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Sideline Conversions 7 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- 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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Matchday Scoring highlights Hardham Cup Final: Wainuiomata (24) v Paremata-Plimmerton (19)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two teams met at Porirua Park on Saturday in the 2024 Wellington club rugby Premier 2 Hardham Cup final. A report of the fixture is here: Wainuiomata win Hardham Cup with win over Paremata-Plimmerton Highlights of this match are below: Bonus Track: Old Boys University beat Tawa 27-21 to win the Jubilee Cup...
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OBU, Wainuiomata, HOBM win major club rugby finals
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Six champions were crowned at Porirua Park this afternoon. A round-up of the action that we covered follows. JUBILEE CUP They’ll be Harkin about it all summer. Old Boys University won a Jubilee Cup final for the ages on Jerry Collins Stadium. OBU won 27-21, holding off waves of Tawa attack on their own goal...
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Wainuiomata win Hardham Cup with win over Paremata-Plimmerton
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Fulltime in the Hardham Cup final. Wainuiomata are the 2024 Premier 2 Hardham Cup champions, beating Paremata-Plimmerton 24-19 in the final at a fine but breezy Porirua Park early this afternoon. It was close throughout, but it was a 76th minute long-range penalty to first-five Andrew Wells that put them 10 points up and make...
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Knockout club rugby to bring extra intensity
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wainuiomata host Northern United and Avalon are away at Paremata-Plimmerton in tomorrow’s Hardham Cup quarter-finals. By Scott MacLean We’ve reached knockout rugby; Win and move on, lose and you’re done. In the Premier grade, 12 teams are in action tomorrow, and half of them will be playing their final matches of the season tomorrow....
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Championship club rugby starts this Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Action from William Jones Park last Saturday, that saw Paremata-Plimmerton beat the home team in a close one. Wainuiomata are back home tomorrow to face Avalon, while Paremata-Plimmerton traverse Wellington to play Ories at the Polo Ground. PHOTO: T-Paul Gale. By Scott MacLean Midday edition – updates to come later this afternoon: This weekend...
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Today speaks for tomorrow – Teru Time Reaches 200 games for Wainuiomata
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Teru Time playing in Wainuiomata’s recent win over Oriental-Rongotai – one of his favourite matches in green and black. Photo: Dave Brownlie By Adam Julian Teru Time will play his 200th match for Wainuiomata against Johnsonville at Helston Park on Saturday. Reflecting upon his milestone with the Wainuiomata squad on Tuesday night, Time said to...
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Full day of club and college rugby tomorrow as competitions intensify
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wainuiomata return home tomorrow to play Tawa for both the Chris Stirling Cup and Bill Brown Challenge Trophy, while Northern United meet the Upper Hutt Rams at Maidstone Park for the Terry Farrow Memorial Cup. The rugby fields of Wellington will be in full swing tomorrow with a bumper slate of matches in all grades....
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Pasia Asiata prospering at Pōneke
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A familiar sight this year – Pasia Asiata running strongly, in a recent Swindale Shield match between Pōneke and Wainuiomata. Photo: Shotdott. Pasia Asiata’s New Zealand rugby dream in New Zealand is alive and well. The dynamic loose forward came to New Zealand from his home in Samoa in 2019 aged 21, and almost five...
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Sieni Uluulu a strong force behind Petone Ponies this season
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Sieni Uluulu crosses for Petone against Wainuiomata in their recent match at William Jones Park. By Adam Julian. Photos by Andy McArthur. The Petone women are on a roll. Unblemished in 2024 the Ponies have won 16 of their last 19 matches since the start of 2023 – twice capturing Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy first-round honours. Sieni...
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Matchday Swindale Shield Scoring Highlights: HOBM (29) v Wainuiomata (13)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The two clubs met at the Hutt Recreation Ground. Conditions were fine, but breezy and underfoot conditions were greasy early on following a heavy shower of rain. HOBM won 29-13. A workmanlike Eagles side outscored Wainuiomata 5 tries to 1 on the day, their set-piece on top and their lineout the direct source for three...
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Patelesio proving dangerous on the wing for Wainuiomata
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Niko Patelesio playing against Avalon last season. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. By Adam Julian When Niko Patelesio returned to Wainuiomata in 2021 and announced he was an outside back he was frowned upon. Patelesio had started his career at lock in 2015 and might have been expected to lose pace after three shoulder surgeries. Fast forward...
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The ‘JLo Show’ Reaches 200
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jason Love entering William Jones Park with his young family in support to play his 200th match for Wainuiomata this past Saturday against Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Jason Love (Te Āti Awa/Ngāti Poro) is an unapologetic original. So, when the veteran Wainuiomata rugby player was asked to describe himself, he invented his...
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OBU and HOBM joint leaders after rollicking day of club rugby in the sunshine
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone were too good for home side Wainuiomata on Old Timers’ Day at William Jones Park this afternoon.
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Zoe Clark and Wainuiomata Women’s team making positive start to new season
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Captain Zoe Clark (centre) and teammates discuss tactics during a break in play last Saturday in their win over Oriental-Rongotai.
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Sideline Conversions 7 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Samoans players after their match in Wainuiomata on Saturday against Wairarapa-Bush. They are on the road this weekend for their second game. Morning edition – updates expected throughout the day. More Finals coming up this weekend, in the school and club rugby competitions. There are four club rugby finals across two club grades...
