https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-club-weekly Wellington Club Weekly newsitems https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/09/sideline-conversions-9-november-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Above: Flashback to 10 years ago – the Upper Hutt Rams after winning the 2016 American Ambassador’s 7s series. The time remaining in the year is getting shorter and so are these columns. But a few things below this week, which will be added to as news comes in. First a reminder of what’s coming... upper-hutt rugby huttvalley places sport Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/09/sideline-conversions-9-november-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-11-08T00:00:00Z -41.1240674 175.0699589 Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/07/petone-seal-womens-sevens-title-with-second-tournament-win/ By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur The Petone Ponies are this year’s WRFU Women’s 7s series winners with a convincing win today’s second of two tournaments at Rugby League Park. Petone won last week’s first tournament so were in the box seat to take out the series. Sevens rugby can throw up surprising results,... petone rugby places sport Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/07/petone-seal-womens-sevens-title-with-second-tournament-win/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-11-07T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/06/four-team-shootout-in-second-and-final-womens-sevens-series-tournament/ The second and concluding WRFU women’s 7s tournament is scheduled to be played at Rugby League Park tomorrow. The scheduled field has been reduced from six to four teams, with last week’s entrants Oriental-Rongotai and the Wellington Axemen falling off the pace and leaving Petone, Avalon, Old Boys University and Pōneke to don their club... petone rugby places sport Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/06/four-team-shootout-in-second-and-final-womens-sevens-series-tournament/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/06/aisle-be-back-the-north/ By Kevin McCarthy. It’s fashionable in the recent times to say satire may be dead, given what some would politely call, a 24-7 cycle of change. Or, less politely, the continual cluster-fudge. Kudos then for World Rugby proudly announcing it will be doing more biometric testing of fans to see what happens to them as... rugby sport Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/06/aisle-be-back-the-north/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-11-05T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/04/club-rugby-awards-2026/ One of the action shots of the year. Emmanuel Solomona crashes over to score for Wainuiomata against Paremata-Plimmerton. Pure determination and power to score in terrible conditions. Photo: Andy McArthur. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The last comprehensive piece of our season are our annual awards, where we... plimmerton rugby wainuiomata paremata places sport Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/04/club-rugby-awards-2026/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-11-03T00:00:00Z -41.2618075 174.9480696 Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/02/sideline-conversions-2-november-some-rugby-news-to-start-the-new-week/ Georgia Daals on the burst for Petone against Poneke in their WRFU women’s 7s tournament on Saturday. Photo: Andy McArthur. The first of five scheduled Saturdays of sevens was held at Rugby League Park on Saturday with the first of the two WRFU women’s tournaments. The Petone Ponies have the upper hand heading into this... petone rugby places sport Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/11/02/sideline-conversions-2-november-some-rugby-news-to-start-the-new-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-11-01T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/30/wellington-club-sevens-underway-tomorrow-with-leg-one-of-eleanor-roosevelt-cup-womens-tournament/ We have blast off for the Wellington club rugby sevens season A scheduled four-week Wellington club rugby sevens series starts tomorrow with the first of two scheduled women’s tournaments. The plan for the WRFU is to run two weeks of women’s and then two weeks of men’s club sevens over the next five weekends –... rugby sport Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/30/wellington-club-sevens-underway-tomorrow-with-leg-one-of-eleanor-roosevelt-cup-womens-tournament/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/28/matchday-scoring-highlights-csw-7s-open-boys-knockout-matches/ The 2026 College Sport Wellington 7s tournament was held at its usual venue of Naenae College on Labour Day Monday. Conditions were fine but windy, with afternoon gusts sweeping down the ground. The action and results from the knockout and finals matches proved close. In the Open Boys competition, St Pat’s Silverstream and Wellington College... naenae silverstream rugby huttvalley places upper-hutt sport Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/28/matchday-scoring-highlights-csw-7s-open-boys-knockout-matches/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-27T00:00:00Z -41.1489813 175.0117941 Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/26/st-pats-silverstream-st-marys-scots-college-and-naenae-take-home-the-sevens-silverware-at-csw-7s/ By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur St Pat’s Silverstream, St Mary’s College, Scots College and host school Naenae College won the silverware at today’s 2026 College Sport Wellington Sevens Tournament. Silverstream defended their Open Boys title and their B team won the Open Boys Bowl, St Mary’s defended their Open Girls title (from two... naenae silverstream rugby huttvalley places upper-hutt sport Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/26/st-pats-silverstream-st-marys-scots-college-and-naenae-take-home-the-sevens-silverware-at-csw-7s/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-26T00:00:00Z -41.1489813 175.0117941 Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/25/condor-sevens-at-naenae-college-on-monday/ Twenty-seven teams will vie for local supremacy at the annual College Sport Wellington Sevens tournament at Naenae College on Monday. The tournament returns to its traditional Labour Day date this year, after last year’s event was postponed a fortnight due to weather. There is also a change in the qualification for the National event in... naenae rugby huttvalley places sport Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/25/condor-sevens-at-naenae-college-on-monday/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-24T00:00:00Z -41.200486 174.9537984 Naenae, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/21/summer-of-sevens-around-the-corner/ 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... rugby sport Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/21/summer-of-sevens-around-the-corner/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/19/sideline-conversions-19-october-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-new-week/ 