https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-club-weekly+kapiti Items tagged with Wellington Club Weekly and Kapiti. https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/04/16/randall-bishop-tawas-mr-reliable-set-to-play-his-200th-premier-match/ Randall Bishop gets his kick away last Saturday in Tawa’s one-point win over Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Some 15 seasons after making his Premier debut, and three Jubilee Cup titles two more finals appearances and a Horowhenua-Kapiti title later, Randall Bishop is set to run out to play his 200th match for... plimmerton swindale tawa rugby paremata kapiti places sport Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/04/16/randall-bishop-tawas-mr-reliable-set-to-play-his-200th-premier-match/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-04-16T00:00:00Z -41.0819811 174.8652978 Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/03/06/club-rugby-pre-season-underway-this-saturday/ Action from last year’s Hardham Cup final, with Poneke playing in Paraparaumu tomorrow and the Upper Hutt Rams meeting Linton away. Photo: Tane Nathan. It’s the opening weekend of the 2026 club rugby pre-season, with many clubs holding their own internal club days but also a number of others in actual on the field against... upper-hutt paraparaumu rugby huttvalley places kapiti sport Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/03/06/club-rugby-pre-season-underway-this-saturday/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.1240674 175.0699589 Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/03/02/sideline-conversions-2-march-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Action from the Academy Series at Massey on Saturday. Photo: Club Rugby pre-season starts this coming weekend. The summer is almost over and with it games below include (but not limited to in case there’s more on we don’t know about): Paraparaumu v Pōneke, Soldier Field Paraparaumu Northern United v Marist St Pat’s, Porirua Park... porirua paraparaumu rugby places kapiti sport Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/03/02/sideline-conversions-2-march-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-03-01T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/02/26/club-rugby-pre-season-2026-whats-coming-up-in-march/ The scheduled kick-offs of major club rugby competitions in Wellington (4 April), Manawatu (28 March), Hawke’s Bay (21 March) and Wairarapa-Bush and Horowhenua-Kapiti (both TBC) are in sight. All matches that have been collated below and ordered by date are assumed to be between ‘Premier [Senior A]’ squads unless stated, although many are Premier/Premier Reserve... swindale rugby wairarapa kapiti sport places Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/02/26/club-rugby-pre-season-2026-whats-coming-up-in-march/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-02-25T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/10/03/lions-heading-bringing-their-curtain-down-while-heartland-teams-part-of-bumper-last-round/ By Scott MacLean Just two matches in the lower North Island this weekend. The Wellington Lions are at home for their final match, while Wairarapa-Bush are also at home for their final round-robin match but hoping it is not their last at home. Horowhenua-Kapiti are playing away. Representative As covered in Monday’s column, Northland’s draw... kapiti northland wairarapa rugby places sport Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/10/03/lions-heading-bringing-their-curtain-down-while-heartland-teams-part-of-bumper-last-round/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/10/04/lions-heading-bringing-their-curtain-down-while-heartland-teams-part-of-bumper-last-round/ By Scott MacLean Just two matches in the lower North Island this weekend. The Wellington Lions are at home for their final match, while Wairarapa-Bush are also at home for their final round-robin match but hoping it is not their last at home. Horowhenua-Kapiti are playing away. Representative As covered in Monday’s column, Northland’s draw... kapiti northland wairarapa rugby places sport Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/10/04/lions-heading-bringing-their-curtain-down-while-heartland-teams-part-of-bumper-last-round/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/09/30/matchday-scoring-highlights-horowhenua-kapiti-22-v-wairarapa-bush-21/ The two teams met in their eighth round Heartland Championship match at Levin Domain on Saturday 27 September, with the home team winning by a point in a tightly fought match dominated by turnovers and penalties. There were plenty of errors early in this match as Horowhenua-Kapiti posted the first points with a penalty to... kapiti wairarapa rugby places sport Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/09/30/matchday-scoring-highlights-horowhenua-kapiti-22-v-wairarapa-bush-21/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-09-29T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/09/27/poneke-miss-out-late-in-u85kg-final-as-lower-north-island-heartland-championship-derby-goes-down-to-the-wire/ Pōneke coach Ross Bond talks with his team after their narrow loss to Christchurch’s HSOB at Eden Park this afternoon. Photo: Dave Lintott Photography. By Steven White, Brad Hudson & Scott MacLean Some close contests in club and representative rugby this