Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 017 J.M. Thomson

The Wellington College rugby team in 1890. Captain J.M. Thomson centre with ball in hand.  Profiling many of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. Inter-collegiate rugby, what is now First XV rugby, was played in fits … Continue reading Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 017 J.M. Thomson