Wellington Club Weekly / July 2020
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Club rugby in heaven in round seven
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Bruce Kauika-Petersen and Luca Rees join Parekura Lalaga in the loose forwards in an unchanged Norths team to play Wainuiomata tomorrow for the Alf Keating Memorial Trophy. By Scott MacLean Teams and draw HERE It’s perhaps hard to believe, but this weekend marks the halfway point of the Premier season, and the race for...
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50th Ken Gray Trophy win for Silverstream, Aotea retains Beard Trophy
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian and Steven White Wellington Premiership and other competition Draws & Results over on www.collegerugby.co.nz St Patrick’s College, Silverstream have won the Ken Gray Memorial Trophy for the 50th time beating Wellington College 45-26 in Upper Hutt on Wednesday. In the highest-scoring of the 89 traditional fixtures, dating back to 1931, there were 11...
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Shamus steel evident among students
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- Shamus Hurley-Langton leading the Goats attack for OBU against MSP last Saturday. PHOTO: Tom Minton. By Adam Julian Shamus Hurley-Langton has earned acclaim for his unrelenting performances for Old Boys University and the Wellington Under 19’s in the past year. The loose forward was exceptional at the National Under 19 Jock Hobbs Memorial tournament in...
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Short Passes 27 July (news in briefs)
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- Above: The Ories and Wainuiomata scrums pack down on Saturday. Photo: Andy McArthur. View all galleries from the weekend HERE Breakfast edition: A busy slate of midweek rugby ahead. Wednesday is highlighted by that afternoon’s St Pat’s Silverstream vs Wellington College Traditional, while that night has the first of the season’s four Beard Trophy matches...
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Petone win McBain as part of tight round of matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Results & Standings HERE The Petone clubrooms were packed late this afternoon following the home side’s 32-24 win over Hutt Old Boys Marist in the 85th McBain Shield encounter between the two clubs. Three pile up Petone tries and six lead changes were the major talking points of McBain. The turning point occurred with about...
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Club Rugby updates post for Saturday 25 July
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- Teams and draws HERE Four Old Timers’ Days, some big match-ups and famous interclub trophies and the first Saturday of school rugby – there’s lots in the mix today. See below for updates. Premier (Swindale Shield) 25/7/2020 2:45pm Avalon Rugby: 🆚 Poneke FC 25/7/2020 2:45pm Marist St Pats RFC 🆚 OB University RFC 25/7/2020 2:45pm...
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Top six showdowns highlight sixth round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean Teams and draws HERE It’s a mouthwatering slate of matches tomorrow in the Swindale Shield with the collisions of several big names and a round that seems fairly even across the board. That theme continues applying down the grades as there is at least one high-profile game in each plus the return...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Crusaders this Sunday
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- By Kevin McCarthy The Hurricanes have been using the famous 2016 drubbing of the Crusaders in Christchurch as motivation for the big game this weekend. Personally, I think they’d be better off with just remembering last year’s semi-final on the same ground, the Hand of Sam game. You’d have to be a very one-eyed Cantab...
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McBain Shield – five of the best this century
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The McBain Shield between Petone and Hutt Old Boys Marist has been contested every year since 1934. Saturday’s clash at the Petone Rec will be the 85th time it has been on the line. There have been many memorable McBain Shield matches over the years, particularly in the modern era since 2003 when HOBM regained...
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C’mon Red – MSP rugby history book launch this Saturday
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- Marist St Pats RFC Book launch – Saturday 25 July 2020 11.15am – Hataitai Park Clubrooms Ca’ii-Michelle Gordon, has very kindly offered to sing a couple of numbers, the New Zealand National Anthem and “Heroes”, at the launch proceedings of “C’mon Red” – the 50th Jubilee publication of the Marist St Pats RFC. Ms Gordon,...
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Town tamed by Stream in incredible finish
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- By Adam Julian A penalty try from the end of the world? St Patrick’s College, Silverstream have stunned St Patrick’s College Town 26-17 in the annual Old Boys Cup traditional fixture at Evans Bay Park this afternoon. With less than five minutes remaining the visitors were down 17-14 and anchored inside their 22 where they...