afternoon as Pōneke narrowly missed winning the national U85kg title and Horowhenua-Kapiti edged Wairarapa-Bush... kapiti wairarapa rugby places sport Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/09/27/poneke-miss-out-late-in-u85kg-final-as-lower-north-island-heartland-championship-derby-goes-down-to-the-wire/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-09-27T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/03/28/last-afternoon-of-pre-season-club-rugby-tomorrow/ Above: Action from last Saturday’s match at Evans Bay Park between Pōneke and Tukapa. The ground hosts three games tomorrow, more details below. Photo: Andy McArthur. It’s the final weekend of pre-season rugby for most of the lower North Island, so for many supporters, unless they live in Horowhenua-Kapiti, it could be a final opportunity... kapiti rugby places sport Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/03/28/last-afternoon-of-pre-season-club-rugby-tomorrow/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-03-28T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/10/04/lions-to-host-hawkes-bay-and-heartland-teams-vying-for-semi-finals/ By Scott MacLean & Steven White The sole fixture in Wellington tomorrow is the ninth and final NPC round-robin match at Wellington Stadium between the Wellington Lions and Hawke’s Bay, while Wellington’s immediate neighbours, Horowhenua-Kapiti and Wairarapa-Bush are vying for Lochore Cup semi-finals spots next week. The Lions could wind up anywhere from first to... kapiti wairarapa places rugby sport Thu, 03 Oct 2024 22:12:57 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/10/04/lions-to-host-hawkes-bay-and-heartland-teams-vying-for-semi-finals/ Wellington Club Weekly 2024-10-03T22:12:57Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/09/28/comeback-wins-for-wellington-samoa-u18s-and-wairarapa-bush-as-horowhenua-kapiti-well-beaten/ There was 70 points scored at Evans Bay Park in the final fixture of the year for both the Wellington Samoa and Wellington Māori U18s teams. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean A round-up below of rugby that we covered today, which included the final U18s representative match of the year and... kapiti wairarapa rugby places sport Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/09/28/comeback-wins-for-wellington-samoa-u18s-and-wairarapa-bush-as-horowhenua-kapiti-well-beaten/ Wellington Club Weekly 2024-09-28T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/08/03/thriller-at-porirua-park-as-representative-season-gets-underway-and-college-semi-finals-confirmed/ Wellington Māori tighthead prop Geordie Bean scores the second of his two tries today at Porirua Park, as part of their high scoring narrow win over the Horowhenua-Kapiti Heartland Championship squad. By Steven White & Scott MacLean The atmosphere at Porirua Park today was several notches more subdued than a week prior on club rugby... kapiti porirua rugby places sport Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/08/03/thriller-at-porirua-park-as-representative-season-gets-underway-and-college-semi-finals-confirmed/ Wellington Club Weekly 2024-08-03T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/05/13/goliaths-conquered-in-grading-paraparaumu-tawa-premiership-bound/ Tawa College celebrating against St Pat’s Town on Saturday. Photo: Tackld. By Adam Julian Wellington First XV rugby was turned upside down in grading games on Saturday with herculean victories by Tawa College and Paraparaumu College over St Patrick’s College, Wellington (Town) and Rongotai College respectively. Paraparaumu and Tawa have qualified for the topflight alongside... tawa paraparaumu rugby places kapiti sport Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/05/13/goliaths-conquered-in-grading-paraparaumu-tawa-premiership-bound/ Wellington Club Weekly 2024-05-13T00:00:00Z -41.1681676 174.8247761 Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/04/25/laursen-still-going-strong-after-150-premier-games/ By Steven White When Club Rugby caught up with Brandyn Laursen in 2017 he was flatting with a group of Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles teammates and was just starting out as a qualified builder. Now he’s a Kapiti Coast family man with a one-year-old son and is in business with his former rugby playing... kapiti rugby swindale places sport Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/04/25/laursen-still-going-strong-after-150-premier-games/ Wellington Club Weekly 2024-04-24T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/03/18/sideline-conversions-18-march-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Monday morning edition: Week four of pre-season 2024 and kickoff for the Horowhenua-Kapiti Ramsbotham Cup competition coming right up. Look out for our preview at the end of the week canvassing what’s coming up next Saturday, but there are at least five inter-club Premier fixtures between Wellington clubs scheduled. Poneke also travel to New Plymouth... kapiti rugby places sport Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/03/18/sideline-conversions-18-march-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2024-03-17T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/09/16/wellington-gold-and-hawkes-bay-a-win-u16s-openers-as-hawkes-bay-wins-u18s-feature-match/ The Hurricanes U16s competition opened today around