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Solomona and Meroiti win College Sport Wellington rugby awards
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Elijah Solomona playing for the St Pat’s Silverstream 7s team on Saturday. Photo by Club Rugby. St Pat’s Silverstream captain and openside flanker Elijah Solomona and Tawa College and Northern United utility back Baylee Meroiti are the 2025 College Sport Wellington boys and girls Rugby Players of the Year. The pair won these awards at...
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Wellington Club Rugby “Rookie” Team of the Year 2025
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Some new players that made their marks on Wellington club and representative rugby this year, from left to right: Johnny Falloon (OBU), David Leota Johnson (Ories), Preston Moananu (MSP), Sione Baker (Pare-Plim), Dom Ernst (HOBM), Luke Bidois (Tawa). A team chosen by consensus from contributors based on players who have caught our attention this...
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Sideline Conversions 18 August (some news and information to start the new week in rugby)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Esi Komaisavai doing what he does, scoring tries. His maiden Lions try was in vain as they lost to Otago. Photo: Mike Lewis Pictures. Monday morning edition – updates expected: The rugby continues under full steam this coming weekend. The Reserve Grade Division 1 club rugby final is between the Wellington Axemen and Tawa. Details...
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Reserve Grade finalists found, college final winners crowned and wins for Wellington U19s and Māori sides
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hemi Fermanis surges ahead for Wellington Māori in their win against Wellington Samoa at Ngati Toa Domain. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Photos by Andy McArthur An action-packed day of club, college and representative rugby today. A round-up of it all in club, college and representative order below. Club The Wellington Axemen and Tawa...
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Tawa College defend Beard Trophy for the year
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Fulltime and Tawa College’s players converge to celebrate retaining the Beard Trophy for the year. Photo: Chainsaw Photos. By Steven White Tawa College successfully saw off Mana College’s challenge at Lyndhurst Park on Wednesday evening to retain the Beard Trophy for the year. Mana College were expected to give Tawa College a stern challenge in...
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Jordan Gillies on building Eagles champions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Grit and determination wins Jubilee Cups – HOBM openside flanker Jordan Gillies looking for the chargedown of Tawa first-five Solomona Uelese’s exit play in Saturday’s final. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Jordan Gillies finally reached the pinnacle of Wellington club rugby on Saturday by winning the Jubilee Cup. As a result, the resolute and...
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Matchday Scoring highlights: Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup Finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A double highlights package this week, to end the Premier season for 2025. Jubilee Cup: Hutt Old Boys Marist (29) v Tawa (22) Hardham Cup: Poneke (27) v Upper Hutt Rams (23) +++++ Reports of the games and Finals Day in the link below HOBM Eagles, Pōneke, Upper Hutt Rams, Pare-Plim and Tawa win trophies...
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HOBM Eagles, Pōneke, Upper Hutt Rams, Pare-Plim and Tawa win trophies on Finals day
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The HOBM Eagles with the Jubilee Cup late this afternoon. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian. Wellington club rugby Finals Day results at a glance: Premier Jubilee Cup: Hutt Old Boys Marist 29 – Tawa 22 Premier Division 2 Hardham Cup: Pōneke 27 – Upper Hutt Rams 23 Premier 2...
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Eight club rugby finals at Kilbirnie Park and Evans Bay Park tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean All roads (actually one road so plan your journey accordingly) lead to Kilbirnie and Evans Bay Parks tomorrow with no fewer than eight club rugby finals at these two neighbouring grounds. The day culminates in the presenting of the 97th Jubilee Cup sometime after 4.30pm to either Tawa and Hutt Old Boys...
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Kapu Broughton-Winterburn and HOBM locked in for Jubilee Cup final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- HOBM second-five Kapu Broughton-Winterburn running in a clutch second half try this past Saturday that helped send his side to this Saturday’s 2025 Jubilee Cup final against Tawa. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White Hutt Old Boys Marist back Kapu Broughton-Winterburn is familiar with this stage of the club rugby season. Saturday’s Jubilee Cup decider...
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A word from the Chair - game reports 19 July 2025
- Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
- To the JRFC Prems team, What a game! We couldn't be prouder of how you took on Tawa this past weekend. It was an intense 100 minutes,...
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Upper Hutt Rams and Tawa to meet in Colts final on Saturday in 40th year of John E Kelly Cup
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Upper Hutt Rams and Tawa Colts team shots from recent weeks. The two clubs meet in Saturday’s John E Kelly Cup Division 1 decider at Kilbirnie Park. The Upper Hutt Rams and Tawa have both had good looks at Colts championship silverware over the past two years. In 2023 the Rams beat Pōneke 31-7...
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So’oialo and Tawa gearing up for Jubilee Cup final after epic semi-final win
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Fulltime on Saturday, with James So’oialo in the foreground and hooker Lotu Nuku behind him and first-five/halfback Solomona Uelese on the left. PHOTO: Tawa RFC Facebook. By Adam Julian James So’oialo, a father of five, was not supposed to play rugby this year. The 36-year-old seven-time Samoan international, who has three Jubilee Cups and...
