Wellington Club Weekly / May 2025
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Tight results and heart stoppers in Swindale Shield matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Action from the OBU-Wainuiomata Premier match at Ian Galloway Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian & Martyn Bridge There were a series of tight matches in the six Premier club rugby matches played on Saturday throughout the region in fine, blustery conditions – with four of the six only decided...
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Swindale Shield Round 9 – Just the Teamlists
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Teamlists, as received, as of 12.30pm Friday – all line-ups subject to change. Round 9 preview to come in a separate article Friday afternoon. Upper Hutt Rams v Wellington Axemen, Maidstone Park 1 (Hinaki-Mei Axe) [NOTE Friday night game, 30/5/25]. Referee: Campbell Barry. Marist St Pat’s v Johnsonville (Trent Eagle Cup), Evans Bay Park. Referee:...
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Time to shine in Round Nine for Swindale Shield hopefuls
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone and Old Boys University will be looking to run away from their opposition tomorrow – Petone to stay in touch of leaders Ories for Swindale Shield glory and OBU to keep their Jubilee Cup chances alive. PHOTO: Wall Sport Media By Scott MacLean The weather gods continue to be kind to Wellington fans and...
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Wellington club rugby links to live scoring, streams and and updates 31 May
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- Above: The weekend started on Friday night at Upper Hutt, where the Upper Hutt Rams beat the Wellington Axemen 62-10. LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 31 May 2025) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield Scoring WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted...
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Champion teams 012: Onslow 1955
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Looking at the Onslow team of 1955 that won the first of their two Jubilee Cups. For more, read our story from 2015 on this team at this link: 1955: The year the suburbanites won the Jubilee Cup This Saturday's Premier grade club rugby draws. Round 9 in the Men's and Round 2 of the...
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Friends and family integral to Greg Lealofi in reaching 200-game milestone
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- Above: Greg Lealofi heads to the tryline last weekend for Wainuiomata against Pōneke. By Andy McArthur. By Steven White Wainuiomata captain and openside flanker Greg Lealofi says it’s the many lifelong friends he’s made off the field that has helped fuel his rugby career at Wainuiomata over more than 15 years of dedicated and loyal...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Moana Pasifika
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Kevin McCarthy You can read any number of analyses of what the eight still viable teams need to make the Super Rugby Pacific top six, or improve their standing for those five already locked in. It makes for one of those ideal scenarios for the last weekend where all but two of the sides...
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Wins for Makoura, Tawa, Silverstream, Francis Douglas and Manukura in Wednesday school matches
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- Above: Action from the Taita College v Makoura College fixture for the Fuller Cup. Photo: Peter McDonald. By Adam Julian & Steven White A round-up of some college rugby matches played involving Wellington schools on Wednesday. Makoura College account for Taita College Taita College were soundly beaten this afternoon by Makoura College in overcast conditions in...
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Hurricanes v Reds Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes edged the Reds in their Super Rugby fixture at Brisbane on Saturday night. Facts and figures from the game by Hurricanes statistics managing director Peter Marriott. Round 15 v Reds: Won 31-27 The Hurricanes and the Reds have now played 27 matches together: the Hurricanes have won 21 and the Reds just six....
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Performer of the Week: Braith Ingram
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- This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Petone openside flanker Braith Ingram, who had a busy match for his side against Old Boys University on Saturday in their Mark Verhoeven Trophy and Billy Brien Challenge defence win on Saturday. Ingram scored three tries and was the unofficial Player of the Match in Petone’s...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 101: Alby Jack
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- Wing/fullback Alby Jack was a Wellington club rugby player before and after World World War 2. During the war Jack served with the Wellington Battalion of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force before being injured and captured on 22 July 1942 at the battle of El Mrier and sent to Germany and later Italy as...
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Matchday Swindale Shield Highlights: Upper Hutt Rams (36) v Northern United (19)
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- The Upper Hutt Rams Premiers beat Northern United 36-19 in their Premier Swindale Shield fixture at Porirua Park on Saturday, for the Terry Farrow Memorial Cup. The match was played in bright sunshine at Jerry Collins Stadium, with the Rams having advantage of the little wind on offer in the first half and racing to...
