Wellington Club Weekly / April 2014
May 2014 | March 2014-
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Tauasosi Tuimavave: Patience, Persistence and Destiny
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Tauasosi Tuimavave, playing for Poneke last season, has been selected in the New Zealand U20 quad to contest the IRB Junior World Championship in Auckland in June.
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RobLawMax Labour Hire Player Profile: Sam Blair (Tawa)
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- They were almost tipped up for the first time since early July 2013 on Saturday, but Tawa came back late to beat Johnsonville and extend their unbeaten run to 10 matches.
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Ories, Avalon unbeaten in Wellington women’s rugby
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- Above: Avalon halfback Mary-Jane Ale gets a pass away as her Wainuiomata opposite Suzanne Yee and referee Bruce Burdon look on.
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Hutt Old Boys Marist come back from the brink to beat Upper Hutt Rams
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- Heart-stopper at the Hutt Rec: HOBM Eagles centre Taiso Silafai-Leaanaa scores in the corner today in HOBM's remarkable win over the Upper Hutt Rams Has there been a comeback like it in Wellington club rugby in modern times? Not since Tawa's 42-35 win over Poneke in 2010 when they came back from 7-35 perhaps? Today, the Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles came back from being 17-40 down on the scoreboard and at that moment treading water on the Swindale Shield points table to bonus point 41-40 winners and within a matter of minutes right back in the race for first round Swindale Shield honours...
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So'oialo's club rugby scoring feats, tomorrow's interclub trophies and the 'Reform' game
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- Ahead of tomorrow's sixth round set of Wellington club rugby Premier, Senior 1 and Senior 2 matches, some statistics about James So'oialo's Premier club rugby scoring feats thus far for his previous club Northern United and his current one Tawa (pictured here playing recently for Tawa against Norths), some information about interclub trophies on the line tomorrow and how Victorian Rules Football helped hasten the formation of the WRFU. So'oialo outscores the opposition James So'oialo has achieved a lot in his rugby career...
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Swindale Shield set to heat up at halfway mark
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- Above: Fighting for possession.
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Joint Ories and Poneke fundraising weekend for Grbich Memorial Shield match
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- Above: Rongotai College Old Boys Paulo Aukuso (Ories) and Ben Huntley (Poneke) in action against each other in the 2009 Swindale Shield and Jimmy Grbich Shield match The Oriental-Rongotai (Ories) and Poneke FC rugby clubs are jointly organising a fundraising weekend at the end of May to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Jimmy Grbich Memorial Shield, which is played for between the two clubs annually in their first round Swindale Shield match. The aim of the two clubs is to create the ‘Rongotai College Rugby Hub'...
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RobLawMax Labour Hire Player Profile: Josh Robertson-Weepu (Wainuiomata)
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- Nephew of All Black Piri Weepu, Josh Robertson-Weepu was a prolific scorer for the St Pat's Silverstream.
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Giant killers Johnsonville shock Ories to grab first win
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- Above: The battle in the air was competitive in today's Father Cleary Shield match at Kilbirnie Park between MSP and HOBM.
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Quick turnaround for Easter Monday rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Club rugby makes a quick return with a second set of games tomorrow following those that took place on Thursday night and Friday as part of the Easter double round.
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Swindale Shield goes down to the wire on Good Friday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Old Boys University wing Te Wehi Wright looks for a way through Poneke's staunch defence today in his side's last-gasp 24-21 win at Kilbirnie Park It was a Good Friday for Wellington club followers today following a pulsating set of matches had fans wanting much more.
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Easter rugby bonanza in Wellington
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jackson Garden-Bachop (Norths) and James So'oialo (Tawa) in a tussle at Porirua Park last weekend.
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RobLawMax Labour Hire Player Profile: Pakai Turia (Poneke)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- First five-eighth Pakai Turia has joined Poneke and the WRFU Academy from Wellington College, where he was a star in last year's Wellington Premier 1 playoff series.
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Bonus point wins in opening round of Fleurs Trophy
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- Above: Action from the Stokes Valley - Tawa first round match at Delaney Park.
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Inspired Petone reclaim McBain Shield; Tawa, MSP, Ories unbeaten
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- Above: Action from the Avalon - Wests Roosters Senior 1 clash at Fraser Park.
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McBain Shield top billing tomorrow
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- Long standing club rivalries will resume across several venues tomorrow as part of the Derby Day round of senior matches in Wellington club rugby, but perhaps none more so than at the Petone Recreation Ground where Petone and Hutt Old Boys Marist take the field for their annual McBain Shield clash.
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Local bragging rights at stake on Derby Day this Saturday
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- No laughing matter: Both Johnsonville and Norths, who met last week in a one-point thriller, will be hoping for convincing performances in Saturday's third round of the Swindale Shield.
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Expanded Women’s competition kicking off on Saturday
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- Above: Wainuiomata (2012) and Norths (2013) are the recent winners of the Women's club championship Victoria Tavern Trophy.
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RobLawMax Labour Hire Player Profile: Sam McNicol (Petone)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In association with our partners RobLawMax Labour Hire, we're running regular player profiles this season, showcasing many of the young up and coming players and some of the more established players in Wellington Premier Men's and Women's club rugby.
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Big guns assist Ories to big win over Axemen and Johnsonville push Norths close
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- Above: Ories wing Hayden Whelan runs in his side's opening try of the afternoon against the Wellington Axemen A comfortable win for a Hurricanes-laden Oriental-Rongotai and a near-upset for Johnsonville were two of the many talking points in an electrifying second round set of Swindale Shield matches played in hard and fast conditions around Wellington this afternoon.
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Northern United Women’s team to join Wellington Men in Australian 7s tournament
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington club fifteens and American Ambassador's Women's Sevens champions Northern United will join the national champion Wellington Men's Sevens side at the Central Coast International Sevens Rugby Festival taking place on 25 and 26 October.
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Preview: More questions to be answered in second round
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- The opening round of the season is in the books, and as alluded to in this column last week it perhaps raised more questions than answers for the twelve Premier sides.
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Chance for school leavers to make their marks in Swindale Shield
- Wellington Club Weekly
- From First XV rugby to the Swindale Shield.
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RobLawMax Labour Hire Player Profile: Lizzie Goulden (Ories)
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