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Moana Kuma – Build It and they will come, Bunnings Assist a Game Changer
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wainuiomata Women’s team after a win on their Old Timers’ Day last season. Photo: T-Paul Gale. When Wainuiomata Rugby Club originally built their bathroom facilities they weren’t really designed with females in mind. There was a single bathroom at the back of the clubhouse that could only be accessed by passing a long male...
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POLL: Pick the 2023 Jubilee Cup winner, plus competition explainer
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The 2023 Jubilee Cup kicks off this coming Saturday, 1 July. Final Swindale Shield Standings Paremata-Plimmerton – 60 Johnsonville – 51 Old Boys University – 51 Upper Hutt Rams – 45 Marist St Pats – 44 Petone – 44 Tawa – 42 Oriental-Rongotai – 42 Hutt Old Boys Marist – 41 Pōneke – 22 Wainuiomata...
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Lealava’a reaches 150 games for Wainuiomata
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Michael Lealava’a playing in his 150th match for Wainuiomata this past Saturday. Photo: T-Paul Gale. By Adam Julian Michael Lealava’a was going to retire from rugby in 2023. With four children, diploma study, and his demanding job for Housing New Zealand in the “facility management space” another season was a big ask. On Saturday Lealava’a...
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Sideline Conversions 12 June (some rugby news and happenings to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Morning edition: Two weekends of the Premier Swindale Shield to go, and the Women’s Division 1 and 2 championship finals this coming Saturday. The Division 1 Tia Paasi final is between Marist St Pat’s and Petone at Evans Bay Park and the Division 2 Izzy Ford Cup decider is between home team Paremata-Plimmerton and HOBM/Wainuiomata....
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Crunch time in club rugby as business end of the first round comes into focus
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Both Wainuiomata and Northern United are Hardham Cup-bound, but both can affect other team’s Jubilee Cup aspirations over the final three weeks of the first round. Wainuiomata play Avalon tomorrow and Norths meet Johnsonville. Photo: T-Paul Gale. By Scott MacLean Draws & Teamlists (as received) HERE It’s very much business time at the sharp end...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 27 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the ninth round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The ninth round slate of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition sees all seven matches kick-off at their usual time of 2.45pm. The draw with teamlists is HERE Today’s Swindale Shield radio broadcast match is the PETONE v WAINUIOMATA fixture. The E Tu Whanau Footy...
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Preston guiding young Billygoats resurgence
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Kyle Preston can’t stop scoring tries. The halfback has bagged 21 tries in his last 20 games for Old Boys University, including four in the students’ 59-17 overcoming of Wainuiomata on Saturday. With nine tries in 2023, Preston is the leading try scorer in the Swindale Shield after seven rounds. In 28...
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Premier ton up this weekend for Tane McMillan-Parata
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tane McMillan-Parata playing against Wainuiomata in their 2022 Swindale Shield match at William Jones Park. PHOTO: T-Paul Gale. By Steven White Paremata-Plimmerton captain Tane McMillan-Parata has been playing for his home club for almost a decade and a half and is loving his rugby as much as ever. “Definitely last year and this season have...
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Club rugby to soar to new heights in fifth round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Upper Hutt Rams are gunning for their fifth straight win when they play Northern United at Porirua Park tomorrow, while Wainuiomata will want to get their campaign back on track following recent home losses when they travel to Tawa. PHOTO: T-Paul Gale. Draws & Results HERE By Scott MacLean It seems remarkable that after...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates Round 2, Saturday 8 April
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the second round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. There have already been three Easter weekend competition games prior to today: Swindale Shield: Norths beat Avalon 28-24 Swindale Shield: Wainuiomata beat Wellington FC 31-16 Harper Lock Shield: Hutt Old Boys Marist beat Old Boys University 36-27 The second round of the Premier...
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Harper Lock Shield: HOBM (24) v Wainuiomata (13) match highlights
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hutt Old Boys Eagles second XV kick-started their season on Saturday at William Jones Park with a 24-13 win over their Wainuiomata counterparts. In windy conditions, the Eagles led 14-0 after halftime then 14-10 at halftime as Wainuiomata hit back with two tries before the turnaround. Playing into the wind in the second half,...
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Pre-season club rugby and Hurricanes teams at home
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wainuiomata and Poneke met last Saturday and both are having internal camps this weekend. But 10 of Wellington’s Premier squads are in action in pre-season games tomorrow. PHOTO T-Paul Gale. The Hurricanes open up this weekend’s rugby with their match tonight at Wellington Stadium, which clears the decks for a full day of club rugby...
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Week two of club rugby pre-season and four Hurricanes teams playing at home on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It’s the second weekend of the 2023 club rugby pre-season and several clubs are taking the field in practice and trial matches against other opposition, home and away. There are four matches between Wellington clubs tomorrow: Tawa v Paremata-Plimmerton, Lyndhurst Park, from 1.00pm Oriental-Rongotai v Old Boys University, Rongotai College, from 11.ooam Wainuiomata v Hutt...
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New winners to be crowned in scaled down American Ambassador’s series
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Updated: Names of new winners will be etched on the men’s and women’s Wellington club rugby sevens trophies this season, as the scheduled two-leg series gets underway at Wise Park in Wainuiomata on Saturday. As is the theme in sevens rugby this year, numbers are significantly down. This is a trend that can be blamed...
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