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New players to feature in Super Rugby squads in 2025
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes have nine new signings in their 38-player squad, some of whom could also be in line to make their Swindale Shield debuts next season. The full squad, as released this morning, is listed below. There are 12 Wellington players in the Hurricanes squad, these being: Asafo Aumua (Avalon), TJ Clarke (Petone) Caleb Delany...
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Paremata-Plimmerton and Petone Wellington club sevens champions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White. Photos by Andy McArthur. Paremata-Plimmerton (men’s) and Petone (women’s) are the 2024 Wellington club rugby sevens champions. Both clubs defended their titles that they won last year at the same venue as then at Trentham Memorial Park. Paremata-Plimmerton retained the American Ambassador’s Trophy, while Petone have stored away the Eleonor Roosevelt Cup...
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Clarke, Kriletich, Su’a-Smith win Best & Fairest Awards
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Paremata-Plimmerton’s Sam Clarke, Marist St Pats’ Milan Kriletich, and Petone’s Keira Su’a-Smith took home the feature club awards from last night’s Wellington Rugby awards. Clarke and Kriletich were joint-winners of the mens Billy Wallace crown, while Su’a-Smith was the outright winner of the women’s Erin Rush Trophy. Clarke and Kriletich each tallied 19 points across...
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Tjay Clarke on the rise for Wellington Lions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tjay Clarke in action for Petone against Ories earlier this season. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White Is Tjay Clarke currently the biggest over-achiever in the Wellington rugby? We ask that question in a positive way – the current Lions wing and fullback with the cool head, booming left boot and a steely eye for...
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MANUKURA beat St Mary’s in Hurricanes final to retain Rex Kerr Cup and return to Top Four
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur For the fourth consecutive year in the Hurricanes Region Schoolgirls’ Final, Manawatu champions MANUKURA have beaten St Mary’s College. They won today’s final 22-10 in fine, breezy conditions at the Petone Recreation Ground. Left wing Tayleh Seng scored the first and last tries for MANUKURA as they completed...
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Sideline Conversions 26 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A colossal week of rugby for Wellington and lower North Island teams, as the action continues to come thick and fast. The midweek rugby sees the St Mary’s College and Manukura teams meet in the Hurricanes schoolgirls Rex Kerr Cup final. This is set down for the Petone Rec at 1.30pm on Wednesday. The winner...
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Harry Irving and OBU preparing for Jubilee Cup final on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Harry Irving on the attack against Petone earlier this season. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Most players go through their careers without winning a Jubilee Cup even if they are of rare quality and durability. Jason Goble played 275 games for Avalon and never contested a decider. Similarly, Paul Hakaraia made 255 starts for...
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Matchday Ed Chaney Cup semi-final scoring highlights: Tawa (33) v Petone (21)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met at Lyndhurst Park on Saturday in their Premier 2, Division 1 semi-final. Conditions were wet but still and not cold. Tawa made a rocking start to the match, racing to a 20-0 lead. They then kicked their second penalty to go 23-0 up. Petone lost a player to the sin-bin but...
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Brett Manaia and Eagles ready for Jubilee Cup playoffs
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Brett Manaia with ball in hand in his 100th Premier game recently against Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White The Manaia surname has been a near-constant entry on Hutt Old Boys Marist teamlists for well over a decade. Three of the four Manaia brothers out of St Bernard’s College have appeared in HOBM Premier...
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Colts quarterfinal match highlights: Tawa (26) v Petone (17)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met at the Petone Rec on Saturday in their Colts quarter-final. There could only be one winner to progress through to this coming week’s semi-finals and this proved to be Tawa. They came back from 12-5 down at halftime and then 17-5 behind early in the second half to win 26-17. The...
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Sideline Conversions 15 July (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- There was no pot of gold at the bottom of the rainbow on Saturday at the Petone Rec for the home team. Photo: Andy McArthur. Monday morning edition (updates expected): Then there were eight. All four of this coming Saturday’s four Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup semi-finals could go either way, making for a mouthwatering...
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Ories and OBU win epic Jubilee Cup battles to progress to semi-finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jonty Bird scores a converted try for Ories at the death to lock it up at 20-20 at the Petone Rec. The two teams played 20 minutes of extra time, but the deadlock remained and Ories were the winners because they scored more tries than Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean &...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 078: Roy White
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Flanker Roy Maxwell White was Wellington’s first post second world war captain, an All Black and later a Wellington selector and leading administrator at his Petone club. White was Wellington’s captain between 1945-48 and he played 10 games and four tests for the All Blacks in 1946-47. He played 67 first class games, spanning 1939-52....
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Matchday scoring highlights: Ed Chaney Cup OBU (33) v Petone (30)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two sides met at Rugby League Park on Saturday in the opening match of the 2024 Ed Chaney Cup second round Premier 2 competition. This was a ‘top 4’ match, between OBU (seeded first) and Petone (fourth), with the winner earning this coming weekend off and the vanquished playing again this Saturday. OBU first...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 077: Des O’Donnell
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In 1939 St Patrick’s College Rugby Football Club (Old Boys Section) finished equal last in the Wellington club rugby Senior A Championship. Ten years and a world war later they were champions. St Pat’s Old Boys shared the 1949 Jubilee Cup with Petone, a year after the Marist Brothers Old Boys club had won their...
