Wellington Club Weekly / April 2021
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WELLINGTON CLUB RUGBY SCORING UPDATES 1 May
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- For scoring updates for round three of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 1 May see below.
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St Kent’s hold off Scots to retain Presbyterian Cup
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- By Adam Julian Saint Kentigern College successfully retained the Presbyterian Cup quadrangular tournament title for the fifth consecutive year, defeating host school Scots College 30-22 in the final on Friday. The Auckland visitors led from start to finish but were challenged by Scots on numerous occasions throughout the match. St Kent’s opened the scoring in...
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Club rugby competitions heating up in week four matches
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- The Swindale Shield is set to reach new heights in round four, with a series of big games around the region. Tawa head up the motorway to play Paremata-Plimmerton, while Wainuiomata are back at home hosting the Upper Hutt Rams. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE Another busy and full...
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Aisle be Back: Plenty of silver but a pretty murky lake
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- By Kevin McCarthy Plenty of silver but a pretty murky lake. That’s how the latest round of the sale of a slice the national game played out on Thursday. As expected, the provincial unions have lined up behind a sale of 12.5 per cent of a new entity to giant US equity giant Silver Lake....
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Sharp Axe: Burchett is back
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- Ranui Burchett dives over to score his try against Wainuiomata in week two. PHOTO: Brad Roberts By Adam Julian Wellington Axemen co-captain Ranui Burchett will receive his blazer this Saturday for reaching the milestone of 50 games for the Premiers. He has also featured in a number of reserve fixtures. The robust second-five has endured...
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Scots and St Kent’s to contest Presbyterian Quad final after opening day wins.
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- Scots College fullback Edoardo Payano makes an incisive first half break in his team’s Presbyterian Cup opening day win over Lindisfarne College. By Adam Julian Hosts Scots College (Wellington) and four-time defending champions Saint Kentigern College (Auckland) will contest the annual Presbyterian Quadrangular tournament final after the first day of matches in Strathmore. On Friday...
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Vale Nemani Waka
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- Nemani Waka playing for Wests against Norths in 2011. PHOTO: Chainsaw Photos.
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Marist St Pat’s and Poneke to celebrate 100 years of rugby rivalry
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- Saturday’s match for the Horan-Millar Trophy will mark 100 year’s since the first meeting at Senior A/Premier level between Marist and Poneke. By Alistair Garvie and Tim Donoghue A century of rugby rivalry between two Eastern Suburbs rugby clubs – Marist-St Pat’s and Poneke – will be celebrated at Evans Bay Park this Saturday, kick-off...
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Past club rugby matches in photos: 003: HOBM v Wainuiomata 2013
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- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. Over a year before the two clubs would meet in the Jubilee Cup final at the same venue, Hutt Old Boys Marist defeated Wainuiomata 23-19 in a gripping Jubilee Cup round-robin fixture on 15 June 2013. HOBM...
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Bond Banter 26 April (NEWS IN BRIEFS and some rugby information to start the week)
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- A bright sunshine day on Saturday, with spectators on the far side of Kilbirinie Park shielding their eyes from the big yellow ball in the sky. Here’s hoping the pleasant weather hangs around for a bit longer, before winter rugby kicks in! Welcome to week four of the Wellington club rugby competition. Just five sleeps...
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Five teams still unbeaten after three rounds of Wellington Premier club rugby
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- By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian and Martyn Bridge. Five teams entered the third round of the Swindale Shield with unbeaten records, and those five remained unbeaten after a day of club rugby played in almost perfect conditions throughout the Wellington region. On either side of Evans Bay, Marist St Pat’s and Old Boys-University...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 24 April
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- For scoring updates for round three of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 24 April see below.
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Simply Insane – St Bede’s College stun Stream in a wild traditional.
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- St Bede’s cross the tryline late in the first half in their late win over St Pat’s Silverstream on Friday. By Adam Julian Take a deep breath. Don’t interrupt. Even the driest description of St Bede’s 39-37 victory over St Patrick’s College, Silverstream this afternoon is likely to elicit strong emotions. With 15 minutes remaining,...
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Big match-ups in third round of the Swindale Shield
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- Norths leave Porirua Park for the first time this season, heading into town to play Marist St Pat’s for the Maurice Standish Cup.
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Aisle be Back: The Silver Lake deal vote and Canes v Chiefs tonight
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- By Kevin McCarthy The fiasco of the European Super League should send a shiver down your spine. Touted by some as a victory for fan power, it’s likely to be the sort of victory in a zombie film where the last ghoul is slain, but you realise there’s still 15 minutes running time. Nek minnit....
