Rugby / May 2022
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Galu Taufale driving Poneke towards the top
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Much of this conversation with Galu Taufale was made in last week’s episode of the Huddy Hui, link to it in full below. This time last year Poneke was struggling, consigned to the Hardham Cup. What a difference a year makes. Having won that Premier 2 final in 2021, Poneke are now...
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Tawa v Upper Hutt Rams Swindale Shield match highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa beat the Upper Hutt Rams 23-14 in their ninth round Swindale Shield match at Lyndhurst Park on Saturday 28 May 2022. The Rams scored the game’s first try, but Tawa came back to win three tries to two. Results & Standings from this round: http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/games-results.php?competition=1&season=19&round=9 Some scoring highlights from this fixture below: Teams...
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Tawa v Ories Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield match highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa won the Premier 2 Division 1 Harper Lock Shield competition with a week to spare on Saturday, beating Oriental-Rongotai 38-22 at Lynshurst Park. Tawa took a 28-3 lead into halftime and then extended this to 33-3. Ories came roaring back to score three great tries, but Tawa had enough points in the bank to...
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This week in club rugby history: 30 May – 5 June
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The late Misiluni Moananu packs down against his former Poneke teammates with Vaea Fifita and the Wellington Axemen in their 22-15 win over Poneke this week in 2015, to give them a berth in the upcoming Jubilee Cup round. This week is traditionally one of the busiest weeks in rugby in the Wellington region. Up...
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The Monday Wrap 30 May (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- HOBM Eagles fullback Zane Ainslie sets sail against Poneke on Saturday. Poneke won 29-25. PHOTO: Caroline Lewis. Breakfast edition: Another kind afternoon weather-wise for rugby this Saturday just gone, but unfortunately we could be in for a bout of angry weather. Wednesday is not looking good and Saturday not much better HERE (this can change,...
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Premier Men beat OBU
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- With co-captain James Tuiatua playing his 100th Premier game, the Red Machine roared into life on Old Timers Day...
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Tight wins for MSP and Poneke as Petone stay on top of Swindale Shield
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Marist St Pat’s centre Isaia Petelo makes a break in his side’s 48-38 Old Timers’ Day win over Old Boys University. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Adam Julian, Martyn Bridge and Scott MacLean. The race for upcoming championship Jubilee Cup places tightened up this afternoon following a hotly contested ninth round set of Swindale...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 28 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is Round NINE of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The opening weekend of the second round Women’s competition (Division 1) and second weekend of the Division 2 competition takes place. WRFU Women’s Premier The ninth round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is being played today, with all scheduled matches kicking off at...
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Competition contenders set to shine in round nine
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean and Steven White Draws & Teamlists HERE Midday edition: It’s all systems go tomorrow in the last weekend of May with the start of the college rugby competitions and the start of the second round Division 1 Women’s competition after a misfire last weekend, and all other club rugby competitions in full...
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Rugby – Boys 1stXV Preview
- College Sport Wellington
- Story courtesy of College Sport Media In the past five years St Patrick’s College, Silverstream and Scots College are the only teams to have won the Premier I final. If the 2021 decider is anything to go by it’s little wonder why. A breathtaking spectacle resulted in a 36-36 draw and a shared championship. […] The post Rugby – Boys 1stXV Preview appeared first on College Sport Wellington.
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Force
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy I’m having some elective surgery today. Will go well I am sure. Then again, I might wake up 28 days from now, and there’s a zombie apocalypse, and no-one can tell me how Super Rugby went. Life wouldn’t be worth living. Or I wake up 28 days from now, and there’s no...
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Sam Green: from Billygoat to Killer Hawk
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Try scorer Jacob Walmsley has a snooze, whilst teammates including Sam Green (left) celebrate his clutch try against Marist St Pat’s on Saturday. Photo: Natural Light Photography. By Adam Julian “I wasn’t going to play at all this year. I was tired and needed a new challenge,” Johnsonville loose forward Sam Green admitted of his...
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CSW Round up – Wellington College/ St Pat’s Town exchange, Beard Trophy & More
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- Wellington College completed a clean sweep of victories in their annual exchange with St Pat’s Town on Wednesday, with a 4-3 win in the football, a 29-21 win in the rugby and a 101-64 victory in the basketball.
