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What happened 100 years ago Part 1: Club Rugby
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- As we enter a new season of rugby in the Wellington region, a look back at how the season panned out 100 years ago. This year it is 1925, another exciting and eventual year. A recap of the 1925 club season below. Part 2 canvassing representative rugby to come. Pōneke won the 1925 Senior Championship...
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The Published Histories of New Zealand Rugby Football
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- For all the known histories of all rugby clubs, provinces, sub-unions, referee’s associations and schools in New Zealand visit and bookmark this website: https://nzrugbyhistory.
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Sideline Conversions 3 February (some rugby news and information to start the new week in rugby)
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- Our news in briefs, happenings and titbits column. As has been the case previously, the intention is that this column will come out on Mondays every week throughout the rugby year, as we set up the week ahead and recap the weekend just gone. It is a collaborative effort, so if you have news or to contribute...
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Opening matches for Hurricanes squads this weekend
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- The 15s rugby season starts this weekend. The Hurricanes men’s and women’s squads are in action for the first time in 2025 in New Plymouth and Palmerston North respectively. The Hurricanes men’s team meets the Chiefs at former Hurricanes home venue Yarrow Stadium, kick-off is at 2.00pm on Saturday. It is understood that this match...
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Pakai Turia RIP – extremely gifted and consistently exciting
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- By Steven White & Adam Julian Extremely gifted and consistently exciting – Pakai Turia, has tragically passed away it has been announced on Monday afternoon. A leading player in the Wellington College First XV, Turia spent eight seasons playing first-five and fullback for Pōneke between 2014-2022, with one additional season in 2020 for Hutt Old...
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Sideline Conversions 27 January (first news and happenings column of the year)
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- Above: The sixth and latest Club Rugby jigsaw puzzle has just dropped – the Heartland Championship one. Our first news in briefs, happenings and titbits column of the year. As has been the case previously, the intention is that this column will come out on Mondays every week throughout the rugby year, as we set...
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Bula 7s Cup and Plate Finals decided in sudden death extra time
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- The Wellington Fijian Flyers score the winning try in sudden death extra time in today’s fourth annual Bula 7s tournament. By Steven White. Photos by Andy McArthur. Could the start of the 2025 rugby year get any more exciting? Both the Plate and Cup finals at the fourth annual Bula 7s tournament this afternoon at...
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New venue for Bula 7s this Saturday
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- 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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Community rugby on the rise in ’25 – a look at the year ahead
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- The festive season is over, and the holiday season will soon be too. It’s back to the grind for many, but for others it means it’s all downhill to another rugby season filled with excitement and drama, mystery and intrigue. We’ve put together some themes and topics to ponder over before the 2025 season kicks...
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Rugby outlook 2025 – Part 1 Representative Rugby
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- The festive season is over, and the holiday season will soon be too. It’s back to the grind for many, but for others it means it’s all downhill to another rugby season filled with excitement and drama, mystery and intrigue. We’ve put together some themes and topics to ponder over before the 2025 season kicks...
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Seasons Greetings with Club Rugby
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- Club Rugby wishes the rugby community a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Club Rugby’s team of regular contributors wishes to thank all readers and viewers of our content for their ongoing support to ensure that we can continue to cover rugby from the ground up from a neutral/overview perspective and document and preserve...
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A trusted guide to online betting for NZ sports fans
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- Looking to gamble at an online sportsbook for the first time? While it isn’t necessarily a difficult thing to do, you might need somebody to walk you through the process. That’s what we’re here for. We’re going to give you a quick but informative guide to online betting in New Zealand. There’s quite a lot...
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Excitement building for 2025 Swindale Shield with draw released
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- The 2025 Swindale Shield draw is out, and clubs and supporters will be circling the big dates on the calendar. The season gets underway in the first weekend of April as it did this year, and then rolls through 13 weeks finishing in the last weekend of June, before the playoffs commence the following week...
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St Mary’s third, other Wellington schools underwhelm at Condors
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- A far from vintage weekend for Wellington at the Condor Sevens at Mount Maunganui’s Blake Park. St Mary’s were the only shining light, reaching the Cup semifinals before falling 10-26 to Howick College. St Mary’s had topped their pool on Saturday, with wins over Rosehill College (36-0), hosts Mt Maunganui College (43-7), and then heavyweights...
