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• • F.J.Tilyard Shield – Poneke v Petone last 10 years of visual and media highlights

    • 19 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The F.J. Tilyard Shield between Poneke and Petone is being played this coming Saturday. A look at each of the past 10 Tilyard Shield matches in photos and videos. Poneke hosts Petone this coming Saturday at Kilbirnie Park at 2.45pm. About the F.J Tilyard Shield below (credit Poneke FC social media): 2012: Petone wins 21-13...
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• • Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 013 Thomas Hunter

    • 18 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The rugby loving professor By the turn of the twentieth century, Wellington was a fast-growing city and was established as New Zealand’s political and administrative capital. Sport and recreation grew with it and there were some 20 active rugby clubs in Wellington, and more being formed. Many would fall by the wayside or amalgamate with...
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• • The Best Of The Hutt Valley High School First XV

    • 18 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Hutt Valley High School (HVHS) opened in 1926. The First XV rugby team has fashioned a reputation for playing quality rugby. Its true numbers have plummeted at times and results have been unsatisfactory. However, HVHS is responsible for producing some of the finest schoolboy teams and players in the Capital. This overview is a summation...
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• • Draws made for 2022 National Provincial Championship, Farah Palmer Cup and Heartland competitions

    • 17 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • New Zealand Rugby has announced the 2022 schedules for the Farah Palmer Cup and National Provincial Championship. The Farah Palmer Cup (FPC) again kicks off earlier than the National Provincial Championship (NPC), as it did in 2021 to avoid clashing with the Rugby World Cup that will be held in New Zealand later this year....
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• • Northern United v Tawa Scoring Highlights

    • 17 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Northern United beat Tawa 36-24 in their seventh round Swindale Shield fixture at Jerry Collins Stadium, Porirua, on 14 May. This was also for the Sammy Saili Memorial Trophy, and it was also on Norths’ Old Timers’ Day. Norths leapt ahead 14-0 midway through the first half, going on to lead 17-5 at halftime and...
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• • Hurricanes v Waratahs Stat Attack

    • 17 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Hurricanes earned a late 22-18 win over the Waratahs in their latest match in Sydney on Saturday night. Some facts and figures from the game below, by Peter Marriott. Round 13 v Waratahs: Won 22-18 This was the 25th meeting between the Hurricanes and the Waratahs. The Hurricanes have won 15 times to the...
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• • Norths Women’s v Ories Women’s Match Highlights

    • 16 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Northern United hosted Oriental-Rongotai in the seventh round of the 2022 Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy competition. Norths won 29-17. Their four-try bonus point and no points for Ories meant these two sides, plus Marist St Pat’s finished the first round all square on 30 points. Ories won the title on the tiebreaker. Some scoring highlights from this...
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• • The Monday Wrap 16 May (some rugby news to start the week)

    • 15 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Wet weather hit Wellington club rugby on Saturday for the first time this season. Wainuiomata’s bench watch on at Maidstone Park as their side fights hard for a 23-22 win over the Upper Hutt Rams. PHOTO: Peter Mcdonald. Morning edition (expected updates and new entries to come): Roll on rugby. Another jam-packed Saturday coming...
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Blackburn on McBain Miracle

    • 15 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Scoring highlights of the 2022 McBain Shield by Mike Lewis Pictures. Full match video at https://mlpictures.co.nz/videos/ By Adam Julian Sam Blackburn was largely surplus to requirements in yesterday’s McBain Shield. The Petone winger came on the field in the 55th minute and didn’t touch the ball until the very end of the match. His...
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• • Petone win seventh straight after McBain miracle

    • 14 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White and Adam Julian Petone are the outright leaders of the Swindale Shield regardless of any pending catch-up games, winning their seventh straight match in a dramatic fixture for the McBain Shield against Hutt Old Boys Marist this afternoon. Petone never led until the 84th minute, and when the winning moment arrived it...
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• • Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 14 May

    • 13 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It is Round SEVEN of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The seventh and deciding round of the Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy is being played today, with Norths hosting Ories in the feature match at Porirua Park. WRFU Women’s Premier The seventh round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is being played today, with all...
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• • More big matches as Swindale Shield passes halfway mark

    • 13 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Scott MacLean & Steven White Draws & Teamlists as received HERE  It’s the halfway point of the Swindale Shield and the annual McBain Shield match tomorrow between Petone and Hutt Old Boys Marist is also a top of the table clash. The ‘McBain’ is only one of seven massive fixtures coming up tomorrow: two...
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• • Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Waratahs

    • 12 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy Coming into the last leg, and it’s always a case of whose got fuel in the tank. On that score at least, the Hurricanes are handily placed to move up the ladder. Last weekend’s demolition of the Fijian Drua – who flattered to underwhelm and then underwhelmed a bit more as well...
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• • McBain Shield last 10 years in photo and video highlights

    • 12 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The McBain Shield between Petone and Hutt Old Boys Marist has been contested every year since 1934. A look at each of the past 10 McBain Shield matches in photos and videos. Petone hosts HOBM this coming Saturday at the Petone Rec at 2.45pm. 2012: HOBM wins 43-21 HOBM wing Tupeni Kamakorewa steaming in for...
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• • Tobacco Smoke and Beer Fumes” – a jolly good wheeze

    • 11 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The two Juno Shields, won by Melrose (left) and Petone (right) over a century ago, as three-time winners of the Wellington Club Rugby Championship. Read more below.  By Touchline The tradition that a sporting trophy becomes the permanent property of the winner when it is won three times in succession (or five times at...
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• • Moorby flourishing at the Hurricanes

    • 11 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Josh Moorby playing for the Upper Hutt Rams a fortnight ago. He scored a try in a 21-21 draw with Johnsonville.  By Adam Julian Josh Moorby has been turning heads with his startling form for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby. On Sunday the fullback scored three tries in the record 67-5 win against Fijian Drua...
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• • Hurricanes v Fijian Drua Stat Attack

    • 11 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: TJ Perenara leads the Hurricanes out on Sunday Perenara in a Hurricanes record 62nd Super Rugby match at the Westpac/Sky Stadium. By Peter Marriott Round 12 v Fijian Drua: Won 67-5 The Fijian Drua is in its first year of Super Rugby and is the 19th different franchise the Hurricanes have played against. Of...
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• • 2022 Wellington Māori squad and itinerary revealed

    • 11 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • An initial 2022 Wellington Māori (Te Upoko O Te Ika Wellington) squad has been released this week by head coach Justin Wilson ahead of their campaign in August and September. See below for details.  
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• • Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 012 Mot Welch

    • 10 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Welch family football team in 1892. Mot Welch is standing on the right with the cane and listed as the line umpire. Perhaps he was injured at the time and was on touch judge duties? Maurice ‘Mot’ Welch was one of four brothers who in 1888 founded the Taita club, changing their name to...
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• • Paremata-Plimmerton v Old Boys University match highlights

    • 10 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Old Boys University beat Paremata-Plimmerton 32-30 in their sixth round Swindale Shield encounter at Ngatitoa Domain on Saturday. Some scoring highlights from this fixture below:   Results and standings HERE This coming weekend in round SEVEN, OBU are Ories away at the Polo Ground and Paremata-Plimmerton are playing the Wellington Axemen at home. Teamlists below:
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• • Wellington College v Gisborne Boys’ High School match highlights

    • 9 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Gisborne Boys’ High School beat Wellington College 33-24 in their pre-season Hurricanes First XV Festival fixture at Porirua Park on Saturday. Scoring highlights from that match here. The run of play saw Gisborne lead 12-0 late in the first half, before Wellington College scored on halftime to make it 12-5. Wellington College scored next to...
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• • Dawn Patelesio reflects on 300-game career

    • 9 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: When Dawn Patelesio played her 300th match for Northern United (Dawn top centre above the balloons). PHOTO: Norths Facebook. By Adam Julian The article below was written for New Zealand Rugby last week, reproduced here with permission. The Wellington senior women’s club rugby competition officially began in 1990 and a personality who loomed large...
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• • The Monday Wrap 9 May (some rugby news to start the week)

    • 8 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Monday morning edition: It’s the halfway point of Wellington’s Swindale Shield competition, and the competition remains wide open with several teams still harbouring designs on winning the title. Some big matches coming up for these contenders to cement their claims, not least the annual McBain Shield, this coming Saturday between Petone and Hutt Old Boys...
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• • Petone stay top, late wins for Poneke and Norths in Swindale Shield matches

    • 7 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    •  By Steven White, Martyn Bridge and Adam Julian Petone remain unbeaten with six straight wins to start the 2022 Swindale Shield season after a tightly contested set of matches played around the region in fine, breezy conditions. In the feature match on Old Timers’ Day at the Petone Rec, the home side beat Marist St...
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• • Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 7 May

    • 6 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It is Round SIX of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The sixth round of the Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy is being played today, with all four scheduled matches kicking off at 11.30am. at the Petone Recreation Ground. WRFU Women’s Premier The sixth round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is being played today, with...
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• • Club rugby contenders looking to stay in the mix in round six

    • 6 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Scott MacLean and Steven White Draws & Teamlists HERE  Several teams are hoping to propel themselves into contention as the sixth round of 13 of the Swindale Shield takes place throughout the Wellington region tomorrow. It is also the sixth round of Premier Women’s matches, and they have their Gala Day at the Petone...
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• • Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Fijian Drua

    • 5 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy I’m tempted to say we’re now playing to finish 7th in Super Rugby. That’s probably a round too early to make a definitive call. But at 5 and 5 in the wins and losses, the Hurricanes are tracking for a poor season. Sixth place is feasible, I’m just not sure that’s going...
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• • Daniel Mangin to referee 100th Premier match on Saturday

    • 5 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Few referees in the Wellington Rugby Referees Association (WRRA) get to earn their blazers. The bar is set high at 100 Premier club rugby games, and on Saturday Daniel Mangin will reach that milestone in the Jimmy Grbirch Memorial Shield match between Poneke and Oriental-Rongotai at Kilbirnie Park. Speaking with the Huddy Hui on Wednesday...
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• • Higgins set for Hurricanes debut against Fijian Drua

    • 5 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Riley Higgins makes a break for Petone in a recent club rugby match against Ories. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. A likely debut off the bench for Petone’s Riley Higgins and the return of Poneke’s Dane Coles alongside him on the pine are two features of the Hurricanes side that has been named on Thursday morning to...
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• • Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 011 Alfred Newman

    • 4 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Profiling many of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. Known as the “Little Doctor,” Dr Alfred Kingcome Newman did big things for rugby and sport and in public life in Wellington over four decades. Newman was...
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