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- Club and College Finals and Representative rugby all on the schedule this weekend
  - 14 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Above: The Wairarapa-Bush and Wellington Māori teams in the thick of the action last weekend. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. Wairarapa-Bush are away to play Poverty Bay in their Heartland Championship season opener, while the Māori are at Rugby League Park to meet the Wellington Centurions. More below. By Scott MacLean The path is clear for a...
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- Cripples Team List for their Finals
  - 14 Aug 2026
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  - Cripples Team List for their Finals
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- Pōneke And Johnsonville teams to meet in Reserve Grade decider on Saturday
  - 13 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - By Steven White The last club final of the year could be one of the most fervently supported and hotly contested of the season. The Pōneke Ruffnuts and the Johnsonville Cripples meet at Kilbirnie Park to decide this year’s Reserve Grade Division 1 John Davies Cup champion. There have been 11 editions of the John...
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- Aisle be Back: The Trek Continues
  - 13 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - By Kevin McCarthy There’s a prediction tool out there where you have a go at selecting the next All Blacks team. It’s actually quite revealing when you consider who you would pick, for the last real build-up game before the first test. It’s then you notice that having 40 players to choose from (in theory)...
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- Venasio Situlia-Tuifao
  - 13 Aug 2026
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  - Rest in Love and Peace Venasio Situlia-Tuifao
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- St Mary’s and Taita Colleges contest drawn Schoolgirls Premier 1 final
  - 12 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - It’s an 11-peat of titles for the St Mary’s College First XV, but this one will be shared. St Mary’s, winners of the Wellington schoolgirls title every year since 2015, and Taita College contested a thrilling 27-27 draw in the final on Wednesday night at Porirua Park. St Mary’s now go on to play Manukura...
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- Familiar foes Wellington College and St Patrick’s Silverstream clash in Sunday’s Premiership final at Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua
  - 12 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur Wellington College and St Pat’s Silverstream meet on Sunday at Porirua Park in the 2026 Wellington First XV Premiership final. Since the Premiership began in 1979, both schools have won it 23 times. The final started in 1993 with a 20-20 draw between Bishop Viard College and Hutt...
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- FINALS !!! The mighty Cripples are in the FINALS !!!
  - 11 Aug 2026
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  - Finals time for our mighty Cripples. Be there on Saturday 15 August 2026 for a slightly earlier start of 2:30pm.
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- Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 137: Ken Gray (Paremata-Plimmerton and Petone)
  - 11 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - One of the giants of Wellington rugby. Ken Gray rose to become a leading figure in Petone, Wellington and All Blacks rugby. “A great forward,” wrote doyen Sir T.P. McLean. “Durable, vigorous, relentless, pursuing, and supremely intelligent.” Gray has strong ties to both the Paremata-Plimmerton and Petone clubs, having played all his top club rugby...
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- NPC Number Crunching: Wellington v Auckland
  - 11 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Captain Caleb Delany trucks it up against Hawke’s Bay in their first match. The Stat Attack by compiled by Peter Marriot continues for this year’s 50th National Provincial Championship competition. The second one from the match against Auckland is below. The Lions meet North Harbour in their third round fixture and 526th NPC battle overall at Wellington...
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- Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wellington Centurions (50) v Whanganui (28)
  - 10 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - The two teams met at Cooks Gardens, Whanganui, in their annual Heartland Championship pre-season fixture. In fine conditions, the Centurions won 50-28, after leading 22-14 at halftime. They won eight tries to four. This was the Centurions’ sixth straight win over Whanganui. Match highlights here: The Centurions made a fast start, with early tries to...
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- Sideline Conversions 10 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)
  - 9 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Above: Thumbs up to Ma’a Nonu, who will wear the #23 jersey for the Sharks against the All Blacks on Wednesday at 5.00am at Durban. Monday morning edition (updates expected): It’s school finals week in Wellington, with the schoolgirls finals at Porirua Park on Wednesday evening, Premier 2 and lower grade boys college finals at...
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- College Finalists found, MSP Internationals win Reserve Grade Division 2 title, Centurions win at Whanganui
  - 8 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Wellington College were pushed hard by Rathkeale College in their Premiership First XV final today. They will meet St Pat’s Silverstream in next week’s final. More below. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian Wellington College and St Pat’s Silverstream will meet in next weekend’s Premiership final at Porirua Park following...
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- College semi-finals, U85kg and Reserve Grade club rugby, representative games this Saturday
  - 7 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Above: Action from the Wellington Centurions v Whanganui match last year, with the Centurions winning 41-0 at the Hutt Rec. The two sides meet at Cooks Gardens tomorrow in the Centurions’ first game of the year and Whanganui’s last before the Heartland Championship gets underway next weekend. Photo: Kinetic Images. By Scott MacLean & Steven...
