Wellington Club Weekly / March 2026
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New Zealand U20s named for South Africa
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- Alex Hewitt on the charge in last year’s Hardham VC Memorial Cup final. Photo: Andy McArthur. Hewitt, the son of late Wellington NPC winning captain and All Black Norm Hewitt, is one of three current Wellington players in the wider 2026 NZ U20 squad named today. A 30-player New Zealand U20 squad has been selected...
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Hurricanes v Reds Stat Attack
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- Co-captains Jordie Barrett and Du Plessis Kirifi lead their side out against the Reds on Saturday. Kirifi started his 75th Super Rugby match wearing the No 7 jersey. In association with Hurricanes statistics compiler Peter Marriott, the Stat Attack returns in 2026. Facts and figures from the Hurricanes’ win over the Reds in Wellington below....
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Some Experienced Players to Watch in club rugby 2026
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- By Steven White & Scott MacLean A feature of the start of every club rugby season are the new players joining the competition for the first time, and 2026 will be no different with a number of school leavers as well as a group of returning and new older players from other provinces to add...
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Pasilio Tosi giving back to community rugby
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- Pasilio Tosi playing for Paremata-Plimmerton in 2023. This Friday he will present his All Blacks jersey to his Wellington club, just down the road from where grew up in Levin. By Adam Julian It’s a Good Friday to be at Ngāti Toa Domain, Porirua. Paremata-Plimmerton will receive an All Blacks Test rugby jersey from prop...
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Club Rugby By the Numbers 2026
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- The 2026 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. The season starts with the opening round of the Premier Swindale Shield, Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield and Colts competitions. A mix of historical and recent stats and updated records is collated below. 97 – The number of Jubilee Cups contested. First won in 1929...
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Sideline Conversions 30 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Lyndhurst Park scene – looking very lush as it starts its new year of hosting rugby and is always good for a thriller or two such as last July’s semi-final between Tawa and Johnsonville. The days are counting down until the start of the 2026 Wellington club rugby competition. Three grades kick off this Saturday,...
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Club Rugby pre-season underway this Saturday
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- Action from last year’s Hardham Cup final, with Poneke playing in Paraparaumu tomorrow and the Upper Hutt Rams meeting Linton away. Photo: Tane Nathan. It’s the opening weekend of the 2026 club rugby pre-season, with many clubs holding their own internal club days but also a number of others in actual on the field against...
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Hurricanes v Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua matches Stat Attack
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- In association with Hurricanes statistics compiler Peter Marriott, the Stat Attack returns in 2026. Facts and figures from both opening matches (starting with the most recent one) below. Round 3 v Fijian Drua: Lost 20-25 The Fijian Drua made their Super Rugby debut in 2022. They have now played the Hurricanes five times for two...
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Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Waratahs
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- Petone’s Brad Shields and others celebrate Oriental-Rongotai wing Fehi Fineanganofo’s try against Moana Pasifika in their opening game. By Kevin McCarthy What are you planning to do in the next 15 months? If you answer, trying to win a world cup, sorry – that’s gone. Dave Rennie, new All Blacks coach, also has the tour...
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Club Rugby Highlights Series: First Phase Finishes
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- Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 118: Alan Clark
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- Alan Clark was a bustling No. 8 who played 59 matches for Wellington A between 1952 and 1957. Not to be confused with the Clark brothers, Bill and Tony, who played for University, [Leslie] Alan Clark was a leading light and the captain of the Wellington Axemen club who were battling hard in the lower...
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Club Rugby Summer Series: Trophies Chat Volume 2
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- Northern United and Marist St Pat’s celebrate their shared Jubilee Cup title win in 2008, the last time it was shared. The cup itself is lidless, and had been for at least 35 years. There are many cups and trophies that are contested each year between clubs or internally in clubs to be presented at...
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Sideline Conversions 2 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Action from the Academy Series at Massey on Saturday. Photo: Club Rugby pre-season starts this coming weekend. The summer is almost over and with it games below include (but not limited to in case there’s more on we don’t know about): Paraparaumu v Pōneke, Soldier Field Paraparaumu Northern United v Marist St Pat’s, Porirua Park...
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