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Sideline Conversions 26 May (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A lighter weekend of rugby across the board coming up, owing to the upcoming King’s Birthday break. The only club grades in play this weekend are Premier Men and Women and Premier 2 Men. There is one Colts game, that between HOBM and Norths that was originally defaulted by North last Saturday and there is...
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Ories continue to set pace as Petone edge OBU and leaders fall in three lower grades
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- A tightly contested match on Old Timers’ Day at William Jones Park for the Hakaraia Shield between home team Wainuiomata and visitors Pōneke who won 38-28. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian The Swindale Shield is Oriental-Rongotai’s to lose, following their eighth straight bonus point win today to move themselves...
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Round 8 Swindale Shield – Just the Teamlists
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- Teamlists, as received, as of 12.00pm 12.30pm Friday. All line-ups subject to change. Round 8 preview to come in a separate article Friday afternoon. Wellington v Johnsonville (Mick Kenny Cup), Hataitai Park. Referee: James Taylor. Wainuiomata v Poneke (Hakaraia Trophy), William Jones Park. Referee: Ethan Loveridge. Hutt Old Boys Marist v Avalon (Billy Herbert Memorial...
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Plenty on the rugby plate in round eight matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: big afternoons for the Norths and OBU Premier teams tomorrow to stay in the hunt with the mid-table teams. OBU plays Petone away and Norths host the Upper Hutt Rams. By Scott MacLean & Steven White Fine weather is set to continue for the eighth round of the Premier Swindale Shield and Premier 2...
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Welllington club rugby links to live scoring, streams and and updates 24 May
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The weekend started on Friday night at Upper Hutt, where the home Colts side beat the Norths Colts 50-10 in a miasma of mist. Photo: WRRA. LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 24 May 2025) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield Scoring WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU...
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Fitter and faster: Esi Komaisavai leading Paremata-Plimmerton to more success this season
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: A familiar sight for opposition players. Esi Komaisavai heads off to score another try. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Adam Julian For the best part of a decade, Esi Komaisavai has been one of the most exciting players in Wellington rugby. The 2019 Jubilee Cup winner enjoyed a stellar spell at Northern United, where he...
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Aisle be Back – Hurricanes v Reds
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- By Kevin McCarthy Forgot to factor in the desperation last week with the Highlanders, who almost spoiled every Hurricane supporters night. Still, could shoulda, and the Canes secured a desperately close win as you will know. Now with two rounds left, from a competition wide view, you still want that desperation factor pressing teams to...
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Wellington College beat St Pat’s Town in gritty Premiership opener
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- Wellington College right wing Shea Boshier attacks the line in the lead-up to the opening try and only try of the first half. By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur Wellington College has opened the Premiership with a gritty 18-13 victory over St Patrick’s College, Wellington. An arm-wrestle was expected at a sun-drenched Evans Bay...
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Champion Teams 011: University 1952
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- Following our 100th Wellington history rugby identity profile this week with University, Wellington and All Blacks wing Ron Jarden, the University team in 1952-54 will always be on the shortened list of the best and most successful club sides of all time in Wellington. ++++++ This weekend's eighth week of #clubrugby matches in the Wellington...
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St Pat’s Silverstream and Wellington College the teams to beat in First XV Premiership
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- By Scott MacLean This story is being published on College Sport Wellington. Club Rugby will be at the season opener between St Pat’s Town and Wellington College on Wednesday at Evans Bay Park, kick-off 1.30pm. With qualifying complete, the 2025 College Premiership gets underway this week with the now-regular opener this Wednesday afternoon; the Traditional...
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Kautai Performer of the Week for Round 6
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Harmony Kautai, Petone Ponies centre/left wing. Kautai has been in sizzling form for the co-first round Women’s competition winners. In five matches played she has scored 17 tries, which is Ayesha-esque. This includes a five-try haul and four hat-tricks. On Saturday she scored three tries in...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 100: Ron Jarden
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- Wellington’s ‘Ace of Matchwinners’. There have been many outstanding wings to have played for Wellington, and in recent years the Hurricanes, but it would be a hard-pressed decision to dislodge Ron Jarden from a fictious all-time playing XV. At the least, Jarden would be amongst the first selections in an ‘Excitement XV’, such was his...