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2022 Wellington First XV competition preview
- Wellington Club Weekly
- St Pat’s Silverstream and Scots College drew 36-36 in the final last year. By Adam Julian The following preview has been published at College Sport Wellington in the first instance, and is being re-posted here with permission. Story written prior to Wednesday’s Wellington College versus St Pat’s Town opener, won by Wellington College 29-21. In...
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Wellington College win St Pat’s Town Traditional and competition opener
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington College after their win over St Pat’s Town, their 82nd win in this match that started in 1885. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Ian Knightly Wellington College have opened the 2022 Wellington First XV Premier One season with a 29-21 win over St Pat’s Town in sunny conditions at home this afternoon....
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Pioneers of rugby in Wellington: 014 G.C. Fache
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The first Branch of the New Zealand Referee’s Association (as it was then called) was established in Nelson in May 1894. This was closely followed by Marlborough and then by Wellington, on 25 May of that year. The Empire City branch became known as the “Wellington Referee’s Association,” and an early Chairman of the...
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Hurricanes v Rebels Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes earned a runaway 45-22 win over the Rebels in their latest match in Sydney on Saturday night. Some facts and figures from the game below, by Peter Marriott. Round 14 v Rebels: Won 45-22 The Hurricanes and the Rebels have now met 10 times since 2011. The Rebels won the first-ever encounter while...
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Johnsonville v MSP match scoring highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Johnsonville beat Marist St Pat’s 36-33 in their eighth round Swindale Shield match at Helston Park on Saturday. Results & Standings from this round: http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/games-results.php?competition=1&season=19&round=8 Some scoring highlights from this fixture below:
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Colts building into season
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- The 2022 team unites players from 13 high school's across the country who have found their home at Marist St Pats...
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MSP Colts v Johnsonville Colts scoring highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A high scoring free-wheeling Wellington club rugby Colts competition clash at Helston Park on Saturday. MSP raced to an early lead and were ahead 40-19 at halftime. The points continued and 17 tries were scored. MSP 74-29. Results & Standings from this round: http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/games-results.php?competition=41&season=19&round=4 Some scoring highlights from this fixture below:
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The Monday Wrap 23 May (some rugby news to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Action from the Polo Ground, with the clubrooms as the backdrop. PHOTO: David Brownlie. Morning edition: Work commences tomorrow on a significant upgrade of Polo No.1 drainage and turf. A comprehensive drainage system is being installed then the field is being re-sown and with a state-of-the-art seeding system being used Polo No.1 will be...
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Close wins for Poneke, Norths, Johnsonville, Pare-Plim in eighth round matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Results and scoring (as received) HERE Petone are still the 2022 Swindale Shield leaders, but they lost their first match of the season today, going down 28-21 to Poneke in their F.J. Tilyard Shield fixture on Poneke’s Old Timers’ Day. Poneke replacement loose forward Connor Strang (pictured below) scored a late try and first five...
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Intls and Netball still unbeaten
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- The 'Internationals' and Netball sides remain unbeaten on the season while our Colts also had a large win...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 21 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is Round EIGHT of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The opening weekend of the second round Women’s competition sees just the two Division 2 Izzy Ford Cup matches contested, whilst the two Division 1 games are deferred to next weekend. WRFU Women’s Premier The eighth round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is...
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Versatile Easthope in demand
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- Story courtesy of College Sport Media.
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Tornado of rugby expected in Wellington region tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean & Steven White Draws & Teamlists as received HERE Friday lunchtime edition: It’s a thunder and lightning, tornados and hail kind of day throughout the lower North Island this Friday. Friendlier conditions are forecast for Saturday and the stage is set for a big round of club and college rugby. It’s also...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Rebels
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes are awaiting clearance for lift-off when they host the Rebels this Saturday at Wellington Stadium, kick-off 7.05pm. By Kevin McCarthy I’m surprised the Wellington region’s infamous water piping didn’t explode on Saturday night at halftime. The collective dunny flushing from fans would have been spectacular. Did the trick though. You could say the...
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F.J.Tilyard Shield – Poneke v Petone last 10 years of visual and media highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The F.J. Tilyard Shield between Poneke and Petone is being played this coming Saturday. A look at each of the past 10 Tilyard Shield matches in photos and videos. Poneke hosts Petone this coming Saturday at Kilbirnie Park at 2.45pm. About the F.J Tilyard Shield below (credit Poneke FC social media): 2012: Petone wins 21-13...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 013 Thomas Hunter
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The rugby loving professor By the turn of the twentieth century, Wellington was a fast-growing city and was established as New Zealand’s political and administrative capital. Sport and recreation grew with it and there were some 20 active rugby clubs in Wellington, and more being formed. Many would fall by the wayside or amalgamate with...