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... rugby sport Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/19/sideline-conversions-19-october-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-new-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-18T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/17/wellington-u85kgs-shut-out-manawatu-u85kgs-king-country-win-meads-cup/ 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... johnsonville rugby places sport Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/17/wellington-u85kgs-shut-out-manawatu-u85kgs-king-country-win-meads-cup/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-17T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/16/u85kgs-representative-match-and-heartland-championship-finals-this-weekend/ 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... rugby sport Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/16/u85kgs-representative-match-and-heartland-championship-finals-this-weekend/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-16T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/16/aisle-be-back-rotation/ 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... rugby sport Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/16/aisle-be-back-rotation/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/13/best-fairest-competitions-teams-of-the-season-2/ 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... johnsonville plimmerton swindale rugby paremata places sport Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/13/best-fairest-competitions-teams-of-the-season-2/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-12T00:00:00Z -41.0819811 174.8652978 Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/12/sideline-conversions-12-october-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-new-week/ 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... kapiti rugby places sport Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/12/sideline-conversions-12-october-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-new-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-11T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/10/pride-win-womens-championship-as-whanganui-win-heartland-final-berth/ 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... northland rugby places sport Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/10/pride-win-womens-championship-as-whanganui-win-heartland-final-berth/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-10T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/09/womens-final-and-heartland-championship-semi-finals-tomorrow/ 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... northland rugby places sport Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/09/womens-final-and-heartland-championship-semi-finals-tomorrow/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/09/aisle-be-back-bledisloe-cup-in-auckland/ 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... rugby sport Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/09/aisle-be-back-bledisloe-cup-in-auckland/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/08/murphy-taramai-and-ana-kerr-win-best-fairest-competitions/ 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... petone rugby swindale upper-hutt places sport huttvalley Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/08/murphy-taramai-and-ana-kerr-win-best-fairest-competitions/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-07T00:00:00Z -41.1240674 175.0699589 Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/07/hawkes-bay-and-poverty-bay-win-2026-hurricanes-region-u16s-titles/ 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.... rugby sport Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/07/hawkes-bay-and-poverty-bay-win-2026-hurricanes-region-u16s-titles/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-07T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/06/npc-number-crunching-wellington-lions-v-taranaki/ 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... rugby sport Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/06/npc-number-crunching-wellington-lions-v-taranaki/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/05/sideline-conversions-5-october-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ 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... northland rugby places sport Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/05/sideline-conversions-5-october-some-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/03/pride-win-semi-final-maiden-win-for-the-wellington-co-ed-schools-and-lower-north-island-heartland-teams-advance-to-semi-finals/ 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... rugby sport Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/03/pride-win-semi-final-maiden-win-for-the-wellington-co-ed-schools-and-lower-north-island-heartland-teams-advance-to-semi-finals/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/02/wellington-pride-u85kg-lions-teams-in-action-last-round-of-the-heartland-and-u16s-early-next-week/ 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... rugby sport Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/10/02/wellington-pride-u85kg-lions-teams-in-action-last-round-of-the-heartland-and-u16s-early-next-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-10-02T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/30/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-143-mick-williment/ 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... rugby sport Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/30/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-143-mick-williment/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-30T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/29/npc-number-crunching-wellington-lions-v-waikato/ 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... rugby sport Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/29/npc-number-crunching-wellington-lions-v-waikato/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-29T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/29/matchday-scoring-highlights-wellington-u16s-20-v-hawkes-bay-u16s-17/ 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... tawa rugby places sport Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/29/matchday-scoring-highlights-wellington-u16s-20-v-hawkes-bay-u16s-17/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-28T00:00:00Z -41.1681676 174.8247761 Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/28/sideline-conversions-28-september-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ 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... rugby sport Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/28/sideline-conversions-28-september-rugby-news-and-information-to-start-the-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-27T00:00:00Z