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Swindale Shield Matchday Scoring Highlights: MSP (22) v Wainuiomata (20)
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- The Marist St Pat’s Premiers beat Wainuiomata 22-20 in their Premier Swindale Shield fixture at William Jones Park on Saturday, for the Rona-Morrissey Cup. This was a tight and gritty fixture in blustery conditions. There was no scoring until after 25 minutes when the home side kicked a penalty. After 90 seconds of phase play,...
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Hurricanes v Highlanders Stat Attack
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- The Hurricanes edged the Highlanders with a death-knock try in their Super Rugby fixture at Wellington on Friday night. Facts and figures from the game by Hurricanes statistics managing director Peter Marriott. Round 14 v Highlanders: Won 24-20 The Hurricanes have now met the Highlanders on 44 occasions for 29 wins, 15 losses and no...
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Sideline Conversions 19 May (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Joyner Gaualofa scores for Tawa against HOBM on Saturday. There have now been over 200 individual try-scorers in Wellington Premier club rugby this year. Photo: Stewart Baird. We have breezed through the halfway stage of the first round Swindale Shield competition. Round 8 games this coming Saturday at a glance are: Wellington v Johnsonville...
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More tight results in Swindale Shield, as Women’s first round shared
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White & Scott MacLean Swindale Shield Round 7 results at a glance (unofficial): Marist St Pat’s 22 – Wainuiomata 20 Paremata-Plimmerton 38 – Wellington Axemen 28 Poneke 30 – Upper Hutt Rams 22 Oriental-Rongotai 29 – Petone 24 Johnsonville 79 – Avalon 0 Old Boys University 44 – Northern United 27 Hutt Old...
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Hurricanes wins on fulltime revisited
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Halfback Cam Roigard scores for the Hurricanes on fulltime against the Highlanders in their last-gasp win over them in Wellington in May 2025. Recapping some of the memorable late wins or wins after the hooter by the Hurricanes throughout the history of Super Rugby. This article was first published in 2018 and has been updated. ...
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Wellington club rugby Round 7 – just the Swindale Shield teamlists
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- Round 7 teamlists below for Round 7, 17 May 2025. Line-ups as received as at 12.30pm Friday – check local guides for matchday changes. Wainuiomata and Ories to be advised. WELLINGTON ( ) PAREMATA-PLIMMERTON ( ) Scorers added after the game Scorers added after the game Wellington Line-up: 1. Perry Laumalili, 2. To’e Lokeni, 3....
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Key matches tomorrow as Swindale Shield reaches halfway mark
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Action from Fraser Park last week. The Avalon Wolves are away at Johnsonville tomorrow, while it’s Old Timers’ Day for the Wellington Axemen as they host Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Tane Nathan. By Scott MacLean & Steven White The 2025 Swindale Shield compeititon crosses its midpoint marker tomorrow, with all 14 teams still with much to...
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Wellington club rugby links to live scoring and updates 17 May
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- LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 17 May 2025) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield Scoring WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores and get results off the WRFU site – although visitors there need to...
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Paotonu and Johnsonville Hawks seeking consistency
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Johnsonville second-five Olly Paotonu in typical attacking form, against the Upper Hutt Rams last year. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White When fit and firing, second-five Olly Paotonu is a key cog in Johnsonville’s ongoing success since their revival from competition back-marker to contender that started three seasons ago. Paotonu says that with more consistency...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Highlanders
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Riley Higgins and Billy Proctor return to the Hurricanes’ midfield for their match against the Highlanders. Photo: Caroline Lewis. By Kevin McCarthy Two weeks is a long time in Super Rugby Pacific. A fortnight ago, I made the usual shonky predictions that basically wrote off the Hurricanes chances of defeating the Chiefs despite home advantage....