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The Best Of The Hutt Valley High School First XV
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hutt Valley High School (HVHS) opened in 1926. The First XV rugby team has fashioned a reputation for playing quality rugby. Its true numbers have plummeted at times and results have been unsatisfactory. However, HVHS is responsible for producing some of the finest schoolboy teams and players in the Capital. This overview is a summation...
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Draws made for 2022 National Provincial Championship, Farah Palmer Cup and Heartland competitions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- New Zealand Rugby has announced the 2022 schedules for the Farah Palmer Cup and National Provincial Championship. The Farah Palmer Cup (FPC) again kicks off earlier than the National Provincial Championship (NPC), as it did in 2021 to avoid clashing with the Rugby World Cup that will be held in New Zealand later this year....
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Northern United v Tawa Scoring Highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Northern United beat Tawa 36-24 in their seventh round Swindale Shield fixture at Jerry Collins Stadium, Porirua, on 14 May. This was also for the Sammy Saili Memorial Trophy, and it was also on Norths’ Old Timers’ Day. Norths leapt ahead 14-0 midway through the first half, going on to lead 17-5 at halftime and...
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Hurricanes v Waratahs Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes earned a late 22-18 win over the Waratahs in their latest match in Sydney on Saturday night. Some facts and figures from the game below, by Peter Marriott. Round 13 v Waratahs: Won 22-18 This was the 25th meeting between the Hurricanes and the Waratahs. The Hurricanes have won 15 times to the...
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Norths Women’s v Ories Women’s Match Highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Northern United hosted Oriental-Rongotai in the seventh round of the 2022 Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy competition. Norths won 29-17. Their four-try bonus point and no points for Ories meant these two sides, plus Marist St Pat’s finished the first round all square on 30 points. Ories won the title on the tiebreaker. Some scoring highlights from this...
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The Monday Wrap 16 May (some rugby news to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wet weather hit Wellington club rugby on Saturday for the first time this season. Wainuiomata’s bench watch on at Maidstone Park as their side fights hard for a 23-22 win over the Upper Hutt Rams. PHOTO: Peter Mcdonald. Morning edition (expected updates and new entries to come): Roll on rugby. Another jam-packed Saturday coming...
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Blackburn on McBain Miracle
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Scoring highlights of the 2022 McBain Shield by Mike Lewis Pictures. Full match video at https://mlpictures.co.nz/videos/ By Adam Julian Sam Blackburn was largely surplus to requirements in yesterday’s McBain Shield. The Petone winger came on the field in the 55th minute and didn’t touch the ball until the very end of the match. His...
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Top finish for Premier Women
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- Our Premier Women have completed the Rebecca Liua'ana Trophy round in equal first place after winning 6 of 7 games...
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Petone win seventh straight after McBain miracle
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White and Adam Julian Petone are the outright leaders of the Swindale Shield regardless of any pending catch-up games, winning their seventh straight match in a dramatic fixture for the McBain Shield against Hutt Old Boys Marist this afternoon. Petone never led until the 84th minute, and when the winning moment arrived it...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 14 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is Round SEVEN of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The seventh and deciding round of the Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy is being played today, with Norths hosting Ories in the feature match at Porirua Park. WRFU Women’s Premier The seventh round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is being played today, with all...
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More big matches as Swindale Shield passes halfway mark
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean & Steven White Draws & Teamlists as received HERE It’s the halfway point of the Swindale Shield and the annual McBain Shield match tomorrow between Petone and Hutt Old Boys Marist is also a top of the table clash. The ‘McBain’ is only one of seven massive fixtures coming up tomorrow: two...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Waratahs
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy Coming into the last leg, and it’s always a case of whose got fuel in the tank. On that score at least, the Hurricanes are handily placed to move up the ladder. Last weekend’s demolition of the Fijian Drua – who flattered to underwhelm and then underwhelmed a bit more as well...
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McBain Shield last 10 years in photo and video highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The McBain Shield between Petone and Hutt Old Boys Marist has been contested every year since 1934. A look at each of the past 10 McBain Shield matches in photos and videos. Petone hosts HOBM this coming Saturday at the Petone Rec at 2.45pm. 2012: HOBM wins 43-21 HOBM wing Tupeni Kamakorewa steaming in for...
