https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-club-weekly Wellington Club Weekly newsitems 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 https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/26/wellington-u16s-start-with-a-nail-biting-win-over-manawatu-a-win-and-a-loss-for-lower-north-island-heartland-teams/ 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... rugby sport Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/26/wellington-u16s-start-with-a-nail-biting-win-over-manawatu-a-win-and-a-loss-for-lower-north-island-heartland-teams/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/25/u16s-tournament-underway-pride-chasing-home-semi-and-heartland-championship-heats-up/ 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... rugby sport Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/25/u16s-tournament-underway-pride-chasing-home-semi-and-heartland-championship-heats-up/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-25T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/25/aisle-be-back-changes-on-the-horizon/ 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... rugby sport Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/25/aisle-be-back-changes-on-the-horizon/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/24/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-142-nev-macewan/ 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... rugby sport Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/24/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-142-nev-macewan/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-23T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/22/npc-number-crunching-wellington-lions-v-northland/ 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... northland rugby places sport Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/22/npc-number-crunching-wellington-lions-v-northland/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-22T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/23/matchday-scoring-highlights-wellington-u16s-v-wellington-co-ed-schools-u18s/ 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,... rugby sport Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/23/matchday-scoring-highlights-wellington-u16s-v-wellington-co-ed-schools-u18s/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-22T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/22/matchday-scoring-highlights-hawkes-bay-u18s-42-v-centurions-u18s-41/ 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... rugby sport Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/22/matchday-scoring-highlights-hawkes-bay-u18s-42-v-centurions-u18s-41/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-21T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/21/sideline-conversions-21-september-some-news-and-information-to-start-the-new-week/ 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... kapiti petone rugby places sport Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/21/sideline-conversions-21-september-some-news-and-information-to-start-the-new-week/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/19/hawkes-bay-win-u18s-title-with-last-play-converted-try-wairarapa-bush-claim-division-2-pride-beat-northland/ 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... northland wairarapa rugby places sport Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/19/hawkes-bay-win-u18s-title-with-last-play-converted-try-wairarapa-bush-claim-division-2-pride-beat-northland/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-19T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/18/representative-rugby-at-maidstone-park-and-wellington-stadium-this-saturday/ 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... kapiti wairarapa rugby places sport Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2026/09/18/representative-rugby-at-maidstone-park-and-wellington-stadium-this-saturday/ Wellington Club Weekly 2026-09-18T00:00:00Z