Wellington Club Weekly / May 2021
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1-7 June: a bumper week in club rugby history
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- This week in 2005 saw Upper Hutt win the Swindale Shield. PHOTO: Dominion Post. The first week in June is rich in history in Wellington club rugby. For many years there was the annual King’s Birthday/Queen’s Birthday round that saw draw-makers ensure blockbuster match-ups and big crowds and publicity. Since the late 1960s, early June...
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Bond Banter 31 May (some news in briefs to start the new week in rugby)
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- Winter rugby is almost upon us. It threatened to get wintry on Saturday, but for the most part rain stayed away and it was still relatively mild. The Wellington Axemen won their first match of the year in the Premier grade, leaving just a handful of teams across all club rugby grades yet to taste...
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Axemen win on Old Timers’ Day, as Ories and Tawa win close matches in the Swindale Shield
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- By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Martyn Bridge Draws & Results are HERE The Wellington Axemen clinched their first win of the season this afternoon on a cloudy but mostly dry eighth round set of Wellington Premier club rugby Swindale Shield matches. The Axemen beat the Johnsonville Hawks 27-17 on their Old Timers’ Day at...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 29 May
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- For scoring updates for round three of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 29 May see below. Club Rugby in association with TRIBE now bring you up-to-date Scores ! from Wellington Club Rugby CLICK Below for More Live Scores WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85...
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Swindale contenders to enter home straight in round eight
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- By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE With the halfway point of the Swindale Shield now passed it’s time for teams to put their foot down if they want to be part of the Top 8 picture for the Jubilee Cup playoffs in six weeks time. Elsewhere it’s the start of the second rounds...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Force in Napier
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- Ngani Laumape partners with Peter Umaga-Jensen in the Hurricanes midfield against Jeremy Thrush’s Force in Napier tonight. By Kevin McCarthy Spoiler alert. Australian rugby is weak. Hold on, sorry, you knew that. We all knew that. Even the Australians knew that. For about the last five years. Which means the fuss over the very apparent...
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Test Post – Te Reo
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- English Maori English In a new series, we catch up with a Life Member from a club. In the second of these articles we catch up with John Sheehan from Hutt Old Boys Marist. What is your rugby background and where did you spend your formative years? I started playing rugby at Hutt Intermediate School and have...
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Life Member Chat: John Sheehan (Hutt Old Boys Marist)
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- HOBM’s John Sheehan (left with black jacket) with former Club Captain Graeme Coley at the Hutt Rec. In a new series, we catch up with a Life Member from a club. In the second of these articles we catch up with John Sheehan from Hutt Old Boys Marist. What is your rugby background and where...
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Past club rugby matches in photos: 008 Old Boys University v Oriental-Rongotai 2016
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- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. Wing Joe Hill scores for Old Boys University against Oriental-Rongotai in the 2016 Swindale Shield at Nairnville Park. This match was an early season thriller. OBU won their fifth straight match and their 14th overall with a last-gasp...
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Wins for Wellington College and Napier BHS in midweek First XV traditionals
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- By Steven White & Ian Knightly Huge defence and big heart have given Wellington College a 31-18 victory over St Pat’s Town in their 136th First XV traditional this afternoon. In perfect conditions at Evans Bay Park, Wellington College won four tries to two, to break a three-year duck in their annual Centennial Shield match,...
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Hurricanes v Rebels Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott SUPER RUGBY TRANS-TASMAN Round 2 v Rebels: Won 35-13 The Hurricanes record against the Rebels is now played nine, won eight, lost one and drawn none. The Hurricanes have won their last eight matches in a row against the Rebels. This equals their best sequence against the Lions and is just one...
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Bond Banter 24 May (some news in briefs to start the week in rugby)
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- Above: The Upper Hutt Rams with the Men’s Premier Reserve Division 2 first round trophy, that they were presented with on Saturday. PHOTO: Peter McDonald As well as the Rams (above), some more first round club rugby trophy winners were found on Saturday. Tawa (pictured below) were presented with the Premier Reserve Division 1 Harper...
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Wainuiomata and Poneke stay in touch in Swindale as first round lower grade winners decided
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- Old Boys University maintained their lead at the top of the standings with a 59-0 win over Johnsonville, but the Swindale Shield points table is well poised heading into the back end of the first round Premier competition.
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 22 May
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- For scoring updates for round three of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 22 May see below.