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Five Wellington teams heading to Condor 7s this weekend
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- 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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All Blacks v Italy Stat Attack
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- The All Blacks beat Italy this past weekend. Some facts and figures from the test by Peter Marriott. New Zealand v Italy in Turin: Won 29-11 New Zealand and Italy first met at test level at Auckland in the opening pool match of the 1987 Rugby World Cup. New Zealand won the match 70-6. Before...
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Sideline Conversions 25 November (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- This column and our 2024 rugby coverage is fast coming to a close for the year, as we are running out of content. This may or may not be our last column of the year! An advertising spot on Club Rugby has opened up for next year. If interested in this and/or advanced sponsorship please get...
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Wellington teams do the double at Central 7s tournament
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- Wellington teams swept the 2024 Central Region 7s tournament at Massey University this afternoon. Wellington won both the men’s and women’s tournament, with the men’s team beating the Whanganui Butcher Boys 26-12 in their final and the women’s side defeating the Manawatu Cyclones 28-24. The men’s win was Wellington’s first win in this tournament since...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Italy
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- By Kevin McCarthy We are clearly disrespecting Italy by rushing to write the summaries of Razor Year One. So, apologies to that fantastic country – but a victory is highly unlikely, unless they flood the arena in Turin and bring in the sharks. Assuming the All Blacks add another win, they’ll end the year with...
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Central Region 7s on Saturday
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- The second annual post-covid revived Central Region 7s is being hosted by the Manawatu Rugby Football Union on Saturday. This is the tournament that was played in Levin for many years, prior to Covid 19 striking the nation and it going into abeyance for three years. There were green shoots in its revival last year...
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All Blacks v France Stat Attack
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- The All Blacks missed out to France this past weekend. Some facts and figures from the test by Peter Marriott. New Zealand v France in Paris: Lost 29-30 New Zealand and France first met in a test at Parc des Princes on 1 January 1906. New Zealand won the match 38-8. It was New Zealand’s...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France
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- By Kevin McCarthy The mental state of the nation regarding the All Blacks often resembles the patient who can’t quite nail their medication dose. Too little, and the world’s a terrible place, too much, and the world’s your oyster. Right now we’re probably in that latter phase. Which is odd after a tightly-fought victory over...
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New players to feature in Super Rugby squads in 2025
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- 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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All Blacks v Ireland Stat Attack
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- The All Blacks beat Ireland this past weekend. Some facts and figures from the test by Peter Marriott. New Zealand v Ireland in Dublin: Won 23-13 New Zealand and Ireland first met in a test at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on 25 November 1905. New Zealand won the match 15-0. The two sides have now...
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Sideline Conversions 11 November (some news and information to start the week)
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- Monday breakfast edition: That appears to be it for rugby in Wellington for the year. The end of another mighty season. Several weeks off and it starts anew with pre-season 2025. There are still some sevens tournaments to be played further afield, with the Central Region 7s in Palmerston North (exact venue and details to...
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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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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Ireland
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- By Kevin McCarthy Thank god for sh#t Richie McCaw, Most pundits thought about three weeks ago that Sam Cane should not be on the plane to the Northern Hemisphere. It was, along with the selection of TJ Perenara, evidence of the innate caution of Scott Robertson who had missed a chance to bring through the...
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American Ambassador’s Sevens 2.0 on Saturday
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- Friday morning preview – any updates and amendments will be made below as received. The second and final leg of the Wellington Rugby Football Union’s American Ambassador’s Sevens tournament is at Trentham Memorial Park on Saturday. Points from last weekend’s opening leg at Rugby league Park and Te Whaea roll over, heading to crossover semi-finals...
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All Blacks v England Stat Attack
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- The All Blacks beat England with a late converted try this past weekend. Some facts and figures from the test by Peter Marriott. New Zealand v England in London: Won 24-22New Zealand and England first met in a test match at Crystal Palace in London on 2 December 1905. It was New Zealand’s sixth-ever international...
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Sideline Conversions 4 November (some news and information to start the week)
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- 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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