Matchday Scoring Highlights: Paremata-Plimmerton (19) v Wainuiomata (12)

Visitors Paremata-Plimmerton beat Wainuiomata 19-12 in a tough fixture at William Jones Park on Saturday in their Smith & Wilson Cup match in the last round of the 2026 Swindale Shield.

It was always tight and it came down to who could take their chances. Paremata-Plimmerton did just that, while also coming up with three big defensive plays that stopped tries during the contest.

It was 12-12 heading into the final 10 minutes, when Paremata-Plimmerton took a long-range penalty attempt. This fell short but a handling error by Wainuiomata led to an attacking scrum and the winning try to second five Marzy Karim.

There was still good time left for the green and blacks to equalise but they couldn’t do so in deteriorating conditions, with steady rain and darkening skies.

Scoring highlights of the match below:

CREDITS. Footage Club Rugby/ Header Image Andy McArthur/Music: Audionautix.com

In this coming Saturday’s opening round Jubilee Cup matches see Paremata-Plimmerton hosting Oriental-Rongotai at home at Ngati Toa Domain in their 6 v 7 clash an Wainuiomata heading into twon to play Old Boys University in their 5 v 8 game. These are in effect Jubilee Cup knockout matches; the winners get to fight another day for top tier glory and the losers head down to the Hardham Cup for the final three weeks of the season.

A final 2026 Swindale Shield points table is below:

Wainuiomata v Upper Hutt Rams Flashback Match

When the two teams met in Round 8 of the 2022 Swindale Shield.

In a fourth thriller, Paremata-Plimmerton marred Wainuiomata’s Old Timers’ Day with a 22-15 win at William Jones Park for the Smith and Wilson Cup.

Paremata-Plimmerton came back to win the match with two tries in the final few minutes.  Wainuiomata were ahead 15-10 heading into the final 20 minutes, following a second try of the match wing Niko Patelesio.

The next 15 minutes remained scoreless, before Paremata-Plimmerton fullback Esi Komaisavai crossed late and first five Zane Edwards converted to put them up 17-15 Right wing Blake Neve then sealed victory with a try in the dying embers.