https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-club-weekly+petone Items tagged with Wellington Club Weekly and Petone. https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/04/14/swindale-shield-matchday-highlights-round-two-tawa-26-v-pare-plim-25/ Round Two of the 2026 Swindale Shield came to Lyndhurst Park where home team Tawa met Paremata-Plimmerton. Coming off a hefty first round loss to Petone, it took Tawa just a few minutes to score their opening try of the year. Paremata-Plimmeerton responded and eventually both teams were deadlocked 12-12 just before halftime when the... petone plimmerton swindale tawa rugby paremata places sport Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/04/14/swindale-shield-matchday-highlights-round-two-tawa-26-v-pare-plim-25/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-04-13T00:00:00Z -41.0819811 174.8652978 Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/04/11/axemen-raise-the-half-century-as-first-round-form-reverses-for-some-teams/ Above: Losi Filipo dives over to score one of two tries for Petone in their tight win over the Upper Hutt Rams. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian An opening win of the competition for the Wellington Axemen against Pōneke and generally much closer matches than last week were two... petone upper-hutt rugby swindale places huttvalley sport Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/04/11/axemen-raise-the-half-century-as-first-round-form-reverses-for-some-teams/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-04-11T00:00:00Z -41.1240674 175.0699589 Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/04/09/where-are-they-now-martin-leslie-petone-and-scotland/ By Adam Julian The recent Six Nations broke many scoring records and was regarded as one of the best ever. Noteworthy was Scotland’s 50-40 win over eventual champions France. In 1999, Scotland beat France in a similarly dramatic match in Paris, dominated by Petone legend Martin Leslie. Petone started the 2026 Swindale Shield with a... petone swindale rugby places sport Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/04/09/where-are-they-now-martin-leslie-petone-and-scotland/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-04-09T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/03/06/aisle-be-back-hurricanes-v-waratahs-6/ Petone’s Brad Shields and others celebrate Oriental-Rongotai wing Fehi Fineanganofo’s try against Moana Pasifika in their opening game. By Kevin McCarthy What are you planning to do in the next 15 months? If you answer, trying to win a world cup, sorry – that’s gone. Dave Rennie, new All Blacks coach, also has the tour... petone rugby places sport Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/03/06/aisle-be-back-hurricanes-v-waratahs-6/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-03-05T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/02/19/what-happened-100-years-ago-part-2-representative-rugby-in-1926/ A look back at how the season panned out 100 years ago. A recap of the 1926 representative season below. As discussed in part 1 of this series looking at the 1926 club and grassroots season, Athletic won the Senior Club Championship with University runners-up, ending the multi-year dominance of Petone and Poneke. The representative season... petone rugby places sport Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/02/19/what-happened-100-years-ago-part-2-representative-rugby-in-1926/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-02-18T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/08/27/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-114-tom-katene/ One of the original ‘pocket battleship’ wings. The years 1955 and 1956 were heady ones for in Petone, Wellington and New Zealand rugby. Petone were runners-up and then won the Jubilee Cup in these two seasons, Wellington won back the Ranfurly Shield and the country hosted the Springboks. Tom Katene was in the thick of... petone rugby places sport Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/08/27/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-114-tom-katene/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-08-27T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/08/23/axemen-win-reserve-grade-club-rugby-title-two-tight-rep-matches-at-rugby-league-park/ By Steven White The last of the club rugby finals in Wellington was this afternoon, with top qualifiers and first round winners the Wellington Axemen beating the Petone Brotherhood 29-22 to win the Reserve Grade Division 1 John Davies Cup title. Elsewhere, the Wellington U18 Pasifika side beat the Manawatu Māori Colts 53-14 in Palmerston... petone rugby places sport Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/08/23/axemen-win-reserve-grade-club-rugby-title-two-tight-rep-matches-at-rugby-league-park/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-08-23T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/08/07/wellington-lions-hunting-five-peat-of-wins-over-waikato-in-second-round-clash/ Losi Filipo and teammates celebrate a try