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Tawa College retain Beard Trophy in opening series match, Hastings beat Town
- Wellington Club Weekly
- There were two First XV matches in Wellington on Wednesday afternoon, and two clear-cut margins of victory for the winners. At Evans Bay Park, visitors Hastings Boys’ High School defeated St Pat’s Town 52-26, after leading 31-7 at halftime. At Porirua Park, Tawa College opened their 2025 Beard Trophy defence with a 39-12 win over...
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Northcott Performer of the Week for Round 6
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Louis Northcott, @pareplimrugby left wing. Northcott has the need for speed, and scored 5 tries for his Premier team on Saturday in their 51-22 win over Poneke. This is the first 5-try haul in Wellington Premier rugby since 2019. Northcott, shortly to be on a pre-planned holiday break...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 099: Henry Avery
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- Not to be confused with his namesake Harry Avery who was the captain of the St Pat’s Old Boys team that shared the Jubilee Cup with Petone in 1949 (profile 093), this Henry ‘Harry’ Avery played his rugby in a much earlier generation. Henry Avery was out of Wellington College and was a leading player...
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Swindale Shield Matchday Scoring Highlights: Johnsonville (51) v OBU (26)
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- The Johnsonville Premiers beat Old Boys University 51-26 in their Premier Swindale Shield fixture at home at Helston Park on Saturday. Johnsonville scored two tries and kicked a penalty to go 15-0 up inside 20 minutes. OBU came back with two tries in the far corner, but Johnsonville scored twice more to lead 27-12 at...
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Sideline Conversions 12 May (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The dying stages of a high-paced Swindale Shield fixture at Ngati Toa Domain on Saturday. Photo: Stewart Baird. Monday morning edition – updates expected. It’s come along just like that, but the halfway stage of the Swindale Shield arrives this weekend, which means that the race to make the top eight Jubilee Cup for...
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Scoring runs hot in sixth round Swindale Shield matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Competition frontrunners Ories on the attack at home this afternoon against Marist St Pat’s. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean There was some hot scoring and more surprise results in Wellington club rugby in mild, sunny conditions on Saturday, with Petone, Hutt Old Boys Marist and Johnsonville all pushing past 50 points...
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Wellington club rugby Swindale Shield Round 6 – just the teamlists
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Preview coming separately Friday afternoon. PAREMATA-PLIMMERTON () PONEKE () Scorers to be advised after the match Scorers to be advised after the match PP Hammerheads Line-up: 1. Pasilio Tosi, 2. Toby Mallon, 3. Werdna Maligi-Leota, 4. Zeke Fiso, 5. Ihakara Masoe, 6. Alex Fidow, 7. Christian Fa’avae, 8. Peni Tapau, 9. Esi Komaisavai, 10. Dale...
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All teams fighting to stay in the mix in round six
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- Action from Kilbirnie Park last Saturday. Home team Poneke are away playing Paremata-Plimmerton tomorrow, while Johnsonville are back home hosting Old Boys University. Photo: Tane Nathan. By Scott MacLean and Steven White It is the sixth round of the Wellington Premier Swindale Shield and the promise of more tight and thrilling rugby around the region...
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Wellington club rugby links to live scoring and live streaming 10 May
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- LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 10 May 2025) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield Scoring WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores and get results off the WRFU site at: https://www.wrfu.co.nz/senior/draws-results Round 6 teamlists at this...
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Maiava leading from the back for Ories in Swindale Shield
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Oriental-Rongotai fullback Tom Maiava chasing the action in his side’s win over Tawa this past Saturday. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White “If we win, we win, if we don’t we learn, it is always God’s plan for us, and we trust that,” Oriental-Rongotai fullback Tom Maiava summed up his team’s fortunes this year, when...
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Wellington Presence Strong on Historic U85kgs tour
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Pasia Asiata makes a break for the New Zealand U85kg side against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Photo credit: Sri Lanka Rugby Facebook By Adam Julian In 2001, Matthew Treeby visited Sri Lanka with his family to help build facilities for struggling children. More than two decades later the Tawa hooker is helping Sri Lanka strengthen...
