Rugby / September 2024
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Premier Men's coaches named
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- Marist St Pats is excited to announce our new Premier Men’s coaching team for the 2025 season...
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Wellington Lions v Counties Manukau Stat Attack
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- The Wellington Lions fell to Counties Manukau in their eighth round NPC match played at Pukekohe on Friday night. Some facts and figures from this game, by Peter Marriott. Round 8 v Counties Manukau: Lost 12-51 The Wellington Lions have now played Counties Manukau 38 times in NPC rugby. The Lions have won 23 times...
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Sideline Conversions 30 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- One of the more impressive trophies of the year is on the line this week, the Don Broughton Shield for the winner of the Hurricanes U16s tournament that is being this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Levin. After calling it this time last week (and then an extra U18s match popped up on the schedule)...
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Comeback wins for Wellington Samoa U18s and Wairarapa-bush as Horowhenua-Kapiti well beaten
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- There was 70 points scored at Evans Bay Park in the final fixture of the year for both the Wellington Samoa and Wellington Māori U18s teams. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean A round-up below of rugby that we covered today, which included the final U18s representative match of the year and...
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Wellington, Counties Manukau and Jonah Lomu
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- The Wellington Lions and the Counties Manukau Steelers start round eight of the NPC competition with their match in Pukekohe on Friday night. In beating the BoP Steamers 30-25 with a bonus point this past Saturday, the Lions are the first team to have qualified for the upcoming NPC quarter-finals on the weekend of 11-13...
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Aisle be Back: Bledisloe Cup Two
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy The Cake Tin can be a place of swirling currents – so apt that suddenly Beauden Barrett and TJ Perenara are the starting 10 and 9 for Bledisloe Two. Damien McKenzie has played the first eight matches of the year in charge – so is it a demotion? Not at all, says...
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One more U18s match to come, Hurricanes U16s tournament starts on Monday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two Wellington teams meet Manawatu and Hawke’s Bay on Monday and Tuesday in the first two days of the Hurricanes U16 tournament, both vying for a place in the Don Broughton Shield final on Wednesday. More on their tournament below. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Including the international match on Saturday night, this...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 089: Jackie Dougan
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: Jackie Dougan Most generations of Wellington club rugby feature an exciting, match-winning, much talked about first five. In a golden era of both club and representative rugby in the 1950s, Jackie Dougan was that player that many came to watch. The inside backs wizard of the time. While never an...
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Steve Hinds - Rest In Peace
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- The Marist St Pats family is saddened to share news of the passing of Steve Hinds, a legend in the red jersey...
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Wellington Lions v Bay of Plenty Stat Attack
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- The Wellington Lions beat the Bay of Plenty Steamers 30-25 on Saturday in their seventh round NPC fixture. Some facts and figures from the game below by Peter Marriott. Round 7 v Bay of Plenty: Won 30-25 (Golden Point) Wellington and Bay of Plenty have now met on 38 occasions in the NPC. Wellington has...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Centurions U18s (30) v Wellington Samoa U18s (26)
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- The Wellington Centurions U18s captured the Hurricanes 18s Division A Trustbank Secondary School Shield in a last-play thriller at Lyndhurst Park on Saturday. The Centurions scored a try with the final play of the match to give them a 30-26 win and the title. The try to replacement wing Sean Carter gave the Centurions a...
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Wellington winds up for a winning weekend of WOW and Wallabies
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- This weekend is one of the capital’s busiest of the year with the opening of this year’s World of WearableArt (WOW) coinciding with an All Blacks v Australia Bledisloe Cup rugby game at Sky Stadium.
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Sideline Conversions 23 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington U85kgs after their match with the North Harbour U85kgs for the ingaurgal Cooney Cup on Saturday. Monday morning edition – updates expected: And just like that, that is pretty much the end of the line for local rugby in Wellington for 2024. Just some seven tournaments to come in October and November...
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Last-play try gives Centurions U18s title, Wellington Maori win U18s Division B and U16s tournament kicks off
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- The Wellington Māori U18s after winning the Division B Hurricanes U18s title at Evans Bay Park this afternoon. Photo: Peter McDonald. The Wellington Centurions U18s captured the Hurricanes 18s Division A Trustbank Secondary School Shield in a last-play thriller at Lyndhurst Park this afternoon. The Centurions scored a try with the final play of the...
