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Extra Time Extraordinaire: Jacob Waikari-Jones on Jubilee Cup Final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jacob Waikari-Jones celebrates another try in last week’s 100-minute semi-final between Petone and the Upper Hutt Rams. He scored four of them and 26 points in total. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian & Steven White Jacob Waikari-Jones was the star of the show in Petone’s 100-minute semi-final last week, scoring four tries and 26...
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Raphael Roars Loudest in Right Royal Town Win
- Wellington Club Weekly
- St Pat’s Town openside flanker Raphael Mettrick crosses for the winning try that was converted on fulltime for the win. By Steven White & Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur The First XV Premiership resumed with a flourish this afternoon at Evans Bay Park with St Pat’s Town pipping St Pat’s Silverstream 38-36 in a...
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St Bernard’s College rugby history captured in beefy book
- Wellington Club Weekly
- St Bernard’s College, a Catholic boys’ school at 183 Waterloo Road, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt, boasts a long and noteworthy rugby history. On three occasions, St. Bernard’s First XV were Wellington Premier 1 Champions: 1988, 1989, and 2001. Their only All Black, the late John Dougan, was the first to score a four-point try in...
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All set for Premier and Premier 2 semi-finals this Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa’s George Risale takes on the Upper Hutt Rams’ defence in their most recent match two weeks ago at NZCIS. In tomorrow’s semi-finals, the Rams are back at this venue to host Petone whilst Tawa are playing Hutt Old Boys Marist at the Hutt Rec. Photos: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean So here we are,...
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HOBM and Upper Hutt Rams earn week off, while OBU and Paremata-Plimmerton drop out of Jubilee Cup race
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Upper Hut Rams enjoyed their new temporary home of NZCIS 1, belting out some lively tries in their 47-29 win over Tawa, to earn next week off in the Jubilee Cup. Photo: Andy MacArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Premier draw next weekend at a glance (seedings from the first round in brackets):...
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Liam Giving Rising Rams Slight Edge
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Liam Slight lighting up Maidstone Park with flanker Pene To’o in support in a recent match. Photo: @thephotoguy_nz By Adam Julian The Upper Hutt Rams have rocketed into the Jubilee Cup with nine consecutive wins and a second-place finish in the Swindale Shield, their best showing since winning it in 2005. In 2005, Pope...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 132: Paul Russo (Marist)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Paul Russo highlighted in the back row, winning the Jubilee Cup with Marist in 1960, in his second year out of school at St Pat’s Silverstream. Paul Russo was a feature No. 8 of Wellington club rugby competitions and representative rugby throughout the 1960s. Russo was a four-time Jubilee Cup winner with Marist in...
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Matchday Highlights: UH Rams (24) v Tawa (19) – first win over Tawa in a decade
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Visitors the Upper Hutt Rams came screeching back over the final 15 minutes to beat Tawa 24-19 at windy Lyndhurst Park on Saturday. Tawa were left ruing a number of missed opportunities and a pair of second half yellow cards which cost them the game. They had earlier sprung to life midway through the first...
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Midweek wins for St Pat’s Town, St Pat’s Silverstream and Wellington College
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur St Pat’s Town (Tuesday), St Pat’s Silverstream (Wednesday) and Wellington College (Thursday) enjoyed wins this week. Accounts of these games below, starting with the Quadrangular Tournament on Thursday. The 100th Quadrangular (Quad) final on Saturday will be contested between the most prolific winners of the competition, Wellington College...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Upper Hutt Rams (33) v Wainuiomata (32)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- As the one-point margin of victory suggests, this fixture contained several twists and turns before eventually being settled in the 76th minute with a try to replacement halfback Kaide McCashin, burrowing over from a ruck after a concerted crescendo of phase play in front of the line. This wasn’t the end of it though. Replacement...
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The Kiss of Barry – Wellington Stops Silverstream Win Streak
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington College players and travelling supporters celebrate winning their traditional and ending Silverstream’s 21-game Premiership competition winning streak. By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur The 21-game winning streak of St Patrick’s College, Silverstream, in the Premiership ended, out-thought by a gutsy Wellington College 26-17 in the 95th annual Ken Grey Cup match in Upper...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wellington College (26) v St Pat’s Silverstream (17)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met in dry, still conditions at St Pat’s Silverstream on Wednesday in their annual midweek traditional for the Ken Gray Cup. Wellington College led 15-14 at halftime and went on to win 26-17, sealing their win with two late penalties after dominating possession and territory throughout much of the second half despite...
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Loads of talent in all-time colleges XVs
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The article below was first published on Club Rugby in 2015 and has been dusted off and re-posted below. There are few changes to the line-ups that were selected then. Selection at the time involved input from a few people. Challenges ahead are to select all-time XVs from other schools, such as Hutt Valley High...
