 1 May

    • 30 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • For scoring updates for round three of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 1 May see below.
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• • St Kent’s hold off Scots to retain Presbyterian Cup

    • 30 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian Saint Kentigern College successfully retained the Presbyterian Cup quadrangular tournament title for the fifth consecutive year, defeating host school Scots College 30-22 in the final on Friday. The Auckland visitors led from start to finish but were challenged by Scots on numerous occasions throughout the match. St Kent’s opened the scoring in...
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• • Club rugby competitions heating up in week four matches

    • 30 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Swindale Shield is set to reach new heights in round four, with a series of big games around the region. Tawa head up the motorway to play Paremata-Plimmerton, while Wainuiomata are back at home hosting the Upper Hutt Rams. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean  Draws & Results are HERE Another busy and full...
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• • Aisle be Back: Plenty of silver but a pretty murky lake

    • 29 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy  Plenty of silver but a pretty murky lake. That’s how the latest round of the sale of a slice the national game played out on Thursday. As expected, the provincial unions have lined up behind a sale of 12.5 per cent of a new entity to giant US equity giant Silver Lake....
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• • The Cambridge & the App!

    • 29 Apr 2021
    • Old Boys - University Rugby Club
    • Do the App and get the Treats! This year we have a new deal with the company that runs the Cambridge.
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• • Back home to tame the Wolves!

    • 29 Apr 2021
    • Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
    • Welcome to another JRFC update.
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• • Sharp Axe: Burchett is back

    • 29 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Ranui Burchett dives over to score his try against Wainuiomata in week two. PHOTO: Brad Roberts By Adam Julian Wellington Axemen co-captain Ranui Burchett will receive his blazer this Saturday for reaching the milestone of 50 games for the Premiers. He has also featured in a number of reserve fixtures. The robust second-five has endured...
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• • Scots and St Kent’s to contest Presbyterian Quad final after opening day wins.

    • 28 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Scots College fullback Edoardo Payano makes an incisive first half break in his team’s Presbyterian Cup opening day win over Lindisfarne College.  By Adam Julian Hosts Scots College (Wellington) and four-time defending champions Saint Kentigern College (Auckland) will contest the annual Presbyterian Quadrangular tournament final after the first day of matches in Strathmore. On Friday...
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• • Nemani Waka - Rest in Peace

    • 28 Apr 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Marist St Pats is deeply saddened to hear news of Nemani Waka's passing in France after a battle with cancer...
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• • Vale Nemani Waka

    • 28 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Nemani Waka playing for Wests against Norths in 2011. PHOTO: Chainsaw Photos.
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• • Marist St Pat’s and Poneke to celebrate 100 years of rugby rivalry

    • 27 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Saturday’s match for the Horan-Millar Trophy will mark 100 year’s since the first meeting at Senior A/Premier level between Marist and Poneke. By Alistair Garvie and Tim Donoghue A century of rugby rivalry between two Eastern Suburbs rugby clubs – Marist-St Pat’s and Poneke – will be celebrated at Evans Bay Park this Saturday, kick-off...
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• • Past club rugby matches in photos: 003: HOBM v Wainuiomata 2013

    • 27 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. Over a year before the two clubs would meet in the Jubilee Cup final at the same venue, Hutt Old Boys Marist defeated Wainuiomata 23-19 in a gripping Jubilee Cup round-robin fixture on 15 June 2013. HOBM...
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• • We want your feedback

    • 27 Apr 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • Help us learn about what we do well, what we can do better and what we need to change for another 50 years of success...
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• • 100 years of Marist v Poneke

    • 26 Apr 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • A century of Marist and Poneke rugby rivalry will be celebrated at Evans Bay Park this Saturday, 1 May...
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• • Bond Banter 26 April (NEWS IN BRIEFS and some rugby information to start the week)

    • 25 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • A bright sunshine day on Saturday, with spectators on the far side of Kilbirinie Park shielding their eyes from the big yellow ball in the sky. Here’s hoping the pleasant weather hangs around for a bit longer, before winter rugby kicks in!  Welcome to week four of the Wellington club rugby competition. Just five sleeps...
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• • Five teams still unbeaten after three rounds of Wellington Premier club rugby

    • 24 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian and Martyn Bridge. Five teams entered the third round of the Swindale Shield with unbeaten records, and those five remained unbeaten after a day of club rugby played in almost perfect conditions throughout the Wellington region. On either side of Evans Bay, Marist St Pat’s and Old Boys-University...
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• • Five wins on ANZAC weekend

    • 24 Apr 2021
    • Marist St Pats Rugby
    • On a balmy autumn afternoon in Wellington, Marist St Pats had five wins from our six teams in action...
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• • Wellington club rugby scoring updates 24 April

    • 23 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • For scoring updates for round three of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 24 April see below.
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• • Simply Insane – St Bede’s College stun Stream in a wild traditional.

    • 23 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • St Bede’s cross the tryline late in the first half in their late win over St Pat’s Silverstream on Friday.  By Adam Julian Take a deep breath. Don’t interrupt. Even the driest description of St Bede’s 39-37 victory over St Patrick’s College, Silverstream this afternoon is likely to elicit strong emotions. With 15 minutes remaining,...
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