Wellington Club Weekly / May 2023
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 044: Charles Rushbrook
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- Like his surname suggests, Charles Rushbrook was a rugby player in a hurry. He represented Wellington on the three-quarter line over five seasons in the second half of the 1920s decade and was an All Black tourist to South Africa in 1928, before his career flickered away and was effectively over as he reached his...
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Wellington College, St Pat’s Silverstream, Mana College win Traditionals
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- By Steven White & Andy McArthur. Wellington College beat Rongotai College 60-0 in their First XV traditional and third round Wellington First XV Premiership match at Wellington College this afternoon and St Pat’s Silverstream defeated New Plymouth Boys’ High School 35-17 on the road. Silverstream trailed 5-10 at halftime at the famous Gully ground, and...
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Pasty Powers to 200 Norths Games
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- Patsy Schwalger heading to the tryline in a recent match against Poneke at Kilbirnie Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Patsy Schwalger is a winner. In her illustrious Northern United career, she has won eight Rebecca Liua’ana and eight Tia Paasi Trophy titles. Ironically her 200th game on Saturday resulted in a narrow 28-35...
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Players who have switched positions in club rugby
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- Teru Time (left) and Cole Stewart – two current long-serving players who have forged out club careers in both the backs and forwards. From decreasing pace and increasing size to greater experience, to the needs of the team – club rugby’s teamsheets are historically filled with players who started life out in one position and...
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Sideline Conversions 29 May (some news and information to start the week)
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- Some spectacular shots at the Petone Rec on Saturday. But the condition of the ground must be a worry for some. Morning edition- this will likely be added to with more items throughout the day. What a week coming up in rugby. It all starts today. Despite apparent non-existent promotion by the NZRU (perhaps a...
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Rugby In 2024: What To Expect?
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- Rugby In 2024: What To Expect? Whether you’re a die-hard Rugby fanatic or simply excited about the upcoming event, we have got you covered for the Rugby Sevens tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics! On sites like bet365 奖金代码, this variant of Rugby has taken the world by storm. Though the Rugby Sevens is a...
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Mid-table contenders come to the fore on wet afternoon of club rugby
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- Above: Halfback Logan Love scored for Marist St Pat’s against Poneke. MSP won 29-13, a key result for both teams heading into the final month of the Swindale Shield competition. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean. Results & Scoring HERE Paremata-Plimmerton remain in front and the Upper Hutt Rams and Old Boys...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 27 May
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- It is the ninth round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The ninth round slate 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 PETONE v WAINUIOMATA fixture. The E Tu Whanau Footy...
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Swindale Shield hopefuls to put it on the line in round nine
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- Johnsonville and Wellington are both at home tomorrow, with the Hawks hosting Tawa and the Axemen playing Old Boys University. By Scott MacLean Draws & Teamlists HERE It’s shaping up as another damp weekend for rugby, but it’s doubtful that will change how teams up and down the grades will approach tomorrow given how they...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Blues in Auckland
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- By Kevin McCarthy I shouldn’t but sometimes I can’t help sweating over the small stuff. The Hurricanes somewhat predictably as they hit the business end, are in a bit of a life or death clash with the Blues this weekend. Life or death in the sense that the winner will probably lock in a home...
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Soloa proud centurion for the Eagles
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- Hutt Old Boys Marist No. 8 Lise Soloa helps set up a try in his team’s recent win over Marist St Pat’s. On Saturday he played his 100th Premier club rugby match for the Eagles. By Steven White With a young family and busy life, Lise Soloa wasn’t sure whether he would play club rugby...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 043: Craig Mackenzie
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- R.H.C. Mackenzie, better known in his career as ‘Crow’, was a wing forward for the Wellington College First XV who switched positions to the backs part-way through his senior rugby career and was capped twice for the All Blacks in 1928. Mackenzie played his club rugby for University and was his side’s captain when they...
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Mana College win Beard Trophy off Aotea College
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- For the second time in a fortnight the Beard Trophy has changed hands, with Mana College beating Aotea College 31-24 in Aotea’s first defence since toppling Bishop Viard College in the first match of the series. Match highlights below: Mana opened the scoring early but Aotea replied with their first try soon after to briefly...
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Positive approach good reward for MSP Women’s team
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- The MSP Women’s team this past Saturday following their win over Northern United. They will share the first round Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy with Petone for the next year. By Adam Julian Ryan Setefano has officially retired from playing after 166 premier games for Marist St Pats. The versatile outside back won a Jubilee Cup in...
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Masoe Setting Example at Petone
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- The Petone Women’s team, earlier this season. By Adam Julian Lauina Masoe jokes Wellington women’s rugby is like the Chronicles of Narnia – “follow the Lion wherever it goes.” The veteran front-rower has been a player and manager since 2000 helping sustain the very existence of competition. Presently with Petone, Masoe is helping the Villagers...