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Tobacco Smoke and Beer Fumes” – a jolly good wheeze
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The two Juno Shields, won by Melrose (left) and Petone (right) over a century ago, as three-time winners of the Wellington Club Rugby Championship. Read more below. By Touchline The tradition that a sporting trophy becomes the permanent property of the winner when it is won three times in succession (or five times at...
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Moorby flourishing at the Hurricanes
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Josh Moorby playing for the Upper Hutt Rams a fortnight ago. He scored a try in a 21-21 draw with Johnsonville. By Adam Julian Josh Moorby has been turning heads with his startling form for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby. On Sunday the fullback scored three tries in the record 67-5 win against Fijian Drua...
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Hurricanes v Fijian Drua Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: TJ Perenara leads the Hurricanes out on Sunday Perenara in a Hurricanes record 62nd Super Rugby match at the Westpac/Sky Stadium. By Peter Marriott Round 12 v Fijian Drua: Won 67-5 The Fijian Drua is in its first year of Super Rugby and is the 19th different franchise the Hurricanes have played against. Of...
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2022 Wellington Māori squad and itinerary revealed
- Wellington Club Weekly
- An initial 2022 Wellington Māori (Te Upoko O Te Ika Wellington) squad has been released this week by head coach Justin Wilson ahead of their campaign in August and September. See below for details.
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 012 Mot Welch
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Welch family football team in 1892. Mot Welch is standing on the right with the cane and listed as the line umpire. Perhaps he was injured at the time and was on touch judge duties? Maurice ‘Mot’ Welch was one of four brothers who in 1888 founded the Taita club, changing their name to...
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Paremata-Plimmerton v Old Boys University match highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Old Boys University beat Paremata-Plimmerton 32-30 in their sixth round Swindale Shield encounter at Ngatitoa Domain on Saturday. Some scoring highlights from this fixture below: Results and standings HERE This coming weekend in round SEVEN, OBU are Ories away at the Polo Ground and Paremata-Plimmerton are playing the Wellington Axemen at home. Teamlists below:
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Wellington College v Gisborne Boys’ High School match highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Gisborne Boys’ High School beat Wellington College 33-24 in their pre-season Hurricanes First XV Festival fixture at Porirua Park on Saturday. Scoring highlights from that match here. The run of play saw Gisborne lead 12-0 late in the first half, before Wellington College scored on halftime to make it 12-5. Wellington College scored next to...
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Dawn Patelesio reflects on 300-game career
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: When Dawn Patelesio played her 300th match for Northern United (Dawn top centre above the balloons). PHOTO: Norths Facebook. By Adam Julian The article below was written for New Zealand Rugby last week, reproduced here with permission. The Wellington senior women’s club rugby competition officially began in 1990 and a personality who loomed large...
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The Monday Wrap 9 May (some rugby news to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Monday morning edition: It’s the halfway point of Wellington’s Swindale Shield competition, and the competition remains wide open with several teams still harbouring designs on winning the title. Some big matches coming up for these contenders to cement their claims, not least the annual McBain Shield, this coming Saturday between Petone and Hutt Old Boys...
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Petone stay top, late wins for Poneke and Norths in Swindale Shield matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Martyn Bridge and Adam Julian Petone remain unbeaten with six straight wins to start the 2022 Swindale Shield season after a tightly contested set of matches played around the region in fine, breezy conditions. In the feature match on Old Timers’ Day at the Petone Rec, the home side beat Marist St...
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Tough day at Petone Rec
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- It was a tough day for all our teams playing at Petone Rec, with the exception of our Premier Women who had a good win...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 7 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is Round SIX of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The sixth round of the Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy is being played today, with all four scheduled matches kicking off at 11.30am. at the Petone Recreation Ground. WRFU Women’s Premier The sixth round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is being played today, with...
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All Blacks tickets available
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Club rugby contenders looking to stay in the mix in round six
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean and Steven White Draws & Teamlists HERE Several teams are hoping to propel themselves into contention as the sixth round of 13 of the Swindale Shield takes place throughout the Wellington region tomorrow. It is also the sixth round of Premier Women’s matches, and they have their Gala Day at the Petone...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Fijian Drua
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy I’m tempted to say we’re now playing to finish 7th in Super Rugby. That’s probably a round too early to make a definitive call. But at 5 and 5 in the wins and losses, the Hurricanes are tracking for a poor season. Sixth place is feasible, I’m just not sure that’s going...
