Wellington Club Weekly / July 2025
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Rugby coming up throughout August, September and October 2025
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- Club rugby in 2025 has all but wound up through the Lower North Island, but there is plenty of rugby still on the table over the next two to three months. With the exception of the National U85kg Knockout Cup (involving five clubs in Wellington and others from further afield), the spotlight is on the...
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Aisle be Back: NPC season opens and Wallabies-Lions series closes
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- Leo the Lion leads the Wellington side out on the field for the start of the final last October. Will there be one mascot to rule them all in 2025? By Kevin McCarthy The NPC kicked off last night – and traditionally that’s the cue for laments over its loss of status, pushed to the...
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Wellington Lions gunning for four-peat over Canterbury in NPC opener
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- The Wellington Lions step out on to their new permanent home ground of Porirua Park (playoff matches aside, they are at the Wellington Stadium) to host Canterbury in their National Provincial Championship opening round match on Saturday. Traditionally this match to open this year’s NPC against Canterbury is a blockbuster fixture between two traditional rivals,...
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Tawa College defend Beard Trophy for the year
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- Fulltime and Tawa College’s players converge to celebrate retaining the Beard Trophy for the year. Photo: Chainsaw Photos. By Steven White Tawa College successfully saw off Mana College’s challenge at Lyndhurst Park on Wednesday evening to retain the Beard Trophy for the year. Mana College were expected to give Tawa College a stern challenge in...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 110: Albin Evenson
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- Albin Evenson was a regular Wellington representative player in the decade leading up to the first world war and a key member of the then multi-season champion Athletic Senior team. Evensen played first-class rugby for Wellington every year between 1906-1914 and played 51 times for his home province, the same number as the great Billy...
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Jordan Gillies on building Eagles champions
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- Grit and determination wins Jubilee Cups – HOBM openside flanker Jordan Gillies looking for the chargedown of Tawa first-five Solomona Uelese’s exit play in Saturday’s final. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Jordan Gillies finally reached the pinnacle of Wellington club rugby on Saturday by winning the Jubilee Cup. As a result, the resolute and...
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Years between first and last club rugby championship titles
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- Some players have been fortunate enough to be part of legacy club rugby teams and have won multiple Jubilee Cup titles; others will play their entire careers without drinking from the Jubilee Cup. That’s another article (or two) in itself, but what about players whose career has been such that there has been a decade...
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Matchday Scoring highlights: Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup Finals
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- A double highlights package this week, to end the Premier season for 2025. Jubilee Cup: Hutt Old Boys Marist (29) v Tawa (22) Hardham Cup: Poneke (27) v Upper Hutt Rams (23) +++++ Reports of the games and Finals Day in the link below HOBM Eagles, Pōneke, Upper Hutt Rams, Pare-Plim and Tawa win trophies...
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Sideline Conversions 28 July (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
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- Monday morning post – updates likely to come throughout the day: That’s not quite a wrap for Wellington club rugby for this year. There is still the remainder of the Reserve Grade competition to play out and some National Knockout U85kg matches, involving five Wellington clubs. Games at a glance this weekend are: Wellington Axemen...
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HOBM Eagles, Pōneke, Upper Hutt Rams, Pare-Plim and Tawa win trophies on Finals day
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- The HOBM Eagles with the Jubilee Cup late this afternoon. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian. Wellington club rugby Finals Day results at a glance: Premier Jubilee Cup: Hutt Old Boys Marist 29 – Tawa 22 Premier Division 2 Hardham Cup: Pōneke 27 – Upper Hutt Rams 23 Premier 2...
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Wellington Club Rugby Finals Day – just the teamlists
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- Just the teamlists for week 17 of Wellington Premier club rugby as at 12.00pm Friday – the fourth round (Finals) of the 2025 Jubilee and Hardham Cup competitions. All teams subject to change. A full round preview will be published as a separate feature article on this website later on Friday afternoon. Jubilee Cup Round...
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Eight club rugby finals at Kilbirnie Park and Evans Bay Park tomorrow
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- By Scott MacLean All roads (actually one road so plan your journey accordingly) lead to Kilbirnie and Evans Bay Parks tomorrow with no fewer than eight club rugby finals at these two neighbouring grounds. The day culminates in the presenting of the 97th Jubilee Cup sometime after 4.30pm to either Tawa and Hutt Old Boys...
