Rugby / March 2020
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Barrett sabbatical extended
- Wellington Club Weekly
- New Zealand Rugby has announced Beauden Barrett’s sabbatical will extend to 2030 in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. All Blacks coach Ian Foster confirmed the move as New Zealand enters another week of Level 4 lockdown. “Beaudie’s nursing a couple of niggles so we’re going to manage his minutes carefully. Player burnout is a...
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3G #10
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NZU Trip to Australia 1927
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- A programme from the 1927 NZU trip to Australia was recently published in Otago University’s ‘Blooz Nooz’ newsletter.
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Heartland Championship, National U19s and National 7s cut in 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- New Zealand Rugby media release: To help secure the future of the sport, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and Provincial Unions have today cancelled all provincial representative rugby tournaments below the National Provincial Championship Farah Palmer Cup.
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This week in club rugby history: 30 March – 5 April
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Try-time for Old Boys University against Northern United when they met last year. Norths went on to win the game with a last-gasp try (see below). Some highlights of what happened this week in history in Wellington club rugby. 30 March 2019: Livewire Northern United first five-eighth Esi Komaisavai intercepts a pass in general play...
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Club Rugby second round matches in photos
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Johnsonville’s Kane Le’aupepe and Wellington’s Vaea Fifita clash in the lineout in their 2015 second round Swindale Shield match. Wellington won 17-12 for the Mick Kenny Memorial Cup. Ordinarily, the second round of the 2020 Swindale Shield would have been played this Saturday. These are not ordinary times and hopefully this disruption is...
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A message from your Chairman
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Chairman Rob Evans shares an update on the state of affairs as we all cope with the uncertainty created by Covid-19...
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Staying in touch during the lockdown
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- So its come to this….
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3G #9
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This Week in club rugby history: 23-29 March
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Referee Gordon doles out a yellow card to a Poneke player in their 35-35 draw with the Upper Hutt Rams in the opening round of 2015 at Trentham Memorial Park. Plus some highlights from last week: 17 MARCH 2018: Defending Swindale Shield and Jubilee Cup champions Old Boys University send out an ominous warning to all...
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NEW ZEALAND RUGBY UPDATE ON RUGBY IN NEW ZEALAND
- Wellington Club Weekly
- NEW ZEALAND RUGBY UPDATE ON RUGBY IN NEW ZEALAND Following the New Zealand Government’s lifting of the coronavirus alert status to level 3, all rugby in New Zealand will be suspended for the foreseeable future. SANZAAR, New Zealand Rugby (NZR), New Zealand’s Super Rugby Clubs and the New Zealand Rugby Players Association (NZRPA) had been...
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Short Passes 23 March (and some Covid-19 updates)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- On Sunday, New Zealand Rugby formalised the decision of most rugby unions to postpone all coach and referee related courses, including RugbySmart and Small Blacks, as well as cancelling all clubs, schools and referee associations cancel all team and group-based rugby trainings. This position is to stay in effect until Saturday 18 April, or...
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What Covid-19 means for MSP
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- The Covid-19 pandemic is having many impacts on our community. These are the key messages relating to Marist St Pats...
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Swindale Shield opening weekends in photos
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: HOBM lock Jeremy Thrush scoring one of his two tries in the Eagles’ 29-6 win over the Wests Roosters in the opening round of the the 2008 Swindale Shield at neutral Porirua Park. The opening round of the 2020 Swindale Shield was scheduled to be played this weekend. Covid-19 has forced the competition’s...
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Facelift for the clubrooms
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- There has been a lot of activity at the clubrooms over the summer as we prepare for the upcoming season...
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Status Update to Clubs – Community Rugby Postponement
- Wellington Club Weekly
- WELLINGTON RUGBY Due to the ongoing safety concerns regarding the Covid-19 outbreak, Wellington Rugby regret to advise that ALL community rugby has been suspended for four weeks, effective immediately. This means the postponement of the start of the club rugby season this Saturday 21 March, with all club rugby now re-scheduled to begin on Saturday...
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School leavers to watch in 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Fulltime in last season’s Wellington First XV final, won by Scots College. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian, Steven White and Scott MacLean Remarkably the 2019 Hurricanes Under 18 squad featured nine players from Scots College and just a single boy from traditional powerhouses Wellington College and St Patrick’s College, Silverstream. What does...
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3G #8
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Redbull Forceback Nationals 2020
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- By Montana Heslop When I reflect on the inaugural RedBull Forceback Nationals I get an overwhelming sense of excitement.
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Letica Cup weekend
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Massey preseason fixture match summary
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- Pre kickoff It was a hot sunny day in Palmerston North for the annual fixtures between OBU and Massey University.
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Meet some new players
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Over the past few days on social media we've been profiling some of the new players who have joined MSP over the summer...
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Covid-19 update
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- Wellington Rugby has provided an update to all clubs relating to the current Coronavirus pandemic...