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First round silverware and seedings for championship round decided this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Poneke teams are at home at Kilbirnie Park to host Petone and Hutt Old Boys Marist are away at Miramar to play Oriental-Rongotai By Scott MacLean Version 1 preview below. Tawa and the Wellington Axemen meet this afternoon at Lyndhurst Park, so this preview and the results page will be updated accordingly later this...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 29 June
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It’s week 13 of the 2024 Wellington club rugby season today. Today’s the day when the first round Premier, Premier 2 and U85kg champions will be found. It is likely that Old Boys University teams will win both the Swindale Shield and Harper Lock Shield competitions, but waiting in the wings are Petone (to share...
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Petone win Women’s title after 100-minute final, Swindale Shield to be decided next week
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone with the first round Division 1 Tia Paasi Memorial Trophy after today’s extra-time final at William Jones Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian. The Petone Ponies and Oriental-Rongotai drew 24-24 at the end of 100 minutes of today’s Division 1 Tia Paasi Memorial Cup final, but Petone was...
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Referees: Records, Reflections, Milestones
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The criteria to receive a blazer for refereeing milestones from the Wellington Referees Association has been changed from 100 premier games to 50 premier games. Ben Van Berkel, who lobbied for the change, was the first to receive his blazer under the 50-game criteria after Petone played Johnsonville on April 27. Van Berkel had officiated...
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OBU hold off Ories, Petone win McBain to stay in contention as top eight decided
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Villami Fine crosses for his try in Petone’s emphatic McBain Shield win over Hutt Old Boys Marist today.
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McBain Shield top billing in clutch Swindale Shield eleventh round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Big games tomorrow for both Poneke and Oriental-Rongotai, with the former away to play Johnsonville and the latter at home at the Polo Ground hosting Swindale Shield frontrunners Old Boys University. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean and Steven White The annual McBain Shield (since 1934) between Petone and Hutt Old Boys Marist is the...
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Premiers fall short at Petone
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Our Premiers have come up short in their Swindale Shield match against Petone, going down by 31-37...
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OBU on top in Swindale Shield, Petone and HOBM keep pace as Axemen break 43-match losing run
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Old Boys University centre Fuka Paongo on his way to scoring one second half try and helping set up another in his team’s big win over Paremata-Plimmerton in perfect conditions this afternoon. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian The Swindale Shield is Old Boys University’s to lose of the final three weeks. They...
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Sieni Uluulu a strong force behind Petone Ponies this season
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Sieni Uluulu crosses for Petone against Wainuiomata in their recent match at William Jones Park. By Adam Julian. Photos by Andy McArthur. The Petone women are on a roll. Unblemished in 2024 the Ponies have won 16 of their last 19 matches since the start of 2023 – twice capturing Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy first-round honours. Sieni...
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Highly competitive round of club and college rugby in store for tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Neither Ories or Petone will be going to ground tomorrow – both are in the eastern suburbs tomorrow, with Ories hosting Norths at home on their Old Timers’ Day and Petone playing Wellington on their ODT. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean Another busy day of club and community rugby tomorrow, with the Wellington Premier,...
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Clutch matches as midpoint of first round reached
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone return home tomorrow to host Oriental-Rongotai on their Old Timers’ Day, while Northern United are back at Porirua Park to play Poneke tomorrow. By Scott MacLean & Steven White This Saturday marks the midpoint of the first round club rugby competitions in Wellington, and with it a series of important matches for many teams....
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Hauiti-Parapara to play 100th match on Tawa’s Old Timers’ Day
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Kemara Hauiti-Parapara gets a pass away for Tawa in their Jubilee Cup playoff match against Petone last July. On Saturday he plays his 100th match for Tawa. By Steven White On Saturday, Wellington Lions halfback and two-time Jubilee Cup winner Kemara Hauiti-Parapara will run out to play his 100th Premier cub match for Tawa on...
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Mid-table teams battling to stay in the mix in round six
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Norths will be chasing a win over Petone tomorrow, while Paremata-Plimmerton are heading into town to play Poneke. By Scott MacLean and Steven White It’s been a highly competitive season to date, not least in the Swindale Shield where the battle to make the ‘top 8’ and challenge for championship glory is already intensifying. With...
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The ‘JLo Show’ Reaches 200
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jason Love entering William Jones Park with his young family in support to play his 200th match for Wainuiomata this past Saturday against Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Jason Love (Te Āti Awa/Ngāti Poro) is an unapologetic original. So, when the veteran Wainuiomata rugby player was asked to describe himself, he invented his...
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OBU and HOBM joint leaders after rollicking day of club rugby in the sunshine
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone were too good for home side Wainuiomata on Old Timers’ Day at William Jones Park this afternoon.
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