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By Kevin McCarthy The ground is about to hit the All Blacks running. Three tests against Ireland are a refreshingly bracing way to start the international season – rather than opposed training runs against willing but sacrificial makeshift Pasifika teams. It’s admirable too that the Irish have taken on more than
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 010 Harry Roberts
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)
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
