Rugby / February 2025
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Aisle be Back: The Hurricanes in Wellington to play the Blues
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy It seems a bit early, but here we are at the saloon already. Not the last chance saloon, but clearly the Canes won’t want to lose this Saturday’s blockbuster – and most definitely, neither will the Blues. It’s only round three, but neither side can afford to allow the traditional powerhouses –...
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Rugby starts this weekend in Wellington
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Northern United and Wainuiomata squads are playing at Mana College in their first matches of the new season tomorrow. Three Hurricanes teams playing and some pre-season club rugby is what is in store tomorrow in the Wellington region. Including tomorrow, there are five weekends remaining until the start of the Premier and Premier 2...
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Nonu signs for Toulon in short-term deal, set to become oldest player in France’s competition
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ma’a Nonu’s playing career is still alive and well. The 42-year old Oriental-Rongotai midfielder, once dubbed the Miramar Miracle, will soon be winging is way to the south of France to hook up with leading Top 14 side Toulon as a medical joker. Toulon, who Nonu has played with twice before, is still in top...
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Ken Gray Jersey Series – Irish Jersey #1, 1963
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ken Gray playing against Ireland in 1963. By Adam Julian The mystery began in 2019. Keryn Martin and Logan Ainsworth were preparing the walls of the Paremata-Plimmerton Rugby clubrooms for a significant refurbishment when they removed eight framed jerseys. Seven of them bore the inscription “Presented by K Gray” and another black jersey was simply...
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Ken Gray Jersey Series – Welsh Jersey #10, 1963
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian The mystery began in 2019. Keryn Martin and Logan Ainsworth were preparing the walls of the Paremata-Plimmerton Rugby clubrooms for a significant refurbishment when they removed eight framed jerseys. Seven of them bore the inscription “Presented by K Gray” and another black jersey was simply entitled “New Zealand Women’s Rugby” with no...
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Ken Gray Jersey Series – Scotland Jersey # 8, 1964
- Wellington Club Weekly
- At the Ken Gray induction into the Porirua Hall of Fame. Joy Gray. Keryn Martin, Anita Baker (Mayor of Porirua), Lauren Grant (Granddaughter of Oliver Grant) and Cragie Smith (PPRFC Chair) By Adam Julian The mystery began in 2019. Keryn Martin and Logan Ainsworth were preparing the walls of the Paremata-Plimmerton Rugby clubrooms for a...
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Ken Gray Jersey Series, England Jersey #3, 1964
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ken Gray and All Blacks after the 1964 test against England. By Adam Julian Ken Gray Jersey Series, England Jersey #3, 1964 The mystery began in 2019. Keryn Martin and Logan Ainsworth were preparing the walls of the Paremata-Plimmerton Rugby clubrooms for a significant refurbishment when they removed eight framed jerseys. Seven of them bore...
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Hurricanes v Fijian Drua and Crusaders Opening two rounds Stat Attacks
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In association with Hurricanes statistics compiler Peter Marriott, the Stat Attack returns in 2025. Starting the new season, the Hurricanes played their 408th and 409th Super Rugby competition matches against the Crusaders in Christchurch and the Fijian Drua in Napier. Facts and figures from both matches (starting with the most recent one) below. Round 2...
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Sideline Conversions 24 February (some rugby news and happenings to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes Poua’s Monica Tagoai takes on Matatu midfielder Grace Brooker in their pre-season fixture at NZCIS on Saturday. Super Rugby Aupiki starts this coming Saturday. Monday morning edition: Welcome to the last week of the summer season. Rugby starts in Wellington this coming Saturday. Small steps at first, but it is only going to...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Drua in Napier
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Cam Roigard gets his pass away for the Hurricanes against the Blues in their pre-season match a fortnight ago. By Kevin McCarthy One and not done. The Hurricanes committed the cardinal sin of losing their first match and missing out on a bonus point while doing so. And against last year’s cellar dwellers, the Crusaders....
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Club Rugby Unearthed 001: Kyle Preston & Tjay Clarke
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In a new series for the first part of 2025 on social media and on this website, we are highlighting players to have played professional rugby – many international rugby – who have largely come through club rugby and mostly not played in NZ school or age grade teams along the way. The series goes...
