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POLL: Who do you think will win the Jubilee Cup?
- 7 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Jubilee Cup kicks off this weekend, with the first of four rounds scheduled for 10, 17, 24 and 31 July to decide the 2021 champion. Who do you think will win this year? The final Swindale Shield points table below: +++++ Jubilee and Hardham Cup playoffs explained
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Swindale Shield by the numbers
- 7 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White and Adam Julian The top try scorers at the end of the first round – Luca Rees is the Swindale Shield’s top try scorer for three of the past four years. See below for more. The closing chapter of the first round has been written and the Swindale Shield takes pride of...
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Goatastic! OBU wins Swindale Shield, seedings confirmed for championship rounds
- 3 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Martyn Bridge & Adam Julian Results & Standings (these are provisional only and individual scorers will be added in as received) HERE Congratulations to Old Boys University for winning the 2021 Swindale Shield. OBU beat Tawa 28-13 today at home at Nairnville Park to take out the first round title....
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Final round fireworks predicted in Swindale Shield
- 2 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Mud and glory. After two weeks of driving rain and heavy conditions, the sun is expected to make a welcome return for matches tomorrow around the Wellington region. Who will it shine on the most? PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. By Scott MacLean Draws & teams (as received) HERE MIDDAY EDITION: It’s the decisive day in the...
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Make hay while Declan shines
- 30 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Declan Hay feeding the Ories scrum against Poneke in their recent Jimmy Grbich Shield match. By Adam Julian. Photos by Andy McArthur The form of Oriental Rongotai in the last month of the Swindale Shield has been eye-catching and has put the rest of the competition on notice. The Magpies have won five consecutive matches...
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Swindale Shield set to go down to the wire next weekend
- 26 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Adam Julian, Scott MacLean and Martyn Bridge Results (as received) and standings HERE Club rugby – it’s infectious. Congratulations to the Oriental-Rongotai and Paremata-Plimmerton Women’s teams for winning the respective Division 1 and Division 2 titles today. Ories defeated Northern United 26-15 to win the Wellington Women’s Championship Tia Paasi Memorial Trophy,...
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Swindale Shield to move up a level in penultimate round on Saturday
- 25 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Poneke and the Johnsonville Hawks are both playing at home tomorrow, Poneke hosting the Upper Hutt Rams for the Alby Makeham Shield and Johnsonville hosting the Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles in the battle of the birds of prey. By Scott MacLean Draws & teams (as received) HERE MIDDAY EDITION: Despite this week’s unwelcome Covid...
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Levave and Norths hitting their stride in Swindale Shield
- 23 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Norths players from left to right after their recent Swindale Shield win over HOBM: Faifili Levave, Lise Soloa and Campbell Woodmass. Norths are building nicely for another tilt at the championship title in July. By Steven White Northern United started the first two months of this year’s competition with a four win-four loss record, but...
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Tight tussles as winter weather arrives
- 19 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Martyn Bridge, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian Draws & Results HERE For the first time this season Wellington club and college rugby was played in wet weather, making for a mostly tight round of matches throughout the region throughout the grades At the top of the Swindale Shield, the Old Boys University...
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Final stretch of Swindale Shield competition starts this Saturday
- 18 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean Draws & Results HERE Midday edition: The Swindale Shield enters its final stretch, with just a fortnight until the trophy is presented and the field is set for the Jubilee and Hardham Cup playoffs. The Women enter their final round, the Premier 2, Colts, and College have another round, and the Under...
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PAST CLUB RUGBY MATCHES IN PHOTOS: 010 MSP V Wainuiomata 2018
- 17 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo This was a third round 2018 Swindale Shield fixture, with Marist St Pat’s beating Wainuiomata 44-19 at William Jones Park. In this photo, MSP fullback Lunges over to score in front of the uprights in front of the desperate...
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Bond Banter 14 June (some news in briefs and information to start the week)
- 13 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two benches watching the last minute of the Petone-OBU match on Saturday. Tough competitors watching the game’s conclusion side-by-side. The true spirit of the Swindale Shield. Monday morning edition: There are 10 rounds down and three to come in the Premier Swindale Shield competition in Wellington club rugby. Our preview later this week will...
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Eagles win late over Tawa as Ories regain Grbich Shield against Poneke
- 12 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ories celebrate scoring an early try over Poneke today on their Old Timers’ Day at the Polo Ground. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Martyn Bridge Draws & Results HERE – updated as received. The Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles left it late in toppling Tawa in today’s 10th round Swindale Shield...
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Video highlights: Wainuiomata (34) v Poneke (34)
- 7 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wainuiomata defeated Poneke 34-24 in their Wellington club rugby Swindale Shield Round 9 match on Saturday at William Jones Park. The match was also on Wainuiomata’s Old Timers’ Day and 75th Anniversary weekend and for the Hakaraia Trophy. Wainuiomata led 14-12 at halftime.
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Past club rugby matches in photos: 009 Poneke v Marist St Pat’s 2016
- 7 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. Five years ago last Friday, at 3.17pm, Greg Mullany scored this try against Marist St Pat’s. It was the last round of the Swindale Shield and was in their annual Horan-Millar Trophy match, played at Evans Bay Park....