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Porirua Park and Petone Rec Swindale Shield scoring highlights
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- Old Boys University swam to a 37-23 win over Northern United in their eighth round Swindale Shield match, on 20 May 2023 at Porirua Park. Steady rain started falling as the game kicked off and only increased as the contest developed. Norths went 10-0 up, but OBU came back to lead 20-13 at halftime. Norths...
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St Mary’s College – a decade of consistent rugby
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- The following story was recently published on College Sport Wellington and is being posted here on Club Rugby with permission. One of the year-in year-out certainties in Wellington secondary school rugby is that St Mary’s College will be very tough to beat. The school has owned the sport from when it first started taking rugby...
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Sideline Conversions 22 May (some rugby news to start the week)
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- Mud and glory. After this past weekend of wet weather rugby, winter sport is upon us. Thankfully it wasn’t cold on Saturday, but very wet as mid-afternoon games kicked off. This week we have some school rugby on Tuesday and Wednesday, ahead of the Colts competition resuming under lights on Friday. On Tuesday, Hutt International...
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Swindale Shield standings close up on wet afternoon, MSP and Petone share Women’s first round
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- Petone and Avalon met in the mud at the Petone Rec this afternoon. Photo: Caroline Lewis. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Results and scoring HERE Just 11 points is separating the leading eight teams after eight rounds of the Swindale Shield, after another day of big results contested in wet conditions this afternoon. The...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 20 May
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- It is the eighth round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The eighth round slate 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 Poneke v Hutt Old Boys Marist fixture. The E...
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Key eighth round in Swindale, Women’s first round decided and college rugby underway
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- Poneke are back at home at Kilbirnie Park for their Old Timers’ Day and host Hutt Old Boys Marist, while Avalon head to Petone for their eighth round Swindale Shield match tomorrow. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. By Scott MacLean For eighth round Draws & Teamlists visit HERE As the weather turns the competition seems only to...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Chiefs and the Wayne
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- By Kevin McCarthy Some will disagree, but with three rounds left, Super Rugby Pacific isn’t actually too shabby as a competition. It’s not a patch on Super 12 in its pomp of course, but much more coherent than the weirdness of skewed national conferences. There’s no South Africa, but already Fijian Drua are starting to...
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Preston guiding young Billygoats resurgence
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- By Adam Julian Kyle Preston can’t stop scoring tries. The halfback has bagged 21 tries in his last 20 games for Old Boys University, including four in the students’ 59-17 overcoming of Wainuiomata on Saturday. With nine tries in 2023, Preston is the leading try scorer in the Swindale Shield after seven rounds. In 28...
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Wellington Rugby Clubs Collaborate to Form a New Team
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- In response to the declining numbers of junior rugby players in Wellington, two of the city’s oldest rugby clubs have come together to form a new team. The Wellington Football Club and Pōneke Football Club have joined forces to create the Eastern Suburbs Babas team, which will compete in the Wellington year 7/8 open grade....
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Wellington College hold on to beat St Pat’s Town in Premiership opener
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- By Steven White. Photos by Andy MacArthur. Wellington College have held on to beat St Pat’s Town 16-14 in their Wellington Premiership First XV opener at a sunny Evans Bay Park this afternoon. For the most part, the match never reached any great heights in terms of skill and execution, but for drama and excitement...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 042: Ed Chaney and Mick Kenny
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- Ed Chaney (left) and Mick Kenny, both former players with trophies named after them. Ed Chaney and Mick Kenny were leading players who both played for up-and-coming club Johnsonville and for Wellington representative teams in the 1920s and 1930s. Kenny’s story is one of perseverance and commitment of the highest order, as he was severely...
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Kilbirnie Park Colts games scoring highlights
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- The Upper Hutt Rams Colts defeated the Poneke Colts 86-10 in their fourth round Wellington club rugby Colts clash at Kilbirnie Park on Saturday 13 May 2023, Highlights of this fixture here: The Northern United Colts beat the Marist St Pat’s Colts 34-31 in their fourth round fixture – some selected highlights from the second...
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Sideline Conversions 15 May (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Helston Park on Saturday afternoon. An article by ‘Touchline’ at the bottom about the origins of the park and surrounding area. And just like that, we are halfway through the 2023 Swindale Shield. Round 8 of 14 this coming Saturday. Matches this coming weekend at a glance: #1 – Pare-Plim v Wainui #2 – Poneke...
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One-point wins for Hammerheads and Rams as Tagoai and Preston bag four in Eagles and OBU wins
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- Hutt Old Boys Marist fullback Sapati Tagoai on his way to scoring the first of his four tries this afternoon in his team’s 59-24 win over Marist St Pat’s. His sister, Monica, also scored two tries at the same venue earlier in the day, in the MSP Women’s 75-14 win over Paremata-Plimmerton. By Steven White...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 13 May
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- It is the seventh round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The seventh 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 Johnsonville v Paremata-Plimmerton fixture. The E Tu Whanau...