the region. In two Division 1 games, the Hawke’s Bay As beat Manawatu 12-5 at Ongley Park, Palmerston North and Wellington Gold defeated Wellington Black 22-10 for a bonus point win in their intra-union match at Tawa. In Division 2 U16 tournament openers, Whanganui beat Horowhenua-Kapiti 33-24 and... kapiti tawa rugby places sport Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/09/16/wellington-gold-and-hawkes-bay-a-win-u16s-openers-as-hawkes-bay-wins-u18s-feature-match/ Wellington Club Weekly 2023-09-16T00:00:00Z -41.1681676 174.8247761 Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/08/17/akira-ieremia-carrying-family-name-into-wellington-lions/ Akira Ieremia made his Wellington Lions debut last month in the opening Ranfurly Shield defence of the year against Horowhenua-Kapiti in Levin, joining a select group of father-son duos to pull on the Wellington jersey. Father Alama played 65 times for Wellington between 1992-2000, culminating in him winning the National Provincial Title in his last... kapiti rugby places sport Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/08/17/akira-ieremia-carrying-family-name-into-wellington-lions/ Wellington Club Weekly 2023-08-17T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/07/12/wellington-defends-ranfurly-shield-against-spirited-horohwenua-kapiti/ By Adam Julian and Steven White Wellington: 68 (Sione Halalilo, Dominic Bird, Asafo Aumua, Isi Saumaki 2, Sam Clarke, TJ Clarke, Lewis Northcott, Kailopasi Uluilakepa, Joe Faleafaga tries; Aidan Morgan 9 con) Horowhenua Kapiti: 7 (Malaki Masoe try, Jack Tatu-Roberston con) Wellington successfully defended the Ranfurly Shield in their first defence of 2023, resisting a spirited Horowhenua Kapiti... kapiti places rugby sport Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/07/12/wellington-defends-ranfurly-shield-against-spirited-horohwenua-kapiti/ Wellington Club Weekly 2023-07-12T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/06/15/te-upoko-release-2023-schedule-and-initial-squad/ Te Upoko o Te Ika – Wellington Maori – have released their 2023 match schedule and an initial 50-man squad, which will be reduced to 30 and announced on July 6th. They have six matches scheduled, starting with a match against Horowhenua-Kapiti Heartland squad on August 5th at the NZCIS campus and finishing away against... kapiti rugby places sport Thu, 15 Jun 2023 08:24:41 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/06/15/te-upoko-release-2023-schedule-and-initial-squad/ Wellington Club Weekly 2023-06-15T08:24:41Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/03/24/final-weekend-of-pre-season-for-club-rugby-teams/ It is the final weekend of preparations before the start of the Premier club rugby competitions in Wellington, Manawatu and elsewhere, while the Horowhenua-Kapiti competition gets underway. Many clubs are holding internal camps, practice sessions and summits, while others will be taking to the field against like-minded opposition tomorrow. Starting in Wellington, three Premier Swindale... kapiti rugby places sport Thu, 23 Mar 2023 21:26:29 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/03/24/final-weekend-of-pre-season-for-club-rugby-teams/ Wellington Club Weekly 2023-03-23T21:26:29Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/03/14/lions-to-defend-the-ranfurly-shield-against-horowhenua-kapiti-and-south-canterbury/ Horowhenua-Kapiti and South Canterbury will be the Wellington Lions’ two Heartland Championship Ranfurly Shield challengers this season, ahead of the National Provincial Championship starting in August. The Lions will defend the Ranfurly Shield on the road in Levin against Horowhenua-Kapiti on Wednesday 12 July. They will then host Heartland Championship Meads Cup winners South Canterbury... kapiti rugby places sport Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:13:18 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/03/14/lions-to-defend-the-ranfurly-shield-against-horowhenua-kapiti-and-south-canterbury/ Wellington Club Weekly 2023-03-14T04:13:18Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/10/17/the-monday-wrap-17-october-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Above: Junior Time-Taotua and Faifili Levave taking the attack to Horowhenua-Kapiti for Ngati Porou East Coast on Saturday at Levin in their Lochore Cup semi-final. The Pair was joined by OBU player Morgan Poi and Wainuiomta midfielder Tyler Tane as Wellington club rugby players on the field, while others such as Norths duo Boston Hunt... kapiti rugby places sport Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:29:23 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/10/17/the-monday-wrap-17-october-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-10-16T20:29:23Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/10/10/the-monday-wrap-10-october-some-rugby-news-and-happenings-to-start-the-new-week/ A National Provincial Championship semi-final this coming Friday night in Wellington, between the Wellington  Lions and Auckland. Two Heartland Championship semi-finals in the lower North Island this coming Saturday sees the Whanganui Butcher Boys host the Thames Valley Swampfoxes in their Meads Cup top four semi-final and Horowhenua-Kapiti host Ngati Porou East Coast in Levin... kapiti rugby places sport Sun, 09 Oct 2022 20:08:09 