Wellington Club Weekly / October 2026
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Summer of Sevens around the corner
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- Rupeni Raviyawa flashes in for a try at the WRFU Club Sevens last November for his new club Hutt Old Boys Marist. The Eagles won the series and in February won the National Club 7s and Raviyawa was one of the leading players of the tournament. Photo: Andy McArthur. The 2026/27 sevens season for lower...
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Sideline Conversions 19 October (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
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- The Wellington U85kgs plot their next move from the penalty and upcoming lineout in the corner in their match against Manawatu on Saturday. Monday morning edition – updates expected later today: That’s it for 15s rugby for the year for most. Just the NPC final to come, but for many readers of this website, when...
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Wellington U85kgs shut out Manawatu U85kgs, King Country win Meads Cup
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- Johnsonville No. 8 and Wellington U85kg captain Seamus Rowberry scores the second of his two tries in Wellington’s comfortable win over the Manawatu U85kgs in Feilding on Saturday. By Steven White A well-drilled Wellington representative U85kg team beat their Manawatu counterparts 62-0 in their one-off fixture played at Johnston Park, Feilding on Saturday afternoon. In...
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U85kgs representative match and Heartland Championship finals this weekend
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- The sun goes down on the community rugby 15s season this weekend, with the last of the representative games and the Heartland Championship finals. By Scott MacLean & Steven White And finally, we reach the end of these Friday preview pieces for 2026 with our 30th and final look at the weekend’s upcoming rugby. To...
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Aisle be Back: Rotation
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- By Kevin McCarthy Do you remember when the land was stalked by the dreaded R word? Rotation. Suddenly the All Black jersey was irreparably damaged if the same starting XV did not get named game after game. The only acceptable change came from injury, and even then, the player needed to show up with said...
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Best & Fairest competitions Teams of the Season
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- Best & Fairest starting halfback Esi Komaisavai celebrates a try for Paremata-Plimmerton against Johnsonville in early June. Photo: Stewart Baird Photography. By Scott MacLean, of the WRRA A big part of our end of season pieces is to name teams based on the Men’s Billy Wallace and Women’s Erin Rush Best & Fairest standings, which...
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Sideline Conversions 12 October (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
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- Horowhenua-Kapiti No. 8 Mika Alaifatu scores a try that wasn’t on Saturday, after running on to a pass that was ruled forward by flanker David Leota-Johnson. H-K did score soon after and led with two minutes to play before a try on fulltime and then extra time momentum carried Whanganui to a 39-38 win. Monday...
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Pride win Women’s Championship as Whanganui win Heartland final berth
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- By Steven White & Scott MacLean The Wellington Pride are the 2026 Farah Palmer Cup Women’s Championship winners, following their 39-15 win over the Northland Kauri in the final at Wellington Stadium this afternoon. The Pride survived a late first half scare to pull away from the Northlanders and win well in the end, on...
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Women’s final and Heartland Championship semi-finals tomorrow
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- Jackie Patea-Fereti and the Pride will be hoping to finish their season with the title in the bag, hosting Northland in their FPC final. By Scott MacLean The 15s season is closing fast, with just one representative match tomorrow involving Wellington teams this weekend, as well as the Heartland Championship semi-finals. Representative Just one team...
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Aisle be Back: Bledisloe Cup in Auckland
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- Delirious All Blacks fans in the stands earlier this year. By Kevin McCarthy It’s so 2026 for everything to be moving at hyper speed. Even the very worthwhile tour of South Africa and Baltimore seems ages ago. Admittedly some of All Black bodies won’t feel that way, as indeed the injury list will testify. But...
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Murphy Taramai and Ana Kerr win Best & Fairest competitions
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- Anastasia Kerr and Murphy Taramai led their teams’ performances this year and won the 2026 Best & Fairest competitions. Photos: Andy McArthur. Upper Hutt’s Murphy Taramai and Petone teenager Anastasia Kerr took home the two big individual club prizes from this week’s Wellington Rugby Awards; the Billy Wallace and Erin Rush Best & Fairest competition...
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Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay win 2026 Hurricanes region U16s titles
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- Poverty Bay celebrate their Saracens Cup win on fulltime. The Division A and Division B Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council’s U16 titles are both heading east this year. The Hawke’s Bay Black team won the Division A Don Broughton Shield and Poverty Bay won the second tier Saracens Cup amongst the contest of the Heartland unions....
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NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Taranaki
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- Above: When Wellington beat Taranaki in 2004. The Wellington Lions secured a 0/10 season record with their final round loss to the Taranaki Bulls in New Plymouth on Sunday. In his final stat attack of the year, Peter Marriott looks at the game below. ________________________________________________________________________ Round 10 v Taranaki: Lost 26-68 The 2026 National Provincial...
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Sideline Conversions 5 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Action from the Wellington Pride’s semi-final win over Hawke’s Bay. They are hosting the Northland Kauri at Wellington Stadium at 12.05pm. The rugby to watch and follow is thinning, but there is still some to note and follow. The Hurricanes U16s tournament is this week in Whanganui. We previewed this in the body of our...
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Pride win semi-final, maiden win for the Wellington Co-ed Schools, U85kgs reps win well, lower NI Heartland teams advance to semi-finals
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- Trytime for the Wellington Co-ed Schools against the Wellington Māori U18s. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean The Wellington Pride defeated the Hawke’s Bay Tuis 54-26 in today’s Farah Palmer Cup Championship division semi-final at Rugby League Park, while the Wellington Co-ed Schools won their maiden victory in beating the Wellington Māori...
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Wellington Pride, U85kg, Lions teams in action, last round of the Heartland and U16s early next week
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- Hugo Plummer and the Lions will be reaching high for that first win over the season in their final match against Taranaki this weekend. Photo: Mike Lewis Pictures. By Scott MacLean & Steven White The calendar has ticked over to October but there is still a bit on this weekend for community rugby supporters to...
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