Wellington Club Weekly / November 2022
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Rugby World Cup in France: Can New Zealand aim for the title again in 2023?
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- From September 8, 2023 to October 28, 2023, the Rugby World Cup will be held in France. Already in 2007, the host country of the next Rugby World Cup welcomed the best rugby teams. If the result of the matches are quite according to the odds of the best sports betting sites, then in 2023...
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Favourite tries of the 2022 season Part 2
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- The thrills and spills of the 2022 rugby season in Wellington. A selection of tries scored in 2022 – part 2 below. All footage by Club Rugby, except for try #12 (credit Newlands College) and #15 (credit Mike Lewis Pictures).
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Aisle be Back: Plenty to ponder for All Blacks fans heading into World Cup year
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- By Kevin McCarthy If the All Blacks actually do have beach towels, and intend to roll them out this summer, then of course they will mysteriously find rocks underneath them. These will drive them nuts and drive them in turn to correct all their failings next year and win the World Cup. Instead, would it...
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Rugby World Cup in France: Can New Zealand aim for the title again in 2023?
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- From September 8, 2023 to October 28, 2023, the Rugby World Cup will be held in France. Already in 2007, the host country of the next Rugby World Cup welcomed the best rugby teams. If the result of the matches are quite according to the odds of the best sports betting sites, then in 2023...
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The Monday Wrap 21 November (some rugby news to start the new week)
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- Ardie Savea – our representative Player of the Year. The season is now over – break time for rugby players and supporters for the next several weeks. +++++ A start date of Saturday 25 March for senior club rugby in Wellington in 2023? +++++ More coaching announcements recently been made, such as at the Upper...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v England
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- By Kevin McCarthy Ah Twickenham, how lovely to be back. Or is Sunday morning really a Yokohama 2019 redux. Strictly, no. Eight All Blacks from that semi-final smashing are there again in the starting lineup, and seven from the English side. Both coaches were of course involved, although Ian Foster was deputy. 2019 does feel...
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Tries of the Season Part 1
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- The thrills and spills of the 2022 rugby season in Wellington. A selection of tries scored in 2022, courtesy of Mike Lewis Pictures:
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All Blacks v Scotland Stat Attack
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- The All Blacks defeated Scotland this past Monday morning in the second leg of their end of year Northern tour. Some fact and figures from the match by Peter Marriott below. New Zealand v Scotland: Won 31-23 Scotland was the first of the Four Nations sides the All Blacks played. It was their fourth-ever test match...
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The Rugby Wrap 14 November (some rugby news and happenings to start the week)
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- And that is that. The concluding weekend of rugby in Wellington for 2022 was a surefire blockbuster, with some thrilling sevens rugby played in at times testing conditions at Trentham Memorial Park on Saturday. Thankfully the skies cleared and the heavy rain stayed away for much of the tournament, and the field dried out. Ories...
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O For Awesome – Ayesha and Joanah are Ories World Champions
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- World Cup winners Ayesha Leti-I’iga and Joanah Ngan-Woo with support crew at Eden Park. PHOTO credit: Ories Rugby Instagram By Adam Julian It’s a moment that will live in Kiwi sporting folklore. Stacey Fluhler busting her ankle in a tackle while delivering an improbable offload to wing Ayesha Leti-I’iga who scored the winning try in...
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Ories win second tournament, Ories and Upper Hutt Rams share sevens series silverware
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- Oriental Rongotai won today’s second leg of the American Ambassador’s WRFU Club Sevens series, whilst sharing the overall title with the Upper Hutt Rams after the latter won the first tournament last Saturday. The two clubs met again in the Cup final this afternoon, where roles were reversed from last week with Ories skipping out...
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American Ambassador’s 7s series to be decided tomorrow
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- The 2022 rugby season concludes tomorrow with the second and final WRFU American Ambassador’s club rugby 7s series tournament at Trentham Memorial Park. The Upper Hutt Rams are gunning for their second tournament win of the spring series and to lift the American Ambassador’s Trophy high for the first time since 2017. The Marist St...
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Aisle be Back: The Black Ferns in the Final and All Blacks in Scotland
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- By Kevin McCarthy I hope New Zealand is ready to give the Black Ferns a licence to lose this weekend. That’s not to say anyone will want them to lose, or that they are likely to lose. And any mention of losing will rightly be anathema to the team Most definitely it is not meant...
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All Blacks v Wales Stat Attack
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- The All Blacks defeated Wales this past Sunday in the second leg of their end of year Northern tour. Some fact and figures from the match by Peter Marriott below. New Zealand v Wales: Won 55-23 The seventh test the All Blacks ever played was against Wales at the old Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff,...
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The Monday Wrap 7 November 2022 (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- A rip-roaring opening American Ambassador’s 7s series on Saturday, with some spectacular rugby at times. Kind weather and few issues. The series is the Upper Hutt Rams’ to lose, but first leg runners-up Oriental-Rongotai will come back stronger, as will Old Boys University as the countdown commences for silverware Saturday. Some chitter-chatter that that one...
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Upper Hutt Rams light the fuse in winning opening sevens tournament
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- By Steven White. Photos by Mike & Caroline Lewis and Andy McArthur The Upper Hutt Rams laid on the fireworks in the Cup final in winning the opening leg of the WRFU American Ambassador’s Sevens tournament at Wise Park this afternoon. The Rams easily accounted for Oriental Rongotai 47-12 in the decider. The Rams raced...
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New winners to be crowned in scaled down American Ambassador’s series
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- Updated: Names of new winners will be etched on the men’s and women’s Wellington club rugby sevens trophies this season, as the scheduled two-leg series gets underway at Wise Park in Wainuiomata on Saturday. As is the theme in sevens rugby this year, numbers are significantly down. This is a trend that can be blamed...
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Aisle be Back: Black Ferns semi-final and All Blacks v Wales
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- The Black Ferns sing the national anthem. PHOTO: Sky Sport. By Kevin McCarthy Nothing captures the current zeitgeist of rugby than to watch the Black Ferns and the All Blacks sing the national anthem. The All Blacks, pretty uniformly, sing with well, not gusto, and with the demeanour of men facing if not the gallows,...
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All Blacks v Japan Stat Attack
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- The All Blacks defeated Japan this past Saturday in the opening leg of their end of year Northern tour. Some fact and figures from the match by Peter Marriott below. New Zealand v Japan: Won 38-31 New Zealand and Japan first met at test level in Johannesburg during the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South...
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New Zealand Rugby to introduce safety rule changes in 2023
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- New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has announced three game innovations that will be trialled for the 2023 community rugby season, designed to improve player safety, flow of the game and keep the ball in play more. The changes are supported by the 26 Provincial Unions and include a significant reduction in tackle height to below the...
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Sue Day Praises Portia Woodman for Claiming World Cup Try Scoring Record
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- By Adam Julian at the Women’s Rugby World Cup Sue Day knew she had scored 19 World Cup tries for England but her realisation that tally was a tournament record was short-lived. Only in the past two years following a thorough examination of women’s rugby history by World Rugby have accurate, public, and official statistics...
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