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Wellington club rugby 26 July (Finals Day) links to live streaming, listening and scoring
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- It is Finals Day of Wellington club rugby. We will carry all the news and reviews from Saturday evening on our website, followed by photo and video highlights of as much as we can cover. In the meantime, a number of streaming operations will be up and running today at both Kilbirnie Park, as well...
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Kapu Broughton-Winterburn and HOBM locked in for Jubilee Cup final
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- HOBM second-five Kapu Broughton-Winterburn running in a clutch second half try this past Saturday that helped send his side to this Saturday’s 2025 Jubilee Cup final against Tawa. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White Hutt Old Boys Marist back Kapu Broughton-Winterburn is familiar with this stage of the club rugby season. Saturday’s Jubilee Cup decider...
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Young players ascendant in Jubilee Cup Finals
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- Five instances in the past 15 years when teenagers made leading contributions in Jubilee Cup final winning teams. 2010 – TJ Perenara (Northern United) TJ Perenara balanced his school homework with rugby trainings for Northern United over the 2010 winter and it paid off in early August when the Mana College student was named Player...
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Champion teams 020: Pōneke 1975
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- It’s the 50th anniversary since Pōneke’s Jubilee Cup triumph, their first since 1951 and their last for another 21 years when they won again in 1996. Heading into this year’s Finals Day 50 years on – being played on their home ground Kilbirnie Park – they are not in the Jubilee Cup final, but the...
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Upper Hutt Rams and Tawa to meet in Colts final on Saturday in 40th year of John E Kelly Cup
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- The Upper Hutt Rams and Tawa Colts team shots from recent weeks. The two clubs meet in Saturday’s John E Kelly Cup Division 1 decider at Kilbirnie Park. The Upper Hutt Rams and Tawa have both had good looks at Colts championship silverware over the past two years. In 2023 the Rams beat Pōneke 31-7...
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So’oialo and Tawa gearing up for Jubilee Cup final after epic semi-final win
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- Above: Fulltime on Saturday, with James So’oialo in the foreground and hooker Lotu Nuku behind him and first-five/halfback Solomona Uelese on the left. PHOTO: Tawa RFC Facebook. By Adam Julian James So’oialo, a father of five, was not supposed to play rugby this year. The 36-year-old seven-time Samoan international, who has three Jubilee Cups and...
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Jubilee Cup Finals: Honourable Losers
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- The winner gets all the glory. But what about standout players from losing teams in Jubilee Cup finals? See below for five instances of Jubilee Cup finals runner-ups who stood out in beaten causes. 2012: Ardie Savea (Ories) – The joint winner of the Billy Wallace Best & Fairest award and future All Blacks captain...
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All Blacks v France #3 Stat Attack
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- The All Blacks concluded the first part of their international season with a clean sweep series victory over France in Hamilton on Saturday. Some facts and figures from the fixture below by statistician Peter Marriott New Zealand v France in Hamilton: Won 29-19 New Zealand completed a clean sweep against France in this three-test series....
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 109: Don McIntosh
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- This week’s history profile is Don McIntosh, this one originally scheduled to be published in a couple of weeks. But the sad news just crossed our desk that he has passed away in Levin aged 94, so bringing it forward to honour him here in our way with an article and profile. Rest in peace...
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Five tries that brought the house down in Jubilee Cup Finals
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- Above: Post-match scenes from the 2014 and 2016 Jubilee Cup Finals with winners Hutt Old Boys Marist and Tawa who meet in this coming weekend’s decider. Five tries in the modern era of Jubilee Cup Finals that either broke the game open, broke the opposition, sealed victory and in a couple of instances almost brought...
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POLLS: Pick your Finals Day champions
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- Finals Day gets underway on Saturday at Kilbirnie and Evans Bay Parks. There are eight finals on the day as below. Looking at the eight finals, who have you got: Jubilee Cup Hardham Cup Premier 2 Division 1 Ed Chaney Cup Premier 2 Division 2 HD Morgan Memorial Colts Division 1 John E Kelly Cup...
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Matchday Premier 2 Scoring highlights: Tawa (29) v Norths (24)
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- The two sides met at Lyndhurst Park in their Premier 2 HD Morgan Memorial Cup semi-final. Tawa came home with a wet sail to establish a match-winning 29-19 lead with a few minutes to play, despite having been reduced to 13 players following to sin-binnings midway through the second half. An unanswered try during this...
