Club Rugby

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

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

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 142: Nev MacEwan

Matchday Scoring Highlights: Hawke’s Bay U18s (42) v Centurions U18s (41)

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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

Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay win 2026 Hurricanes region U16s titles

NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Taranaki

Sideline Conversions 5 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)

Pride win semi-final, maiden win for the Wellington Co-ed Schools, U85kgs reps win well, lower NI Heartland teams advance to semi-finals

Wellington Pride, U85kg, Lions teams in action, last round of the Heartland and U16s early next week

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 143: Mick Williment

NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Waikato

College Rugby

Hawke’s 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

Four Wellington players in NZ Schools team the most in a decade

Above: 2026 Wellington colleges NZ Schools players (L-R) Laifone Kamoto, Fletcher Cooper, Donncha McNamara-Taele, Julius Toimata. Photos: Andy McArthur. After not having a player take the field in the main New

Sideline Conversions 7 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)

Action from the Under 18 representative rugby union match between Wellington Centurions v Wellington Maori at Kilbirnie Park, Wellington, New Zealand on Saturday, 5 September 2026. Photo: Russell Potts / chainsawphotos.co.nz

Centurions Men’s and Pride win late as U18s competition underway and U20s concludes

Rugby aplenty for Wellington teams this weekend as Top 4 finalists found

Sideline Conversions 31 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)

Pōneke U85kgs, Silverstream First XV on to national stage next weekend, rep teams win well

Smorgasbord of club, rep and college rugby to watch and follow this weekend

Representative Rugby

Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay win 2026 Hurricanes region U16s titles

NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Taranaki

Pride win semi-final, maiden win for the Wellington Co-ed Schools, U85kgs reps win well, lower NI Heartland teams advance to semi-finals

Wellington Pride, U85kg, Lions teams in action, last round of the Heartland and U16s early next week

NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Waikato

Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wellington U16s (20) v Hawke’s Bay U16s (17)

Sideline Conversions 28 September (rugby news and information to start the week)

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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