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Randall Bishop – Tawa’s Mr. Reliable set to play his 200th Premier match
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- Randall Bishop gets his kick away last Saturday in Tawa’s one-point win over Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Some 15 seasons after making his Premier debut, and three Jubilee Cup titles two more finals appearances and a Horowhenua-Kapiti title later, Randall Bishop is set to run out to play his 200th match for...
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Swindale Shield Matchday Highlights Round Two: Tawa (26) v Pare-Plim (25)
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- 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...
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Axemen raise the half century as first round form reverses for some teams
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- 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...
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Wellington club rugby links to live scoring, streams and updates 11 April
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- LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 11 April 2026) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield and lower grade Scoring and fulltime scores updated as they happen. WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores and get...
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All grades underway in Wellington club rugby tomorrow
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- Wainuiomata will be seeking their second straight win to start the year when they host Old Boys University in Round Two of the Swindale Shield, while Avalon are at home for the first time and playing Hutt Old Boys Marist. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. By Scott MacLean Welcome to the first full weekend of the club...
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Where are they Now: Martin Leslie (Petone and Scotland)
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- 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...
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Swindale Shield Matchday Scoring Highlights: Round One MSP (58) v Norths (22)
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- Round One of the 2026 Swindale Shield came to Porirua Park where home team Northern United met Marist St Pat’s for the Maurice Standish Cup. In breezy conditions, home side Norths scored first and late led 12-7 during the first half. MSP got their noses ahead 19-12 by halftime. Early in the second half a...
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Sideline Conversions 6 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Upper Hutt Rams celebrate a job well done, beating Poneke 66-32 in their Swindale Shield season opener. Is this the year of the Ram? Photo: Tane Nathan/Kinetic Images. The first weekend of Wellington club rugby saw seven entertaining Premier fixtures played throughout the region and the opening round of Premier 2 games. There were Premier...
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Paremata-Plimmerton pip first round defending champions, second half blowouts elsewhere
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- Ethan Webster-Nonu scores a key try against his former side today in round one of the Swindale Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Oriental-Rongotai played through last year’s first round Wellington club rugby Premier Swindale Shield with 13 straight bonus point wins. In today’s 2026 season opener, Ories were pipped at...
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Wellington club rugby 4 April: Live scoring and updates, radio and livestreams
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- CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield and Harper Lock Shield Premier 2 live Scoring on 4 April 2026: WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 Round 1 teamlists at this link in the line below (note we are aware of an issue with all teamlists not displaying correctly on mobiles or tablets,...
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Club Rugby A-Z 2026
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- Supporters was Finals Day last year. Photo Peter McDonald. Some of the themes that could play out this year in club and community rugby are below in the annual A-Z. By Scott MacLean It’s a bit of fun we have before the season gets underway. Here’s the 11th edition of our season preview in A-Z...
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Easter Saturday start for Premier and Premier 2 club rugby in Wellington
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- By Scott MacLean & Steven White And so it begins again, the 147th season of club rugby in the nation’s capital. It’s a staggered start to the season with only the Premier and Premier 2 underway tomorrow. The remaining club grades – Colts, Women’s, 85s, Reserve, and Presidents – start next week. Tomorrow’s 100th season...
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Wellington club rugby Gains & Losses 2026
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- One of our most awaited columns in the lead-up to the season and a traditional story as featured in the newspaper in former years is the Gains & Losses, tracking player movement in and out of clubs and the province. This year is no exception, and this edition looks like a particularly bumper one! ________________________________________________________________________...
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Coach Rasch and HOBM Eagles looking to defend title in 2026
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- HOBM Head Coach Otto Rasch with his family and the Eagles on the field after last July’s Jubilee Cup Final. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Adam Julian Otto Rasch cuts an imperious figure as a coach, physically imposing and forthright. He’s got Hutt Old Boys Marist humming, too. In February, the 2025 Jubilee Cup champions and...
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Some Experienced Players to Watch in club rugby 2026
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- By Steven White & Scott MacLean A feature of the start of every club rugby season are the new players joining the competition for the first time, and 2026 will be no different with a number of school leavers as well as a group of returning and new older players from other provinces to add...
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Club Rugby By the Numbers 2026
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- The 2026 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. The season starts with the opening round of the Premier Swindale Shield, Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield and Colts competitions. A mix of historical and recent stats and updated records is collated below. 97 – The number of Jubilee Cups contested. First won in 1929...
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Club rugby pre-season 2026 – what’s coming up in March?
