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Cunning Cowie a hit over the hill
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wainuiomata fullback Campbell Cowie flying in to score one of his two tries in their fourth round 34-17 win over Marist St Pat’s. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Campbell Cowie bucks the trend of players quitting senior rugby due to tumbling numbers, other priorities, or a lack of motivation. Wainuiomata is his fourth...
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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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Sideline Conversions 27 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Scene at Kilbirnie Park on Saturday in a high scoring match between Tawa and Poneke. Photo: Kinetic Images. We are into the fifth week of the club rugby season and the Swindale Shield and other competitions are just starting to heat up. A look at Premier Swindale Shield fixtures this coming Saturday in Wellington (Premier...
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Bonus point wins the order of the day as OBU remain unbeaten
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hooker Dion Lealofi, with loose forwards Braydon Soi and Fa’amanu Anae in close support for Wainuiomata in their convincing win over Wainuiomata today at Evans Bay Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean What a difference a week makes. After an awful afternoon last Saturday, the sun shone brightly over today’s Anzac...
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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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Swindale Shield set to heat up in round three
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Action from the UHR Rams – Petone match last week. The Rams are back home hosting Oriental-Rongotai whilst Petone are away playing Old Boys University. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean Friday lunchtime edition – updates expected later this afternoon. Despite the forecast of bad weather for the first time this season, the Swindale Shield...
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Randall Bishop – Tawa’s Mr. Reliable set to play his 200th Premier match
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Randall Bishop gets his kick away last Saturday in Tawa’s one-point win over Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Some 15 seasons after making his Premier debut, and three Jubilee Cup titles two more finals appearances and a Horowhenua-Kapiti title later, Randall Bishop is set to run out to play his 200th match for...
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Swindale Shield Matchday Highlights Round Two: Tawa (26) v Pare-Plim (25)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Round Two of the 2026 Swindale Shield came to Lyndhurst Park where home team Tawa met Paremata-Plimmerton. Coming off a hefty first round loss to Petone, it took Tawa just a few minutes to score their opening try of the year. Paremata-Plimmeerton responded and eventually both teams were deadlocked 12-12 just before halftime when the...
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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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All grades underway in Wellington club rugby tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wainuiomata will be seeking their second straight win to start the year when they host Old Boys University in Round Two of the Swindale Shield, while Avalon are at home for the first time and playing Hutt Old Boys Marist. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. By Scott MacLean Welcome to the first full weekend of the club...
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Where are they Now: Martin Leslie (Petone and Scotland)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian The recent Six Nations broke many scoring records and was regarded as one of the best ever. Noteworthy was Scotland’s 50-40 win over eventual champions France. In 1999, Scotland beat France in a similarly dramatic match in Paris, dominated by Petone legend Martin Leslie. Petone started the 2026 Swindale Shield with a...
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Swindale Shield Matchday Scoring Highlights: Round One MSP (58) v Norths (22)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Round One of the 2026 Swindale Shield came to Porirua Park where home team Northern United met Marist St Pat’s for the Maurice Standish Cup. In breezy conditions, home side Norths scored first and late led 12-7 during the first half. MSP got their noses ahead 19-12 by halftime. Early in the second half a...
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Sideline Conversions 6 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Upper Hutt Rams celebrate a job well done, beating Poneke 66-32 in their Swindale Shield season opener. Is this the year of the Ram? Photo: Tane Nathan/Kinetic Images. The first weekend of Wellington club rugby saw seven entertaining Premier fixtures played throughout the region and the opening round of Premier 2 games. There were Premier...
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Paremata-Plimmerton pip first round defending champions, second half blowouts elsewhere
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ethan Webster-Nonu scores a key try against his former side today in round one of the Swindale Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Oriental-Rongotai played through last year’s first round Wellington club rugby Premier Swindale Shield with 13 straight bonus point wins. In today’s 2026 season opener, Ories were pipped at...
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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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Best & Fairest Teams of the Season 2025
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean A regular of our end of season coverage is to name teams based on the Men’s Billy Wallace and Women’s Erin Rush Best & Fairest standings, which represent the outstanding and consistent performers across the club season. Last week the WRFU announced the two winners – Men’s winner Esi Komaisavai from Paremata-Plimmerton...
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Esi Komaisavai and Harmony Kautai win Best & Fairest competitions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- With some 50 tries between them in 2025, Esi Komaisavai and Harmony Kautai were worthy winners of the club rugby Best & Fairest competitions this year. By Scott MacLean & Steven White The winners of the two big individual club awards from Monday night’s Wellington Rugby awards were Paremata-Plimmerton’s Esi Komaisavai who took home the...
