Wellington Club Weekly / November 2021
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Countdown underway to the start of the 2022 Swindale Shield
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- Rugby begins anew in 2022. And it all starts with the Swindale Shield Premier club rugby competition, which kicks off on Saturday 2 April. The only traffic lights supporters need to consider on that afternoon are the ones on the road transporting them to the grounds. First round matches at a glance are scheduled as...
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Bond Banter 29 November (Some rugby news and happenings to start the new week)
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- Glory days. Wainuiomata v Upper Hutt 2007. Home side Upper Hutt won this late April clash in the wet at Maidstone Park 19-17. Morning edition: It is just about the the end of the line as far as rugby goes for 2021. There is a match this coming weekend in Taupo between the NZ Heartland...
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2022 Swindale Shield draw released
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- See the 2022 Swindale Shield draw below – a commentary story to follow.
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Aisle be Back: much to ponder in the off-season
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- A break for everyone coming up, before pre-season community and Hurricanes rugby in the New Year. By Kevin McCarthy Nearly 80 years ago, on World War II’s Eastern Front, there was a battle fought at a place called Kursk. Nazi Germany had been dealt a major defeat a few months earlier in the depths of...
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About The All Blacks
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- New Zealand’s rugby team is one of the most famous (if not most famous) sports teams globally. The All Blacks are a dominant force in the rugby world and have a record for winning against every other team they play against. They are indeed the MVPs of sporting excellence. But, other than their pre-game Haka...
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All Blacks v France Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott The All Blacks played France this past weekend – some facts and figures from that game below.
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Bond Banter 22 November (some news and information to start the week)
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- The inaugural Hutt Valley 7s tournament was won on Saturday by Paremata-Plimmerton, who defeated Hutt Old Boys Marist 17-10 in the final. Full gallery HERE Morning edition: That’s the end of the 2021 rugby season. All going to plan, the rugby should spark up again in January with some re-scheduled and new sevens tournaments, followed...
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Livestream: Hutt Valley Women’s 7s tournament
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- View below a livestream or replay on demand of Saturday’s third leg of the Hutt Valley 7s series from William Jones Park. This week it is the Women’s tournament. Thanks for Huddy Sports for the feed. The scheduled draw is below the feed.
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France
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- By Kevin McCarthy There are many ways to skin a cat, but in the end, the cat dies. Thus, there are many ways to write a rugby opinion piece, but in the end, we want the cat to live. The cat being the All Blacks. So, the perhaps favourite technique is to absolutely lambast the...
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All Blacks v Ireland Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott The All Blacks met Ireland last weekend in Dublin. Some facts and figures from that game below.
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Lauaki wins major CSW award
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- Siale Lauaki playing for St Pat’s Town (2020). For the second consecutive year in 2021, he made the New Zealand Secondary Schools squad. By Adam Julian “I would have been happy with the rugby one, but I’m shocked to get the big one. It still hasn’t sunk in,” Siale Lauaki said when reflecting on being...
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Bond Banter 15 November (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Morning edition: In lieu of the WRFU Sevens series, the RDOs of Hutt Old Boys Marist (Nick Risdon), Wainuiomata (Earl Va’a) and Avalon (Thomas Kiwara) have combined to stage the three-leg Hutt Valley 7s Series. Saturday’s tournament was taken out by recent three-time WRFU tournament champions the Upper Hutt Rams, who beat city guest club...
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Livestreaming: Hutt Valley 7s Series Men’s tournament
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- Tune in to watch the Hutt Valley 7s Series Men’s tournament, live with Huddy Sports: Draw below:
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Ireland
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- By Kevin McCarthy I guess that makes it definitive. Beauden Barrett is back as the first choice first-five, courtesy of the team to face Ireland on Sunday. Not what many would have picked a year ago. Of course, 50 years ago, Richie Mo’ounga would have sent a bunch of flowers to his missus, rather than...
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All Blacks v Italy Stat Attack
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- By Peter Marriott The All Blacks played Italy this past weekend – some facts and figures from that game below. New Zealand v Italy: Won 47-9 New Zealand and Italy first met at test level at Eden Park in Auckland on 22 May 1987. It was the opening match of the inaugural Rugby World Cup...
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Wellington Lions v Tasman Stat Attack
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- Pepesana Patafilo scored five tries this year for the Lions including this one against Southland, joint top equal with Peter Umaga-Jensen. By Peter Marriott The Wellington Lions finished their 2021 NPC season last weekend against the Tasman Mako. Some facts and figures from that game below: Round 10 v Tasman: Lost 22-34 Wellington’s record in...
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Bond Banter 8 November (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Morning edition: With the 2021 sevens season a wasteland of cancellations, some clubs in the Hutt Valley have organised a few weekends of tournaments – all within the Covid-19 rules of course. The Hutt Valley 7s series saw a mini Colts tournament being played on Saturday, between Wainuiomata, Hutt Old Boys Marist and Avalon. HOBM...
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George Serrallach and the Evolution of Rugby Analysis
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- By Adam Julian It’s November 1999 and the baggage carousel rumbles at Heathrow Airport. Weary All Blacks collect their luggage after the long haul across hemispheres. Technical advisor Wayne Smith waits anxiously for a meandering 43kg parcel marked Oversize and Fragile to reach him. Inside two cases, attached to wheels, is ‘Battlestar,’ a computer that...
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Aisle be Back: When in Rome
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- By Kevin McCarthy I don’t know definitively that the refereeing delays in the All Blacks win over Wales were longer than usual. I certainly am not going to sit here and do a rewind with stopwatch in hand. Probably I just hit peak TMO, that feeling that surely I didn’t sign up to watch a...
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Women’s Super Rugby squads announced for 2022
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- The inaugural New Zealand Women’s Super Rugby competition, Super Rugby Aupiki, will be contested over four weekends in March 2022 and the four squads were announced on Thursday. These include teams from the Blues, Chiefs, Hurricanes and a combined South Island line-up. The Hurricanes squad of 26 players, with two to be added in December,...
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