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Sideline Conversions 21 July (Some news and information to start the new week in rugby)
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- Above: Lyndhurst Park semi-final scene on Saturday. Photo: Tane Nathan. Gearing up for Wellington club rugby Finals Day this coming Saturday, at Kilbirnie Park and Evans Bay Park. Full preview on Friday and more content to come midweek, but Wellington club rugby finals at a glance are: For the record, Club Rugby’s position is that...
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Hutt Old Boys Marist and Tawa to meet in Jubilee Cup final after epic semi-final finishes
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- By Steven White, Adam Julian & Scott MacLean The Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles and Tawa will contest next week’s 2025 Wellington Premier club Jubilee Cup final after winning epic semi-finals this afternoon. One semi-final was decided in the 82nd minute, while the other was sent to extra time with a try and conversion with...
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Jubilee and Hardham Cup Cups semi-finals: Just the teamlists
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- Just the teamlists for week 16 of Wellington Premier club rugby as at 12.00pm Friday – the third round (semi-finals) of the 2025 Jubilee and Hardham Cup competitions. All teams subject to change. A full round preview will be published as a separate feature article on this website later on Friday afternoon. TAWA () JOHNSONVILLE...
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Season on the line for Premier, Premier 2, Colts and U85kgs Semi-finalists this weekend
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- By Scott MacLean It’s the penultimate weekend of competitive club rugby in Wellington coming up, with semi-finals across the Premier, Premier 2, Colts and Division 1 U85kg grades. Everything to play for all these teams, with the winners progressing to the finals and the vanquished heading back home until next year. It’s also Finals Day...
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Wellington club rugby links to live scoring, streaming and commentary 19 July
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- It’s the third weekend of the championship rounds in Wellington club rugby for 2025. The Premier Jubilee and Hardham Cups are into their semi-finals. It’s all on the line today for every team competing in semi-finals of the Jubilee and Hardham Cups and the Premier 2 Ed Chaney and HD Morgan Cups, as well as...
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POLLS – Who do you think will win this weekend’s Jubilee and Hardham Cup semi-finals?
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- It’s semi-finals time in Wellington Premier club rugby. Games below: Jubilee Cup: Hutt Old Boys Marist v Paremata-Plimmerton at the Hutt Rec and Tawa v Johnsonville at Lyndhurst Park Hardham Cup: Pōneke v Old Boys University at Kilbirnie Park and Upper Hutt Rams v Marist St Pat’s at Maidstone Park Wellington club rugby Premier, Premier...
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Little Ernst Making Big Impression at the Eagles Nest
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- Dominic Ernst in flying form for HOBM earlier in the Swindale Shield round. After a week off, HOBM are back home this Saturday hosting Paremata-Plimmerton in their Jubilee Cup semi-final. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. By Adam Julian Dominic Ernst was among the throng of jubilant spectators at the Hutt Recreation Ground when Hutt Old Boys Marist last...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France #3
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy If you ever watched Sesame Street Classic, you’d know the puzzle song of One of these Things is Not Like The Other. Or in the French rugby case – three of these things. And now in the All Blacks, two of these things. Which leaves me struggling to weigh up how this...
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Champion teams 019: Petone 1993
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- They have missed out on making this year’s glory rounds, but Petone remain Wellington’s most successful Jubilee Cup club with 24 title wins. Their first was in the Jubilee Cup’s second year in 1930 and their most recent was in 2005, but prior to that last one 20 years ago they won it regularly in...
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St Pat’s Silverstream overpower St Pat’s Town in midweek Traditional
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- St Pat’s Silverstream hooker Riley Browne on the way to the tryline in the first half. He also helped set up another try in the second half to help end St Pat’s Town’s challenge in their annual midweek traditional. By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur St Patrick’s College, Silverstream: 38 (Osaiasi Manu, Elijah Solomona 2,...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 108: Trevor Riley
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- Trevor Riley was one of a group of leading first-fives competing in a healthy rivalry with each other and helping to showcase the high standard and popularity of Wellington club rugby in the first half of the 1950s decade. Riley was Hutt’s first-five and later captain, until his move to Poverty Bay and then Auckland...
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All Blacks v France first and second tests stat attacks
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- The All Blacks opened their international season with twin wins over France in Dunedin and Wellington in the first two weekends of July. Some facts and figures from both games follow below by statistician Peter Marriott (second test first): New Zealand v France in Wellington: Won 43-17 This was the All Blacks 50th victory in...
