Swindale Shield / May 2023
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Mid-table contenders come to the fore on wet afternoon of club rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Halfback Logan Love scored for Marist St Pat’s against Poneke. MSP won 29-13, a key result for both teams heading into the final month of the Swindale Shield competition. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean. Results & Scoring HERE Paremata-Plimmerton remain in front and the Upper Hutt Rams and Old Boys...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 27 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the ninth round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The ninth round slate of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition sees all seven matches kick-off at their usual time of 2.45pm. The draw with teamlists is HERE Today’s Swindale Shield radio broadcast match is the PETONE v WAINUIOMATA fixture. The E Tu Whanau Footy...
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Swindale Shield hopefuls to put it on the line in round nine
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Johnsonville and Wellington are both at home tomorrow, with the Hawks hosting Tawa and the Axemen playing Old Boys University. By Scott MacLean Draws & Teamlists HERE It’s shaping up as another damp weekend for rugby, but it’s doubtful that will change how teams up and down the grades will approach tomorrow given how they...
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Porirua Park and Petone Rec Swindale Shield scoring highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Old Boys University swam to a 37-23 win over Northern United in their eighth round Swindale Shield match, on 20 May 2023 at Porirua Park. Steady rain started falling as the game kicked off and only increased as the contest developed. Norths went 10-0 up, but OBU came back to lead 20-13 at halftime. Norths...
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Swindale Shield standings close up on wet afternoon, MSP and Petone share Women’s first round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone and Avalon met in the mud at the Petone Rec this afternoon. Photo: Caroline Lewis. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Results and scoring HERE Just 11 points is separating the leading eight teams after eight rounds of the Swindale Shield, after another day of big results contested in wet conditions this afternoon. The...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 20 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the eighth round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The eighth round slate of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition sees all seven matches kick-off at their usual time of 2.45pm. The draw with teamlists is HERE Today’s Swindale Shield radio broadcast match is the Poneke v Hutt Old Boys Marist fixture. The E...
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Key eighth round in Swindale, Women’s first round decided and college rugby underway
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Poneke are back at home at Kilbirnie Park for their Old Timers’ Day and host Hutt Old Boys Marist, while Avalon head to Petone for their eighth round Swindale Shield match tomorrow. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. By Scott MacLean For eighth round Draws & Teamlists visit HERE As the weather turns the competition seems only to...
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Preston guiding young Billygoats resurgence
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Kyle Preston can’t stop scoring tries. The halfback has bagged 21 tries in his last 20 games for Old Boys University, including four in the students’ 59-17 overcoming of Wainuiomata on Saturday. With nine tries in 2023, Preston is the leading try scorer in the Swindale Shield after seven rounds. In 28...
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Sideline Conversions 15 May (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Helston Park on Saturday afternoon. An article by ‘Touchline’ at the bottom about the origins of the park and surrounding area. And just like that, we are halfway through the 2023 Swindale Shield. Round 8 of 14 this coming Saturday. Matches this coming weekend at a glance: #1 – Pare-Plim v Wainui #2 – Poneke...
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One-point wins for Hammerheads and Rams as Tagoai and Preston bag four in Eagles and OBU wins
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hutt Old Boys Marist fullback Sapati Tagoai on his way to scoring the first of his four tries this afternoon in his team’s 59-24 win over Marist St Pat’s. His sister, Monica, also scored two tries at the same venue earlier in the day, in the MSP Women’s 75-14 win over Paremata-Plimmerton. By Steven White...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 13 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the seventh round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The seventh round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition sees all seven matches kick-off at their usual time of 2.45pm. The draw with teamlists is HERE Today’s Swindale Shield radio broadcast match is the Johnsonville v Paremata-Plimmerton fixture. The E Tu Whanau...
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Busy day for community rugby tomorrow, as Swindale Shield reaches its halfway mark
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean Draws & Teamlists for Saturday 13 May HERE At full-time tomorrow the halfway mark of the Swindale Shield will be in the past, and the Premier and Premier 2 tables will be in a state that tells the truth about how the various sides have travelled so far. Elsewhere there’s rugby up...
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Most tries in a Wellington Premier club rugby match (since 2006)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Stanley Solomon 4 tries last weekend for Petone (left) and Riley Higgins, 4 tries in a match on two occasions for Petone last season. Photo: Andy McArthur. The following article has been updated from its original that was published in June 2018, and covers the period since the start of 2006 when this website started...
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Pettett adding bite to Johnsonville
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Anthony Pettett leads his teammates on to Helston Park on Saturday in their match against Old Boys University. This Saturday they host Paremata-Plimmerton at the same venue, kick-off 2.45pm. By Adam Julian Johnsonville and Paremata-Plimmerton became so familiar with losing they introduced an unofficial trophy for their matches, a wooden spoon. Johnsonville lock Anthony Pettett...
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Johnsonville v Old Boys University Swindale Shield scoring highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Swindale Shield. The Johnsonville Hawks defeated the Old Boys University Goats 27-14 in their sixth round fixture at home at Helston Park on 6 May 2023. After a tense start, the Johnsonville Hawk’s built a 9-0 lead just before halftime through three penalties to halfback Mark Sutton. An intercept try to centre Aukuso Tuitama...
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Previous leaders toppled as Solomon bags four
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Four tries today for Petone right wing Stanley Solomon in his side’s win over Tawa at Lyndhurst Park. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Results & Standings HERE There are now no undefeated teams in the Swindale Shield. Previously unbeaten table-toppers the Upper Hutt Rams and the Old Boys University Goats both...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates for 6 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the sixth round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The sixth round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition sees all seven matches kick-off at their usual time of 2.45pm. The draw with teamlists is HERE Today’s Swindale Shield radio broadcast match is the Tawa v Petone fixture. The last time these...
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Several teams fighting to stay in the mix in round six
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean Draws & Teamlists HERE The midpoint of the Swindale Shield is rapidly approaching next week, and it’s getting to that time where some teams will have to get into gear if they want to be contenders for the Jubilee Cup in 2023. Around the grounds it’s a nearly full weekend with the...
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Premier ton up this weekend for Tane McMillan-Parata
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tane McMillan-Parata playing against Wainuiomata in their 2022 Swindale Shield match at William Jones Park. PHOTO: T-Paul Gale. By Steven White Paremata-Plimmerton captain Tane McMillan-Parata has been playing for his home club for almost a decade and a half and is loving his rugby as much as ever. “Definitely last year and this season have...
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Nick Robertson – Hundred and still flying
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Nick Robertson celebrated his 100th game for Poneke on Saturday by doing what he does best – scoring tries. The Filipino flyer dotted down twice from fullback in a 28-43 loss against Petone. He has scored 66 tries in red and black and reckons the second try he scored against the Villagers is...
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Upper Hutt Rams v Northern United Swindale Shield scoring highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Swindale Shield. The Upper Hutt Rams made it five from five in their quest to annex the Swindale Shield in 2023, which would be the first time since 2005 that the Maidstone Park club would have won the title. They beat defending Jubilee Cup champions Northern United 56-29 in this match on Saturday, winning...
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