Month: September 2026

Representative rugby at Maidstone Park and Wellington Stadium this Saturday

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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

If only the benches could talk

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Above: The Petone Rec grandstand in its former glory. Credit: Petone Borough Council collection. By Touchline “Patrons of the Petone recreation ground are to be denied the use of the grandstand at the ground in future owing to the unsafe condition of the building,” declared the Dominion newspaper (forerunner of today’s

NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Canterbury

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The Stat Attack by compiled by Peter Marriott continues for this year’s 50th National Provincial Championship competition. The seventh one here is from Saturday’s latest loss, this time to Canterbury in Christchurch. Round 7 v Canterbury: Lost 19-66 The Wellington Lions still remain winless after the first seven rounds of this season's competition. They are only

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

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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 Zealand Secondary Schools team for each of the past three years, four players from Wellington schools have been named in