Wellington Club Weekly / September 2024
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Sideline Conversions 16 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Wellington Centurions U18s openside flanker Drew Berg-McLean makes a run for it in his team’s 30-27 win over the Hawke’s Bay U18s on Saturday. More on the New Zealand Schools, Barbarians and Māori U18s selections announced late last week below. A tough afternoon yesterday on the couch for Wellington rugby supporters. It could be said...
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Local rugby thrillers in club and representative rugby
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- All wrapped up. It was a tight match at Lyndhurst Park between the Wellington Centurions U18s and Hawke’s Bay U18s today. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Two of today’s matches in Wellington went down to the wire, with the Wellington Centurions U18s holding off their Hawke’s Bay counterparts at the end...
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Aisle be Back: The Ranfurly Shield, the Black Ferns, the Boks and Super Rugby Pacific changes
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- By Kevin McCarthy A bit of heresy here. Would it be that bad if Tasman held onto the Shield for a bit longer? Meaning the Lions would not win this weekend. It was definitely a highlight of the year to watch those last few minutes of the match against Hawke’s Bay, the dramatic comeback, crowd...
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Hurricanes U18s competition and National Knockout Cup matches tomorrow
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- It’s the second round of the Hurricanes U18s competition for the Trustbank Central Shield tomorrow, while the National U85kg Knockout Cup returns with quarterfinals including two at Evans Bay Park. Representative In the Hurricanes U18s competition, there is just one match in Wellington tomorrow, with first round winners the Wellington Centurions U18s and the Hawke’s...
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Wellington Lions preparing for 50th Ranfurly Shield challenge on Sunday
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- By Steven White and Peter Marriott Wellingtonians, Huttites and Poriruaians have a spring in their steps this week because the region’s rugby team is on a tear, having won their sixth straight NPC win of the season on Wednesday night and with a Ranfurly Shield challenge this coming Sunday to look forward to. The squad’s...
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Wellington Lions v Otago stat attack (and Wellington’s 3,000th NPC try)
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- Above: Fulltime in the match. Image credit Sky Sport – watch the match highlights HERE The Wellington Lions defeated Otago on Wednesday night in their latest NPC match. Some facts and figures from the game below by Peter Marriott. Round 5 v Otago (Wednesday): Won 32-28 The Wellington Lions and Otago have now met in...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 087: Guy Bowers
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- With Wellington challenging Tasman this coming Sunday for the Ranfurly Shield, this week’s history profile is with a former Nelson College First XV captain who made the All Blacks whilst representing Wellington in 1953 after only two Wellington A matches and who would not play for Wellington again and move back to his home union...
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Wellington Lions v Southland Stat Attack
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- Captain for the second match in a row, Peter Umaga-Jensen touched down for his 19th try in 61 appearances for Wellington. The Wellington Lions defeated the Southland Stags at home on Sunday. Some facts and figures from the game by Peter Marriott: Round 5 v Southland: Won 36-12 These two sides have now met 34...
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Midweek match for the Mike Gibson Trophy between Wellington Lions and Otago
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- The Wellington Lions and Otago meet in Dunedin tonight for their ‘storm week’ Wednesday night fixture at Dunedin Stadium. The Lions will be playing for their sixth straight wing to start their season, with one eye on the Ranfurly Shield challenge next Sunday against Tasman. As such a number of players have been rested (plus...
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Matchday Scoring highlights: Wellington Centurions (32) v Tasman B (26)
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- The two teams met at a windswept Rugby League Park on Saturday. The match would go down to the wire, with a 14-player Centurions side holding up Tasman over the line with the last act of the match to hang on and win. A few minutes earlier, Wellington replacement wing Pose Tuileapa cut through a...
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Manukura and Hamilton BHS win Top 4 titles
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- Trytime for Manukura in Friday’s semi-final against Hamilton GHS. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Manukura (girls) and Hamilton Boys’ High School (bwon Sunday’s National First XV Top 4 Championship finals in Palmerston North. Accounts of both matches follow. Manukura: 39 (Danica Talitonu 2; Maia Davis, Te Maia Sweetman, Elley-May Taylor, Kingston Taiapa, Ashby Pewhairangi tries;...
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Sideline Conversions 9 September (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
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- News this morning that Jackson Garden-Bachop has signed with Moana Pasifika for 2025. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. A few days off this week, then another big weekend of rugby coming up. There are two National Knockout Cup U85kg matches at Evans Bay Park on Saturday, with the OBU Scallywags and Poneke teams hosting teams from Christchurch...
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U19s retain silverware, Centurions beat Tasman B, Hurricanes U18s competition underway
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- By Steven White & Scott MacLean Wellington retained the Hurricanes U19s competition Central Region Shield with a 65-7 win over the Hurricanes Heartland U20s at Porirua Park today. Playing into the strong wind, Wellington led 34-7 at halftime and maintained their dominance on the scoreboard throughout the remainder o the match. Wellington scored 11 tries...
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Bumper weekend of rugby coming up
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- Jonah Ngan-Woo touches down for the Wellington Pride against Manawatu. She plays her 100th first-class game, for the Pride against Otago in Dunedin tomorrow. By Scott MacLean First edition: Updates later on. Another bumper weekend of rugby coming up in and around Wellington. A preview of Saturday’s action is below. Representative The season edges ever...
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Tjay Clarke on the rise for Wellington Lions
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- Tjay Clarke in action for Petone against Ories earlier this season. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White Is Tjay Clarke currently the biggest over-achiever in the Wellington rugby? We ask that question in a positive way – the current Lions wing and fullback with the cool head, booming left boot and a steely eye for...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v South Africa 2.0
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- By Kevin McCarthy You ever watch games of rugby where the heart literally starts beating faster?’ Until last weekend, it had last happened twice last year – during the closing moments of the Ireland quarter and of course the final itself. I got a taste of it again in the Ellis Park game – but...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 086: Brian Lloyd
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- Hooker and prop Brian Lloyd was a stalwart of Wellington Axemen club teams and Wellington representative sides for several years in the period from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. Lloyd was a playing member of the 1947 Wellington Axemen side that won the Jubilee Cup and was later captain of his club as...
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Wellington Lions hunting fifth bonus point and NPC winning streak record win over Stags on Saturday
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- Riley Higgins gets his fend away when Wellington and Southland last met in 2023. Photo: Mike Lewis Pictures The Wellington Lions will be hunting their fifth straight win with maximum points when they face the Southland Stags at Jerry Collins on Saturday afternoon, while it would also be their 18th straight NPC win over the...
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Wellington Lions v Canterbury Stat Attack
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- Wellington beat Canterbury 46-21 in their fourth round NPC match on Sunday at Rangiora. Some facts and figures by Peter Marriott. Round 4 v Canterbury: Won 46-21 The two sides have now met on 56 occasions in NPC matches. Wellington has won 28 times to Canterbury’s 26. There have been two draws. Wellington has played...
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Sideline Conversions 2 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- After a lull this past weekend, the rugby is exploding again. There is live rugby on every day for the next several days. No fewer than four college-aged events on this week in Wellington and the Hutt Valley, something stretching plenty of resources – none probably more so than those of the WRRA. Two of...
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