Rugby / September 2025
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Wellington Lions v Taranaki Facts & Figures
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott provides the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Taranaki eighth round match from New Plymouth this past Saturday. +++++ Round 9 v Taranaki: Lost 20-39 The Wellington Lions...
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The Utrecht Shield and the origins of the Black Ferns name
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Women’s international rugby started in the Netherlands, the same country where the ‘Black Ferns’ name was born. During the recent Rugby World Cup 2025, Adam Julian took an excursion to the Netherlands to find out about origins of international women’s rugby and the name. His report below. The Utrecht Shield – Rugby’s...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Horowhenua-Kapiti (22) v Wairarapa-Bush (21)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met in their eighth round Heartland Championship match at Levin Domain on Saturday 27 September, with the home team winning by a point in a tightly fought match dominated by turnovers and penalties. There were plenty of errors early in this match as Horowhenua-Kapiti posted the first points with a penalty to...
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Sideline Conversions 29 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A good last game of the season for the Wellington Māori and Centurions U18s teams, with the Māori winning 30-22. Photo: Andy McArthur. The Wellington Lions have one more match to come in their 2025 NPC campaign, hosting the Bay of Plenty Steamers this coming Saturday at Porirua Park, but for home fans there is...
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Pōneke miss out late in U85kg final, as lower North Island Heartland Championship derby goes down to the wire
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Pōneke coach Ross Bond talks with his team after their narrow loss to Christchurch’s HSOB at Eden Park this afternoon. Photo: Dave Lintott Photography. By Steven White, Brad Hudson & Scott MacLean Some close contests in club and representative rugby this afternoon as Pōneke narrowly missed winning the national U85kg title and Horowhenua-Kapiti edged Wairarapa-Bush...
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Aisle be Back: Bledisloe Cup #1 at Eden Park
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy I normally greet the arrival of the Bledisloe with indifference, given the All Blacks dominance. Familiarity breeding contempt and all that – but this weekend, it’s suddenly game on in the most unpredictable Rugby Championship so far. The Wallabies have impressed this year, routing South Africa and running them close in two...
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U85kgs final, feature Heartland clash and U18s rep teams in action tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Pōneke U85kgs head to Auckland tomorrow to contest the National Knockout Cup final, while many club members and supporters will be gathered inside the clubrooms watching the team on the big screen. Photo: Tane Nathan. By Scott MacLean It’s rare that there is an All Blacks test match and the curtain-raiser is top billing,...
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Lions looking for a stampede in Bulls territory
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Kyle Preston and the Lions in action against Taranaki last year. Wellington won last year’s second round NPC fixture 26-19. Despite their big win over Southland this past Saturday, the Wellington Lions still have much to do over the final two rounds if they wish to make the NPC quarter-finals. A bonus point win over...
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Wellington win Hurricanes U16 tournament
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Player of the Tournament Fletcher Cooper holds the Don Broughton Shield aloft as Wellington celebrate their Hurricanes U16 Division A tournament victory in Whanganui on Wednesday. By Steven White Wellington’s U16s team was singing in the rain after their 39-12 victory over Manawatu in the final of the 2025 Hurricanes U16s tournament on Wednesday. In...
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Pat Quin remembered for his generosity and love of local rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White and contributors Pat Quin, who passed away last week, had a long association with many clubs, teams and people in the Wellington rugby community, including this website with the company he founded Rob Law Max being a key supporter and sponsor of this website over the past decade. As one of many...
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Wellington Lions v Southland Stags Facts & Figures
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Dominic Ropeti scored two tries in a match for the first time and now has six in 28 appearances. He also scored against Southland in the 2023 match. Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott provides the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 117: Russell Watt
- Wellington Club Weekly
- J.R. [James Russell] Watt was a leading midfield and outside back in Wellington club and provincial rugby over several seasons as well as an All Black wing who made three tours overseas with the national side. Watt attended Otago Boys’ High School school he represented the Kaikorai club in Dunedin before making his debut for...
