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New players to feature in Super Rugby squads in 2025
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes have nine new signings in their 38-player squad, some of whom could also be in line to make their Swindale Shield debuts next season. The full squad, as released this morning, is listed below. There are 12 Wellington players in the Hurricanes squad, these being: Asafo Aumua (Avalon), TJ Clarke (Petone) Caleb Delany...
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Paremata-Plimmerton and Petone Wellington club sevens champions
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- By Steven White. Photos by Andy McArthur. Paremata-Plimmerton (men’s) and Petone (women’s) are the 2024 Wellington club rugby sevens champions. Both clubs defended their titles that they won last year at the same venue as then at Trentham Memorial Park. Paremata-Plimmerton retained the American Ambassador’s Trophy, while Petone have stored away the Eleonor Roosevelt Cup...
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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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Club Rugby Awards of the Year 2024
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Club Rugby contributors In a semi-regular tradition, we look back at the club and college seasons, and a mix of the serious and not-quite-so. Team of the Year: Tawa Under 85kg Ducks After coming up short in last years final, the Ducks made no race of the lightweight comp this time around with a...
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Best & Fairest competitions teams of the season
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- One of our regular post-season pieces is to compile teams based on the Men’s Billy Wallace and Women’s Erin Rush Best & Fairest standings, representing the outstanding and consistent performers across the many weeks of the club season. With the winners – Men’s joint-winners Sam Clarke from Paremata-Plimmerton and Marist St Pats’ Milan Kriletich and...
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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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Clarke, Kriletich, Su’a-Smith win Best & Fairest Awards
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Paremata-Plimmerton’s Sam Clarke, Marist St Pats’ Milan Kriletich, and Petone’s Keira Su’a-Smith took home the feature club awards from last night’s Wellington Rugby awards. Clarke and Kriletich were joint-winners of the mens Billy Wallace crown, while Su’a-Smith was the outright winner of the women’s Erin Rush Trophy. Clarke and Kriletich each tallied 19 points across...
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Sideline Conversions 7 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Lookout the Bus aka Tyson aka Julian Savea is coming through. The Oriental-Rongotai wing and teammates celebrate Wellington’s 7th and final try of the afternoon on Saturday as Northern United’s Kienan Higgins and Wainuiomata’s Sam Smith in Hawke’s Bay colours can only watch on in despair. The Magpies had earlier led 21-0. Photo: Mike Lewis. ...
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Lions to host Hawke’s Bay and Heartland teams vying for semi-finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- 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...
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Comeback wins for Wellington Samoa U18s and Wairarapa-bush as Horowhenua-Kapiti well beaten
- Wellington Club Weekly
- 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...
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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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Wellington Lions preparing for 50th Ranfurly Shield challenge on Sunday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White and Peter Marriott Wellingtonians, Huttites and Poriruaians have a spring in their steps this week because the region’s rugby team is on a tear, having won their sixth straight NPC win of the season on Wednesday night and with a Ranfurly Shield challenge this coming Sunday to look forward to. The squad’s...
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U19s retain silverware, Centurions beat Tasman B, Hurricanes U18s competition underway
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White & Scott MacLean Wellington retained the Hurricanes U19s competition Central Region Shield with a 65-7 win over the Hurricanes Heartland U20s at Porirua Park today. Playing into the strong wind, Wellington led 34-7 at halftime and maintained their dominance on the scoreboard throughout the remainder o the match. Wellington scored 11 tries...
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Tjay Clarke on the rise for Wellington Lions
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- Tjay Clarke in action for Petone against Ories earlier this season. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White Is Tjay Clarke currently the biggest over-achiever in the Wellington rugby? We ask that question in a positive way – the current Lions wing and fullback with the cool head, booming left boot and a steely eye for...
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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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MANUKURA beat St Mary’s in Hurricanes final to retain Rex Kerr Cup and return to Top Four
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur For the fourth consecutive year in the Hurricanes Region Schoolgirls’ Final, Manawatu champions MANUKURA have beaten St Mary’s College. They won today’s final 22-10 in fine, breezy conditions at the Petone Recreation Ground. Left wing Tayleh Seng scored the first and last tries for MANUKURA as they completed...
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Wellington Lions v Manawatu Turbos Stat Attack
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- Ories teammates collide. Manawatu’s Pena Va’a and Wellington’s Julian Savea meet in their match on Sunday. Photo: Andy McArthur. Wellington beat Manawatu 39-31 in their third round NPC match on Sunday at Porirua Park. Some facts and figures by Peter Marriott. Round 3 v Manawatu: Won 39-31 The two sides have met on 30 occasions...
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Sideline Conversions 26 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A colossal week of rugby for Wellington and lower North Island teams, as the action continues to come thick and fast. The midweek rugby sees the St Mary’s College and Manukura teams meet in the Hurricanes schoolgirls Rex Kerr Cup final. This is set down for the Petone Rec at 1.30pm on Wednesday. The winner...
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Experienced hooker Leni Apisai rolling with the Lions
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- Leni Apisai was back playing a full season of club rugby for Paremata-Plimmerton this year. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White The Wellington Lions were leading Taranaki 21-19 with two minutes to play on Sunday afternoon when they sealed the win in the wet with a textbook 20-metre rolling maul try in the far corner....
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Wellington v Manawatu the history, and the 1981 Ranfurly Shield match
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions and Manawatu Turbos meet on Sunday at Porirua Park in the third round of the 2024 NPC season. Wellington have won their first two matches, while Manawatu have lost both of theirs. The two teams meet for the Coronation Cup. This was presented by the Arnott family to the Manawatu Rugby Union...
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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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Sideline Conversions 19 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Julian Savea scores one of his two tries for the Lions in a splash at Porirua Park yesterday. Savea scored two tries for Wellington in an NPC game for the first time since a 37-35 win over Bay of Plenty at Sky Stadium in the first round of the 2022 NPC. With rugby supporters back...
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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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MSP Internationals win club title, U85kg matches underway and college finalists found
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Poneke U85kg side on their way to scoring one of their 13 tries today through replain their National Knockout Cup win over Coastal. Poneke were one of four Wellington teams to win their U85kg matches today, but a fifth, Johnsonville, lost to the other Taranaki side New Plymouth Old Boys by a similar wide...
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