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/10/10/the-monday-wrap-10-october-some-rugby-news-and-happenings-to-start-the-new-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-10-09T20:08:09Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/09/30/jonah-lomu-remembered-in-lions-and-steelers-match-on-sunday/ Billy Proctor, Pepesana Patafilo and TJ Perenara in action in last weekend’s Ranfurly Shield defence against Waikato. There is no rugby in Wellington this weekend. The closest fans can travel to get their fix is Levin where Horowhenua-Kapiti host the Whanganui Butcher Boys in their seventh round Heartland Championship fixture at 2.30pm. The Hurricanes U16... kapiti rugby places sport Thu, 29 Sep 2022 19:17:30 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/09/30/jonah-lomu-remembered-in-lions-and-steelers-match-on-sunday/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-09-29T19:17:30Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/06/07/community-club-profile-college-old-boys-horowhenua-kapiti/ COLLEGE OLD BOYS Founded: 1947 Home ground and clubrooms: Levin Domain Club colours: Light blue and dark blue The College Old Boys Rugby Football Club held their 75th Jubilee Celebrations this past weekend. The three-day celebration started with a Black-Tie Dinner on Friday night at the Levin Memorial Hall and continued through to Sunday. Saturday... kapiti rugby places sport Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:40:51 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/06/07/community-club-profile-college-old-boys-horowhenua-kapiti/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-06-06T21:40:51Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/03/28/the-rugby-wrap-up-28-march-some-community-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Lunchtime edition: Here we are. After an uncertain past few weeks, piled on top of a disjointed past two years, the 2022 club rugby season starts up this coming Saturday. In Wellington and Manawatu that means the start of the Swindale Shield and Hankins Shield competitions, while Horowhenua-Kapiti also starts with the opening round of... kapiti rugby swindale places sport Sun, 27 Mar 2022 19:42:23 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/03/28/the-rugby-wrap-up-28-march-some-community-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-03-27T19:42:23Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/03/14/the-rugby-wrap-14-march-some-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Formerly called Bond Banter – a news and information column to start the week in rugby from the ground up. Please support our sponsors, helping to keep the promotion of community rugby going. Mention Club Rugby and they will sort you out. Rob Law Max – with branches in Wellington, Lower Hutt, Kapiti, Napier, Auckland and Brisbane. Need a job give... kapiti lower-hutt rugby places huttvalley sport Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:43:26 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/03/14/the-rugby-wrap-14-march-some-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-03-13T19:43:26Z -41.2125751 174.9057626 Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, 5010, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/03/07/the-monday-rugby-wrap-7-march-some-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Formerly called Bond Banter – a news and information column to start the week in rugby from the ground up. Please support our sponsors, helping to keep the promotion of community rugby going. Mention Club Rugby and they will sort you out. Rob Law Max – with branches in Wellington, Lower Hutt, Kapiti, Napier, Auckland... kapiti lower-hutt rugby places huttvalley sport Sun, 06 Mar 2022 20:10:30 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/03/07/the-monday-rugby-wrap-7-march-some-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-03-06T20:10:30Z -41.2125751 174.9057626 Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, 5010, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2021/08/13/club-finals-college-semi-finals-knockout-u85kg-and-rep-rugby-tomorrow/ The Wellington Maori side are in Levin tomorrow to play the Horowhenua-Kapiti Heartland squad, one of three Wellington represenative teams in action against Heartland teams. Those games, the Premier 2 and Reserve Grade Division finals, two more National U85kg Knockout Cup matches and First XV Premiership semi-finals are all being played tomorrow.  By Scott MacLean... kapiti rugby places sport Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:13:46 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2021/08/13/club-finals-college-semi-finals-knockout-u85kg-and-rep-rugby-tomorrow/ Wellington Club Weekly 2021-08-13T00:13:46Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2021/06/16/msps-first-captain-mick-robbers-passes-away/ The first captain of the Marist St Pat’s team in 1971 and leading club administrator Mick Robbers has passed away. A former policeman, publican, Robbers was also well known as a real estate personality, with regular radio slots in recent years promoting the temptations of Kapiti Coast living, and many obliged. From the Marist St... kapiti places rugby sport Tue, 15 Jun 2021 19:39:23 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2021/06/16/msps-first-captain-mick-robbers-passes-away/ Wellington Club Weekly 2021-06-15T19:39:23Z