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Five tries that brought the house down in Jubilee Cup Finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Post-match scenes from the 2014 and 2016 Jubilee Cup Finals with winners Hutt Old Boys Marist and Tawa who meet in this coming weekend’s decider. Five tries in the modern era of Jubilee Cup Finals that either broke the game open, broke the opposition, sealed victory and in a couple of instances almost brought...
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Matchday Premier 2 Scoring highlights: Tawa (29) v Norths (24)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two sides met at Lyndhurst Park in their Premier 2 HD Morgan Memorial Cup semi-final. Tawa came home with a wet sail to establish a match-winning 29-19 lead with a few minutes to play, despite having been reduced to 13 players following to sin-binnings midway through the second half. An unanswered try during this...
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Hutt Old Boys Marist and Tawa to meet in Jubilee Cup final after epic semi-final finishes
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Adam Julian & Scott MacLean The Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles and Tawa will contest next week’s 2025 Wellington Premier club Jubilee Cup final after winning epic semi-finals this afternoon. One semi-final was decided in the 82nd minute, while the other was sent to extra time with a try and conversion with...
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Jubilee and Hardham Cup Cups semi-finals: Just the teamlists
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Just the teamlists for week 16 of Wellington Premier club rugby as at 12.00pm Friday – the third round (semi-finals) of the 2025 Jubilee and Hardham Cup competitions. All teams subject to change. A full round preview will be published as a separate feature article on this website later on Friday afternoon. TAWA () JOHNSONVILLE...
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POLLS – Who do you think will win this weekend’s Jubilee and Hardham Cup semi-finals?
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It’s semi-finals time in Wellington Premier club rugby. Games below: Jubilee Cup: Hutt Old Boys Marist v Paremata-Plimmerton at the Hutt Rec and Tawa v Johnsonville at Lyndhurst Park Hardham Cup: Pōneke v Old Boys University at Kilbirnie Park and Upper Hutt Rams v Marist St Pat’s at Maidstone Park Wellington club rugby Premier, Premier...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Paremata-Plimmerton (15) v Petone (14)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Paremata-Plimmerton made it third time lucky, by beating Petone on the buzzer in this fixture at home at a very muddy Ngati Toa Domain. After missing out to Tawa at the end two weeks in a row, Paremata-Plimmerton scored an 86th minute try to topple Petone and send themselves to the Jubilee Cup semi-finals, where...
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Big battles expected in second week of championship rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Action from a muddy Polo Ground last week, where home side Oriental-Rongotai returns to tomorrow for their second bite at the Jubilee Cup semi-finals against Johnsonville. HOBM, along with Tawa, will put their feet up tomorrow with byes. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean & Steven White With the season on the line for several...
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Club Rugby Performer of the Week: Hemi Fermanis
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Tawa lock Hemi Fermanis. In two consecutive weeks, the Tawa Premiers have beaten Paremata-Plimmerton on the siren, and on both occasions have come back over the final few minutes to score two tries to win. In both matches, Hemi Fermanis has led from the front and...
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Tawa and HOBM earn week off, while Upper Hutt Rams and Pōneke drop out of Jubilee Cup race
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wing Jacob Walmsley scored one and was in the thick of at least two more tries for Johnsonville, to send them into the Jubilee Cup elimination round next weekend against Ories at the Polo Ground. Photo: Caroline Lewis. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian Premier draw next weekend at a glance: Jubilee Cup:...
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Jubilee and Hardham Cups Round 1 – just the teamlists
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Just the teamlists for week 14 of Wellington Premier club rugby at at 12.00pm Friday – the opening round of the 2025 Jubilee and Hardham Cup competitions. All teams subject to change. A full round preview will be published as a separate feature article on this website later on Friday afternoon. Note the Tawa v...
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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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Sideline Conversions 30 June (some news and information to start the new week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hugo Plummer wins the lineout for Tawa against Paremata-Plimmerton on Saturday. Photo: Stewart Baird Photography. The home stretch of the 2025 club rugby season is upon us. Opening weekend Jubilee Cup matches at a glance (the losers of the 6 v 7 and 5 v8 games drop down to the Hardham Cup for the following...
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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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HOBM heat up at Kilbirnie Park as chasing pack behind leaders Ories tightens up
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hutt Old Boys Marist No. 8 Mika Alaifatu crashes over through the tackle of fullback Nick Robertson and a sea of defenders to score for the Eagles. Photo: Andy McArthur. Round 10 Swindale Shield just the scores: Hutt Old Boys Marist 52 – Pōneke 15 Petone 25 – Johnsonville 17 Tawa 19 – Wellington Axemen...
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Round 10 Swindale Shield – Just the Teamlists
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Teamlists below as received by 12.00pm Friday. All teams subject to change. A full round preview and information story to be posted as a separate story from mid afternoon Friday. WELLINGTON AXEMEN ( ) TAWA ( ) Axemen scorers added after game Tawa scorers added after game. Axemen Team TBA. Tawa Line-up: 1. Robb Carr,...
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Tenth Round Blockbusters coming up in club rugby tomorrow
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Tawa’s Matolu Petaia surges ahead against Northern United last week. Tawa will be hunting maximum points against the Wellington Axemen tomorrow, while Norths are at home on their Old Timers’ Day against Paremata-Plimmerton. By Scott MacLean A frigid forecast tomorrow, but the rugby is expected to heat up. A number of big clashes across...
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