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- Aisle be Back: What Goes On Tour
  - 6 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - By Kevin McCarthy If you don’t understand the fuss over the All Blacks ending a 30-year touring drought, you are certainly in a minority, or under 30. Perhaps it would be useful to do this little thought experiment. How much do you remember about the Bledisloe in 2014, or the Rugby Championship in 2017. I’d wager...
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- Cripples Team List for their Semi-final this Saturday 8 August 2026
  - 6 Aug 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - Cripples Team List for their Semi-final this Saturday 8 August 2026
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- Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 136: Clarrie Gibbons
  - 5 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Clarrie Gibbons was synonymous with rugby in Wellington for many years Gibbons was a player in Wellington in the early 1930s, then a Wellington A selector and coach in the 1950s and 1960s and later an administrator and WRFU Chairman between 1964-68 and NZRU President in 1967. As well as rugby, Gibbons was a track...
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- Du’Plessis Kirifi: The Selfless Seven Come 12
  - 5 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Du’Plessis Kirifi packs down with the Wellington Lions scrum in their season opener this past Sunday. This week he makes a move to the midfield. By Steven White Being the consummate professional, Du’Plessis Kirifi is channeling any disappointment at not being with the All Blacks in South Africa by focusing on the Wellington Lions for...
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- Semi-Finals time at Helston Park, Saturday 8 August 2026!!
  - 5 Aug 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - The mighty Cripples are hosting OBU in the Wellington Reserves Grade Semi-Finals this Saturday 8 August 2026 at Helston Park at 2:45pm.
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- NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Hawke’s Bay
  - 4 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - The Stat Attack by compiled by Peter Marriot continues for this year’s 50th National Provincial Championship competition. The first one from the match against Hawke’s Bay is below. Round 1 v Hawke’s Bay: Lost 33-52 The Wellington Lions began the 51st season of NPC rugby (renamed Hilux NPC this year) with a loss: the 16th...
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- Matchday scoring highlights: Horowhenua-Kapiti (73) v Te Ūpoko O Te Ika – Wellington Māori Rugby (31)
  - 3 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - The two teams met at Porirua Park on Saturday in fine but breezy conditions, in their opening fixtures of the 2026 representative rugby season. Players in both sides were coming off hard-fought, committed campaigns with their club teams spread throughout the Wellington and Horowhenua-Kapiti competitions. Horowhenua-Kapiti made a bright and breezy start to the game...
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- Sideline Conversions 3 August (some rugby news and information to start the new rugby week)
  - 2 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - The National U85kgs Knockout Cup is underway, with Paremata-Plimmerton advancing to the second round with their win over Wellington. They play Eastbourne this week in one of two games in Wellington. Monday morning edition – updates expected later on: It’s semi-finals and finals this coming Saturday in the Reserve Grade, semi-finals in college rugby and...
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- Petone and OBU win Colts titles as college semi-finals confirmed
  - 1 Aug 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Petone captain Junior Tupou scores one of this two tries as MSP’S Bentley Faulkner tries to stop him in today’s Colts Division 1 final. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean The party continues at Petone this weekend, with their Colts side crowned Division 1 John E Kelly Cup champions this afternoon with...
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- Club, college and representative rugby all being played this weekend
  - 31 Jul 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Action from last week’s Colts semi-finals semi-final between Poneke and Norths. Poneke are back at home tomorrow hosting Old Boys University in the Division 2 decider. Photo: Bob O’Neill. By Scott MacLean & Steven White It’s the club rugby Colts finals, the start of the National U85kg Knockout Cup competition, Reserve Grade quarter-finals and Presidents...
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- Wellington club rugby 1 August – links to live streams and scoring
  - 31 Jul 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 1 August – Colts finals) WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores for Colts, U85kg Knockout Cup and Reserve Grade and get results off the WRFU site at: https://www.
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- Back with Iron – Cam Ferreira on Jim Brown Medal win
  - 30 Jul 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - Above: Number one – fulltime in the Jubilee Cup and Petone halfback Cam Ferreira celebrates victory, alongside lock Archie Schrader and No. 8 and captain Connor Tuifao who both also had big games. By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur When Cam Ferreira slipped a disc in his lower back on June 13 during Petone’s...
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- 1841 Bar 15th Birthday Celebration this Saturday
  - 30 Jul 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - 1841 Bar 15th Birthday Celebration this Saturday
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- Wellington Referees Awards Evening
  - 30 Jul 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - Wellington Referees Awards Evening - Saturday 22 August 2026
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- Premier Coach for 2027
  - 30 Jul 2026
  - Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
  - We're looking for a Premiers Coach for 2027.
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- MSP and Petone meeting in Colts Division 1 decider this Saturday
  - 30 Jul 2026
  - Wellington Club Weekly
  - By Steven White A week after Marist St Pat’s beat Petone 17-13 the MSP and Petone Colts team do it all again this Saturday in the season decider, only this time in MSP territory at Evans Bay Park by virtue of that win. The standings heading into this straight final saw MSP finish on 20...
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