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Hardham Cup hearty finals moments
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Oriental-Rongotai and Old Boys University will contest the 2022 Hardham Cup final on Saturday. It’s not the big dance that both clubs want to be at, but winning will be good consolation for both for another hard-fought season. Below we have put together a compilation of clips and photos from each of the Hardham Cup...
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Semi-finalists found on dramatic day of club rugby
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- By Steven White, Martyn Bridge, Adam Julian and Scott MacLean. Jubilee Cup results HERE Hardham Cup results HERE The semi-finalists have been confirmed for next weekend’s Jubilee and Hardham Cup top four playoff rounds, after a dramatic day of club rugby around the Wellington region. With wild weather also playing it’s part, the on-field action...
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Swindale Shield to be decided next week, Avalon win Women’s Division 2
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- The Upper Hutt Rams backs were prominent again today, in their 45-19 win over Paremata-Plimmerton on Old Timers’ Day at Ngati Toa Domain. Both teams are Hardham Cup-bound in the second round starting in a fortnight. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian and Martyn Bridge Either Petone or Hutt Old Boys...
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Swindale Shield Petone’s to lose with Poneke, HOBM and OBU pushing hard
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- Poneke captain Galu Taufale scores one of his two second half tries today in his team’s 31-29 win over Marist St Pat’s. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White and Martyn Bridge Swindale Shield Results & Scoring (as received) HERE The 2022 Swindale Shield is seemingly Petone’s to lose, after beating the Avalon Wolves 52-19 for...
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Tight wins for MSP and Poneke as Petone stay on top of Swindale Shield
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- Marist St Pat’s centre Isaia Petelo makes a break in his side’s 48-38 Old Timers’ Day win over Old Boys University. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Adam Julian, Martyn Bridge and Scott MacLean. The race for upcoming championship Jubilee Cup places tightened up this afternoon following a hotly contested ninth round set of Swindale...
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Petone stay top, late wins for Poneke and Norths in Swindale Shield matches
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- 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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Big guns flex their might in fifth round matches
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- Old Boys University fullback Te Wehi Wright enters the field to play his 100th Premier match today. Petone first five Carne Greene also played his 100th match. Both players celebrated with emphatic wins, OBU beating Poneke 51-18 and Petone defeating the Wellington Axemen 71-19. By Steven White, Adam Julian and Martyn Bridge Saturday evening round-up:...
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Key match-ups in fourth round of the Swindale Shield
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- By Scott MacLean Three weeks in, and most teams are well into the rhythm of the season. Tomorrow some can extend their good starts and put some distance between them and the pack, while others need results or can end the leading quartets unbeaten starts. It’s a milestone day for two players. A week after...
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Short Passes news in briefs – 6 July
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- Draws & Results HERE The club rugby season is well and truly underway now. Depending on results this coming weekend in the fourth round of the Swindale Shield we could start to see a split in the table. With only top four teams going on to contest this year’s Jubilee Cup you don’t want to...
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Close wins for Tawa and Ories as Norths teams hit their straps
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- Above: Fereti Soloa was part of a potent HOBM backline that was too much of a handful for Johnsonville at the Hutt Rec. The Eagles beat the Hawks 59-5. Draws & Results HERE By Steven White, Adam Julian and Scott MacLean There were close wins for Tawa and Oriental-Rongotai respectively in the Swindale Shield today,...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Chiefs this Sunday
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- Avalon’s Asafo Aumua crosses for the Hurricanes at Wellington Stadium in their previous match. By Kevin McCarthy It’s not you, it’s me. The Blues have probably heard that line in the last week. Beauden Barrett, the player on which to build a dynasty, is off to Japan. Admittedly not for a whole year. He’ll just...
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Short Passes 29 June – some news in briefs to start the week
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- Above: The Upper Hutt Rams run out on to their newly re-laid surface at Maidstone Park on Saturday against Marist St Pat’s. The Rams and Tawa (see below) were both playing on newly minted home grounds on Saturday for the first time. PHOTO: Peter McDonald. Another round of rugby in the can, leaving four...
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Short Passes 22 June (breakfast edition)
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- Above: Ories tighthead prop Whetu Henry discusses the aftermatch with referee Newson at the Polo Ground. Ories met a 3-11 defeat to Hutt Old Boys Marist in their season opener. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. More photo galleries HERE Draws & Teamlists HERE That’s week one done and dusted – a trying day for rugby on Saturday, and...
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Midwinter start for club rugby tomorrow
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- By Scott MacLean Draws & Teamlists HERE This article below is expected to be updated later on Friday afternoon, pending some late teamlists and line-up updates, as well as expected ground transfers. And so it begins. A little over three months after rugby – like almost everything else – was put on hold and the country...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes at home against the Crusaders
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- By Kevin McCarthy (soon to be in quarantine) Remember all those highly-paid athletes complaining about long-haul flights to South Africa. They should try flying back to New Zealand from the Falkland Islands. We’ve decided to trek it home obviously because of the return of Aotearoa Super Rugby. That and the COVID-19 free status of New...