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Little Ernst Making Big Impression at the Eagles Nest
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Dominic Ernst in flying form for HOBM earlier in the Swindale Shield round. After a week off, HOBM are back home this Saturday hosting Paremata-Plimmerton in their Jubilee Cup semi-final. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. By Adam Julian Dominic Ernst was among the throng of jubilant spectators at the Hutt Recreation Ground when Hutt Old Boys Marist last...
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Tawa and Nigel Hunt calling on experience in upcoming Jubilee Cup round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Nigel Hunt in headgear celebrates Tawa’s 26-23 win over Paremata-Plimmerton on Saturday. Other evergreen Tawa players in shot include Tito Ioane, Hemi Fermanis and Randall Bishop. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Experience counts for a lot at this time of the club rugby season. The Jubilee Cup – and in particular knockout rugby –...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Tawa (26) v Paremata-Plimmerton (23)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two sides met in muddy conditions at Ngati Toa Domain in the 13th and final round of the Swindale Shield. Tawa won with a last-play try, after coming back from 23-14 behind in the last several minutes. Both teams made the ‘top 4’ for the upcoming Jubilee Cup – and this result means that...
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Petone win Premier 2, Ories complete perfect first round and next week’s match-ups decided
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Fulltime in the McBain Shield with Hutt Old Boys Marist having held on to be at Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Adam Julian & Scott MacLean Petone are the 2025 Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield champions, while already crowned first round champions Oriental-Rongotai made history by becoming the first team in the...
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Crunch afternoon in club rugby in final set of round-robin games
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Some teams will be jumping for joy later on Saturday afternoon as the Premier and Premier 2 order of finishing is decided on the last afternoon of the round-robin season. Both the Upper Hutt Rams and Hutt Old Boys Marist have much to play for. Photo: Caroline Lewis. By Scott MacLean & Steven White Update...
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Hrstich primed for McBain Shield match in his 100th game
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jarrod Hrstich running freely for Petone against Paremata-Plimmerton last weekend. This Saturday he raises the century for Petone against HOBM in their McBain Shield match. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Adam Julian Jarrod Hrstich is poised to raise a century for Petone in a McBain Shield against Hutt Old Boys Marist this coming Saturday. He’s endured...
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Plenty on the line for Zino in his 100th Premier match against the Axemen this Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- James Zino on the charge against the Upper Hutt Rams in a recent Swindale Shield match. Photo: Caroline Lewis. By Steven White James Zino hopes he doesn’t lose in his 100th Premier match this coming Saturday. The repercussions could be painful. “I have a bet with my good mate and flatmate and Wellington Axemen flanker...
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Champion Teams 016: Hutt 1934
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hutt side won the Jubilee Cup twice in the early 1930s, the second of which was the first time they contested the famous McBain Shield against Petone, winning 6-5. More about Alexander McBain below, from an article published on this website on 12/4/18: In 1886, the small Horowhenua settlement of Manakau was created around...
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Petone, Paremata-Plimmerton win women’s finals, top 8 decided for Jubilee Cup
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Petone Ponies with the Division 1 Women’s Tia Paasi Memorial Trophy after their win over Northern United today at Rugby League Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian & Martyn Bridge. Congratulations to Petone (Division 1) and Paremata-Plimmerton (Division 2) for winning the 2025 Wellington Women’s titles. Petone beat Northern...
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Plenty to play for in 12th round Premier and Premier 2 matches as Women’s champions decided
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Keanu Kotuhi gets his pass away for Wainuiomata against Avalon last Saturday. Both sides have plenty to play for this weekend. By Scott MacLean Its the winter solstice tomorrow this weekend and then it’s all downhill to summertime and paddling pools, but for a number of teams it is a case of sink or...
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Josh Hunt popular double centurion in Wellington club rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White Josh Hunt is the player that every team wants in their squad. As well as being one of the most experienced players playing Premier rugby in Wellington this season, personal reflections and achievements are secondary to team ones, although there are many of both spanning the past two decades. The Upper Hutt...
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Sideline Conversions 16 June (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- General action from the U85kg Tony O’Brien Shield fixture on Saturday between Eastbourne and HOBM. Photo: Warwick Burke. Congratulations to Oriental-Rongotai for their maiden Swindale Shield win on Saturday. As we noted in Saturday evening’s round-up, the presentation is this coming Saturday after their match against Pōneke. It is Wellington club rugby Women’s Finals Day...
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Ories win Swindale Shield, top eight all but decided
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A lone Johnsonville player in a sea of Tawa defenders today at Helston Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Adam Julian & Scott MacLean They will be dancing in the streets of Miramar this evening as home team Oriental-Rongotai are the 2025 first round Premier Swindale Shield champions. Ories beat the Wellington Axemen 36-3...
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