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Busy day for community rugby tomorrow, as Swindale Shield reaches its halfway mark
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- By Scott MacLean Draws & Teamlists for Saturday 13 May HERE At full-time tomorrow the halfway mark of the Swindale Shield will be in the past, and the Premier and Premier 2 tables will be in a state that tells the truth about how the various sides have travelled so far. Elsewhere there’s rugby up...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Moana Pasifika
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- Warning: We support the Hurricanes, and in particular the players. But we believe that Saturday afternoons are for community sport and so we wholeheartedly support club rugby matches that kick off at 1.00pm and 2.45pm over this Hurricanes match that kicks off at 4.35pm. +++++ By Kevin McCarthy It’s clubs and charities round. Cynics will say...
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Most tries in a Wellington Premier club rugby match (since 2006)
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- Stanley Solomon 4 tries last weekend for Petone (left) and Riley Higgins, 4 tries in a match on two occasions for Petone last season. Photo: Andy McArthur. The following article has been updated from its original that was published in June 2018, and covers the period since the start of 2006 when this website started...
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Pioneers of rugby in Wellington 041: Leo Heazlewood
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- One of the battlers of club and representative rugby in the 1920 and 1930s. Leo ‘Toucher’ Heazlewood’s job as a railway worker took him to four provinces throughout his career, but it was his three years at Wellington that were his most fruitful and influential on the club and representative teams he played for. Heazlewood...
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Pettett adding bite to Johnsonville
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- Anthony Pettett leads his teammates on to Helston Park on Saturday in their match against Old Boys University. This Saturday they host Paremata-Plimmerton at the same venue, kick-off 2.45pm. By Adam Julian Johnsonville and Paremata-Plimmerton became so familiar with losing they introduced an unofficial trophy for their matches, a wooden spoon. Johnsonville lock Anthony Pettett...
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Johnsonville v Old Boys University Swindale Shield scoring highlights
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- The Swindale Shield. The Johnsonville Hawks defeated the Old Boys University Goats 27-14 in their sixth round fixture at home at Helston Park on 6 May 2023. After a tense start, the Johnsonville Hawk’s built a 9-0 lead just before halftime through three penalties to halfback Mark Sutton. An intercept try to centre Aukuso Tuitama...
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Sideline Conversions 8 May (some rugby happenings and news to start the week)
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- Fulltime in the Presidents match at the Hutt Rec on Saturday between HOBM and Johnsonville. The nine-team competition is in full swing and round four is this coming SAPHOTO: Warwick Burke. Throw a blanket over the top six teams in Wellington Premier rugby, with five competition points or a bonus point win separating them, as...
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Previous leaders toppled as Solomon bags four
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- Four tries today for Petone right wing Stanley Solomon in his side’s win over Tawa at Lyndhurst Park. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Results & Standings HERE There are now no undefeated teams in the Swindale Shield. Previously unbeaten table-toppers the Upper Hutt Rams and the Old Boys University Goats both...
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Wellington club rugby live scoring updates for 6 May
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- It is the sixth round of the 2023 Wellington club rugby season. The sixth 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 Tawa v Petone fixture. The last time these...
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Several teams fighting to stay in the mix in round six
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- By Scott MacLean Draws & Teamlists HERE The midpoint of the Swindale Shield is rapidly approaching next week, and it’s getting to that time where some teams will have to get into gear if they want to be contenders for the Jubilee Cup in 2023. Around the grounds it’s a nearly full weekend with the...
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Aisle be Back: Aisle 13 at the Stadium and Hurricanes v Fijian Drua in Fiji
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- By Kevin McCarthy Halftime at the stadium, I’ll almost always set off on a walk around the inside concourse. It’s quieter, and once you get away from the opened parts of the seating, becomes very empty. A good 10 minutes and I’m back in the seat for the second half. The concourse has had a...
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Premier ton up this weekend for Tane McMillan-Parata
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- Tane McMillan-Parata playing against Wainuiomata in their 2022 Swindale Shield match at William Jones Park. PHOTO: T-Paul Gale. By Steven White Paremata-Plimmerton captain Tane McMillan-Parata has been playing for his home club for almost a decade and a half and is loving his rugby as much as ever. “Definitely last year and this season have...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 040: Hercules ‘Bumper’ and Alan Wright
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- A father-son duo who both featured in Wellington club rugby and played for Wellington and New Zealand, one in rugby league and the other for the All Blacks. Hercules, or ‘Bumper’ Wright as he was known around the traps was a Wellington representative out of Petone between 1903-07, playing 27 games for his province including...
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Nick Robertson – Hundred and still flying
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- By Adam Julian Nick Robertson celebrated his 100th game for Poneke on Saturday by doing what he does best – scoring tries. The Filipino flyer dotted down twice from fullback in a 28-43 loss against Petone. He has scored 66 tries in red and black and reckons the second try he scored against the Villagers is...
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Upper Hutt Rams v Northern United Swindale Shield scoring highlights
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- The Swindale Shield. The Upper Hutt Rams made it five from five in their quest to annex the Swindale Shield in 2023, which would be the first time since 2005 that the Maidstone Park club would have won the title. They beat defending Jubilee Cup champions Northern United 56-29 in this match on Saturday, winning...
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