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Inspiring close wins for Wainuiomata, Avalon, Ories and the Upper Hutt Rams in ninth round King’s Birthday Weekend fixtures
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ifeanyichukwu Nnebechukwu runs in one of this three tries today for Pōneke against Oriental-Rongotai. Pōneke had come back from 0-24 down to draw level 24-24 at halftime and then lead late before two tries in the closing minutes took the game away from them and Ories won 39-34. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White &...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Upper Hutt Rams (39) v Johnsonville (27)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Despite a considerable number of penalties and some four yellow cards, there was no shortage of entertaining play for the neutral viewer at this game at Helston Park. The Rams scored early off a near side lineout back on their side of halfway, but Johnsonville ran in three tries before halftime, including two to wing...
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Wellington First XV teams of the past three decades
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The First XV Premiership trophy reaches for the sky during last year’s final between winners St Pat’s Silverstream and Wellington College. The 2026 First XV Premiership starts this week, with the annual Wellington College – St Pat’s Town traditional fixture on Wednesday getting it underway. Kick-off at Wellington College is 12.30pm. Ten years ago we...
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Catholics chipper ahead of Premiership after big midweek wins
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Action from the St Pat’s Silverstream – New Plymouth Boys’ High School fixture this afternoon in which the home team won by a point. In town, St Pat’s Town held off Palmerston North Boys’ High School. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian St Patrick’s College Wellington (Town) enjoyed their best pre-season win, rolling Super 8...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Paremata-Plimmerton (39) v Upper Hutt Rams (12)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Paremata-Plimmerton stormed home in the second half to beat the Upper Hutt Rams 39-12 in their fourth round Swindale Shield encounter at Ngati Toa Domain on Saturday. The Rams led 12-5 at halftime and were still very much in the game even after Paremata-Plimmerton had run in three quick tries early in the second half...
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Murphy Taramai bringing experience and energy to the Rams in 2026
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Co-captains of the Upper Hutt Rams this year – Todd Svenson with ball in hand and Murphy Taramai hot on his heels in support. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White By the time this article is published (Thursday afternoon), Murphy Taramai could well be a proud father for the third time. Taramai’s partner is...
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Junior Coaching Starts This Wednesday!
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- Our junior coaching programme kicks off this Wednesday, and we’re excited to support our young runners with structured, skills‑focused sessions to build confidence, technique, and enjoyment throughout the season. 📅 When: This Wednesday: 4.15pm–5.30pm From next week: Mondays and Wednesdays,…
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Junior Coaching Starts This Wednesday!
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- Our junior coaching programme kicks off this Wednesday, and we’re excited to support our young runners with structured, skills‑focused sessions to build confidence, technique, and enjoyment throughout the season. 📅 When: This Wednesday: 4.15pm–5.30pm From next week: Mondays and Wednesdays,…
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Novices, President’s & Anne Huggins Races – This Saturday
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- This Saturday is a big day on the HVH calendar, along with our Annual General Meeting as mentioned in our previous post, we’ll also have the Novices, President’s Handicap, and Anne Huggins Memorial races at Sladden Park. After the AGM…
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Mountain Running Champs – This Saturday Morning
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- As if this Saturday is not busy enough we also have the NZ & Wellington Mountain Running Champs. This event is Athletics Wellington‑sanctioned, which means two great things for HVH members. If you’re a paid club member, your entry fee…
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Novices, President’s & Anne Huggins Races – This Saturday
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Mountain Running Champs – This Saturday Morning
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- As if this Saturday is not busy enough we also have the NZ & Wellington Mountain Running Champs. This event is Athletics Wellington‑sanctioned, which means two great things for HVH members. If you’re a paid club member, your entry fee…
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Hutt Valley Harriers AGM – This Saturday
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- Our Annual General Meeting is coming up this weekend, as posted in the HVH club calendar. All members are warmly invited to attend and take part in shaping the direction of the club for the 2026 season and beyond. Date:…
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Hutt Valley Harriers AGM – This Saturday
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Axemen raise the half century as first round form reverses for some teams
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Losi Filipo dives over to score one of two tries for Petone in their tight win over the Upper Hutt Rams. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian An opening win of the competition for the Wellington Axemen against Pōneke and generally much closer matches than last week were two...
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Barker College make fast start on three-game tour
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Barker College opened its three-game New Zealand tour with a 40-36 victory over St Patrick’s College, Silverstream on Wednesday. The North Sydney independent Anglicans stunned the 2025 Wellington Premiership winners by blasting to a 26-0 lead in under 10 minutes. Not since 2017, when Silverstream was caned by national championships, Hastings Boys’...
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Enter now: Night Cross Country
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- Ever feel like you’re just running around in the dark? Why not take that experience and apply it for real in the new Athletics Wellington Night Cross Country event? This new event is due to take place on the evening…
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