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Midpoint for Swindale Shield, lower grade trophies presented and college grading concludes
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- Wainuiomata return home tomorrow to play Northern United for the Alf Keating Memorial Trophy, while competition leaders Old Boys University make the trip to Helston Park to play the Johnsonville Hawks. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean & Steven White Draws & Results are HERE It’s the halfway point of the Swindale Shield where the...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Rebels
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- Dane Coles captains the Hurricanes at hooker, while Du Plessis Kirifi plays openside flanker, as the Hurricanes take on the Rebels tonight at Wellington Stadium. By Kevin McCarthy Are you getting the hang of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman? It’s a bit like Russian roulette, with five (Aussie) chambers, one of which is potentially fatal to...
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Life Member Chat: Dave Brown (Northern United)
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- Northern United Life Member and former Club Captain, President and Treasurer Dave Brown at Poneke last weekend. PHOTO: Chainsaw Photos. In a new series, we catch up with a Life Member from a club. Starting with Dave Brown from Northern United. What is your rugby background and where did you spend your formative years? I...
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Mana College win Beard Trophy
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- By Steven White At the end of last season, Porirua College won the Beard Trophy off Aotea College in pouring rain. On Wednesday in calm, mild conditions they surrendered it to Mana College. The challengers won 48-8 at Jerry Collins Stadium. Porirua made a break from the opening kick-off which led to a penalty kick...
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Past club rugby matches in photos: 007 Poneke 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 Friday night rugby under lights at Westpac Stadium. More importantly, the outcome of this penultimate round match to conclude the first round Swindale Shield in 2016 would likely determine the fate of several of the ‘midtable’ teams on the...
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Wins for Wairarapa schools over Wellington First XVs
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- Above: The Rathkeale First XV. PHOTO CREDIT: Rathkeale College Rugby Club Facebook Wins early this week to the two visiting Wairarapa First XVs against Wellington schools. Accounts of both games – with similar scorelines – below. Rathkeale College 21 – HIBS 7 Rathkeale College held Hutt International Boys’ School (HIBS) scoreless in the second-half to...
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Hurricanes v Waratahs Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott SUPER RUGBY TRANS-TASMAN Round 1 v Waratahs: Won 64-48 The Hurricanes record against the Waratahs is now played 24, won 14, lost 10 and drawn none. The Hurricanes have won their last four matches against the Waratahs. This is their best winning sequence against them bettering the three times in a row...
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Bond Banter 17 May (NEWS IN BRIEFS AND SOME RUGBY INFORMATION TO START THE WEEK)
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- The sun sets on Mt Kilmister at the conclusion of the Old Boys University-Wainuiomata match on Saturday. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. Heavy overnight and morning rain gave way for a bright sunny and rather warm afternoon for club rugby on Saturday. There were good crowds at several venues and much interest. As the photo above shows,...
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Eagles win McBain, as Avalon break their losing streak
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- Results at Draws & Results – individual scoring to be added as received By Steven White, Adam Julian and Martyn Bridge. Photos by Mike and Caroline Lewis and Andy McArthur. The HOBM Eagles winning the McBain Shield back off Petone and Avalon breaking their almost two year Swindale Shield losing streak were features of two...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 15 May
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- For scoring updates for round three of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 15 May see below.
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Chasing teams hoping to stay in the mix in round six
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- Parekura Lalaga gets a pass away last Saturday against Paremata-Plimmerton. Norths meet Poneke on Old Timers’ Day in Kilbirnie and Paremata-Plimmerton play Avalon at Fraser Park tomorrow. By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE With the halfway point of the Swindale Shield looming on the horizon, it is starting to become critical for some...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Waratahs
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- Salesi Rayasi starts on the left wing and Julian Savea on the right wing in tonight’s match against the Waratahs. By Kevin McCarthy What a week of turnstile clicking. There isn’t some ledger to weigh the gains and losses adequately, but it remains fun to ask whether the Hurricanes are progressing, regressing, or staying pretty...
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Ben Powering up the Eagles ahead of McBain Shield this Saturday
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- Ben Power playing for the HOBM Eagles last year against Paremata-Plimmerton, with teammates (L-R) Fereti Soloa, Josh Brown (now at the Upper Hutt Rams) and Mika Alaifatu in support. By Steven White Despite having missed playing in a couple through injury, Ben Power has known since his formative years what the McBain Shield means to...
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Past club rugby matches in photos 006: Petone v Upper Hutt Rams 2017
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- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. In this photo Petone and soon to be Wellington Lions flanker Mateaki Kafatolu evades his opposite, Upper Hutt Rams flanker Daniel Schrijvers to score a key try in his side’s 42-32 win at the Petone Rec in the last...