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Carter soaring as Petone seek pole position
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- Above: Tom Carter scored two tries in a recent win over Avalon. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. By Adam Julian “I’m a bit of a battler who found myself in the right place at the right time,” Tom Carter responded when asked about his compelling form in the midfield for Petone. The 26-year old has scored four...
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It’s only a MATA of time
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- Above: Former Paremata-Plimmerton Juniors Jimmy Moore and Tyler Cannel among a growing number of former Juniors returning to play Premier rugby at the club. Paremata-Plimmerton is finally starting to see a steady flow of former junior players return to the club. It was a conversation club stalwart Paul “Softy” Latham had with two First XV...
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Short Passes 19 July (news in briefs)
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- John Monu flies in to score the match sealing try for Wainuiomata against Avalon on Saturday. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. For galleries from the weekend visit our photos website HERE Some mouth watering Swindale Shield match-ups in this coming weekend’s sixth round. Hire a helicopter or catch a ride with Dave Lintott to see parts of...
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MSP and Paremata-Plimmerton big winners in fifth round matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Tawa clinched a 17-10 win over Hutt Old Boys Marist in the fifth round of the Swindale Shield. Results at a glance HERE Marist St Pat’s and Paremata-Plimmerton were two notable winners from today’s fifth round of the Swindale Shield, played in cloudy and at times drizzly conditions around the Wellington region. MSP lit...
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Round 5 scoring updates – Saturday 18 July
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It’s round FIVE of the Premier Swindale Shield, Premier Reserve Harper Lock Shield and Premier Women’s competitions, and the fourth week of Colts and U85kg competition matches. See below for some updates as the day unfolds. Full review on this website on Saturday night, with plenty of video and photo content to come on our...
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Club rugby to come alive in round five
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- By Scott MacLean Swindale Shield teamlists HERE Tomorrow see’s one-third distance reached in the Premier season with the fifth round of the Swindale and Harper Lock Shields, with it again looking like ideal mid-winter conditions for playing rugby. No fewer than three players rack up centurion milestones tomorrow; two in the black and white hoops...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Blues
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy I am quite ashamed. After four plane flights over about 45 hours, spread across three weeks, with one cancellation and about eight million security checks, I arrived home to a quarantine hotel and tuned in 43 SECONDS late for the Hurricanes v Highlanders kick-off. I do not intend to repeat the exercise...
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Rugby fire still burning for Taufale
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- Above: Galu Taufale in action last weekend against Tawa. He makes his 100th Premier start for Poneke against Petone on Saturday. By Adam Julian At the end of 2016, and after nearly a decade in club rugby, Galu Taufale entertained thoughts of hanging up his boots and starting a career as a firefighter. When 2017 was...
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A dame of Women’s Rugby – Neroli Knight
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- By Adam Julian Neroli Matautia (nee Knight) was a high school star who kicked on to to enjoy a 22-year senior career. On August 26, 1990, Knight became possibly the youngest ever rugby international when she debuted for New Zealand aged 15 years, 11 months, and 7 days old against the Netherlands at the RugbyFest...
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This week in History: 13-19 July
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- Above: Isaac O’Connor (MSP) bears down on Steve So’oialo (Tawa) in their sixth round regular season match in 2013. MSP won this game 20-10 , but Tawa would win the final three weeks later. So’oialo’s brother James also features this week in history, for Northern United in 2009. See below for more. Some selected Wellington...
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Short Passes 13 July (news in briefs)
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- Above: Johnsonville’s winning sprint team from Hurricanes Club Night at Wellington Stadium yesterday, evoking memories of former Hawks wing Guy Davenport-Brown’s club sprint win at Athletic Park in the late 1990s. PHOTO: Peter McDonald. Round four of 13 of Wellington Premier club rugby is in the can, with just Tawa and OBU left standing...