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Performer of the Week: Isaia Petelo (Marist St Pat’s)
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- This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Marist St Pat’s midfielder Isaia Petelo. Petelo ran out on to Evans Bay Park on Saturday to play his 200th Premier match for MSP. He celebrated this major milestone with a 15-14 win over Northern United to send his side into this coming weekend’s semi-finals against...
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Matchday scoring highlights: Paremata-Plimmerton (15) v Petone (14)
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- Paremata-Plimmerton made it third time lucky, by beating Petone on the buzzer in this fixture at home at a very muddy Ngati Toa Domain. After missing out to Tawa at the end two weeks in a row, Paremata-Plimmerton scored an 86th minute try to topple Petone and send themselves to the Jubilee Cup semi-finals, where...
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Sideline Conversions 14 July (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Mudtastic! Paremata-Plimmerton fullback Sione Baker and teammates celebrate their late win over Petone on Saturday. Photo: Stewart Baird. Two weeks remaining in Wellington Premier club rugby and it’s anyone’s guess who is going to win both the Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup title this year. This coming weekend’s semi-finals are: Jubilee Cup: Hutt Old Boys...
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Top four sides decided in Premier and Premier 2 grades as Swindale champions Ories bow out
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- Fulltime at the Polo Ground, with members of Johnsonville’s side celebrating their win over Oriental-Rongotai. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian The top four sides for next week’s championship semi-finals were decided today on a passionate afternoon of club rugby throughout the Wellington region. In the major Jubilee Cup semi-finals...
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Jubilee and Hardham Cups Round 2 – just the teamlists
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- Just the teamlists for week 15 of Wellington Premier club rugby as at 12.00pm Friday – the second round of the 2025 Jubilee and Hardham Cup competitions. All teams subject to change. A full round preview will be published as a separate feature article on this website later on Friday afternoon. Jubilee Cup Round 2...
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Big battles expected in second week of championship rugby
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- Action from a muddy Polo Ground last week, where home side Oriental-Rongotai returns to tomorrow for their second bite at the Jubilee Cup semi-finals against Johnsonville. HOBM, along with Tawa, will put their feet up tomorrow with byes. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean & Steven White With the season on the line for several...
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Wellington club rugby 12 July links to live scoring, radio and streaming
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- It’s the second weekend of July and the opening weekend of the championship rounds in Wellington club rugby for 2025. The Jubilee and Hardham Cups are underway. Plenty to play for today – note all Premier matches kick off at the earlier time of 1.45pm, with early games also an hour earlier at 11.30am and...
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Lucas Aukuso and Johnsonville Hawks preparing for Ories challenge this Saturday
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- Lucas Aukuso runs out to face Wainuiomata earlier this season. Photo: @braydzmedia_ By Steven White Two years ago, Oriental-Rongotai knocked over Johnsonville at Helston Park in the Hawks’ home Jubilee Cup semi-final. Ories won 39-26 that day and went on to win the Jubilee Cup the following week. On Saturday, Johnsonville head to the Polo...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France in Wellington
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- By Kevin McCarthy The hot take cycle these days is pretty fast. Not surprising really in the click economy where sober assessment is like being the designated driver when everyone else is on a bender. So, the first assessment of the narrow escape for the All Blacks was that they’d had another poor start to...
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The need for speed (volume 1)
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- Club Rugby has a growing collection of tries in our video content folders going back almost a decade that are tagged to individuals and matches. A new occasional series starts below recapping many of these tries. What better place to start this off by highlighting some outside backs tries that we have captured in this...
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Club Rugby Champion teams 018: Pōneke 2003
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- Pōneke came into the final against defending champions Marist St Pat’s having beaten first round Swindale Shield champions Northern United 31-8 in their semi-final. In beating two-time defending champions MSP in the final, Pōneke reversed two losses to them earlier in the season. They started stronger in the decider and were ahead the whole match,...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 107: John Sage
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- For over a decade, throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, the name J.K. Sage was one of the most ‘mentioned in despatches’ in the Rugby Weekly publication. There are numerous entries scattered throughout about Sage and almost all of them positive and complimentary. It seems that Sage sometimes single-handedly carried his club team’s fortunes on...
