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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 010 Harry Roberts

by clubrugby - April 27, 2022

The 1884 New Zealand rugby team - Harry Roberts seated bottom right. Henry “Harry” Roberts was predominantly a halfback, who could also play most positions in the backline. He scored New Zealand's first try in international rugby and his son Teddy was an All Black. Small in stature, Harry Roberts was known

RUGBY IN 1922 (part TWO REPRESENTATIVE rugby)

by clubrugby - February 4, 2022

The Wellington team that toured the South Island in 1922. Whilst club rugby at the Senior Championship level was as strong and competitive as ever, before or since, the second great era of the Wellington rugby team drew to a close in 1922. ‘Five-eighths’ later summed up a frustrating representative campaign in

Reading, Research and Rugby: Clive Akers for Steinlager Salver?

by clubrugby - December 22, 2021December 25, 2021

By Adam Julian There’s a chance that when avid readers of rugby open their Christmas presents (another book), the author could be Clive Akers. Editor of the Rugby Almanack since 1994, Clive is the author of seven major rugby history books, notably including Monro: The Life and Times of the Man

Beer with an All Black: Ian Kirkpatrick

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by clubrugby - December 11, 2021January 6, 2022

Above: Ian Kirkpatrick playing against the British & Irish Lions in 1971. This photo and photo below from NZ Weekly News magazines in 1971. By Adam Julian Patron of New Zealand Rugby, Member of the Order of the British Empire, 2003 inductee to the World Rugby Hall of Fame and his

Aisle be Back: much to ponder in the off-season

by clubrugby - November 26, 2021

A break for everyone coming up, before pre-season community and Hurricanes rugby in the New Year. By Kevin McCarthy Nearly 80 years ago, on World War II’s Eastern Front, there was a battle fought at a place called Kursk. Nazi Germany had been dealt a major defeat a few months earlier in