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Social Media Thursday Week 3
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- It’s Petone’s Old Timers’ Day on Saturday, where Gordon Noble-Campbell and Andy Leslie will be commentating the Petone-Wellington match on Te Upoko O Te Ika. Details of how to listen are HERE A new social round-up of posts curated from Monday-Thursday from around the #clubrugby and #communityrugby traps. Because the rugby news cycle rolls on 24/7...
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This week in club rugby history: 19-26 April
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- Hooker James O’Reilly scored two tries for the HOBM Eagles in their 54-49 Anzac Day win over Marist St Pat’s in 2015. HOBM went on to win the Swindale Shield and MSP were runners-up. Traditionally a super-busy week in Wellington club rugby – below are some of the many highlights from the past this week. ...
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Past club rugby matches in photos. #002: Ories v OBU 2013
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- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. The second photo in this series is from 2013 in the seventh and final round Jubilee Cup match between Oriental-Rongotai and Old Boys University. In this photo, Julian Savea crosses for a key try in the Magpies’...
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Drawn encounter between St Pat’s Town and St Bede’s College
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- St Pat’s Town celebrate No. 8 Jeremiah Collins’ late try, which gave Town a chance to equalise. Captain Cam Burgess kicked the sideline conversion and the two teams finished all square. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. By Adam Julian St Patrick’s College, Wellington and St Bede’s College have shared an eventful 37-37 draw at Evans Bay...
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Bond Banter 19 April (SOME RUGBY NEWS IN BRIEFS AND INFORMATION FROM THE GROUND UP)
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- Above: Caption this! PHOTO: Stewart Baird. Two rounds in the bag and four teams have won both their games – Marist St Pat’s, Upper Hutt Rams, Old Boys University and Petone. Ories have won one and drawn one, which was recorded on official channels as a win to Tawa on Saturday – and still is...
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Close results in Swindale Shield second round
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- The Upper Hutt Rams beat Johnsonville 23-19 on their Old Timers’ Day at Maidstone Park. By Adam Julian, Steven White & Ian Knightly. Five of the seven second round Swindale Shield games in Wellington on Saturday went down to the wire, with little separating the sides on fulltime. Petone, the Upper Hutt Rams, Old Boys...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 17 april
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- For scoring updates for round two of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 17 April see below.
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Draw confirmed for 2021 NZ Barbarians U85 National Club Cup
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- Auckland’s Eden ran away to beat Eastbourne in the semi-finals last year. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By NZR Media Release New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has announced the draw for the 2021 NZ Barbarians Under 85kg National Club Cup, with 45 teams from across 12 Provincial Unions set to compete. Some of the key match-ups from the...
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Nelson College convincing winners over Rongotai and St Pat’s Silverstream
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- By Adam Julian and Steven White. Photo by @tackld Nelson College have sounded a warning to their southern rivals with two convincing victories over Rongotai College and St Patrick’s College, Silverstream on their short Wellington tour. Rongotai was slain 77-7 on Wednesday and Silverstream subdued 40-5 on Friday. Nelson used 25 players across both games...
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Early season form to be tested in round two
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- Johnsonville will be jumping for joy if they make it two from two this weekend when they play the Upper Hutt Rams away, while Paremata-Plimmerton return home to face defending first round champions Marist St Pat’s.
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Social Media Thursday
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- A new social round-up of posts curated from Monday-Thursday from around the #clubrugby and #communityrugby traps. Because the rugby news cycle rolls on 24/7 and many people aren’t on social media. This post is a corroborative one. Please message us any and all newsworthy or interest social media posts you see or email to editor@clubrugby.co.nz...
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It’s not easy being green, unless you’re Carne Green
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- Carne Green kicking for goal last Saturday in Petone’s first round win over Tawa. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Adam Julian Carne Green talks a lot. What is he on about? “Yeah, yeah, well I remember when my old man used to coach, and I was the ball boy. We had people like Eugene Smith, Mateaki...
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Hurricanes v Crusaders Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott Round 7 v Crusaders: Lost 27-30 The Hurricanes record against the Crusaders is now played 41, won 13, lost 26 and drawn two. The Hurricanes have lost their first three home matches of the season for the first time ever. Previously they had lost two out of the first three in 1996,...
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Past club rugby matches in photos. #001: Wellington v Upper Hutt Rams 2016
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- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. For no particular reason, the first of this series is from 2016 in a second round Jubilee Cup match between the Wellington Axemen and the Upper Hutt Rams at Maidstone Park. Wellington won the match 31-15. In...