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Hurricanes region U16s and U18s matches in Wellington, U85kg representative team on the road
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- By Steven White & Scott MacLean Up until yesterday all roads led to Maidstone Park. But that has changed owing to the poor condition of both fields at the Upper Hutt venue. A change in both venues and kick off times for the four matches in Wellington on Saturday see games split between Evans Bay...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Australia 1.0
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- By Kevin McCarthy The Bledisloe these days is not seen as a genuine contest. Australia will sneak the odd win in three, but there is never a moment in recent times when the trophy is sitting on the line, winner takes all. But the matches remain popular – Wellington, the second match – is sold...
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Lions and Steamers preparing for seventh round NPC fixture on Saturday
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- Above: When the Lions and Steamers met in 2022. Wellington won 37-35. Photo: Mike Lewis Pictures. A wounded Wellington Lions side regroups to play the Bay of Plenty Steamers in their seventh round NPC fixture at Wellington Stadium on Saturday afternoon, kick-off 3.35pm. The Lions lost their unbeaten record and the chance to bring the...
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Wellington Lions v Tasman Mako Stat Attack
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- Peter Lakai gets his pass away to PJ Sheck in a previous match. The Wellington Lions met the Tasman Mako in their sixth round NPC fixture in Blenheim on Sunday. Some facts and figures from the game by Peter Marriott. Round 6 v Tasman (RS): Lost 15-28 Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Te Tai o Aorere have...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 088 Brian Steele
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Leo Brian Steele is Wellington’s oldest living All Black, and the second oldest nationwide (at the time of this profile being published on 18 September 2024). Steele was born on 19 January 1929, not long after the oldest All Black Wiliam McCaw (Southland, born 27 August 1927). Both players made their All Blacks debuts in...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Centurions U18s (30) v Hawke’s Bay U18s (27)
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- The two sides met in round two of three of the Hurricanes Youth Council’s U18 Division A Trustbank Central Shield competition. Spectators at Lyndhurst Park were treated to a close game in cloudy conditions, with the lead changing hands some five times. Hawke’s Bay were leading right up to the final five minutes when the...
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Sideline Conversions 16 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Wellington Centurions U18s openside flanker Drew Berg-McLean makes a run for it in his team’s 30-27 win over the Hawke’s Bay U18s on Saturday. More on the New Zealand Schools, Barbarians and Māori U18s selections announced late last week below. A tough afternoon yesterday on the couch for Wellington rugby supporters. It could be said...
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Local rugby thrillers in club and representative rugby
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- All wrapped up. It was a tight match at Lyndhurst Park between the Wellington Centurions U18s and Hawke’s Bay U18s today. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Two of today’s matches in Wellington went down to the wire, with the Wellington Centurions U18s holding off their Hawke’s Bay counterparts at the end...
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Aisle be Back: The Ranfurly Shield, the Black Ferns, the Boks and Super Rugby Pacific changes
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- By Kevin McCarthy A bit of heresy here. Would it be that bad if Tasman held onto the Shield for a bit longer? Meaning the Lions would not win this weekend. It was definitely a highlight of the year to watch those last few minutes of the match against Hawke’s Bay, the dramatic comeback, crowd...
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Hurricanes U18s competition and National Knockout Cup matches tomorrow
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- It’s the second round of the Hurricanes U18s competition for the Trustbank Central Shield tomorrow, while the National U85kg Knockout Cup returns with quarterfinals including two at Evans Bay Park. Representative In the Hurricanes U18s competition, there is just one match in Wellington tomorrow, with first round winners the Wellington Centurions U18s and the Hawke’s...
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Wellington Lions preparing for 50th Ranfurly Shield challenge on Sunday
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- By Steven White and Peter Marriott Wellingtonians, Huttites and Poriruaians have a spring in their steps this week because the region’s rugby team is on a tear, having won their sixth straight NPC win of the season on Wednesday night and with a Ranfurly Shield challenge this coming Sunday to look forward to. The squad’s...
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Wellington Lions v Otago stat attack (and Wellington’s 3,000th NPC try)
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- Above: Fulltime in the match. Image credit Sky Sport – watch the match highlights HERE The Wellington Lions defeated Otago on Wednesday night in their latest NPC match. Some facts and figures from the game below by Peter Marriott. Round 5 v Otago (Wednesday): Won 32-28 The Wellington Lions and Otago have now met in...
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Free fitness group at MSP
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- Did you know that Marist St Pats has a fitness group that runs sessions four days a week? Even better it's free for all club members...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 087: Guy Bowers
- Wellington Club Weekly
- With Wellington challenging Tasman this coming Sunday for the Ranfurly Shield, this week’s history profile is with a former Nelson College First XV captain who made the All Blacks whilst representing Wellington in 1953 after only two Wellington A matches and who would not play for Wellington again and move back to his home union...
