Wellington Club Weekly / September 2021
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Hurricanes region age-grade competitions in full swing this Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- There are three matches in Wellington on Saturday and several more in other parts of the Hurricanes region for local rugby supporters to follow. As per last week, we are in Alert Level 2, which means no spectators at any grounds. Check guides for which individual matches will be livestreamed. As always, we will endeavour...
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Manukura retain Rex Kerr Cup in tough final against St Mary’s
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- By College Sport Media Manawatu champions Manukura retained their Hurricanes Secondary Schoolgirls rugby title that they shared last year with St Mary’s College with a 19-12 win over their Wellington rivals at Bill Brown Park in Palmerston North on Wednesday afternoon. Like last year’s between the same teams that was drawn 10-10, the 2021 Hurricanes...
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Bond Banter 27 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- The start of daylight savings usually means the end of 15-a-side rugby. But Covid interruptions mean we are still going strong for a bit longer! This coming weekend sees another several matches involving Wellington’s U16, U18 and U19 teams, as well as the senior Centurions Development and Maori representative teams. More details (once confirmed) to...
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A draw to Awe – Scots and Silverstream Share Premiership Crown
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- By Adam Julian A bemused atmosphere reigned at the conclusion of the Premiership Wellington final at Wellington Stadium on Sunday. St Patrick’s College Silverstream and Scots College shared a 36-36 draw in a breathless spectacle highlighted by outrageous twits in momentum. Officially the title was shared but had a National Top Four qualifying fixture followed...
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Hard-fought college finals and action aplenty in representative rugby
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- Centre Sapati Tagoai racing away to score one of his two tries for the Wellington U19s against the Hawke’s Bay U19s. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. There were five college rugby finals played today in Wellington and two were decided by a point. St Pat’s Silverstream teams won both these close matches, their Second XV beating the...
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College Finals this weekend
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- The 2021 college rugby season in Wellington concludes this weekend with the remaining finals played around the region, headlined by the Premiership decider between Scots College and St Pat’s Silverstream on Sunday. Nine schools are involved in the six finals being played, with St Pat’s Silverstream teams also featuring in the two other marquee finals...
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Representative rugby ramps up this weekend
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- The second week back from lockdown sees a surfeit of representative rugby matches to follow throughout Wellington and the lower North Island. As per last week, we are in Alert Level 2, which means no spectators. Check guides for which individual matches will be livestreamed. As always, we will endeavour to cover much of this...
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Aisle be Back: The 100th Test
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- Petone halfback Ginger Nicholls playing in the first ever All Blacks -Springboks test in Dunedin in 1921. The All Blacks won 13-5 and Nicholls was Player of the Match before being dropped for the second Test. By Kevin McCarthy A wounded Springbok is a dangerous beast. It’s also wounded. Going into the 100th test between...
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St Mary’s College defend Premier 1 girls title
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- St Mary’s College’s rugby First XV team joined their netball team this week in winning a six-peat of titles. St Mary’s won a hard-fought 2021 Girls Premier 1 final over Wainuiomata High School 17-7 on Wednesday night at Jerry Collins Stadium. In slippery conditions, following persistent rain that subsided not long before kick-off, St Mary’s...
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Two-time Best & Fairest Winner Ben Tupuola passes away
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- Wainuiomata No. 8 Ben Tupuola, a two-time Billy Wallace competition Best & Fairest winner, passed away on Wednesday. Tupuola played for Wainuiomata between 2008 and 2019. He also played rugby league. He was 36. He won the Billy Wallace Best and Fairest Award as the best player in Wellington club rugby for the first time...
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POLLS: Who will win this week’s school rugby titles?
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- There are six secondary school rugby titles to be decided in Wellington this week, the Premier 1 girls decider on Wednesday night, the Premier 2, U15 Division 1 and 2 and U65KG Division 2 finals on Saturday and the Premiership final on Sunday. More details of the finals later this week. Who do you think...
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Bond Banter 20 September (some tidbits and news to start the week in rugby)
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- Further Covid-19 disruptions aside, community rugby gets busy over the next couple of weeks with lots of school and community representative rugby on in Wellington and the lower North Island. The school finals continue this week, with a spotlight on girls finals rugby starting today in Palmerston North with Manukura playing Feilding High School in...