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Sideline Conversions 22 September (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Stanley Solomon runs around to score in Wellington’s record-breaking win over Southland on Sunday, against some of his future teammates when he joins the Highlanders later this year. Photo: Stewart Baird. The rugby spotlight falls on Whanganui this week with the three-day HYRC U16s tournament. There has already been one round played last weekend, but...
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Wellington Centurions, Wairarapa-Bush win U18s titles as Pōneke advance to U85kg final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Centurions with the Division A Hurricanes U18s title after their tight win in Napier today. By Steven White & Scott MacLean The Wellington Centurions U18s and the Wairarapa-Bush U18s won today’s respective HYCRC U18 competition deciders with victories away from home. The Centurions U18s defeated their Hawke’s Bay counterparts 21-19 at Napier to...
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Aisle be Back: Flushing the Dunny
- Wellington Club Weekly
- South African fans celebrate the second test in Wellington last weekend. By Kevin McCarthy You may or may not work somewhere that people gather to do the daily newspaper quiz. Here’s a Rugby Championship 2025 version. Which team blew a lead at halftime and lost at home in a historic result. Which team in losing,...
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U18s final round tomorrow, Lions at home, Pōneke U85kgs away and Heartland Championship to heat up
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean The silverware will be decided in the two divisions of the Hurricanes Youth Council’s U18 competition tomorrow in their third and final round of this competition. The two matches likely to decide the winners are in Napier between the Hawke’s Bay U18s and the Wellington Centurions U18s (Division A) in a virtual...
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Lions welcome back three All Blacks in must-win match against Stags at Porirua Park
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions welcome back three of their All Blacks on Saturday afternoon when they play the Southland Stags at home at Porirua Park in what is a must-win fixture for them. The Lions have three round-robin matches to play, and two of them are at home. This weekend’s match against Southland is followed by...
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Wellington Club Rugby “Rookie” Team of the Year 2025
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Some new players that made their marks on Wellington club and representative rugby this year, from left to right: Johnny Falloon (OBU), David Leota Johnson (Ories), Preston Moananu (MSP), Sione Baker (Pare-Plim), Dom Ernst (HOBM), Luke Bidois (Tawa). A team chosen by consensus from contributors based on players who have caught our attention this...
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Wellington Lions v Northland Taniwha Facts & Figures
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott provides the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Northland seventh round match from Okara Park this past Thursday. Round 7 v Northland: Lost 26-43 This was the...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Centurions (69) v Canterbury B (47)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met at Rugby League Park on Saturday in the Centurions’ final game of 2025. The home team made a hot start and went on to lead 45-12 at halftime. This soon became 52-12 after a lineout win against the throw on the grandstand touch and a sprint to the line from halfback...
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Sideline Conversions 15 September (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Members of the Wellington Centurions side after their 116-point match against Canterbury B on Saturday, a positive way to finish the season for most of this side. Photo: Andy McArthur. Monday morning edition – updates expected throughout the day. It’s the last week of winter, with the spring equinox coming up this weekend, and with...
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Big wins the order of the day in rugby matches today
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ethan Webster-Nonu gets his pass away in today’s match at Rugby League Park. The Centurions beat Canterbury B in a high scoring encounter. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Scoreboard operators were kept busy in several club and representative rugby matches that were played today. A round-up of many of these games...
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Centurions playing Canterbury, U16s and U18s teams in action and U85kgs rugby tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean One group of representative players finish for the year on Saturday, while another competition kicks off. The Wellington Centurions senior men’s side will be hoping to finish their 2025 representative season with a flourish against their Canterbury counterparts at Rugby League Park, whilst the Hurricanes U16s get underway with their first round...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v South Africa 2.0 in Wellington
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy One down, one to go. Normally I would avoid weighting one test with too much import – especially two years out from a World Cup. However, the All Blacks against the Boks part II could be a watershed of sorts for both sides. For the home side, there’s what should be a...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 116: Jimmy Taitoko
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jimmy Taitoko was an exciting first-five and fullback who ignited Wellington club rugby over the second half of the 1950s. He was also a Wellington representative player and New Zealand Māori player and a Manawatu player throughout the second half of his career. The multiskilled Taitoko played for St Pat’s Old Boys who were there...
