Wellington Club Weekly / April 2023
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Sideline Conversions 1 May (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- We are in the mix for round six this coming weekend, games at a glance: #1 – Avalon v Pare-Plim #2 – HOBM v Upper Hutt Rams #3 – Norths v Ories #4 – Wainui v Poneke #5 – Wellington v Marist St Pats #6 – J’ville v OBU #7 – Tawa v Petone +++++...
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More high scoring as Rams and OBU continue to set the pace
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Johnsonville race in to score their last try of the day in their 29-26 win over Oriental-Rongotai for the Ash Pointon Cup. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Results & Standings (individual scoring to be included once received) HERE Another round of high scoring in the Premier Swindale Shield competition on a...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates, Round 5, 29 April
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the fifth round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The fifth round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition sees all seven matches kick-off at their usual time of 2.45pm. The draw with teamlists is HERE Today’s Swindale Shield radio broadcast match is the Old Boys University v Marist St Pat’s kick...
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Club rugby to soar to new heights in fifth round
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- The Upper Hutt Rams are gunning for their fifth straight win when they play Northern United at Porirua Park tomorrow, while Wainuiomata will want to get their campaign back on track following recent home losses when they travel to Tawa. PHOTO: T-Paul Gale. Draws & Results HERE By Scott MacLean It seems remarkable that after...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Brumbies tonight
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy There’s a sense for the Hurricanes that their season starts tonight. The meaningful season that is. I’ve struggled this year to get a gauge on how they’re really tracking – and their soft early draw has not helped. Sitting atop the table a couple of weeks ago, I hope no-one took that...
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O’Brien a welcome addition to WRFU Academy and MSP Swindale Shield squad
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- By Steven White Jack O’Brien has come down to Wellington from Hamilton this year to join the WRFU Academy and Marist St Pat’s and has already left his mark. A strapping midfield back with a cool head, O’Brien has shown both qualities in his first two Swindale Shield matches for his new club. This past...
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Three Historic New Zealand Rugby Players
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Inevitably, New Zealand has witnessed a generation of success, stardom and splendid players. The country is known for its prominent legacy in a myriad of sports activities and has also gracefully bagged the Rugby World Cup title in its resume. Perennially, the All Blacks are positioned atop the International Rugby ranking system over the years...
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Club rugby winning streaks and unbeaten runs
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- The match in 2016 that ended Old Boys University’s 19-game winning streak, losing 20-23 at Kilbirnie Park. In 2016 we ran a story called Club Rugby Winning Streaks – a look at some of the famous winning runs in modern and historical times. Seven years later, we thought to update this by incorporating some more...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: Jack Lamason
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- One of Wellington’s finest all-round sportsman. John Ryder ‘Jack’ Lamason was a year-round captain of club and Wellington provincial teams for several years during the peak of his career in the 1930s. Lamason was both Wellington’s rugby and cricket captain, and he represented New Zealand in the latter sport. He was also a Wellington club...
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Polo Ground Colts, Premiers highlights from Saturday
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- The Paris Memorial Trophy. Scoring highlights of the opening round of the Paris Memorial Trophy Wellington club rugby Colts competition in Wellington on Saturday 22 April, between home team Oriental-Rongotai and visitors the Wellington Axemen. In drizzly but clearing conditions, Ories won the match 45-11, after leading 12-6 at halftime. The margin of victory for...
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Sideline Conversions 24 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- With their team gelling on the field, supporters have enjoyed consecutive Saturday afternoons out in the Ngati Toa Domain sunshine. Photo: Stewart Baird. Anzac Day tomorrow – lest we forget. There is one match tomorrow, at Evans Bay Park, where the MSP Colts and the St Pat’s Town First XV will play for the Xavier...
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Rams and Goats unbeaten, eye-catching results in the Eastern Suburbs
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- By Steven White & Scott MacLean & Andy McArthur (photos) Results & Standings (individual scoring added as received) at: http://www.
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates, 22 April
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the fourth round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The fourth round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition sees all seven matches kick-off at their usual time of 2.45pm. The draw with teamlists is HERE For the games, scoring updates and updated results see below. WRFU Men’s Premier The Colts competition...