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Short Passes 16 March
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Try time for MSP against Ories on Saturday in their pre-season fixture at Rongotai College. PHOTO: Tom Minton. More photos HERE It’s the opening week of the club rugby season. Or is it? The Covid-19 outbreak has seen events in the sporting world move quickly in the past week, with major leagues suspending their...
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Hurricanes v Chiefs Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Devan Flanders made his first start in a match for the Hurricanes on Friday against the Chiefs. He is the 45th different player to start at flanker. More stats from this match below. By Peter Marriott Hurricanes v Chiefs: Won 27-24 The Hurricanes 19th win against the Chiefs equals their record for the most...
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Some players to watch in club rugby this year
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean, Adam Julian and Steven White One of the great things about club rugby is that every year some players break out and create a reputation and put themselves into the major representative picture. We’ve chosen a player from each of the 14 clubs who we think can do that in 2020...
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Introducing Matt Dobbyn
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- Among the young talent that has joined Marist St Pats over the summer is versatile hooker Matt Dobbyn from Hamilton...
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Final weekend of pre-season preparations
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It’s the final weekend of pre-season preparations for Premier teams, with several inter-club matches taking place as well as some internal camps at home venues. What Wellington’s Premier clubs are playing or doing this weekend at a glance: Avalon v Poneke at Ian Galloway Park, 2.30pm Hutt Old Boys Marist v Masterton Marist (Wai-Bush) at...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes see Red and Coles back for Chiefs
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy I’ve got to call it Twelve Angry Men. No not the 1950s classic about a jury locked up with Henry Fonda who finally decide to go along with him because they can’t stand being locked up any longer with Henry Fonda. The 12 of course were those left standing at the end...
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Junior Rugby – Key dates for the 2020 season
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- #image_1732590499 { width: 100%; } #image_1092996528 { width: 100%; } #image_980144940 { width: 61%; } Here are the key dates for the OBU Kids rugby 2020 season.
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3G Goats Gone Grazing 2020 #7
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Short Passes 9 March
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Moment of impact. The Hurricanes missed out to the Blues 15-24 on Saturday night, ending the match with 12 players. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. Hutt Old Boys Marist were run down by hosts Napier Old Boys Marist in the final of the Spillane tournament on Sunday. HOBM gave away a 19-point lead to lose...
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Nelson defeat Axemen in 150th pre-season match, HOBM in Spillane final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wellington Axemen flanker Gabriel Wilson crosses in the corner just before halftime in the match at Hataitai Park. UPDATED: The visiting Nelson RFC side beat the Wellington Axemen today in their 150th anniversary pre-season clash at Hataitai Park this afternoon. See below for our match report of this game. Elsewhere in Wellington, the Poneke...
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Red and White Line Fever Club
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Get behind our teams and get into the game with our new 'Red and White Line Fever Club'...
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Inter provincial club rugby pre-season matches including Spillane this Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Two weeks to go. The countdown is on to the start of the start of the Wellington, Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu Premier club rugby seasons on Saturday 21 March. Many clubs throughout the Hurricanes region and lower North Island are in action this weekend against opposition from outside their region. Top billing is the Wellington...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes to host the Blues, the coronavirus and the rugby roadshow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy It’s not hard to imagine the Canes are quite happy for the Blues to be catching all the headlines right now. The Aucklanders of course nailed two from two on the road to the Republic. That’s not something to take lightly. Of course the hype machine has kicked into life, and a...
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Axemen to have a Crack at Nelson in special sesquicentennial clash
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Isaac Bracewell gets a pass way in club rugby last year. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. By Adam Julian “It’s pretty big, a reenactment of the first game, there’s a lot of history behind it,” Isaac Bracewell enthused ahead of the special fixture between the Wellington Football Club and the Nelson Rugby Club. Both outfits celebrate...
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OBU Kids Open Days
- Old Boys - University Rugby Club
- Boyd-Wilson Field: Saturday 21 March 3pm to 4pm Saturday 28 March 3pm to 4pm Saturday 4 April 10am to 11am OBU Kids rugby will be having open days at Boyd-Wilson field on Saturday 21 March and 28 March between 3pm and 4p and on Saturday 4 April at 10am to 11am.
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Fundraiser for Wellington College 1st XV Argentina Tour
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- Come and join the Ambassador of the Argentine Republic who will talk about his country, find out about the itinerary for the April tour and see a demonstration of the Argentinian Tango! A ticket gets you a ‘pint and a BBQ’.
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3G Goats Gone Grazing 2020 #6
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Hurricanes v Sunwolves Stat Attack, plus Perenara closing in on try scoring record
- Wellington Club Weekly
- TJ Perenara – one try away from equalling Christian Cullen as the Hurricanes’ most prolific try-scorer. See below for the team’s all time top 10 leading try scorers. Photo: Peter McDonald. By Peter Marriott The Hurricanes won 62-15. The Hurricanes have now won all four of their Super Rugby matches played against the Sunwolves. The Hurricanes...
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