Rugby / February 2026
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Sideline Conversions 23 February (some rugby news to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: General scene at Massey on Saturday in the first week of the Academy Series between Wellington, Manawatu and Hawke’s Bay. The first weekend of 15s rugby is in the can, many more to come. Nice for many to be back at the stadium, an official crowd of just shy of 14,000, but it will...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes open season against Moana Pasifika
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy Turns out a so-called debate about whether New Zealanders take far too long a summer break was very short lived. Summer decided not to show, and the nothing-happening vibes of January also failed to show. Here or anywhere. Rugby was meant to be on the beach – with a mountain of rocks...
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Academy Series underway Saturday as Hurricanes teams kick off
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Sevens rugby took the spotlight a fortnight ago, now it is the start of the fifteens game for many players in the wider region. The second annual Sam Doyle Memorial Cup series takes place at Massey University, Palmerston North over the next fortnight. The series sees the Academy sides of Wellington, Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu...
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Sideline Conversions 16 February (some news and information to start the new week in rugby)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Flashback to the 2007 Swindale Shield clash between Upper Hutt and Wainuiomata. Upper Hutt won 19-17. These two teams meet this year in round 11 on 13 June. All photos are here: https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/ Plenty of activity behind the scenes as the autumn leaves of the off-season gather (or in the case of Sunday night’s...
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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What happened 100 years ago: Part 1 Club Rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The winning Wellington club rugby 1926 Senior Championship side Athletic, featuring All Blacks Cliff Porter and Kenneth Svenson in the front row. 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 1926. A recap of the...
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Increased Media Coverage of Women’s Rugby Should Trigger Grassroots Boom in New Zealand
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Media attention has a way of shaping what a sport becomes, not just what it looks like at the moment. For women’s rugby in New Zealand, that is actively shaping the sport. The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 triggered increased media coverage in New Zealand and an uptick in wagering activity on sports betting...
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Club Rugby Highlights Series: Kick & Collect
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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Sideline Conversions 9 February (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ethan Webster-Nonu flies in for his match-winning try in home team Paremata-Plimmerton’s 21-17 semi-final win over Nelson Marist on Saturday.
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HOBM National 7s Champions in all Wellington Final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White & Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur Hutt Old Boys Marist holds the McBain Shield, Jubilee Cup, Ambassador Sevens, and now the National Club Sevens titles. They dethroned hosts and reigning national champions Paremata Plimmeton 19-12 in an all-local final at a sun-kissed Ngati Toa Domain. With fatigue mounting, the decider was...
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National Club Sevens all day Saturday at Ngati Toa Domain
- Wellington Club Weekly
- For the third time in the past decade, the National Club Sevens comes to Wellington, with Paremata-Plimmerton hosting the 2026 tournament at Ngati Toa Domain on Saturday. Paremata-Plimmerton will be seeking to become the first Wellington club of the modern era to successfully defend it on home soil, following Wainuiomata’s and Northern United’s unsuccessful defences...
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Community match for the Hurricanes on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The corporate veil will soon descend over the Hurricanes for another year, but first fans can view the team in action up close when they take on the Chiefs at Porirua Park on Saturday, kick-off 1.00pm. The Hurricanes have traditionally brought a pre-season match to their community, with Wainuiomata last year, Levin the year before...
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Club Rugby Compilation Highlights Series: Tries from the Kick-off
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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Sideline Conversions 2 February (some news and information to start the week and the year)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Flashback to the 2013 Hardham Cup final with Vaea Fifita skipping clear for the Wellington Axemen. Norths would win the final 26-16, but Fifita made the first of his 52 appearances for the Wellington Lions that season. He subsequently made his Hurricanes debut in 2015 and played 11 Tests for the All Blacks 2017-19...
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