Rugby / August 2014
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U85 kg Finals both thrillers as representative games yield contrasting results
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Tawa Titans clearing the danger close to their line once more in today's U85 kg Division 1 final at Evans Bay Park Today's two Wellington club rugby U85 kg championship grade finals went down to the wire, while the Wellington Pride lost emphatically to the Otago Spirit and the Wellington U19s thrashed their Bay of Plenty counterparts in two representative matches today.
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Wins for Wellington Maori and Wellington City in Festival matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington Maori won the inaugural Festival competition by beating the Wellington Samoans and winning their third straight game and Wellington City defeated Wellington Suburbs in today's two matches at Hataitai Park.
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Scots College create further rugby history, into National Top 4
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The outstanding season continues.
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Hurricanes region secondary schools finals tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Scots College will be celebrating a spot in the National Top 4 tournament in Rotorua should they overcome Palmerston North Boys' High School tomorrow.
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U85 kg club finals, Festival matches and Women’s NPC tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Close quarter action from the MSP Blues -Tawa Titans clash earlier in the season.
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From the NPC archives: Wellington v Manawatu 1981
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Wellington Lions team photo in 1981.
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Tawa's Tolu Fahamokioa making his mark in ITM Cup rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Tolu Fahamokioa takes on Manawatu's Chris Eves in a recent pre-season match at the Hutt Recreation Ground.
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Simpkins relishing New Zealand Sevens Opportunity
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wellington Pride fullback and now fulltime New Zealand Sevens player Kat Simpkins recently presenting medals at the Wellington Secondary Schools Division 2 Finals at Te Whaea The Women's NPC kicked off last weekend, but a first choice player who will be missing from the Wellington Pride's line-up when they host the Otago Spirit in their first home game this Saturday at the Petone Recreation Ground is the side's regular fullback from recent seasons, Kat Simpkins. Instead, Wellington's only New Zealand Sevens contracted player, Simpkins, has her sights set on the upcoming second Women's World Cup Sevens series and possibly a berth in the 2016 Olympic Games squad...
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Banquet of representative rugby coming up
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Action from the Hurricanes U20s final last year in Palmerston North.
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Tawa College, Poneke and the Upper Hutt Rams win college and club finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Tawa College First XV celebrating winning the Wellington secondary school Premier 2 title today, beating Wairarapa College 15-11.
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Wairarapa-Tawa Colleges game top billing in College Finals Day
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Defending Premier 2 champions and undefeated Wairarapa College should be well supported again in their Murray Jensen Cup final against Tawa College tomorrow afternoon at St Pat's Silverstream.
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Club and Festival rugby to continue tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Action from the Wellington Maori v Wellington City match last Saturday.
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Plenty of Hurricanes region age-group rugby coming up
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wellington's Henry Stowers makes his presence felt in last year's Hurricanes Youth Council U18 final in Palmerston North against Hawke's Bay.
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The Northland Taniwha: A tough opponent to crack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Underneath a pile of bodies is John Schwalger, who has just scored the winning try in Wellington's 31-28 win over Northland in 2010.
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The All Black Dirt-Trackers XV
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Tom Ellison's picture hangs proudly on the Poneke FC clubrooms staircase wall.
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Wellington club players in ITM Cup and Heartland Championship rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Southland Stag and Hurricane Cardiff Vaega crashing in to Tawa's James So'oialo, who came off the bench for the Wellington Lions against Waikato on Saturday and whose brother Steven is assistant coach of Horowhenua -Kapiti in this year's Heartland Championship getting underway this weekend.
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Entries now open for the third Auckland 7s
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Action from the Auckland 7s last year.
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Wins for Petone, Ories, HOBM and OBU in club rugby finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above:Petone celebrating their hard-fought 9-6 Senior 1 final victory over Poneke today.
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Wellington Festival matches get underway in Porirua Park sunshine
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Halftime in the Wellington Samoans and Suburbs match at Porirua Park today The first two matches of the WRFU Festival of Rugby got underway at Porirua Park with Wellington Maori side beating Wellington City 37-31 and Wellington Suburbs beating Wellington Samoans 22-14.
