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Paotonu and Johnsonville Hawks seeking consistency
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Johnsonville second-five Olly Paotonu in typical attacking form, against the Upper Hutt Rams last year. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White When fit and firing, second-five Olly Paotonu is a key cog in Johnsonville’s ongoing success since their revival from competition back-marker to contender that started three seasons ago. Paotonu says that with more consistency...
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Matchday highlights: Upper Hutt Rams v Petone
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Matchday scoring highlights of Saturday’s fourth round Swindale Shield affair between the Upper Hutt Rams and Petone. The home team the Rams won on a last play try, taking the game 32-29 on their Old Timers’ Day. The Rams also won the Connolly Cup, their interclub trophy first presented to Petone in 1968. With a...
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Ories only unbeaten team as three Swindale Shield matches decided late
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Replacement outside back Josh Love about to score the match-winner on fulltime for the Upper Hutt Rams against Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Oriental-Rongotai are now the only unbeaten team in Wellington Premier club rugby, emerging as one of three winners in thrilling circumstances on the fourth afternoon of the...
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Sideline Conversions 21 April (some news, information and tidbits to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Upper Hutt Rams fullback Todd Svenson, with Jack Wright in support, fends off OBU’s Malu Manuao in their first home win of the season at Maidstone Park this season. Monday morning edition: Another short week coming up, with public holidays on Easter Monday and Friday (Anzac Day). Plenty of content coming up on Club...
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Pre-seasons underway for traditional leading First XV contenders
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Members of the St Patrick’s College, Silverstream and touring Marlborough Boys’ College First XVs after their match at NZCIS on Thursday afternoon. By Adam Julian The seasons of the top four schools from the 2024 Wellington First XV Premiership are all underway in earnest in 2025. Squads are named, pre-season fixtures have commenced and the...
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Close matches in Swindale Shield under sunny skies
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: General action from the Swindale Shield match at Evans Bay Park between Marist St Pat’s and the Upper Hutt Rams. The visitors won 26-27. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Swindale Shield Round 2 results at a glance: Pōneke 69 – Avalon 0; Paremata-Plimmerton 35 – Wainuiomata 27; Hutt Old Boys Marist 32 –...
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Colts Round One Highlights: Tawa (45) v OBU (29)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The opening round of the Colts round-robin Paris Memorial Trophy was in Wellington on Saturday, with Petone defeating Wellington 88-0 and Norths also holding Avalon scoreless winning 57-0. Pare-Plim also topped 50, beating Johnsonville 64-15, and the Upper Hutt Rams opened with a 36-14 win over Ories. MSP won their Battle of Kilbirnie 31-17 over...
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Sideline Conversions 31 March (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Flashback to the opening round a decade ago in 2015 when Pōneke and the Upper Hutt Rams dramatically drew 35-35. Monday morning edition – updates expected. “If this is it, please let me know”, went the lyrics of a popular 1980s song. Well, Huey Lewis and the News (perhaps best known for this absolute...
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They didn’t make their First XVs
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: When Upper Hutt and Poneke met in the Jubilee Cup round of 2008. Ahead of the annual ‘School Leavers to Watch’ article coming out later this week. Many young up and coming players destined for higher honours or long club rugby careers are well known before they join the senior ranks, having already made...
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Sideline Conversions 24 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Avalon and Wellington Axemen Premier squads in action at Naenae College on Saturday. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. More photos from this game and others at https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/2025 Monday morning edition – check back for updates and editions: It’s the end of the Kali Yuga cycle this week but supporters are gearing up for a rugby eruption,...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 092: George Martin
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hutt Valley has long been a hotbed of sporting talent and achievement. There would be fewer more gifted all-round sports people out to come out of there than George Martin. Lifelong Lower Hutt stalwart George Martin excelled in athletics, rugby and rugby league from a young age, and later played softball and golf to...
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Crusaders U20s account for Hurricanes U20s at Upper Hutt (plus full scoring highlights)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jacob Kennedy runs clear to score the first try of the day of the Hurricanes, with Oscar Ritchie (blue headgear) and Stanley Solomon in support in the foreground. By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur The visiting Crusaders U20s beat the Hurricanes U20s 57-22 in their one-off U20s match at NZCIS at Upper Hutt on...
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New venue for Bula 7s this Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the same tournament, but with a new venue, as the fourth annual Bula 7s Invitational tournament returns this Saturday to usher in the new year in rugby. For the first time, the tournament moves to the Hutt Valley, with William Jones Park taking over hosting duties from Porirua Park where the tournament has...
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Five Wellington teams heading to Condor 7s this weekend
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Five Wellington schools are joining some 80 others from around the country at Blake Park, Mt Maunganui this weekend for the annual Condor 7s tournament. St Patrick’s College Silverstream’s U15 Boys team is joined in the tournament by the Hutt International Boys’ School’s and Scots College’s Open Boys teams and the St Mary’s College’s and...
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Sideline Conversions 4 November (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A fast-paced and well-contested opening leg of the American Ambassador’s sevens on Saturday, with the second and final leg of the series set to be played this coming Saturday at Trentham Memorial Park. By the end of the day, the Upper Hutt Rams and one of the two Paremata-Plimmerton sides came away unbeaten and in...