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30-strong NZ U20s squad named for 2021
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- Peter Lakai, one of four Wellington players selected. Photo by Natural Light Photography. New Zealand Under 20 Head Coach Tabai Matson has today named 30 players in the 2021 national squad. The squad features several players with Super Rugby experience, and more than half have graduated from the New Zealand Schools programme. Matson said the...
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Perenara returning home to Norths and Hurricanes
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- Northern United halfback TJ Perenara is heading home – signing with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the Hurricanes through to 2023. Perenara has finished up his time with the NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes in Japan’s Top League following their quarterfinal loss on the weekend and will return to New Zealand. The 29-year-old announced his re-signing...
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Bond Banter 10 May (NEWS IN BRIEFS AND SOME RUGBY INFORMATION TO START THE WEEK)
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- Above action from the WRFU Women’s Gala Day held at the Petone Rec on Saturday. More photos here MORNING EDITION: The sixth round of the Wellington club rugby competition this coming Saturday features the famous McBain Shield between Hutt Old Boys Marist and Petone. The two sides have been playing for the ‘McBain’ since 1934...
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OBU on top of congested points table in Swindale Shield
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- Brandyn Laursen scored for HOBM against Wainuiomata on the latter’s Old Timers’ Day. The Eagles won 30-28. By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Martyn Bridge and Adam Julian. Provisional Draws & Results: Draws & Results Old Boys University are left standing as the only unbeaten team of the Wellington Premier Swindale Shield competition, beating Marist St...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 8 May
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- For scoring updates for round three of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 8 May see below.
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Club rugby to come alive in round five
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- Pakai Turia and Poneke are hoping for a positive outing to Lyndhurst Park for Tawa’s Old Timers’ Day. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE Four weeks down and the Premier table is starting to shake itself out into the contenders and pretenders, and tomorrow shapes as another pivotal round towards sorting...
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Increase in team numbers for start of school rugby season
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- The Wellington College and St Pat’s Silverstream teams after last year’s U15 final. Wellington College retained their title with a 45-32 win. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean Has the slow demise of school rugby been overstated? Numbers might still be well down on where they were a decade ago, but the positive signs are...
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Stat Attack: Hurricanes (42) v Highlanders (22)
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- The Hurricanes 22nd victory against the Highlanders last Friday is a new record for the number of times they have beaten another Super Rugby side: Previously the record was shared with the Chiefs whom the Hurricanes have beaten 21 times. By Peter Marriott The Hurricanes concluded their Super Rugby Aotearoa campaign last weekend against the...
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Johnsonville players bringing Irish flavour to Wellington club rugby competition
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- By Steven White. Photos by Natural Light Photography Co. A month into the 2021 Wellington club rugby season and the Johnsonville Hawks have equalled their win tally from last year and had two close losses. Johnsonville’s Irish players Mark Sutton and Niall Delahunt are both back for second seasons at the club and have started...
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Past club rugby matches in photos. #004: marist st pat’s v poneke 2015
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- In association with Mike Lewis Pictures , a series telling the story of the match behind a photo. A convincing win to Marist St Pat’s over Poneke in the ‘Battle of Kilbirnie’ in their third round Swindale Shield fixture in April 2015 at Kilbirnie Park. On a blustery afternoon, Marist St Pat’s fought hard for...
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St Bernard’s set pace in Lower Hutt First XV rugby
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- By Adam Julian The Secondary School rugby season gets really serious at the beginning of Term Two with grading games kicking off this Saturday. Today in idyllic, autumnal conditions, Hutt Valley High School (HVHS) played host to St Bernard’s College in the Challenge Cup, an annual traditional fixture which dates back to 1966. St Bernard’s...
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Bond Banter 3 May (NEWS IN BRIEFS AND SOME RUGBY INFORMATION TO START THE WEEK)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Time flies when you are having [rugby] fun. After a long lead-in, we are already a month in to the club rugby season in Wellington, while teams are preparing for the second rounds in both Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu Premier competitions. It keeps getting better. This Saturday marks the start of the school grading season,...
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MSP and OBU unbeaten teams after opening month of Premier club rugby
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- By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Martyn Bridge and Adam Julian. Results & Standings HERE Defending Swindale Shield champions Marist St Pat’s and last year’s championship winners Old Boys University are the two teams unbeaten after four weeks of the 2021 Wellington club rugby season. Both were comfortable winners in round four this afternoon, played around...
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