Wellington Club Rugby Champion Teams 013: Northern United 2010

Looking at the Northern United team of 2010 that won its fourth Jubilee Cup title of the first decade of this century – and perhaps the most dominant of these teams.

The 2010 season was a triumph for the whole club, with the Premier 2, First Grade (now Reserve Grade), Colts and Women’s teams also winning their championships.

From a previous story we did about this team:

The 2010 Northern United side was one of the most dominant and exciting teams to win the Jubilee Cup. In 20 games they achieved a 17-win, one lost and two-drawn record, scoring 819 points and 123 tries. New Zealand Sevens representative Buxton Popoalii ended the year with 23 tries, just short of Petone’s Mike Clamp’s 1981 record of 25 tries, and Samoan International James So’oialo finished the season with a record 281 points. In the Jubilee Cup final Norths thrashed Poneke by 24-5, scoring four tries to one and achieving the biggest win in a final since Wests beat Tawa 53-21 in 1998. Popoalii scored two tries, but the Jim Brown medallist was a schoolboy sensation. TJ Perenara, out of Mana College, was a regular starter for Norths in 2010, never playing in a losing team.