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Bond Banter 12 April (NEWS IN BRIEFS, RUGBY INFORMATION FROM THE GROUND UP)
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- Week one of Wellington club rugby in the books (and week four of Manawatu and week two of Hawke’s Bay, as far as other notable Hurricanes region club competitions go). More than one comment has described the first day of Wellington club rugby on Saturday ‘interesting.’ On paper, Poneke’s 68-5 win over Wellington to retain...
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Contrasting results in Swindale Shield opening round
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- Defending Swindale Shield champions Marist St Pat’s opened their season with a 25-3 win over Hutt Old Boys Marist at home.
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 10 April
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- For scoring updates for the opening day of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 10 April see below. For the full draw and the results posted on Saturday evening visit our Draws & Results pages. Stay tuned in to our social media pages throughout the weekend, for stories, results, photos and videos: https://www.facebook.com/NZClubRugby/ – https://twitter.com/clubrugby – ...
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Opening day for Wellington club rugby tomorrow
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- By Scott MacLean For round one draws and teamlists visit HERE or bookmark the Draws & Results tab on the menu bar above. And so it begins once more with the start of the 143rd season of club rugby in the nation’s capital. It’s a slightly later start than in recent years – though not...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes Club Day
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- By Kevin McCarthy The season hit the wall on Saturday night, in one of those games that leave you with a distinctly unsettled taste in the mouth. If we’d won, we’d be celebrating a team that survived two yellow cards – the last one being a shocker that was also of course a penalty try....
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Club Rugby A-Z 2021
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- By Scott MacLean The 2021 club season finally gets underway across the province this weekend with the first round of a full 13 for the Premier Swindale Shield, as well as the start of the rebranded Premier 2 competition and the top four Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy. Our sixth annual A-Z looks ahead at the...
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School Leavers to Watch 2021
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- Heated action from the 2020 Premiership First XV final at Porirua Park, that saw Scots College edge St Pat’s Silverstream 24-21. Many of the players that contested the final are joining the Wellington cub rugby ranks this year. A look at some of them below. After a couple of weak years previously, Wellington Secondary Schools...
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Wellington club rugby Gains & Losses 2021
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- The 2021 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. Round one Swindale Shield teams will be named here in the Draws & Results section (above) on Friday. As always there is player movement between clubs and new players from school First XVs and some others from overseas set to join the playing ranks...
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Bond Banter 5 April (NEWS IN BRIEFS, RUGBY INFORMATION FROM THE GROUND UP)
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- Easter Monday morning edition: Here we are, the season is finally upon us! After a long lead-in and a four-day break for many over Easter, the 52nd annual Swindale Shield kicks off this coming Saturday around the grounds in Wellington, Porirua and the Hutt Valley. First round games at a glance are: Avalon Wolves v...
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Southern on Cloud Nine at Deaf Champs
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- Action from the match between champions Southern and home team Central in their match at the National Deaf Championships. Southern beat Northern on Sunday in the decider. By Adam Julian Southern are the New Zealand Deaf Rugby National Championships for a ninth consecutive time following a resounding 41-13 victory over Northern at a wind-swept Petone...
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POLL: Who do you think will win the Swindale Shield?
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- Wellington’s Swindale Shield Premier club rugby first round competition kicks off on Saturday 10 April. Visit the draw and follow the action HERE First round matches at a glance (all 2.45pm kick-offs) are: Avalon Wolves v Upper Hutt Rams Johnsonville v Paremata-Plimmerton Marist St Pat’s v Hutt Old Boys Marist Northern United v Old Boys...
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Aisle be Back: Easter edition
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- By Kevin McCarthy Well, they scoffed when I said the march to the title began last weekend They’re not laughing now. Or not so loudly. Yet here we are. A make-or-break game against the Blues who are in a crisis of confidence. That’s because the Blues were pretty dreadful last weekend, perfectly following the template...
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Palmerston BHS deny fast-finishing Wellington College, Feilding Yellows unbeaten
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- Palmerston North Boys’ High School resisted a fast-finishing Wellington College to win their annual traditional fixture 26-20 in the capital this afternoon, while defending champions Feilding Yellows battled through a frustrating front row crisis in Manawatu club rugby to beat Old Boys Marist 25-7 for their third straight win of the season. With 10 minutes...
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Veterans to watch in club rugby
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- By Scott MacLean Last year in this space we took a look at a young player from each of the 14 Premier clubs looking to make their mark on the game in Wellington. This year we’ve decided to focus on a veteran who we think still has a point to prove out there on the...
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