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Crunch midweek match for Lions against Taniwha in first visit to Northland since 2016
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions are coming off a five-day turnaround to face the Northland Taniwha in Whangarei tonight in round seven of 10 of the National Provincial Championship. The Lions will be hoping to claw their way out of their current position on the points table with a bonus point win over the Taniwha, one that...
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Tuhoe Carpinter-Davies: Rugby league fanatic and proud employee
- Partners Porirua
- At just 21 years of age, Tuhoe, like many of our Porirua rangatahi has had to live through a recession. Despite previously working as a labourer when the recession hit, he found himself on the benefit. The post Tuhoe Carpinter-Davies: Rugby league fanatic and proud employee appeared first on Partners Porirua.
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Well done to all our Winter Tournament Week 2025 attendees!
- Onslow College
- Well done to all our students who took part in Winter Tournament Week 2025.
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Grass Roots
- Bats Theatre
- Grass Roots is a heartfelt and charming musical about the colossal culture of rugby. From club fields to Eden Park, a queer boy embarks on an epic odyssey through the New Zealand Rugby ages.
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Wellington Lions v Hawke’s Bay some numbers and stats
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott provides the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Hawke’s Bay sixth round match from McLean Park this past Sunday. Round 6 v Hawke’s Bay: Lost 19-45 The...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Centurions U18s (30) v Wellington Samoa U18s (5)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met at Maidstone Park #2 in breezy but mostly dry overhead conditions following heavy morning rain at the venue. This was the opening match of the 2025 HYRC U18s competition, which pitted the defending Division A champions against recent former winners Wellington Samoa. It was also a replay of the last game...
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Peter "Punk" Timberley
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- Kia ora e te whānau. The club is saddened to advise that one of the true characters of our club, Peter "Punk" Timperley passed away late...
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Sideline Conversions 8 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- General action from the match on Saturday at Ngati Toa Domain between the Wellington Fijians and Manawatu Pasifika. Photo: Stewart Baird. The Wellington Centurions men’s team have scored 163 points in their last two outings, but their final fixture of their campaign against the Canterbury B team could be their sternest test of all. That...
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Wellington U19s and Centurions win well, U18s competition underway, Avalon U85kgs miss out
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington U19s on their field after their victory over the Hurricanes Heartland U20s at Maidstone Park this afternoon. They were presented with the Central Region Shield at the post-match presentations. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Another showcase afternoon of late season rugby this afternoon, with several leading matches played in Wellington and elsewhere....
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Silverware Saturday for U19s, U18s competition starts up and U85kg quarter-final tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Connor Tuifao and Wellington centurions teammates surge forward in their big win against Manawatu Development last Saturday. They are likely to find stiffer competition against their Tasman counterparts tomorrow at Evans Bay Park. By Scott MacLean The third and final round of the Hurricanes region U19s competition is being played tomorrow, with Wellington set to...
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Aisle be Back: Buckle up for Saturday night
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy I’m sure I’m not alone in having anxiety dreams. Usually they’re about what I do, and how in the dream, I can’t do the job properly no matter how hard I try. There’s a fair bit of ticking clock stuff going on just to rachet up the tension. None of this comes...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 115: Ivan Vodanovich
- Wellington Club Weekly
- One of the greats of Marist and Wellington rugby in the 1950s and 1960s, as a player and then coach, selector and administrator. The Rugby Weekly mentioned Vodanovich on numerous times in despatches on their player happenings page in the 1950s throughout his playing career. Entries such as these were a common theme for the...
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Lions playing Hawke’s Bay on Saturday, with Lokotui and Broughton-Winterburn on bench
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions head to Napier, for their sixth round National Provincial Championship match with their NPC title defence hopes seemingly on shaky ground, although given a boost with their win over Auckland in the wet on Sunday. That said, with quarter-finals in this competition they only need to make the top 8 so a...
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Wellington Lions v Auckland some numbers and stats
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott will provide the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Auckland fifth round match from Porirua Park this past Sunday. Round 5 v Auckland: Won 36-17 Wellington and Auckland...
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