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- The scheduled kick-offs of major club rugby competitions in Wellington (4 April), Manawatu (28 March), Hawke’s Bay (21 March) and Wairarapa-Bush and Horowhenua-Kapiti (both TBC) are in sight. All matches that have been collated below and ordered by date are assumed to be between ‘Premier [Senior A]’ squads unless stated, although many are Premier/Premier Reserve...
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Sideline Conversions 16 February (some news and information to start the new week in rugby)
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- Above: Flashback to the 2007 Swindale Shield clash between Upper Hutt and Wainuiomata. Upper Hutt won 19-17. These two teams meet this year in round 11 on 13 June. All photos are here: https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/ Plenty of activity behind the scenes as the autumn leaves of the off-season gather (or in the case of Sunday night’s...
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Countdown clock set for 2026 Swindale Shield with draw release
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- It’s a little over six months until the start of the 2026 Wellington club rugby season, but with Friday’s Premier first round competition draw release by the WRFU its expectation and anticipation is hanging in the air. Mark down Saturday 4 April 2026 for the opening round of the Premier first round Swindale Shield. It...
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Best & Fairest Teams of the Season 2025
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- By Scott MacLean A regular of our end of season coverage is to name teams based on the Men’s Billy Wallace and Women’s Erin Rush Best & Fairest standings, which represent the outstanding and consistent performers across the club season. Last week the WRFU announced the two winners – Men’s winner Esi Komaisavai from Paremata-Plimmerton...
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Esi Komaisavai and Harmony Kautai win Best & Fairest competitions
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- With some 50 tries between them in 2025, Esi Komaisavai and Harmony Kautai were worthy winners of the club rugby Best & Fairest competitions this year. By Scott MacLean & Steven White The winners of the two big individual club awards from Monday night’s Wellington Rugby awards were Paremata-Plimmerton’s Esi Komaisavai who took home the...
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Premier grade refresh coming in 2026
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- By Scott MacLean Wellington Rugby’s Premier Men’s competition will have a new look next year, but just what that might be is currently out for consultation. The current requirements were put in place for the 2015 season, aiming to give clubs greater stability without the threat of relegation. That provided a lifeline to Johnsonville, who...
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Little Ernst Making Big Impression at the Eagles Nest
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- Dominic Ernst in flying form for HOBM earlier in the Swindale Shield round. After a week off, HOBM are back home this Saturday hosting Paremata-Plimmerton in their Jubilee Cup semi-final. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. By Adam Julian Dominic Ernst was among the throng of jubilant spectators at the Hutt Recreation Ground when Hutt Old Boys Marist last...
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Club Rugby Champion teams 018: Pōneke 2003
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- Pōneke came into the final against defending champions Marist St Pat’s having beaten first round Swindale Shield champions Northern United 31-8 in their semi-final. In beating two-time defending champions MSP in the final, Pōneke reversed two losses to them earlier in the season. They started stronger in the decider and were ahead the whole match,...
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Tawa and Nigel Hunt calling on experience in upcoming Jubilee Cup round
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- Nigel Hunt in headgear celebrates Tawa’s 26-23 win over Paremata-Plimmerton on Saturday. Other evergreen Tawa players in shot include Tito Ioane, Hemi Fermanis and Randall Bishop. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Experience counts for a lot at this time of the club rugby season. The Jubilee Cup – and in particular knockout rugby –...
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Luca Rees scores 100 tries in Premier Rugby and most tries in Premier rugby and UPDATED most tries list
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- A significant achievement was reached in Wellington club rugby on Saturday when Northern United No. 8 Luca Rees scored his 100th Premier try, and is our Performer of the Week on social media. See below the graphic for an updated full list of men’s top try-scorers in Premier rugby in the Wellington competition in the...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Tawa (26) v Paremata-Plimmerton (23)
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- The two sides met in muddy conditions at Ngati Toa Domain in the 13th and final round of the Swindale Shield. Tawa won with a last-play try, after coming back from 23-14 behind in the last several minutes. Both teams made the ‘top 4’ for the upcoming Jubilee Cup – and this result means that...
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Petone win Premier 2, Ories complete perfect first round and next week’s match-ups decided
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- 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...
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Wellington club rugby 28 June links to live scoring, radio and streaming
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- It’s the final weekend of the regular season round-robin Premier and Premier 2 competitions and there is lots on and plenty to play for. LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 28 June 2025) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield Scoring WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU...
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Swindale Shield Round 13: Just the teamlists
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- Just the teamlists – as at 12,00pm Friday – for Round 13 of the Swindale Shield on 28 June 2025. All teams subject to change. A full round preview will be published as a separate feature article on this website later on Friday afternoon. PŌNEKE () NORTHERN UNITED () Pōneke scorers updated after game… Norths...
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