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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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Paremata-Plimmerton Black and Upper Hutt Rams seize initiative after opening day of American Ambassador’s Sevens
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- 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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Aisle be Back: The NPC win, All Blacks v England and TJ Clarke joining Hurricanes
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- By Kevin McCarthy Three extraordinary things happened in the past week. Extra time was needed for the Lions to clinch the NPC title. An All Black on the northern tour did something naughty. And the haka was again relitigated. Okay I lied, only the first was extraordinary. The other two, just vanilla. The final dished...
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Club sevens season underway this weekend
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- The Wellington club rugby sevens series and the Hurricanes schools tournament are both on tomorrow, in Wellington and in Feilding. Wellington club sevens The first leg of two Wellington club rugby sevens tournaments is being played tomorrow at the twin venues of Rugby League Park and Te Whaea Artificial. The men’s tournament is on Rugby...
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Wellington Lions v Bay of Plenty FINAL Stat Attack
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- The Wellington Lions defeated Bay of Plenty 23-20 in the 2024 NPC final. Some facts and figures from the final by Peter Marriott below. Final v Bay of Plenty: Won 23-20 (In Extra Time) The NPC Finals format was introduced in 1992 and since then Wellington has been involved in 13 First Division/Premiership Final matches....
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Sideline Conversions 29 October (some rugby news and happenings on a Tuesday)
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- Jackson Garden-Bachop enters the field for his 100th match for Wellington on Saturday. +++++ A monumental effort by Hutt International Boys School (HIBS) to win the Wellington Condor Sevens title yesterday. HIBS had not entered the tournament for 11 years but their competitiveness in the Premiership was reason alone to be somewhat weary. HIBS lost...
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HIBS win Open Boys Condors, St Mary’s defend both girls titles, Silverstream U15 boys winners
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- – 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
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- 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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Wellington Lions win sixth NPC title in 100-minute final
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- The Wellington Lions won their sixth National Provincial Championship title in an extra time thriller in the wet at Wellington Stadium this afternoon. A penalty in the 92nd minute to replacement first-five Callum Harkin, 30 seconds after he had come on to the field, was the difference as Wellington 23-20. Scores had been locked up...
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Century up for Jackson Garden-Bachop in NPC Final
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- By Adam Julian Jackson Garden-Bachop turns 100 today, the first Wellington player since Tana Umaga in 2007 to reach that milestone. Garden-Bachop attended the 37-7 win against Manawatū on September 11 in front of 14,081 at Sky Stadium, marking Tana’s centenary. He is proud to join a family friend, and 21 others, in triple figures....
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Condors set for Monday flight
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- 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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Kyle Preston and Lions focused on NPC final this coming Saturday
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- By Steven White Kyle Preston is like a cat on a hot tin roof. Well, he is a Wellington Lion, his form is strong and he’s scored some sizzling tries in recent weeks, and last time we spoke to him 18 months ago he was spending his week days working as a roofer. Cheesy introductions...
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Wellington Lions playing in 14th NPC final on Saturday
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- Julian Savea celebrates the match-sealing try in extra time in the Lions’ 100-minute 59-45 Championship final win over Bay of Plenty in 2017. By Adam Julian & Steven White The Wellington Lions are hosting the Bay of Plenty Steamers in Saturday’s 2024 National Provincial Championship decider. The NPC semi-final and final series was introduced in...
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Wellington Lions v Waikato semi-final stat attack
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- The Wellington Lions beat Waikato 29-24 in Saturday’s NPC semi-final and will host Bay of Plenty in the final. Some facts and figures and statistics from the semi-final below, by Peter Marriott. Semi-final v Waikato: Won 29-24 The Wellington Lions and Waikato have now met on 48 occasions in the NPC. Wellington has won 28...
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Club Rugby Awards of the Year 2024
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- 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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Sideline Conversions 21 October (some news and information to start the week)
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- Welcome to finals week…NPC finals week. The Wellington Lions have a shot at shooting for their sixth NPC Division 1/Premiership title when they host the Bay of Plenty Steamers in the final at Wellington Stadium this coming Saturday. It is a daytime match, kicking off at 3.05pm. The Lions were previously NPC champions in 1978,...
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Aisle be Back: Sexton, the All Blacks and the NPC semi-finals
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- By Kevin McCarthy I guess we’ve all met Johnny Sexton at some point. As Noel Gallagher described brother Liam: He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup. If you haven’t heard, Rieko Ioane last year delivered a pithy farewell to the Irish and world great as his side were trumped in an epic quarter final at...
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Lions hosting semi-final on Saturday and charity game on Sunday
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- Two different types of matches in Wellington this weekend, both important in their own way. On Saturday night, the Wellington Lions host the Waikato Mooloo in their NPC semi-final, and on Sunday the Āhuru Mōwai Trust team play the Parliamentary Sports Trust selection in a SOCKtober charity match. The Wellington Lions will host a team...
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New rugby recruitment tool for both players and clubs recently launched
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Oval15.com is not just another recruitment tool. It is a revolutionary platform designed to disrupt the traditional methods of rugby player recruitment. In an industry where the standard practice has long been sending CVs and hoping for the best, Oval15 offers a powerful, new streamlined alternative that places control of the recruitment process directly in the...
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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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Wellington Lions v Counties Manukau Quarter-final stat attack
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- Wellington beat Counties Manukau in their NPC quarter-final at home last Friday night. Facts and figures from the game below by By Peter Marriott. Quarter-final v Counties Manukau: Won 29-14 Wellington and Counties Manukau have now met on 39 occasions in the NPC. Wellington has won 24 of those matches, Counties Manukau has won 13....
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Sideline Conversions 14 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- 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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