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Finals and Semi-Finals this weekend in lower North Island club rugby competitions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Just two points separated Paraparaumu and Waikanae when they met in this match in early May. They play a Ramsbotham Cup semi-final at Waikanae Park tomorrow. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean Whilst Wellington club rugby falls silent this weekend and then has two more weeks to play to take it through to the...
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Matchday scoring updates: Oriental-Rongotai (28) v Paremata-Plimmerton (28)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Visitors Oriental-Rongotai beat Paremata-Plimmerton in a hard fought fixture in windy conditions at Ngati Toa Domain on Saturday in their opening match of the championship rounds in Wellington. This was the first round of the 2026 Jubilee Cup and was between sixth placed qualifier Paremata-Plimmerton and seventh Oriental-Rongotai. This meant that, while the winner would...
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Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Sideline Conversions 6 July (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The reaction of the HOBM and Petone players say it all – trytime for the Eagles. Their win over Petone earned them a week off, but it transpires that all teams will have this week off. More below. Photo: Tane Nathan (Kinetic Images). Welcome to a new week in community rugby, perhaps just not...
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HOBM and Upper Hutt Rams earn week off, while OBU and Paremata-Plimmerton drop out of Jubilee Cup race
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Upper Hut Rams enjoyed their new temporary home of NZCIS 1, belting out some lively tries in their 47-29 win over Tawa, to earn next week off in the Jubilee Cup. Photo: Andy MacArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Premier draw next weekend at a glance (seedings from the first round in brackets):...
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Liam Giving Rising Rams Slight Edge
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Liam Slight lighting up Maidstone Park with flanker Pene To’o in support in a recent match. Photo: @thephotoguy_nz By Adam Julian The Upper Hutt Rams have rocketed into the Jubilee Cup with nine consecutive wins and a second-place finish in the Swindale Shield, their best showing since winning it in 2005. In 2005, Pope...
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Aotea College retain Beard Trophy in a thriller
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Aotea College celebrating their first Beard Trophy defence on Wednesday night, beating Mana College 36-32. A week after winning it off Tawa College, the story of Aotea College’s first defence that gets written and stored in the booklet inside the Beard Trophy will be a memorable one. Seemingly down and out, Aotea College came back...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 132: Paul Russo (Marist)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Paul Russo highlighted in the back row, winning the Jubilee Cup with Marist in 1960, in his second year out of school at St Pat’s Silverstream. Paul Russo was a feature No. 8 of Wellington club rugby competitions and representative rugby throughout the 1960s. Russo was a four-time Jubilee Cup winner with Marist in...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Paremata-Plimmerton (19) v Wainuiomata (12)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Visitors Paremata-Plimmerton beat Wainuiomata 19-12 in a tough fixture at William Jones Park on Saturday in their Smith & Wilson Cup match in the last round of the 2026 Swindale Shield. It was always tight and it came down to who could take their chances. Paremata-Plimmerton did just that, while also coming up with three...
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Sideline Conversions 29 June (some news and information to start the new rugby week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Petone were awarded the Harper Lock Shield late on Sunday after the competition was declared closed after the last round was unable to go ahead on Saturday after extreme weather late last week. PHOTO: Petone Rugby Monday morning edition – updates expected later in the day: Four weeks until the end of the Wellington...
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Top eight to start the Jubilee Cup found on wet afternoon of club rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Mud and glory – Marzy Karim slides through to score the clincher for Paremata-Plimmerton over Wainuiomata. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White and Scott MacLean The top eight sides to start next weekend’s coveted Premier Jubilee Cup competition and next week’s opening round club rugby championship draw were found on a wet and wild afternoon...
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Aotea College new Beard Trophy holders with win over Tawa College
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White A new era of the Beard Trophy has started – at least until next week’s third match of four in the 2026 series when Mana College have their challenge. Aotea College stopped Tawa College’s reign in their 10th defence since they had won it in the final challenge of 2023 with an...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 131 Paul Delaney (Onslow)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Paul Delaney was a self-employed plumber by trade, and he was Mr Fixit for many club and Wellington representative rugby teams he played for and coached over many years. Delaney, who was a lock and flanker, was a leading Onslow Senior A player in Wellington club rugby for over a decade spanning the 1950s and...
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Matchday Highlights: UH Rams (24) v Tawa (19) – first win over Tawa in a decade
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Visitors the Upper Hutt Rams came screeching back over the final 15 minutes to beat Tawa 24-19 at windy Lyndhurst Park on Saturday. Tawa were left ruing a number of missed opportunities and a pair of second half yellow cards which cost them the game. They had earlier sprung to life midway through the first...
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Petone win Swindale Shield on day of late boilovers and upsets throughout club and college rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone with the Swindale Shield on their home ground, following today’s win over Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Grant Wall. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Petone are the 2026 Swindale Shield champions, winning the first-round title for the 16th time with next week’s final round to spare with a 43-17 win over Paremata-Plimmerton this afternoon. Petone and...
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Spotlight on club rugby in penultimate rounds of the Premier and Premier 2 competitions
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Trytime in last Saturday’s match between the Wellington Axemen and Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Stewart Baird. The Axemen are back home hosting Oriental-Rongotai in Round 12, while Paremata-Plimmerton are at Petone. By Scott MacLean Friday lunchtime edition – updates to come later this afternoon as a handful of teamlists hadn’t been revealed by the noon hour: The...