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Petone and Norths come out on top in close games
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- By Steven White and Adam Julian Petone (pictured above with the Bill Elvy Memorial Trophy) and Northern United won the two closest games of the fourth round of Wellington’s Premier Swindale Shield on Saturday, as all the home teams prevailed and Tawa and Old Boys University sit atop the standings as the only unbeaten teams....
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Round 4 scoring updates – Saturday 11 July
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It’s round four of the Premier Swindale Shield, Premier Reserve Harper Lock Shield and Premier Women’s competitions, and the third week of Colts and U85kg competition matches. See below for some updates as the day unfolds. Full review on this website on Saturday night, with plenty of video and photo content to come on our...
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Key match-ups in fourth round of the Swindale Shield
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- By Scott MacLean Three weeks in, and most teams are well into the rhythm of the season. Tomorrow some can extend their good starts and put some distance between them and the pack, while others need results or can end the leading quartets unbeaten starts. It’s a milestone day for two players. A week after...
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Amanda Rasch – Rare Form
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- Above: Amanda Rasch scores in a splash against MSP recently. It is safe to say she kicked her own conversion, to add to her prolific form off the kicking tee. By Adam Julian Amanda Rasch is in rare form. The versatile Ories back has kicked 14 out of 16 goals in the opening two rounds...
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Bumper season of First XV rugby coming up
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The St Pat’s Town First XV opened its season a month ago against the Marist St Pat’s Colts side at Evans Bay Park. Town plays Hastings Boys’ High School (away) next Wednesday and the following Wednesday hosts St Pat’s Silverstream there in the Premiership and in their Traditional fixture. Three months ago, the prospects of...
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This week in History 6-12 July
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: This week in 2010 Norths and HOBM contested a dramatic 23-23 draw. A decade on, these two teams meet this coming weekend at Jerry Collins Stadium in round 4 of the 2020 Swindale Shield. Some selected Wellington club rugby memories from this week in history. 6 July 1957: Defending Jubilee Cup champions Petone are...
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Short Passes news in briefs – 6 July
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Draws & Results HERE The club rugby season is well and truly underway now. Depending on results this coming weekend in the fourth round of the Swindale Shield we could start to see a split in the table. With only top four teams going on to contest this year’s Jubilee Cup you don’t want to...
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Close wins for Tawa and Ories as Norths teams hit their straps
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- Above: Fereti Soloa was part of a potent HOBM backline that was too much of a handful for Johnsonville at the Hutt Rec. The Eagles beat the Hawks 59-5. Draws & Results HERE By Steven White, Adam Julian and Scott MacLean There were close wins for Tawa and Oriental-Rongotai respectively in the Swindale Shield today,...
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Saturday 4 July – Wellington club rugby updates. Click here for scores and results
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- Draws & Teamlists HERE It’s round three of the Premier Swindale Shield, Premier Reserve Harper Lock Shield and Premier Women’s competitions, and the second week of Colts and U85kg competition matches. See below for some updates as the day unfolds. Full review on this website on Saturday night, with plenty of video and photo content...
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Appealing weekend of club rugby coming up
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ories travel to play the Upper Hutt Rams, while Paremata-Plimmerton are at home to Old Boys University in Swindale Shield third round matches tomorrow. By Scott MacLean Draws & Teamlists HERE After the wintriest week of the season so far, tomorrow’s forecast looks promising with clear and cool conditions in the offing. That should allow...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Chiefs this Sunday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Avalon’s Asafo Aumua crosses for the Hurricanes at Wellington Stadium in their previous match. By Kevin McCarthy It’s not you, it’s me. The Blues have probably heard that line in the last week. Beauden Barrett, the player on which to build a dynasty, is off to Japan. Admittedly not for a whole year. He’ll just...
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Eammon Carr – rugby engine moving again
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- Above: Eammon Carr (centre) with his teammates in a break in play last Saturday. By Adam Julian In mid-2018 Eammon Carr complained of “not feeling right.” A visit to the doctors resulted in antibiotics being prescribed for a throat infection. With no immediate improvement, Carr returned to the doctors and was told he was suffering...
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