Wellington Club Weekly / September 2026
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 143: Mick Williment
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- Wellington rugby from the mid-1960s was synonymous with three players that played different roles and two of them were forwards, lock/prop Ken Gray and openside flanker Graham Williams. A third in the backs was Mick Williment. Williment was primarily a fullback, but also played games at centre, and was a points scoring machine goal-kicker throughout...
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NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Waikato
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- Lineout action from the Wellington-Waikato match. Photo: Hunted Frames. The Stat Attack is compiled by Peter Marriott and continues for this year’s 50th National Provincial Championship competition. The ninth one here is from Sunday’s loss to Waikato. Round 9 v Waikato: Lost 10-34 Another loss to the Wellington Lions made it nine defeats in their...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wellington U16s (20) v Hawke’s Bay U16s (17)
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- The two teams met in round one of the 2026 Hurricanes Youth Council U16 competition at Lyndhurst Park, Tawa, on Saturday. A very even game that could have gone either way and duly went down to the last play with Manawatu just failing to come up with the try at the death after a torrid...
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Sideline Conversions 28 September (rugby news and information to start the week)
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- Commitment – Halfback Milly Mackey looks to get the offload away to Baylee Meroiti in driving rain in the second half of their win over Tasman on Sunday. Photo: Tane Nathan/Kinetic Images. We are just about at the end of the line for representative 15s rugby for 2026, particularly in Wellington. The Wellington Pride have...
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Wellington U16s start with a nail-biting win over Manawatu, a win and a loss for lower North Island Heartland teams
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- There was plenty of open running today at Lyndhurst Park as the Wellington U16s held on at the end to beat the Manawatu U16s in their competition opener. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean A busy day of rugby across the lower North Island, highlighted by U16s rugby and the penultimate round...
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U16s tournament underway, Pride chasing home semi and Heartland Championship heats up
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- By Scott MacLean The 15s season is winding down, but it is far from over. There are a number of teams in action this weekend for Wellington and lower North Island supporters to follow. Representative The season is rapidly coming to an end, with more teams having reached their finish line for the year. Of...
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Aisle be Back: Changes on the horizon
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- By Kevin McCarthy Another year and another reworking potentially of rugby competitions. NZR met yesterday to thrash out three options. If you haven’t seen them, they are (as far as we know): Adding two NZ teams to Super Rugby Pacific, restoring the competition to 12 teams. Cutting duplication by having the five main SRP franchises...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 142: Nev MacEwan
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- Nev MacEwan was a leading player in Wellington club rugby and for Wellington representative teams throughout his career which spanned 1954-67. MacEwan was a lock or No. 8 and specialist lineout forward. He played all his rugby for the Athletic Club, the last three seasons as captain and coach, leading his team to Jubilee Cup...
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NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Northland
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- The Stat Attack is compiled by Peter Marriott and continues for this year’s 50th National Provincial Championship competition. The eighth one here is from Saturday’s most recent loss, this time to Northland at home. Round 8 v Northland: Lost 28-52 The Wellington Lions are still looking for their first win of the season. They have...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wellington U16s v Wellington Co-ed Schools U18s
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- The Wellington Co-ed Schools U18s is a new representative team, with players selected from those Co-ed schools who are mostly playing in the non-Premiership grades in the College Sport Wellington competitions. A number of high profile players have come through and risen to the top of the game from these schools in the modern era,...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Hawke’s Bay U18s (42) v Centurions U18s (41)
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- For the neutral observer, this match featured some cracking tries by both teams – and its all packaged up in the highlights below. Hawke’s Bay trailed the whole game but scored a try when it mattered with the final play of the game and kicked the winning conversion on fulltime. Earlier, the Centurions had got...
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Sideline Conversions 21 September (some news and information to start the new week)
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- Horowhenua-Kapiti and Ories flanker David Leota-Johnson surges forward on Saturday, flanked by teammates, including Petone prop Kafa Katoa and HOBM No. 8 Mika Alaifatu. Photo: Stewart Baid. They beat Thames Valley 57-26. Monday morning edition: The first week of spring and the start of daylight savings at the end of this week mean the 15s...
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Hawke’s Bay win U18s title with last play converted try, Wairarapa-Bush claim division 2, Pride beat Northland
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- Second five Ben Faitala running strongly for the Centurions U18s. His team led for the whole game up to the end when Hawke’s Bay scored a winning converted try to win. By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Adam Julian & Andy McArthur The Hawke’s bay U18s beat the Wellington Centurions U18s 42-41 through a last play...
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Representative rugby at Maidstone Park and Wellington Stadium this Saturday
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- By Scott MacLean There are representative matches at home tomorrow for Wellington teams at Maidstone Park and Wellington Stadium, while its an important weekend for nearby Heartland teams Horowhenua-Kapiti and Wairarapa-Bush playing at home and away respectively. Representative Maidstone Park will be a busy place tomorrow. At 11.00am the Wellington U16 Boys side are the...
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