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New Rules for Rugby Union 2022
- College Sport Wellington
- There have been 10 law & rules changes made by World Rugby and NZ Rugby for 2022 and onwards.
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Daniel Mangin to referee 100th Premier match on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Few referees in the Wellington Rugby Referees Association (WRRA) get to earn their blazers. The bar is set high at 100 Premier club rugby games, and on Saturday Daniel Mangin will reach that milestone in the Jimmy Grbirch Memorial Shield match between Poneke and Oriental-Rongotai at Kilbirnie Park. Speaking with the Huddy Hui on Wednesday...
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$500 cash winner for April
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- Congratluations to Glenn Stewart is the 13th winner of the $500 monthly cash draw for April's 500 Club members...
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Higgins set for Hurricanes debut against Fijian Drua
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Riley Higgins makes a break for Petone in a recent club rugby match against Ories. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. A likely debut off the bench for Petone’s Riley Higgins and the return of Poneke’s Dane Coles alongside him on the pine are two features of the Hurricanes side that has been named on Thursday morning to...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 011 Alfred Newman
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Profiling many of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. Known as the “Little Doctor,” Dr Alfred Kingcome Newman did big things for rugby and sport and in public life in Wellington over four decades. Newman was...
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100 for Dan the Man
- Wellington Rugby Referees Association
- With game #100 this weekend, a good place to start might be your first Premier game. What can you remember of it? It was all the way back in 2014 on the last round of the Swindale Shield at Helston Park between Johnsonville and Petone. I was also likely enough...
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A century of games for Paremata-Plimmerton good reward for James Corcoran
- Wellington Club Weekly
- James Corcoran (centre, headband) rallying his troops in a Swindale Shield match last year. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Head north, young man. That is what Paremata-Plimmerton captain and lock James ‘Smokey’ Corcoran did at the start of 2016, and this coming Saturday he is in line to play his 100th Premier match for...
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Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Hurricanes v Brumbies Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Peter Marriott. The Hurricanes dipped out to the horsemen from Australia on Sunday. Some fact and figures from that game below. Round 11 v Brumbies: Lost 25-42 This was the 28th meeting between the Hurricanes and the Brumbies. The Hurricanes have won 12 times to the Brumbies 16. To date there have been no...
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Swindale or Swindell?
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Touchline As previously recounted by Touchline, the “Swindale Shield”, donated to Wellington Rugby by Willis Street publican Joseph Swindale 112 years ago (a physically slight man described by the military as having grey eyes and a “ruddy complexion”), is a trophy which (while keenly contested today), commemorates the name of a donor who (other...
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OBU Billygoats v Poneke match highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Old Boys University hosted Poneke in the fifth round of the 2022 Swindale Shield competition. Poneke led 10-7 at halftime, but Old Boys University overran them in the second half. Some scoring highlights from this fixture below: Results and standings HERE This coming weekend in round SIX, OBU are playing Paremata-Plimmerton away at Ngatitoa Domain...
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Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New Zealand Rugby Records Parts 1-3 1870-1891 published
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Since 1935 the Rugby Almanack has been the annual, official, exhaustive record of rugby in New Zealand. The first official game of rugby in New Zealand was played on May 14, 1870 when Nelson Club beat Nelson College 2-0 at the Botanical Gardens. The first New Zealand representative team was selected in 1884. Legendary tours...
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Norths Women’s v Petone Ponies Match Highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Northern United hosted the Petone Ponies in the fifth round of the 2022 Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy competition. Norths opened up a 32-12 halftime lead before going on win 42-12. Some scoring highlights from this fixture below: Results and standings HERE This coming weekend in round SIX, Norths are scheduled to play Wainuiomata and Petone play...
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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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The Monday Wrap 2 May (some news in briefs to start the week in rugby)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Monday morning edition: The busiest weekend to date in 2022 is coming right up. Some big Swindale Shield clashes at both ends of the table, the WRFU Women’s Gala Day, the first of two rounds of the Hurricanes First XV Festival and opening weekend college grading rounds, the Hurricanes playing in Wellington on Sunday and...
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Near perfect weekend
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Saturday marked the first full round of rugby with all grades playing; the results were near perfect for Marist St Pats...
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