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Battle of the Bridge at Ngatitoa Domain this Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Teariki Kie Tonga (Paremata) and Tane McMillan-Parata (Plimmerton).
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Rugby Festival matches at Porirua Park tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wellington Maori No.
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15 August 1959: The day they packed Athletic Park
- Wellington Club Weekly
- They came in their droves.
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Women’s, Senior 1 and Senior 2 club rugby finals on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Finals football continues around the club rugby fields of Wellington on Saturday, with the Victoria Tavern Trophy Women's, Ed Chaney Cup Senior 1 and HD Morgan Memorial Cup Senior 2 finals being played.
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Leni Apisai: Youngest in the Pride
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Young Lion Leni Apisai playing for Northern United recently in their Hardham Cup semi-final against Avalon.
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Wellington club rugby team profile: Petone Brotherhood
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Petone Brotherhood team earlier this season celebrating a 62-0 win over the Johnsonville Cripples.
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Hewson reflects on Ranfurly Shield win
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wellington's five All Blacks, from left to right Stu Wilson, Allan Hewson, Murray Mexted, Jamie Salmon and Bernie Fraser, emerge on to the tarmac with the Ranfurly Shield after their 22-4 win over Waikato.
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10 magic seasons in Wellington representative rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Victor Vito holds the Ranfurly Shield aloft at the start of the street parade that welcomed the victorious Lions home in 2008 after they had beaten Auckland 27-0.
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Shields to captain Wellington Lions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington Lions head coach Chris Boyd has named his 2014 squad ahead of the team's first home match against Waikato this weekend.
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Scots College make Rugby history
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Scots College first five-eighth TJ Va'a is hoisted aloft by his supporters at the end of the match.
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Keenly contested Women’s and lower grade semi-finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wainuiomata No.
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A conservative and cautious approach is required to concussion
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Force wing Dane Haylett-Pretty is tested for concussion during a Super Rugby match at Westpac Stadium a few years ago.
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Club Rugby Semi-finals continue this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Tawa's Ed Chaney Cup captain Toa Madar making a break against Petone in their match several weeks ago.
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Silverstream and Scots both hungry for Premier 1 title
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: St Pat's Silverstream left wing Salesi Rayasi scoring one of his four tries when these two sides met in a thriller in round-robin play.
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Wellington club rugby team profile: Tawa Titans
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington's club rugby competitions continue until the end of August.
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Billy Wallace competition Team of the Season
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Vaea Fifita on the burst for the Wellington Axemen against MSP B in a recent Hardham Cup match.
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Clinical Old Boys University defend Colts title
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above OBU Green celebrate their Colts Division 1 final win today at the Hutt Recreation Ground It's a three-peat for Old Boys University Green.
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Hutt Old Boys Marist victorious in winning Jubilee Cup
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: HOBM wing Fereti Soloa leaps for joy as the Risdon brothers embrace - straight after HOBM had defeated Wainuiomata to win the Jubilee Cup final 14-11.
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Outstanding Poneke defence seals Hardham Cup win
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Poneke celebrating their 19-9 win today under the stand at the Hutt Rec.
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Northern United and Ories to host Women's Semi-finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Ories left wing Jane Bryce scores her 24th try of the season today against OBU.
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St. Pats Silverstream and Scots College to meet in First XV final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Scots College centre Malo Tuitama about to break the line and score a try with his first touch of the ball this afternoon in his side's semi-final win over St Pat's Town.
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Club rugby spectacle set for Sunday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The stakes will be high at Hutt Rec this Sunday, as six club rugby finalists dig deep to ensure the prized silverware ends up in their clubrooms.
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Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup finals preview
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Lower Hutt - Wainuiomata friendships and family ties will be temporarily cast aside on Sunday afternoon as the two sides on either side of the hill go head to head to decide the 2014 Jubilee Cup.
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