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Rugby-themed pokies captivate New Zealand fans
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Rugby is more than just a sport in New Zealand; it’s a part of the national identity. Recently, a new trend has emerged that combines this beloved sport with another popular pastime—gaming. Rugby-themed online pokies have become a favorite among Kiwis, allowing fans to engage with the sport in a unique way. These free pokie...
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Sideline Conversions 17 February (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington Academy first-five Thompson Tukapua lines up a conversion on Saturday. This is our regular Monday morning news and happenings column. It is a collaborative effort, so to contribute please get in touch. Our content remains sparse and patchy, but that is because it is still mid-February! +++++ As for rugby coming up this weekend...
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Aisle be Back: Super Rugby underway this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The pre-season crowd in Wainuiomata last Friday in their second pre-season match. By Kevin McCarthy Aisle be Back returns for another year of hard-hitting analysis and insight mixed with an often light-hearted take on all things Hurricanes and Super Rugby, and later in the year international rugby and the NPC. Crusaders at home versus Hurricanes....
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Hurricanes Hunters and U20s rugby this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The community rugby fields of Wellington and the lower North Island mostly remain subdued for at while longer, but the wider region’s high performance teams are in action this weekend. The Petone and Pōneke clubs are underway for the first time this year, meeting in a Colts and Senior squads dust off at North Park....
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What happened 100 years ago Part 2: Representative Rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Dominion headline the morning after Hawke’s Bay had successfully defended the Ranfurly Shield against Wellington – away from home at Athletic Park. This was the biggest domestic rugby fixture played in Wellington in 1925. Part 1 Club Rugby 1925: What happened 100 years ago Part 1: Club Rugby Wellington representative teams played 11 matches...
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Sideline Conversions 10 February (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Paremata-Plimmerton etched themselves into history on Saturday, becoming just the third Wellington club after Wainuiomata and Northern United to win the National Club 7s and the Middlesex County Wavell Wakefield Cup at Karaka RFC on Saturday. Some late withdrawals saw the tournament reduced to just six teams and a full round-robin implemented. Pare-Plim won their...
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Hurricanes beat Blues five tries to three in community pre-season match at Wainuiomata
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hurricanes 31 (Kini Naholo, Billy Proctor, Riley Higgins, Fehi Fineanganofo, Peter Lakai tries; Harry Godfrey con; Riley Hohepa 2 con) beat the Blues 19 (Taufa Funaki, Cameron Suafoa, Patrick Tuipulotu, Beauden Barrett con, Harry Plummer con). Halftime: 12-7. The Hurricanes put out the full house sign at William Jones Park three days ago for their...
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National Club 7s tournament this Saturday at Karaka
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Six of the country’s leading club sevens teams roll up to Karaka Sports Park on Saturday to contest the National Club 7s tournament. The six clubs that have entered this year are set to challenge for the Middlesex County Wavell Wakefield Cup. The tournament is a one-day shootout to find this year’s champion. Pool games...
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What happened 100 years ago Part 1: Club Rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- As we enter a new season of rugby in the Wellington region, a look back at how the season panned out 100 years ago. This year it is 1925, another exciting and eventual year. A recap of the 1925 club season below. Part 2 canvassing representative rugby to come. Pōneke won the 1925 Senior Championship...
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The Published Histories of New Zealand Rugby Football
- Wellington Club Weekly
- For all the known histories of all rugby clubs, provinces, sub-unions, referee’s associations and schools in New Zealand visit and bookmark this website: https://nzrugbyhistory.
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Sideline Conversions 3 February (some rugby news and information to start the new week in rugby)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Our news in briefs, happenings and titbits column. As has been the case previously, the intention is that this column will come out on Mondays every week throughout the rugby year, as we set up the week ahead and recap the weekend just gone. It is a collaborative effort, so if you have news or to contribute...
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$6,000 cash to be won
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- In 2025 there is $6,000 to be won in the monthly prize draw for 500 Club members - adding to over $20,000 already won...
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