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Club rugby set to soar in round four
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- Callum Watts-Pointer and Northern United were defeated by Marist St Pat’s last week. They cross the road to take on Poneke for the Cyril Collett Memorial Shield and in an important fourth round match for both sides. By Scott Maclean Draws & teamlists for round 4 HERE The quarter-mark on the Premier season gets reached...
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Barrett and Rams Bonding Strong
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- Tynan Barrett lining up a kick a fortnight ago against Poneke. Photo: Upper Hutt Rams. By Adam Julian The Upper Hutt Rams appear to be a different beast in 2023. The Rams have won three consecutive matches to start the Swindale Shield. They won four matches in each season between 2019 and 2022. “Upper Hutt...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 038: Sydney and Jack Shearer
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Sydney (left) and Jack Shearer, both Poneke/Selwyn/Oriental and Wellington forwards operating a century ago. The Shearer brothers, older brother Sydney and Jack, were both hard-nosed forwards who flourished in Wellington club rugby in the years following the cessation of World War One, both making Wellington representative teams and the All Blacks and continuing their careers...
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Harper Lock Shield: Poneke v Paremata-Plimmerton
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- The Harper Lock Shield. Scoring highlights of the Round 3 Wellington club rugby Premier 2 fixture on Saturday between Paremata-Plimmerton and Poneke at Ngati Toa Domain. In windy, but fine conditions, Poneke won 40-34, after earlier skipping out to a 21-0 lead and then leading 28-14 at halftime as the home side dug deep and...
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Sideline conversions 17 April (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Big crowds and plenty of support around the club rugby venues in Wellington Saturday. A high scoring round, with over 60 tries scored in the seven Swindale Shield matches played. Round 4 matches this coming weekend at a glance: #1 – Ories v Petone #2 – Wainui v Upper Hutt Rams #3 – Poneke v...
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High scoring matches highlight Swindale Shield third round
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- Johnsonville celebrate one of their tries in their 42-7 win over Hutt Old Boys Marist this afternoon at Helston Park. PHOTO: Natural Light Photography. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Results and scoring (individual scorers added when received) HERE The third round of the Swindale Shield played in sunny, windy conditions around the Wellington region...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates, Round 3, 15 April
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It is the third round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The third round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is being played today, with the remaining five scheduled matches kicking off at 2.45pm. The draw is HERE For the games, scoring updates and updated results see below. WRFU Men’s Premier The third...
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Third round blockbusters in club rugby on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Upper Hutt Rams will be hoping to make to make it three wins from three when they host the Wellington Axemen tomorrow, with the Hinaki-Mei Axe on the line. By Scott Maclean Draws & teamlists for round 3 HERE Tomorrow sees the commencement of the remaining WRFU grades, but our first weekend with a...
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Aisle be Back Hurricanes v Chiefs (check guides for replays)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy The Hurricanes – Chiefs match directly clashes with club rugby this week. Attendance at club rugby matches is encouraged ahead of the Super Rugby fixture. Check guides for replays of that match. Club rugby Draws & teamlists for round 3 HERE Here comes the reality check. It’s hardly the Hurricanes’ fault that...
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Ronaldo Seumanufagai back at Ories and working hard in 2023
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- Ronaldo Seumanufagai playing against Paremata-Plimmerton last Saturday. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. Former St Pat’s Town captain Ronaldo Seumanufagai made 26 Premier appearances for Oriental-Rongotai in 2020 and 2021, before shifting to Southland last year for a season. He has returned to Wellington and Ories in 2023, and Huddy Sports caught up with him for a chat...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 037: Stan Dean
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Stanley Sydney McPherson Dean was a titan rugby administrator for over three decades in the first half of last century. Dean was a Poneke Football Club, WRFU and NZRU administrator, Chairman and President for many years and also served twice as All Blacks manager on two overseas tours. Originally an Aucklander, Dean became a naturalised...
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Rugby Rising Stars in 2023
- Wellington Club Weekly
- All eyes on the Rugby World Cup 2023, about to take place later this year. France is set to host the 10th edition of the Men’s Rugby World Cup, with 20 nations competing for the trophy from September 8th to October 28th. Having lost out in the finals on the first three previous occasions, France...
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A “Club” Loyalty Quandary
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- By Rolling Maul In the sometimes-troubled intersection between community and professional sport, this weekend sees the unprecedented situation where Wellington’s rugby faithful are being invited to abandon the free-of-charge sidelines of the Swindale Shield, to pay for a bucket seat at Wellington’s CBD stadium to watch the Hurricanes play the Chiefs. As Tuesday’s media release...