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Paremata-Plimmerton Black and Upper Hutt Rams seize initiative after opening day of American Ambassador’s Sevens
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jack Wright gets airborne for the Upper Hutt Rams against the Wellington Axemen today, in the opening weekend of sevens in Wellington. By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur Paremata-Plimmerton Black and the Upper Hutt Rams are in the box seat after the first leg of two Wellington club rugby sevens tournaments at Rugby League...
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HIBS win Open Boys Condors, St Mary’s defend both girls titles, Silverstream U15 boys winners
- Wellington Club Weekly
- – By Steven White Results at: For results visit: https://www.collegesport.org.nz/newsarticle/146843?newsfeedId=1578927 More photos and video content to come. It’s HIBS. Hutt International Boys’ School are the 2024 Open Boys Condor Sevens champions. HIBS won the Christian Cullen Cup for the first time wit a resounding 19-17 win over last year’s winners Scots College in the final...
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Condor Sevens at Naenae College today – no live streaming but link to live results
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Monday morning updates: The 2024 Condor Sevens tournament is at Naenae College all day today (Monday). There is no live streaming today. There are live results online – to view and keep track of these, visit our friends at College Sport Wellington at this link here: https://www.collegesport.org.nz/newsarticle/146843?newsfeedId=1578927 We will come in hot later on today...
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Condors set for Monday flight
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The curtain drops for good on the College rugby season in Wellington on Monday, with the Condor Sevens being played in its now traditional location at Naenae College. It’s a bumper field this year with 31 teams entered, the most since before the word ‘Covid’ became a thing in our lives, making for a very...
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Sideline Conversions 14 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Random celebration shot – Upper Hutt wins the Hardham Cup in 2006. Random future All Black back left? Monday morning edition: When the WRRA appointments page goes quiet. The season is on a fast-track to its conclusion, with just the Wellington Lions versus Waikato NPC semi-final to come this coming weekend. Both semi-finals are scheduled...
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Hurricanes region U16s and U18s matches in Wellington, U85kg representative team on the road
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White & Scott MacLean Up until yesterday all roads led to Maidstone Park. But that has changed owing to the poor condition of both fields at the Upper Hutt venue. A change in both venues and kick off times for the four matches in Wellington on Saturday see games split between Evans Bay...
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Sideline Conversions 2 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- After a lull this past weekend, the rugby is exploding again. There is live rugby on every day for the next several days. No fewer than four college-aged events on this week in Wellington and the Hutt Valley, something stretching plenty of resources – none probably more so than those of the WRRA. Two of...
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St Pat’s Silverstream the Kings of college rugby in Wellington
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur St Patrick’s College, Silverstream is irrefutably the best rugby school in the capital. The Upper Hutt-based Catholics won four grades in 2024, their nearest rivals one. The First XV Premiership is the most coveted prize and in the final at Jerry Collins Stadium, Silverstream overpowered Wellington College 31-12....
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Come from behind wins for Wellington Centurions and Samoans teams, as Silverstream teams win college finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Matolu Petaia scores for the Wellington Centurions in the second half in their comeback win over the Taranaki Development side at Rugby League Park this afternoon. Photo: Mike Lewis. By Steven White & Scott MacLean A round-up of rugby today in Wellington and a bit further afield, with men’s representative wins for the Wellington Centurions...
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First XV Finals – the last 10 MVPS
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White & Adam Julian The St Pat’s Silverstream and Wellington College First XVs meet in their Premiership final on Sunday at Porirua Park at the curious kick-off time of 11.15am. Since 2004 the the Player of the Wellington club rugby Premier Jubilee Cup has been awarded the Jim Brown Plate. What about a...
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Sideline Conversions 12 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington College players celebrate their win over Scots College on Saturday. They will play the Premiership final next Sunday against St Pat’s Silverstream, their first final appearance since 2017. Photo: Andy McArthur. Another full weekend of club, college and representative rugby is in the books, and attention turns to what is coming up. So a...
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Midweek college wins for Taita, St Bernard’s and St Pat’s Silverstream in traditionals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Thompson Tukapua crosses for a second half try in today’s traditional for St Pat’s Silverstream over St Pat’s Town. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Stream Steamroll Town St Patrick’s College, Silverstream: 50 (Drew Berg-McLean 4, Preston Moananu, Thompson Tukapua, Elijah Solomona tries; Tukapua 4 con, Liam Slight 2 con, pen) St Patrick’s College, Wellington: 5 (Jazaius Kalolo...
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Eman Sparking up the Rams
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Emmanuel Solomona is one of the most charismatic and damaging midfield backs in Wellington Premier club rugby. With his purple hair, mischievous grin, and hulking physical presence, Solomona is affectionately known as the ‘Eman’ – vital for Upper Hutt in their best season since making the Jubilee Cup semi-finals in 2005. The...
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St Bernard’s College beat Francis Douglas Memorial College in traditional
- Wellington Club Weekly
- St Bernard’s College’s First XV rolled to a 36-19 win over visiting Francis Douglas Memorial College on Wednesday afternoon. The traditional was played under sunny skies but in heavy conditions following recent rain on the Lower Hutt school’s number one field. St Bernard’s got off to a hot start and established a 10-0 lead, a...
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Billy Proctor set to join his brother Matt in All Black colours
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Billy Proctor playing for the Hurricanes earlier this year and playing for Marist St Pat’s in his debut club season in 2017 (inset left) and as a newly minted All Black at Wednesday’s All Blacks session in Upper Hutt (inset right). Billy Proctor has been in a professional rugby environment since he was a...
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