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Centurions teams round out return to rugby weekend with wins
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- By Steven White The two Wellington Centurions RFC teams in action on Sunday won their games. The Wellington Centurions Development side returned from their month off with a 73-17 win over Tasman B in Blenheim. The Centurions U18s side battled hard in beating the Manawatu U18s 24-7 at Lyndhurst Park in at times treacherous conditions...
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Hurricanes Youth Council U18s and U19s competitions underway as rugby re-starts
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- The Wellington U19s and Hurricanes Heartland U20s after their match at the Sport & Rugby Institute on Saturday afternoon. By Adam Julian and Steven White There were wins today for the Wellington and Manawatu U19 sides in the opening round of the Central Region Shield competition, while the Hurricanes Youth Council’s U18 competition kicked off...
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Aisle be Back: The RWC cycle, Quade Cooper and AB’s v Argentina #2
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- By Kevin McCarthy I really think World Rugby need to get more ambitious. They should be looking at holding the World Cup every year, or even six months. That would show those closeted soccer types where real innovation takes you. Not sure why they are thinking of shortening the cycle. Is it money (yeah, probably)?...
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Crowley putting roots aside in Wellington – Taranaki clash
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- By Will Johnston – Sports News Taranaki Leo Crowley will put his native allegiances aside on Saturday. After a long association with Taranaki rugby, Crowley is in his second year as Wellington’s head coach. His side will play Taranaki when the national provincial championship restarts in Inglewood. He had three stints as Taranaki’s assistant coach,...
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Rugby resumes in Wellington and Hurricanes region this weekend
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- Rugby resumes this weekend in Wellington and the lower North Island, and there is lots going on in school and representative rugby to salvage the season for players and supporters alike over the next four weeks. Following is a brief update on the current status and timing of previously postponed events, fixtures and programmes. Please...
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Shoestring Champions – Peter Joseph and the Aotearoa Māori Sevens Team
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- Former Aotearoa Māori Sevens Team members, current New Zealand Black Ferns captain Sarah Hirini (née Goss) and international sevens and 15s player and now referee Selica Winiata with the Roma Trophy in 2012. By Adam Julian “We only had a few weeks’ notice and had to find a lot of money. We got turned down...
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Wellington v Taranaki – some stats and tidbits
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- The Wellington Lions and the Taranaki Bulls resmue their National Provincial Championship campaigns against each other this coming Saturday afternoon at Inglewood, kick-off 2.05pm. Some statistics and tidbits from the history of matches between Wellington and Taranaki is below. The Lions will also be defending the John F. Henning Trophy (pictured with Leo the Lion...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Argentina #1
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- By Kevin McCcarthy Listening to the Springboks right now is a bit like the old Campese joke where he talks to a woman post-match at length about how great he played. Realising in the end that he’s been a bit of a bore, he then says: “Sorry, your turn. How do YOU think I played....
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Hurricanes Youth Council competitions and camps roadmap to resumption
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- The Hurricanes Youth Council’s Operations Committee and Executive Board met on Tuesday to clarify the hoped for return to play for competition and camps. Broad details are below, assuming the levels remain or become conducive. Specific draws and details to follow. Central Region Shield (Hurricanes region U19s competition) Round 1 is now scheduled to kick-off...
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NZR moves to salvage season outside of Auckland
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- New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has confirmed the National Provincial Championship, Farah Palmer Cup (FPC) and Heartland Championship, outside of Auckland, will recommence from Friday 17 September. Confirmation of the re-start date for New Zealand’s three national domestic rugby competitions comes following the Government’s announcement on Monday that all of New Zealand apart from Auckland, will...
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Georgia Daals – Rugby on my mind
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- Georgia Daals playing for the Wellington Pride against Counties Manukau recently. PHOTO: Dave Brownlie. By Adam Julian. Georgia Daals recently returned from a stint in Japan, in time for the start of this year’s Farah Palmer Cup. The diminutive and fleet-footed fullback brings imposing form to the Wellington Pride. The Mie Pearls won the Japanese...
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Aisle be Back: We have rugby!
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- By Kevin McCarthy It feels slightly miraculous in these strange times that we actually have international test rugby going on. Strange too that its being played on the edge of the world, aka Perth. The good people of that far Western Australian outpost hopefully will be there in big numbers, so that it’s not one...
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