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UPDATED Club Rugby Summer Series: “The Jubilee Mystery”solved

by clubrugby - January 26, 2026January 27, 2026

By Touchline UPDATED: There is nothing that gives Touchline more pleasure than a good detective story. With thanks to photographic evidence provided by Petone RFC, Touchline is now convinced that the plot of the dime novel concerning the origins of the “Jubilee Cup” has reached its dramatic denouement, with unambiguous

Club Rugby Highlights Series: Long-range Strikes Part 1

by clubrugby - January 23, 2026

Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online –

Club Rugby Summer Series: Shooting Stars

by clubrugby - January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

A look at some of the many players and personalities of the local game who packed in plenty in short careers that were cut short due to such factors as injury, death or transferring to rugby league. Going back to the start of the game in the latter years of

Excitement machine Grant Batty passes away in Australia

by clubrugby - January 19, 2026January 20, 2026

Grant Batty scores his final try, for the All Blacks against the British and Irish Lions in Wellington in June 1977. Grant Batty, who passed away in Australia late last week aged 74 was the excitement machine of his era. Batty was a pocket-rocket try-scoring wonder who scored 109 tries in 142

Tenacious Wellington Flyers defend Bula 7s title

by clubrugby - January 17, 2026January 18, 2026

By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur Several times across their final three knockout games of the day, the Wellington Flyers had to dig deep. On each occasion they responded with a timely turnover, tackle out wide or an offload to a support player backing up, seeing them win all these