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Harper Lock Shield scoring highlights: Tawa v Marist St Pat’s
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- The Tawa Second XV were the top team in their grade in 2022, with a 16/16 record. They started their 2023 home season with this 43-14 win over Marist St Pat’s at home at Lyndhurst Park on Saturday. In fine conditions, Tawa played into the moderate wind in the first half and went on to...
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Sideline Conversions 10 April (the rugby Resurrection)
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- Poneke halfback Sam Howling scored all 16 points for his team on Saturday. Poneke heads to Ngati Toa Domain this coming Saturday searching for their first win, against home side Paremata-Plimmerton who defeated Oriental-Rongotai on Saturday. Photo: Upper Hutt Rams rugby. Monday morning edition (check back for updates): Two weeks into the new season and...
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Paremata-Plimmerton pip Ories as Rams, OBU and Petone make it two from two
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- Two bonus point wins to start the 2023 season for Old Boys University and two defeats for Hutt Old Boys Marist. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Draws & Results HERE (individual scoring to be added as and when received) Paremata-Plimmerton will be devouring their Easter eggs tomorrow morning after their 21-17...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates Round 2, Saturday 8 April
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- It is the second round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. There have already been three Easter weekend competition games prior to today: Swindale Shield: Norths beat Avalon 28-24 Swindale Shield: Wainuiomata beat Wellington FC 31-16 Harper Lock Shield: Hutt Old Boys Marist beat Old Boys University 36-27 The second round of the Premier...
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Second round Swindale Shield continues on Easter Saturday, Women’s competition underway
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- Northern United No. 8 Luca Rees with ball in hand in his side’s win over Avalon on Thursday night. PHOTO: Chainsaw Photos. By Steven White & Scott MacLean The second round of the 2023 Swindale Shield continues tomorrow with the remaining five matches to be played, while it’s the also the second round of the...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Highlanders
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- By Kevin McCarthy The organisation I work with is sending a couple of people to over the Rugby World Cup in France later this year. Cue the jokes – no need to book anywhere past the quarterfinals then. Black humour of course, or in this case All Black black humour. The classic get-in early defence...
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Easter comes early for Swindale Shield with games tonight
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- For three of the four teams in action tonight, their Easter eggs will taste a lot sweeter later in the weekend if they can register their first wins of the Swindale Shield competition. There are two matches being played tonight, and both promise to be epic encounters, involving one team that won on opening day...
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Ellis enjoying being back with Johnsonville this season
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- Andy Ellis playing for Johnsonville in 2021 at Helston Park. Johnsonville’s 31-24 win over Poneke in the first round of the Swindale Shield last Saturday was one of the notable results of the opening weekend. Andy Ellis took a year off last season as Johnsonville won four and drew one of their 13 matches and...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 036: Charlie Gillespie and Alexander Pringle
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- Gillespie left and Pringle right, Oriental club All Blacks 1913 and 1923. Two Oriental clubmen who played a decade apart but had much in common. Both Gillespie and Pringle were hard-nosed forwards who both gave unwavering commitment to Oriental in Wellington club rugby over several seasons, both played a similar number of games for Wellington...
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Harper Lock Shield: HOBM (24) v Wainuiomata (13) match highlights
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- The Hutt Old Boys Eagles second XV kick-started their season on Saturday at William Jones Park with a 24-13 win over their Wainuiomata counterparts. In windy conditions, the Eagles led 14-0 after halftime then 14-10 at halftime as Wainuiomata hit back with two tries before the turnaround. Playing into the wind in the second half,...
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Sideline Conversions 3 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Two tries on Premier debut for last year’s College Sport Wellington Player of the Year and new Upper Hutt Rams prop Senio Sanele. Both his tries came late and part of the Rams’ last-gasp 35-34 win over Paremata-Plimmerton. PHOTO: Peter McDonald. The opening weekend of club rugby is in the bag, and at least a...
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Upsets and thrillers mark opening day in Wellington club rugby
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- Petone made a fast start to the Swindale Shield with a big win over Northern United. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Scott Maclean & Steven White Week One results (individual scorers to be added once known) HERE The long-awaited 2023 Wellington Club Rugby season kicked off this afternoon in blustery and sometimes showery conditions, and defending...
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