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Club Rugby Performer of the Week: Hemi Fermanis
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Tawa lock Hemi Fermanis. In two consecutive weeks, the Tawa Premiers have beaten Paremata-Plimmerton on the siren, and on both occasions have come back over the final few minutes to score two tries to win. In both matches, Hemi Fermanis has led from the front and...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Petone (37) v Poneke (15)
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- A stoic defensive shift combined with some sparkling counterattacks powered Petone to a convincing 37-15 victory over Pōneke in their opening Jubilee Cup fixture on Saturday. Petone scored two tries to left wing Jacib Tainui and first-five Rory Woollett kicked two penalties to give them a 23-3 halftime lead. Petone scored again early in the...
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Sideline Conversions 7 July (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Held up. Some tense moments at Maidstone Park on Saturday with a healthy crowd in the stand. Photo: Peter McDonald. Welcome sunshine on Sunday and Monday is drying out the grounds ahead of this weekend, but will the weather be stable on Saturday for another crucial set of club matches? Premier games at a glance...
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Tawa and HOBM earn week off, while Upper Hutt Rams and Pōneke drop out of Jubilee Cup race
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- Wing Jacob Walmsley scored one and was in the thick of at least two more tries for Johnsonville, to send them into the Jubilee Cup elimination round next weekend against Ories at the Polo Ground. Photo: Caroline Lewis. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian Premier draw next weekend at a glance: Jubilee Cup:...
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Jubilee and Hardham Cups Round 1 – just the teamlists
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- Just the teamlists for week 14 of Wellington Premier club rugby at at 12.00pm Friday – the opening round of the 2025 Jubilee and Hardham Cup competitions. All teams subject to change. A full round preview will be published as a separate feature article on this website later on Friday afternoon. Note the Tawa v...
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Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France in Dunedin
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- By Kevin McCarthy The French are coming – but they’re sending the Marie-Louises. The young, callow conscripts that Napoleon had to call up in 1813 and 1814 to defend France – because, basically, he’d killed, maimed or frozen to death most of his old timers. The European monarchies found this terribly disrespectful, but decided to...
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Much to play for in opening weekend of second round matches in Premier and Premier 2 grades
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Scott MacLean & Steven White It’s the opening weekend of the second round of the Wellington club rugby Premier and Premier 2 competitions, and there is much on the line for many teams. The winners of the respective Jubilee Cup (Premier) and Ed Chaney Cup (Premier 2) ‘top 4’ matches earn next weekend off...
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Wellington club rugby 5 July links to live scoring, radio and streaming
- Wellington Club Weekly
- It’s the first weekend of July and the opening weekend of the championship rounds in Wellington club rugby for 2025. The Jubilee and Hardham Cups are underway. Plenty to play for, and several sets of supporters will hope their side doesn’t sink beneath the waves this afternoon. Others could emerge stronger and be primed for...
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Tawa and Nigel Hunt calling on experience in upcoming Jubilee Cup round
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- Nigel Hunt in headgear celebrates Tawa’s 26-23 win over Paremata-Plimmerton on Saturday. Other evergreen Tawa players in shot include Tito Ioane, Hemi Fermanis and Randall Bishop. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Experience counts for a lot at this time of the club rugby season. The Jubilee Cup – and in particular knockout rugby –...
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Palmerston North Boys’ High School edge Wellington College in midweek First XV fixture
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington College halfback Bentley Faulkner makes a break for it early in the second half of a close First XV game. By Adam Julian Photos by Steven White Wellington College concluded a grueling fortnight of five fixtures with yet another heartbreaking defeat, pipped 24-22 by Super 8 leaders Palmerston North Boys’ High School in favourable...
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Champion Teams 017: Old Boys University 2024
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The 2025 Jubilee Cup is upon us. The four-week series to find this year’s Wellington club rugby champion commences on Saturday. However, there is guaranteed to be a new winner this year, with last year’s title taker Old Boys University having finished ninth and re-setting to start the tier 2 Hardham Cup. Whilst the defending...
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Luca Rees scores 100 tries in Premier Rugby and most tries in Premier rugby and UPDATED most tries list
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A significant achievement was reached in Wellington club rugby on Saturday when Northern United No. 8 Luca Rees scored his 100th Premier try, and is our Performer of the Week on social media. See below the graphic for an updated full list of men’s top try-scorers in Premier rugby in the Wellington competition in the...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 106: Alby Makeham
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Alby Makeham was a halfback and one of the most well-known and respected figures in Wellington rugby throughout the 1950s decade. From winning the Jubilee Cup at the start of the decade, to helping orchestrate a famous Ranfurly Shield win for Wellington in the middle of it, to bringing his representative career curtain down a...
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