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Mid-table contenders time to shine in round nine
- 4 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Key matches this Saturday for several teams, including Ories and Norths. Ories are searching for a positive result against the Wellington Axemen at home, while Norths travel to the Hutt Rec to play the HOBM Eagles. By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE The ninth round of the Swindale Shield looms as a crucial...
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1-7 June: a bumper week in club rugby history
- 31 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This week in 2005 saw Upper Hutt win the Swindale Shield. PHOTO: Dominion Post. The first week in June is rich in history in Wellington club rugby. For many years there was the annual King’s Birthday/Queen’s Birthday round that saw draw-makers ensure blockbuster match-ups and big crowds and publicity. Since the late 1960s, early June...
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Axemen win on Old Timers’ Day, as Ories and Tawa win close matches in the Swindale Shield
- 29 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Martyn Bridge Draws & Results are HERE The Wellington Axemen clinched their first win of the season this afternoon on a cloudy but mostly dry eighth round set of Wellington Premier club rugby Swindale Shield matches. The Axemen beat the Johnsonville Hawks 27-17 on their Old Timers’ Day at...
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Swindale contenders to enter home straight in round eight
- 28 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE With the halfway point of the Swindale Shield now passed it’s time for teams to put their foot down if they want to be part of the Top 8 picture for the Jubilee Cup playoffs in six weeks time. Elsewhere it’s the start of the second rounds...
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Past club rugby matches in photos: 008 Old Boys University v Oriental-Rongotai 2016
- 26 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. Wing Joe Hill scores for Old Boys University against Oriental-Rongotai in the 2016 Swindale Shield at Nairnville Park. This match was an early season thriller. OBU won their fifth straight match and their 14th overall with a last-gasp...
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Wainuiomata and Poneke stay in touch in Swindale as first round lower grade winners decided
- 22 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Old Boys University maintained their lead at the top of the standings with a 59-0 win over Johnsonville, but the Swindale Shield points table is well poised heading into the back end of the first round Premier competition.
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Midpoint for Swindale Shield, lower grade trophies presented and college grading concludes
- 21 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wainuiomata return home tomorrow to play Northern United for the Alf Keating Memorial Trophy, while competition leaders Old Boys University make the trip to Helston Park to play the Johnsonville Hawks. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean & Steven White Draws & Results are HERE It’s the halfway point of the Swindale Shield where the...
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Past club rugby matches in photos: 007 Poneke v Upper Hutt Rams 2016
- 18 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo Friday night rugby under lights at Westpac Stadium. More importantly, the outcome of this penultimate round match to conclude the first round Swindale Shield in 2016 would likely determine the fate of several of the ‘midtable’ teams on the...
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Eagles win McBain, as Avalon break their losing streak
- 15 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Results at Draws & Results – individual scoring to be added as received By Steven White, Adam Julian and Martyn Bridge. Photos by Mike and Caroline Lewis and Andy McArthur. The HOBM Eagles winning the McBain Shield back off Petone and Avalon breaking their almost two year Swindale Shield losing streak were features of two...
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Chasing teams hoping to stay in the mix in round six
- 14 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Parekura Lalaga gets a pass away last Saturday against Paremata-Plimmerton. Norths meet Poneke on Old Timers’ Day in Kilbirnie and Paremata-Plimmerton play Avalon at Fraser Park tomorrow. By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE With the halfway point of the Swindale Shield looming on the horizon, it is starting to become critical for some...
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OBU on top of congested points table in Swindale Shield
- 8 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Brandyn Laursen scored for HOBM against Wainuiomata on the latter’s Old Timers’ Day. The Eagles won 30-28. By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Martyn Bridge and Adam Julian. Provisional Draws & Results: Draws & Results Old Boys University are left standing as the only unbeaten team of the Wellington Premier Swindale Shield competition, beating Marist St...
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Past club rugby matches in photos. #004: marist st pat’s v poneke 2015
- 3 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. A convincing win to Marist St Pat’s over Poneke in the ‘Battle of Kilbirnie’ in their third round Swindale Shield fixture in April 2015 at Kilbirnie Park. On a blustery afternoon, Marist St Pat’s fought hard for...
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MSP and OBU unbeaten teams after opening month of Premier club rugby
- 1 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Martyn Bridge and Adam Julian. Results & Standings HERE Defending Swindale Shield champions Marist St Pat’s and last year’s championship winners Old Boys University are the two teams unbeaten after four weeks of the 2021 Wellington club rugby season. Both were comfortable winners in round four this afternoon, played around...
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Horan-Millar Trophy retained
- 1 May 2021
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Our Premier Men have beaten Poneke by 45-8 to retain the Horan-Millar Trophy and stay unbeaten in the Swindale Shield...
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Club rugby competitions heating up in week four matches
- 30 Apr 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Swindale Shield is set to reach new heights in round four, with a series of big games around the region. Tawa head up the motorway to play Paremata-Plimmerton, while Wainuiomata are back at home hosting the Upper Hutt Rams. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE Another busy and full...
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