when the Lions and Waikato last met in the NPC, in last year’s semi-final win. In 2023 Filipo scored a hat-trick against Waikato. He starts on the right wing and his Petone teammate Tjay Clarke on the left wing in Hamilton on Saturday. Often on the great plains... petone rugby places sport Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/08/07/wellington-lions-hunting-five-peat-of-wins-over-waikato-in-second-round-clash/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-08-07T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/07/17/champion-teams-019-petone-1993/ They have missed out on making this year’s glory rounds, but Petone remain Wellington’s most successful Jubilee Cup club with 24 title wins. Their first was in the Jubilee Cup’s second year in 1930 and their most recent was in 2005, but prior to that last one 20 years ago they won it regularly in... petone rugby places sport Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/07/17/champion-teams-019-petone-1993/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-07-16T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/07/15/matchday-scoring-highlights-paremata-plimmerton-15-v-petone-14/ Paremata-Plimmerton made it third time lucky, by beating Petone on the buzzer in this fixture at home at a very muddy Ngati Toa Domain. After missing out to Tawa at the end two weeks in a row, Paremata-Plimmerton scored an 86th minute try to topple Petone and send themselves to the Jubilee Cup semi-finals, where... petone plimmerton tawa rugby paremata places sport Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/07/15/matchday-scoring-highlights-paremata-plimmerton-15-v-petone-14/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-07-14T00:00:00Z -41.0819811 174.8652978 Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/07/14/sideline-conversions-14-july-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Mudtastic! Paremata-Plimmerton fullback Sione Baker and teammates celebrate their late win over Petone on Saturday. Photo: Stewart Baird. Two weeks remaining in Wellington Premier club rugby and it’s anyone’s guess who is going to win both the Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup title this year. This coming weekend’s semi-finals are: Jubilee Cup: Hutt Old Boys... petone plimmerton rugby paremata places sport Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/07/14/sideline-conversions-14-july-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-07-13T00:00:00Z -41.0819811 174.8652978 Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/07/08/matchday-scoring-highlights-petone-37-v-poneke-15/ A stoic defensive shift combined with some sparkling counterattacks powered Petone to a convincing 37-15 victory over Pōneke in their opening Jubilee Cup fixture on Saturday. Petone scored two tries to left wing Jacib Tainui and first-five Rory Woollett kicked two penalties to give them a 23-3 halftime lead. Petone scored again early in the... petone places rugby sport Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/07/08/matchday-scoring-highlights-petone-37-v-poneke-15/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-07-07T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/28/petone-win-premier-2-ories-complete-perfect-first-round-and-next-weeks-match-ups-decided/ Above: Fulltime in the McBain Shield with Hutt Old Boys Marist having held on to be at Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Adam Julian & Scott MacLean Petone are the 2025 Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield champions, while already crowned first round champions Oriental-Rongotai made history by becoming the first team in the... petone rugby swindale places sport Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/28/petone-win-premier-2-ories-complete-perfect-first-round-and-next-weeks-match-ups-decided/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-06-28T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/26/hrstich-primed-for-mcbain-shield-match-in-his-100th-game/ Jarrod Hrstich running freely for Petone against Paremata-Plimmerton last weekend. This Saturday he raises the century for Petone against HOBM in their McBain Shield match. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Adam Julian Jarrod Hrstich is poised to raise a century for Petone in a McBain Shield against Hutt Old Boys Marist this coming Saturday. He’s endured... petone plimmerton swindale rugby paremata places sport Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/26/hrstich-primed-for-mcbain-shield-match-in-his-100th-game/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-06-26T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/26/champion-teams-016-hutt-1934/ The Hutt side won the Jubilee Cup twice in the early 1930s, the second of which was the first time they contested the famous McBain Shield against Petone, winning 6-5. More about Alexander McBain below, from an article published on this website on 12/4/18: In 1886, the small Horowhenua settlement of Manakau was created around... petone rugby swindale places