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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 107: John Sage

by clubrugby - July 9, 2025

For over a decade, throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, the name J.K. Sage was one of the most 'mentioned in despatches' in the Rugby Weekly publication. There are numerous entries scattered throughout about Sage and almost all of them positive and complimentary. It seems that Sage sometimes single-handedly carried his

Club Rugby Performer of the Week: Hemi Fermanis

by clubrugby - July 8, 2025

This week’s Club Rugby Performer of the Week is Tawa lock Hemi Fermanis. In two consecutive weeks, the Tawa Premiers have beaten Paremata-Plimmerton on the siren, and on both occasions have come back over the final few minutes to score two tries to win. In both matches, Hemi Fermanis has led from

Matchday Scoring Highlights: Petone (37) v Poneke (15)

by clubrugby - July 8, 2025July 8, 2025

A stoic defensive shift combined with some sparkling counterattacks powered Petone to a convincing 37-15 victory over Pōneke in their opening Jubilee Cup fixture on Saturday. Petone scored two tries to left wing Jacib Tainui and first-five Rory Woollett kicked two penalties to give them a 23-3 halftime lead. Petone scored

Sideline Conversions 7 July (some rugby news and information to start the week)

by clubrugby - July 7, 2025July 7, 2025

Held up. Some tense moments at Maidstone Park on Saturday with a healthy crowd in the stand. Photo: Peter McDonald. UPDATE: Welcome sunshine on Sunday and Monday is drying out the grounds ahead of this weekend, but will the weather be stable on Saturday for another crucial set of club matches? Premier

Tawa and HOBM earn week off, while Upper Hutt Rams and Pōneke drop out of Jubilee Cup race

by clubrugby - July 5, 2025July 6, 2025

Penalty try. There were a handful of these in games yesterday, here's is OBU's against Petone in their Premier 2 Ed Chaney Cup match at Petone 2. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian Premier draw next weekend at a glance: Jubilee Cup: Tawa and HOBM byes.