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Wellington Lions v Southland Stat Attack
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- Captain for the second match in a row, Peter Umaga-Jensen touched down for his 19th try in 61 appearances for Wellington. The Wellington Lions defeated the Southland Stags at home on Sunday. Some facts and figures from the game by Peter Marriott: Round 5 v Southland: Won 36-12 These two sides have now met 34...
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Midweek match for the Mike Gibson Trophy between Wellington Lions and Otago
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- The Wellington Lions and Otago meet in Dunedin tonight for their ‘storm week’ Wednesday night fixture at Dunedin Stadium. The Lions will be playing for their sixth straight wing to start their season, with one eye on the Ranfurly Shield challenge next Sunday against Tasman. As such a number of players have been rested (plus...
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August's $500 winner
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- Every month members of the MSP 500 Club go in the draw to win $500 cash, the August winner has been drawn...
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Matchday Scoring highlights: Wellington Centurions (32) v Tasman B (26)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met at a windswept Rugby League Park on Saturday. The match would go down to the wire, with a 14-player Centurions side holding up Tasman over the line with the last act of the match to hang on and win. A few minutes earlier, Wellington replacement wing Pose Tuileapa cut through a...
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Manukura and Hamilton BHS win Top 4 titles
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- Trytime for Manukura in Friday’s semi-final against Hamilton GHS. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Manukura (girls) and Hamilton Boys’ High School (bwon Sunday’s National First XV Top 4 Championship finals in Palmerston North. Accounts of both matches follow. Manukura: 39 (Danica Talitonu 2; Maia Davis, Te Maia Sweetman, Elley-May Taylor, Kingston Taiapa, Ashby Pewhairangi tries;...
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Sideline Conversions 9 September (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- News this morning that Jackson Garden-Bachop has signed with Moana Pasifika for 2025. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. A few days off this week, then another big weekend of rugby coming up. There are two National Knockout Cup U85kg matches at Evans Bay Park on Saturday, with the OBU Scallywags and Poneke teams hosting teams from Christchurch...
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U19s retain silverware, Centurions beat Tasman B, Hurricanes U18s competition underway
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White & Scott MacLean Wellington retained the Hurricanes U19s competition Central Region Shield with a 65-7 win over the Hurricanes Heartland U20s at Porirua Park today. Playing into the strong wind, Wellington led 34-7 at halftime and maintained their dominance on the scoreboard throughout the remainder o the match. Wellington scored 11 tries...
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Bumper weekend of rugby coming up
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- Jonah Ngan-Woo touches down for the Wellington Pride against Manawatu. She plays her 100th first-class game, for the Pride against Otago in Dunedin tomorrow. By Scott MacLean First edition: Updates later on. Another bumper weekend of rugby coming up in and around Wellington. A preview of Saturday’s action is below. Representative The season edges ever...
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Tjay Clarke on the rise for Wellington Lions
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- 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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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v South Africa 2.0
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy You ever watch games of rugby where the heart literally starts beating faster?’ Until last weekend, it had last happened twice last year – during the closing moments of the Ireland quarter and of course the final itself. I got a taste of it again in the Ellis Park game – but...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 086: Brian Lloyd
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hooker and prop Brian Lloyd was a stalwart of Wellington Axemen club teams and Wellington representative sides for several years in the period from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. Lloyd was a playing member of the 1947 Wellington Axemen side that won the Jubilee Cup and was later captain of his club as...
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Wellington Lions hunting fifth bonus point and NPC winning streak record win over Stags on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Riley Higgins gets his fend away when Wellington and Southland last met in 2023. Photo: Mike Lewis Pictures The Wellington Lions will be hunting their fifth straight win with maximum points when they face the Southland Stags at Jerry Collins on Saturday afternoon, while it would also be their 18th straight NPC win over the...
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Wellington Lions v Canterbury Stat Attack
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- Wellington beat Canterbury 46-21 in their fourth round NPC match on Sunday at Rangiora. Some facts and figures by Peter Marriott. Round 4 v Canterbury: Won 46-21 The two sides have now met on 56 occasions in NPC matches. Wellington has won 28 times to Canterbury’s 26. There have been two draws. Wellington has played...
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President's Monday Musings
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- As the 2024 season comes to a close and attention turns towards 2025, our President is calling on you...
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Taupo raffle winners
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Sideline Conversions 2 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- After a lull this past weekend, the rugby is exploding again. There is live rugby on every day for the next several days. No fewer than four college-aged events on this week in Wellington and the Hutt Valley, something stretching plenty of resources – none probably more so than those of the WRRA. Two of...
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