sport Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/26/champion-teams-016-hutt-1934/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-06-25T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/21/petone-paremata-plimmerton-win-womens-finals-top-8-decided-for-jubilee-cup/ The Petone Ponies with the Division 1 Women’s Tia Paasi Memorial Trophy after their win over Northern United today at Rugby League Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian & Martyn Bridge. Congratulations to Petone (Division 1) and Paremata-Plimmerton (Division 2) for winning the 2025 Wellington Women’s titles. Petone beat Northern... petone plimmerton swindale rugby paremata places sport Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/21/petone-paremata-plimmerton-win-womens-finals-top-8-decided-for-jubilee-cup/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-06-21T00:00:00Z -41.0819811 174.8652978 Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/12/champion-teams-014-petone-1973/ The Petone 1973 team was perhaps the most successful team of all time in the modern era. As well as statistics, it was the team’s attitude and style of rugby that was significant. Inspired in part by the 1971 British and Irish Lions that beat Wellington 47-9 in their tour match, they played an expansive... petone rugby places sport Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/12/champion-teams-014-petone-1973/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-06-12T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/10/swindale-shield-matchday-scoring-highlights-petone-25-v-johnsonville-17/ Petone beat Johnsonville 25-17 away at Helston Park in their 10 round Swindale Shield fixture. In cold conditions, Johnsonville swept to a 12-0 lead early playing into the wind. Petone rallied and came back to level 12-12 and then go ahead 19-12. The second half was a gritty affair, with rain added to the mix,... johnsonville petone rugby swindale places sport Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/10/swindale-shield-matchday-scoring-highlights-petone-25-v-johnsonville-17/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-06-09T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/07/hobm-heat-up-at-kilbirnie-park-as-chasing-pack-behind-leaders-ories-tightens-up/ Hutt Old Boys Marist No. 8 Mika Alaifatu crashes over through the tackle of fullback Nick Robertson and a sea of defenders to score for the Eagles. Photo: Andy McArthur. Round 10 Swindale Shield just the scores: Hutt Old Boys Marist 52 – Pōneke 15 Petone 25 – Johnsonville 17 Tawa 19 – Wellington Axemen... johnsonville petone rugby swindale tawa kilbirnie places sport Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/07/hobm-heat-up-at-kilbirnie-park-as-chasing-pack-behind-leaders-ories-tightens-up/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-06-07T00:00:00Z -41.3166456 174.7980932 Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/05/solomon-embracing-leadership-role-as-nz-u20s-prepare-for-world-tournament/ Above: Stanley Solomon leads the New Zealand Under-20s haka, Tetekura O Pango, in their recent tournament in South Africa. Photo supplied. By Adam Julian Stanley Solomon isn’t shy. But even the whippet Petone fullback was surprised when nobody volunteered to lead the New Zealand Under-20s haka, Tetekura O Pango. So the former Wellington College First... petone rugby places sport Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/06/05/solomon-embracing-leadership-role-as-nz-u20s-prepare-for-world-tournament/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-06-05T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/30/time-to-shine-in-round-nine-for-swindale-shield-hopefuls/ Petone and Old Boys University will be looking to run away from their opposition tomorrow – Petone to stay in touch of leaders Ories for Swindale Shield glory and OBU to keep their Jubilee Cup chances alive. PHOTO: Wall Sport Media By Scott MacLean The weather gods continue to be kind to Wellington fans and... petone swindale rugby places sport Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/30/time-to-shine-in-round-nine-for-swindale-shield-hopefuls/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-05-30T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/28/performer-of-the-week-braith-ingram/ This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Petone openside flanker Braith Ingram, who had a busy match for his side against Old Boys University on Saturday in their Mark Verhoeven Trophy and Billy Brien Challenge defence win on Saturday. Ingram scored three tries and was the unofficial Player of the Match in Petone’s... petone rugby swindale places sport Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/28/performer-of-the-week-braith-ingram/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-05-27T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/24/ories-continue-to-set-pace-as-petone-edge-obu-and-leaders-fall-in-three-lower-grades/ A tightly contested match on Old Timers’ Day at William Jones Park for the Hakaraia Shield between home team Wainuiomata and visitors Pōneke who won 38-28. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian The Swindale Shield is Oriental-Rongotai’s to lose, following their eighth straight bonus point win today to move themselves... petone rugby swindale wainuiomata places sport Sat, 24 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/24/ories-continue-to-set-pace-as-petone-edge-obu-and-leaders-fall-in-three-lower-grades/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-05-24T00:00:00Z -41.2618075 174.9480696 Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/23/plenty-on-the-rugby-plate-in-round-eight-matches/ Above: big afternoons for the Norths and OBU Premier teams tomorrow to stay in the hunt with the mid-table teams. OBU plays Petone away and Norths host the Upper Hutt Rams. By Scott MacLean & Steven White Fine weather is set to continue for the eighth round of the Premier Swindale Shield and Premier 2... petone rugby swindale upper-hutt places sport huttvalley Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/23/plenty-on-the-rugby-plate-in-round-eight-matches/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-05-23T00:00:00Z -41.1240674 175.0699589 Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/20/kautai-performer-of-the-week-for-round-6/ This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Harmony Kautai, Petone Ponies centre/left wing. Kautai has been in sizzling form for the co-first round Women’s competition winners. In five matches played she has scored 17 tries, which is Ayesha-esque. This includes a five-try haul and four hat-tricks. On Saturday she scored three tries in... petone rugby places sport Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/20/kautai-performer-of-the-week-for-round-6/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-05-20T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/17/more-tight-results-in-swindale-shield-as-womens-first-round-shared/ By Steven White & Scott MacLean Swindale Shield Round 7 results at a glance (unofficial): Marist St Pat’s 22 – Wainuiomata 20 Paremata-Plimmerton 38 – Wellington Axemen 28 Poneke 30 – Upper Hutt Rams 22 Oriental-Rongotai 29 – Petone 24 Johnsonville 79 – Avalon 0 Old Boys University 44 – Northern United 27 Hutt Old... johnsonville petone plimmerton swindale upper-hutt wainuiomata rugby paremata places sport huttvalley Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/17/more-tight-results-in-swindale-shield-as-womens-first-round-shared/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-05-17T00:00:00Z -41.1240674 175.0699589 Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/14/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-099-henry-avery/ Not to be confused with his namesake Harry Avery who was the captain of the St Pat’s Old Boys team that shared the Jubilee Cup with Petone in 1949 (profile 093), this Henry ‘Harry’ Avery played his rugby in a much earlier generation. Henry Avery was out of Wellington College and was a leading player... petone rugby places sport Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/14/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-099-henry-avery/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-05-13T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/10/scoring-runs-hot-in-sixth-round-swindale-shield-matches/ Competition frontrunners Ories on the attack at home this afternoon against Marist St Pat’s. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean There was some hot scoring and more surprise results in Wellington club rugby in mild, sunny conditions on Saturday, with Petone, Hutt Old Boys Marist and Johnsonville all pushing past 50 points... johnsonville petone rugby swindale places sport Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/10/scoring-runs-hot-in-sixth-round-swindale-shield-matches/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-05-10T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/03/ories-on-top-as-poneke-petone-and-paremata-plimmerton-leave-it-late-for-wins/ Dominic Ropeti and Ories attack the line today in their win over Tawa in the Swindale Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian Swindale Shield Round 5 results at a glance: Pōneke 41 – Johnsonville 38 Hutt Old Boys Marist 55 – Wellington Axemen 17 Wainuiomata 67 – Northern United... johnsonville petone plimmerton swindale tawa wainuiomata rugby paremata places sport Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/05/03/ories-on-top-as-poneke-petone-and-paremata-plimmerton-leave-it-late-for-wins/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-05-03T00:00:00Z -41.2618075 174.9480696 Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/04/29/matchday-highlights-upper-hutt-rams-v-petone/ 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... petone rugby swindale upper-hutt places sport huttvalley Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/04/29/matchday-highlights-upper-hutt-rams-v-petone/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-04-28T00:00:00Z -41.1240674 175.0699589 Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand