Wellington Club Weekly / October 2022
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The Monday Wrap for 31 October (some rugby news to start the week in rugby)
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- A good venue for this past Saturday’s Hurricanes Schools Sevens tournament at Gladstone Rugby Park south of Masterton. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. Sevens photos HERE Fright night tonight – stay safe out there! We are building towards the two-leg WRFU American Ambassador’s Sevens series, which kicks off this coming Saturday at a yet to be confirmed...
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Sevens tournaments in Wellington and Wairarapa tomorrow
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- After a two-year hiatus, sevens rugby returns to Wellington tomorrow, with the WRFU Colts tournament the first of three consecutive weekends of sevens heaven. There are two sevens tournaments being played tomorrow at Evans Bay Park in Wellington and the Gladstone Rugby Club in the Wairarapa for rugby supporters to follow. Low entries continue to...
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Aisle be Back: The Lions wrap, the Black Ferns and the All Blacks in Japan
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- By Kevin McCarthy The greatest pleasure I took from the Wellington Lions’ NPC triumph last weekend was seeing the team celebrate, but none celebrating harder than Jackson Garden-Bachop. The first-five is of course departing to Japan, having missed out on a Hurricanes spot. On Saturday he scored 2 conversions from 2, and 3 from 4...
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Few surprises in Hurricanes squad for 2023
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- Above: Wellington Lions players Riley Higgins, Peter Lakai (both new to the franchise), Caleb Delany and Xavier Numia all join the Hurricanes in 2023. The Hurricanes have today named their 38-man squad for the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season. While the core of the squad is maintained from 2022, five new signs have been named,...
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Wellington Lions v Canterbury NPC Final Stat Attack
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- Centre Billy Proctor started in all 12 matches he played and was on the field for the Wellington Lions in 2022 for 940 minutes, the most of any player. Loosehead prop Xavier Numia was second with 922 minutes spent on the field for the Lions in this year’s NPC. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Peter Marriott...
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Scots College, Wellington College and St Mary’s win Condor 7s titles
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- Scots College celebrate their victory in the final against St Pat’s Silverstream. PHOTO (and below): Andy McArthur. By Steven White Three different schools won the three Wellington Condor 7s tournaments held concurrently at a sunny Naenae College today. Small fields didn’t detract from the sevens rugby on show, with plenty of hot rugby action in...
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The Monday Wrap for 24 October (some rugby news and happenings to start the week)
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- That’s XVs rugby finished for 2022.
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Condor 7s entries down but tournament promises plenty tomorrow
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- Entries are significantly down but the tournament is far from out for tomorrow’s traditional Labour Day Condor 7s at Naenae College. Senior Boys, Senior Girls and Boys U15s tournaments will be played simultaneously on two fields at the Lower Hutt school, with the Boys playing for the Christian Cullen Cup and the Girls for the...
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Lions defeat Canterbury to win fifth NPC title
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- Wellington celebrate winning the NPC, image courtesy of Sky Sport. The drought is over. Twenty two years after last winning the National Provincial Championship, the Wellington Lions have annexed their fifth title with a muscular 26-18 win over Canterbury in the final in Christchurch tonight. The Lions have added the NPC Cup to the Ranfurly...
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Aisle be Back: The NPC Final, the Women’s World Cup continues and the All Blacks coming up fast
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- The National Provincial Championship cup would sit nicely alongside the Ranfurly Shield. By Kevin McCarthy Watching the Lions blitz Auckland last weekend, I kept pondering quite what it is that means Wellington-based sides almost invariably choose to play open and attacking rugby. I’m not old enough to remember further back than Bernie and Stu. Maybe...
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Half century up for Wellington Samoa Rugby Union
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- The Wellington Samoa Rugby Football Union are holding their 50th anniversary celebrations this Saturday at Porirua Park with a feast of rugby all day and on both fields. There are 10 matches being played throughout the day, culminating in the final match of the day on Jerry Collins Stadium between the Wellington Samoa Men’s and...
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Big Bird adding Steel to Lions
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- Dominic Bird soaring high for the Lions in last Friday’s 54-19 semi-final win over Auckland. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. Steven White Dominic Bird is used to winning. The tallest ever All Black played 53 games for Canterbury between 2011 and 2017. In that period the red and blacks won six NPC Premiership titles. By contrast...
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Wellington Lions hoping to shake runners-up tag in Saturday’s NPC final
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- Wellington Lions 2000. The Wellington Lions will be hoping to party like its 2000 on Saturday night – the year they won the National Provincial Championship major title for the first and only time in the ‘playoffs’ era. 2000 was their fourth success, having won in 1978, 1981 (also doing the NPC-Ranfurly Shield double) and...
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Hosea Gear helping to inspire Ngati Porou East Coast in Heartland Championship
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- By Adam Julian This article first appeared on NZR channels and has been re-posted and updated with permission. Ngāti Porou East Coast hasn’t competed for a trophy in the Heartland Championship since their miraculous victory against Whanganui in the 2012 Meads Cup final. This Saturday the Coast hosts Mid Canterbury in the Lochore Cup final...
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Wellington Lions v Auckland semi-final stat attack
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- Jackson Garden-Bachop celebrates his try against Auckland. PHOTO: Peter McDonald. The Wellington Lions eased past Auckland 54-19 in their National Provincial Championship semi-final on Saturday. Some facts and figures from the game below by Peter Marriott. Semi-final v Auckland: Won 54-19 The two sides have now met 49 times in National Provincial Championship (NPC) matches....
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The Monday Wrap 17 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Above: Junior Time-Taotua and Faifili Levave taking the attack to Horowhenua-Kapiti for Ngati Porou East Coast on Saturday at Levin in their Lochore Cup semi-final. The Pair was joined by OBU player Morgan Poi and Wainuiomta midfielder Tyler Tane as Wellington club rugby players on the field, while others such as Norths duo Boston Hunt...
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Record breaking win for Lions against Auckland in NPC Semi-final
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- In their 181st first-class meeting, the Wellington Lions beat Auckland with their highest score against them in Friday night’s National Provincial Championship semi-final at Wellington Stadium. Wellington defeated Auckland 54-19, to earn their place in next week’s 2022 NPC final, against either Canterbury or Bay of Plenty who meet on Saturday in the other semi-final....
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Aisle be Back: Lions v Auckland (plus some semi-final stats and tidbits), Women’s WC and ABs
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- Riley Higgins and Pepesana Patafilo start at second-five and left wing respectively for the Wellington Lions in tonight’s NPC semi-final at Wellington Stadium, kick-off 7.05pm. By Kevin McCarthy You wouldn’t have picked it that long ago, but here are the Lions, having a home semi-final this Friday against Auckland, and with the log of wood locked...
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Silver Linings Du’Plessis Kirifi Leads Lions to NPC Semis
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- Du’Plessis Kirifi leads the Lions charge against Taranaki earlier this season. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. By Adam Julian Seven weeks ago, Wellington Lions captain and openside flanker Du’Plessis Kirifi led his side to a horror 6-15 loss to the Northland Taniwha on his club home ground at Jerry Collins Stadium. The Taniwha kept the Lions...
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Petone’s Peter Lakai joins Hurricanes for next three years
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- By Hurricanes Media and Club Rugby Club rugby’s loss will be Super Rugby’s gain over the next three years, with young-gun Petone and former St Pat’s Silverstream No. 8 Peter Lakai joining the Hurricanes for the 2023, 2024 and 2025. The 19-year-old loose forward joined the Wellington Lions NPC squad in 2021 as injury cover,...
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OBU’s Callum Harkin wins Billy Wallace Best & Fairest award
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- Callum Harkin playing for Old Boys University in the Hardham Cup final in July. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. Old Boys University inside back Callum Harkin was recognised as the 2022 Billy Wallace Best & Fairest award winner at Tuesday night’s WRFU community awards presentation. It is understood Harkin was a clear winner of this year’s award,...
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Lions v Hawke’s Bay Quarter-final Stat Attack
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- Wellington was awarded a penalty try in this match. Amazingly it was the first awarded to the team since they played Canterbury at the now defunct Athletic Park in Wellington on 1 September 1996. Then, it was instrumental in helping the host side win a close match 29-28. Some facts and figures from last Saturday’s...
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New Zealand Schools beat New Zealand Māori U18s, only just
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- By Adam Julian The New Zealand Secondary Schools’ have beaten the New Zealand Māori U18s 27-24 at St Paul’s Collegiate, Hamilton this afternoon. New Zealand hung on by the length of a nostril-hair, pummelled into retreat for the best part of the last 10 minutes. The Māori had repeat scrums five-metres shy of the New...
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Hunter on hammering bad attitudes and South Africa
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- Hunter Morrison (centre) with fellow Manawatu players Epeli Waqaicece and Jordi Viljoen on tour with the NZ 19s in South Africa recently. PHOTO: Manawatu Rugby (see below for post). By Adam Julian Hunter Morrison has overcome serious injuries and attitude problems to become a respected National age group rugby representative. The hooker from Whanganui played...
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The Monday Wrap 10 October (some rugby news and happenings to start the new week)
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- A National Provincial Championship semi-final this coming Friday night in Wellington, between the Wellington Lions and Auckland. Two Heartland Championship semi-finals in the lower North Island this coming Saturday sees the Whanganui Butcher Boys host the Thames Valley Swampfoxes in their Meads Cup top four semi-final and Horowhenua-Kapiti host Ngati Porou East Coast in Levin...
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Lions hold off Hawke’s Bay, to host Auckland in semi-final
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- Replacement halfback Richard Judd proved a super-sub in the dying minutes after he came on at halfback, making a searing break then scoring the match-winning try, then helping make a match-saving tackle at the other end. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. The Wellington Lions held off a fast-finishing Hawke’s Bay to win their National Provincial Championship...
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NZ schools teams released for next week’s Quadrangular Tournament
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- The 2022 New Zealand Schools, New Zealand Barbarian Under 18 and New Zealand Māori Under 18 Ngā Whatukura Boys teams have been announced by NZR. There are 34 schools and ten clubs are represented in the combined group of 75 players. They have been selected across the three teams following strong performances in the recent...
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Manawatu and Poverty Bay win Hurricanes Youth Council U16 Division 1 and 2 titles
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- Manawatu and Poverty Bay are the 2022 Hurricanes Youth Council’s U16 tournament winners. Manawatu won the Division A Don Broughton Shield, while Poverty Bay won the Division 2 Saracens Cup. In the first game on Finals Day at a cool, windy Campus of Innovation and Sport in Upper Hutt on Wednesday, Poverty Bay and Wairarapa-Bush...
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Jackson Garden-Bachop on points scoring records and NPC knockout rugby
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- Jackson Garden-Bachop scores his try in this year’s Jubilee Cup final. Norths beat Petone 23-20. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White A statistic that came up after this past weekend’s ninth and final round-robin weekend of the National Provincial Championship revealed that Wellington Lions first five-eighth Jackson Garden-Bachop has kicked the most conversions of any...
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Wellington v Counties Manukau Stat Attack
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- With four tries in this match – all off the bench – Asafo Aumua has now scored 24 tries in 56 matches and has drawn level with fellow forward Murray Mexted who also scored 24 tries, in 111 matches. He still has a way to go though to reach the late Graham Williams’ record for...
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Higgins signs on with Hurricanes for next two seasons
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- Riley Higgins scoring one of his two tries in this year’s Jubilee Cup final. Norths beat Petone 23-20. PHOTO: Car Earlier this season, Riley Higgins joined a select group by making his Super Rugby debut before his National Provincial Championship one. Higgins came off the bench against the Fijian Drua in Wellington, also becoming one...
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The Monday Wrap 3 October (some community rugby news to start the week)
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- Du’Plessis Kirifi and the Wellington Lions are back home this coming Saturday at 2.05pm to host the Hawke’s Bay Magpies in their NPC quarter-final. The Hurricanes U16s tournament is this week. The draw for the first two days is below, Finals Day on Thursday. Division 1: Monday Wellington A v Hawke’s Bay, CIS 2, 11.00am...
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Hurricanes U16s tournament this week in Upper Hutt
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- After two disrupted years, the Hurricanes U16s tournament returns in full this week, to be played at the new Campus of Sport and Innovation (CIS) on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. As always, the teams are split into two divisions. The Division 1 teams play for the Don Broughton Shield and the Division 2 sides for...
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