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Victoria Cross and Hardham Cup come together for first time in over 100 years
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- By NZ Remembrance Army Media Release/Club Rugby In a first for New Zealand rugby, the military’s highest award the original Victoria Cross (VC) won by William James Hardham and Wellington club rugby’s prestigious Hardham Cup are being displayed together, offering a unique historical convergence underscoring his dual legacy. The two historic items have come together...
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Hurricanes v Chiefs Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hurricanes squared off against the Chiefs this past Saturday night. Some facts and figures from the clash against the Chiefs by Hurricanes statistician Peter Marriott below. Round 12 v Chiefs: Won 35-17 The Hurricanes and the Chiefs have now met on 47 occasions. The Hurricanes have won 24 matches and the Chiefs 21. There...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 098: Billy Francis
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Billy Francis was a hooker who came down to Wellington from Taranaki as a teenager and played for the Wellington Axemen club, from where he made the Wellington team and then the All Blacks on the last tour and final tests before the outbreak of the first world war. Francis achieved most of this before...
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Matchday highlights: Hutt Old Boys Marist v Wellington Axemen
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- Matchday scoring highlights of Saturday’s fifth round Swindale Shield affair between Hutt Old Boys Marist and the Wellington Axemen. The home team the Eagles won comfortably in the end, pulling clear after leading 24-17 at halftime. Second five Kienan Higgins scored three tries and two players scorers two each in the nine tries to two...
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Sideline Conversions 5 May (some news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Veteran lock Teofilo Paulo makes a concerted surge at the defence against the Wellington Axemen on Saturday. The Eagles won 55-17. Photo: Peter McDonald. Monday morning edition, updates expected: Week six club rugby coming up and that means considerable amounts of club and college rugby for supporters to follow. Round 6 Swindale Shield matches at...
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Ories on top as Pōneke, Petone and Paremata-Plimmerton leave it late for wins
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Dominic Ropeti and Ories attack the line today in their win over Tawa in the Swindale Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian Swindale Shield Round 5 results at a glance: Pōneke 41 – Johnsonville 38 Hutt Old Boys Marist 55 – Wellington Axemen 17 Wainuiomata 67 – Northern United...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Chiefs
- Wellington Club Weekly
- When the Hurricanes met the Chiefs in 2024. By Kevin McCarthy An old joke but still a good one – and usually fit for explaining a lot of things. Two blokes are hiking across the savannah when a cheetah spots them from afar and starts chasing them. Bloke One kicks off his boots and pulls...
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Wellington club rugby Swindale Shield Round 5 teamlists
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- PONEKE () JOHNSONVILLE () Scorers added after the game Scorers added after the game Pōneke Line-up: 1. Moses Tuifao-Galuvao, 2. Andrew Jones, 3. Noah Tuifao-Galuvao, 4. Adam McRandle, 5. Maea Tema-Schmidt, 6. David Taoipu, 7. Luca Bellucci, 8. DJ Taoipu, 9. Mike Brown, 10. Carlos Hihi, 11. Ifeanyichukwu Nnebechukwu, 12. Caleb Robson, 13. Issac Moe...
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Club rugby to heat up on back of stormy weather week
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- Leaders Oriental-Rongotai are back at home this Saturday against Tawa, as are Old Boys University who are back in OBU colours and back at Rugby League Park to host Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Tane Nathan. By Scott MacLean and Steven White Winter weather has definitely arrived in the capital this week, and while the forecast for tomorrow...
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Wellington club rugby links to live scoring and live streaming 3 May
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- LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 3 May 2025) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield Scoring WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores and get results off the WRFU site at: https://www.wrfu.co.nz/senior/draws-results Round 5 teamlists...
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Robson and Pōneke pressing hard for strong season
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- Caleb Robson on the burst for Pōneke against Avalon in their recent second round match at Kilbirnie Park. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. By Steven White Pōneke midfielder Caleb Robson says that close ties off the field are translating to good form on it for himself and teammates as the Swindale Shield unfolds this year. “It is...
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