The Wellington Football Club celebrates its 150th Anniversary in 2020 and a new book, “Give ‘Em The Axe’ has been published to mark the milestone. Written by club President and leading rugby commentator Keith Quinn, the nearly 200-page book is not your typical dry club history. Containing a photograph on almost every page the chapters...
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...
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...
Community rugby will just have to keep waiting, but there is hope. Last Thursday’s announcement by Government of what Level 2 in the Covid response would look like seemingly opened the door for rugby activities to resume. Although gatherings would be limited to 100, the guidance from Government and Sport NZ made it clear that...
Action from last week’s Colts semi-finals semi-final between Poneke and Norths. Poneke are back at home tomorrow hosting Old Boys University in the Division 2 decider. Photo: Bob O’Neill. By Scott MacLean & Steven White It’s the club rugby Colts finals, the start of the National U85kg Knockout Cup competition, Reserve Grade quarter-finals and Presidents...
Zoe Benson has become the first women’s player to commit to the Wellington Phoenix through to 2029. The New Zealand age-group international has signed a three-year contract with the Phoenix, the first two years of which are on scholarship terms.... The post Exciting young attacking player signs first pro deal with the Nix appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