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Midweek wins for St Pat’s Town, St Pat’s Silverstream and Wellington College
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur St Pat’s Town (Tuesday), St Pat’s Silverstream (Wednesday) and Wellington College (Thursday) enjoyed wins this week. Accounts of these games below, starting with the Quadrangular Tournament on Thursday. The 100th Quadrangular (Quad) final on Saturday will be contested between the most prolific winners of the competition, Wellington College...
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Henry in top form for Petone in McBain Shield win
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Henry gets his pass away on Saturday. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian It was a boisterous night on Udy Street as Petone foiled Hutt Old Boys Marist 29-16 to regain the McBain Shield from the Jubilee Cup champions and move within a whisker of winning the Swindale Shield for a record 16th time. The...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Upper Hutt Rams (33) v Wainuiomata (32)
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- As the one-point margin of victory suggests, this fixture contained several twists and turns before eventually being settled in the 76th minute with a try to replacement halfback Kaide McCashin, burrowing over from a ruck after a concerted crescendo of phase play in front of the line. This wasn’t the end of it though. Replacement...
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Sideline Conversions 15 June (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Action from the Petone Rec on Saturday, during the latter stages of the first round Colts decider. Photo: Warwick Burke Visitors HOBM won the Paris Memorial Trophy, joining the Tawa Ducks (U85kgs) and Petone Women as first round winners so far. Will the Swindale Shield and Harper Lock Shield titles be decided in this coming...
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Petone win McBain and have Swindale in their sights, but chasing pack bunched together
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone run in the opening try on the McBain Shield today in their win over Hutt Old Boys Marist. By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian & Andy McArthur (photos) Petone beat Hutt Old Boys Marist 29-16 in their biggest regular season match of the year, while other results today meant the chasing pack is...
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Bumper weekend for club rugby in Wellington and around the region coming up
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- The Avalon and Petone scrums pack down last week at Fraser Park. Avalon are back there in the 11th round hosting Marist St Pat’s, while Petone are at home against Hutt Old Boys Marist for the McBain Shield. By Scott MacLean It’s a bumper weekend for club rugby coming up, with top-of-the-table clashes as well...
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Stoic Maulolo On Petone & McBain Magic
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Lester Maulolo running freely for Petone in a recent Swindale Shield match against Ories. On Saturday Petone hosts HOBM for the McBain Shield. Photo: Kinetic Images. By Adam Julian Lester Maulolo wryly laughs. “If the body still works, I might as well use it.” On Saturday, the Petone midfielder will line up for his 93rd...
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The Kiss of Barry – Wellington Stops Silverstream Win Streak
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington College players and travelling supporters celebrate winning their traditional and ending Silverstream’s 21-game Premiership competition winning streak. By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur The 21-game winning streak of St Patrick’s College, Silverstream, in the Premiership ended, out-thought by a gutsy Wellington College 26-17 in the 95th annual Ken Grey Cup match in Upper...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wellington College (26) v St Pat’s Silverstream (17)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met in dry, still conditions at St Pat’s Silverstream on Wednesday in their annual midweek traditional for the Ken Gray Cup. Wellington College led 15-14 at halftime and went on to win 26-17, sealing their win with two late penalties after dominating possession and territory throughout much of the second half despite...
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Mana, McBain, Winner, Waylon Tuhoro-Robinson
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Waylon Tuhoro-Robinson gets his kick away in a recent match for HOBM against Paremata-Plimmerton. On Saturday they meet Petone for the McBain Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. Waylon Tuhoro-Robinson has an air of authority that draws people in. He wasn’t always outspoken, but the tough, talented, versatile, diligent, honest, and articulate Hutt Old Boys Marist halfback...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wainuiomata (48) v Northern United (31)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wainuiomata pulled away from Northern United in the second half to win well, to take home the Alf Keating Memorial Trophy, on Old Timers’ Day at Porirua Park. Norths had led 19-14 at halftime, through tries to flanker Ethan Lepou and lock Taniela Tuangalu whilst Wainuiomata No. 8 and earlier try scorer Emmanuel Solomona was...
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Sideline Conversions 8 June (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Lots going on in this scene in the Premier match on Saturday between Paremata-Plimmerton and Johnsonville, just like there is plenty happening this coming weekend. Photo: Stewart Baird Photography. Another stirring weekend of rugby, with some notable results across several grades. There are just three rounds to play in the Swindale Shield before this...
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Petone men’s create buffer at top of Swindale standings as their women win their first round title
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Petone Ponies with the Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy today after their last round top-of-the-table 33-15 win over Northern United today. More on this game in the Women’s round-up below. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Swindale Shield points table (unofficial) after 10 rounds: https://stats.clubrugby.nz/table/2026-swindale-shield/ Petone have one hand on the Swindale...
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Swindale Shield picture to become clearer in 10th round matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone celebrate a try against Marist St Pat’s last week. They are up river for their tenth round match to play Avalon while Marist St Pat’s cross the road to play Poneke at Kilbirnie Park. Photo: Wall Sport Media. By Scott MacLean and Steven White Friday early afternoon edition – updates later: The 2026 Wellington...
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Loads of talent in all-time colleges XVs
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The article below was first published on Club Rugby in 2015 and has been dusted off and re-posted below. There are few changes to the line-ups that were selected then. Selection at the time involved input from a few people. Challenges ahead are to select all-time XVs from other schools, such as Hutt Valley High...
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