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Club Rugby A-Z 2020
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- The 2020 club season finally gets underway across the province this weekend with the first round of a full 13 for the Premier Swindale Shield, and starts in the Premier Reserve Harper Lock Shield and Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy. Our fifth annual A-Z looks ahead at the campaign to come: A – Abridged: For reasons...
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Short Passes 15 June (also known as our news in briefs column)
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- How good was it to see rugby and live sport this past weekend! Five sleeps until the competition starts for real, and we say the delay will be worth it. It’s only for the first week, but the Premier Reserve Harper Lock Shield draw is out, and with it paints a picture of the...
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School leavers to watch in 2020
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- Above: Fulltime in last season’s Wellington First XV final, won by Scots College. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian, Steven White and Scott MacLean Remarkably the 2019 Hurricanes Under 18 squad featured nine players from Scots College and just a single boy from traditional powerhouses Wellington College and St Patrick’s College, Silverstream. What does...
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‘Pre-season’ round this Saturday
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- The information below is subject to change – if there are changes, which we will update once known, or check club pages for more. The club and college rugby season starts on 20 June, but first there is a round of ‘pre-season’ matches on Saturday. Several venues will be humming with rugby for the first...
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Aisle be Back: Super Rugby returns
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- By Kevin McCarthy Is anyone else feeling they can’t quite get to grips with rugby restarting. I mean it’s great isn’t it, and the fact New Zealand will be able to be the first place to welcome back actual crowds just seems surreal. Then again, the three month hiatus feels much longer. The Super season...
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A dozen Wellington club rugby rivalries
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- They joined forces during the war, now Poneke and Oriental-Rongotai play for the Jim Grbich Memorial Memorial Trophy annually in the first round. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean What are the most keenly contested club rugby matches in Wellington club rugby? With the start of the club rugby season just around the corner, here...
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Short Passes 8 June
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- For the first time this year, we can say welcome to a new week in rugby! Even if it is just pre-season and warm-up fixtures to look forward to before the start of the competitive club and college seasons getting underway the following weekend. Most club rugby draws around the country have been confirmed by...
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Rugby aplenty in 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- We have club rugby in 2020. A 15-week season starts on Saturday 20 June, with the opening weekend of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield, Men’s Premier Reserve Harper Lock Shield and Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy competition all kicking off on that date. Colts, Under 85kg, Reserve and Presidents grades all commence on 27 June. The draw and...
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Short Passes 1 June
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- Bernie Fraser scores in Bernie’s Corner in Wellington’s 1982 Ranfurly Shield defence against Hawke’s Bay. Wellington won 13-12. PHOTO: John Selkirk. It’s the start of June and – all going well – a return to rugby is imminent. Just one more weekend to cut the lawns before the rugby starts up again on 13 June...
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Naitoa Ah Kuoi taking rugby return one step at a time
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- By Adam Julian Naitoa Ah Kuoi left Wellington to play Super Rugby for the Chiefs because it was a “great opportunity to grow my game and become more independent.” A Covid-19 lockdown and pair of twins later the 20-year old has grown up quicker than most youngsters migrating for career prospects. On April 9 his partner...
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Friday start for team training
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- Club rugby players can down tools and walk out on work, if they still have a job, at 12.01pm this Friday to meet their teammates and resume full squad training. Community sport took another step forward yesterday, with the government announcing the lifting of the restrictions of gatherings increasing from 10 to 100 souls. The...
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Short Passes 25 May
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- Big earthquake to start the week at Club Rugby HQ in Ōhau this morning. That’s all we need right now as we move closer to a re-start for community sport. Government is expected today to announce a decision on removing, or at least expanding on, the 10-person social limit put in place two weeks ago...
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Grounded Coles to finish on his terms
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Dane Coles playing for Poneke in his most recent club match, last year against Petone. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. There’s little that Dane Coles hasn’t achieved in rugby. A World Cup winner in 2015 with 69 All Blacks caps on his resume, he is also a Hurricanes centurion with the 2016 Super title to show...
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Return to community rugby values key to rugby’s re-start says Potter
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- The challenges community rugby faces in getting back on its feet are considerable, but current Hurricanes Chairman and former Marist St Pat’s Jubilee Cup winning captain and coach Iain Potter is optimistic. “Even though this year is going to be a disaster in some respects, rugby is well-positioned to keep its place as one of...
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Rugby in 2020 – an update
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- Fulltime in the Poneke-Tukapa pre-season match for the Zemba Cup was almost two months ago. Players and supporters alike are hoping for some rugby soon. PHOTO: Tom Minton. While the move back to normality commences with this coming Monday night’s move to Level 3 on the Covid-19 response chart, rugby will remain dormant. Sports that...
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