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Aisle be Back: End of year tour, the NPC quarter-finals and Australian rugby

by clubrugby - October 11, 2024October 11, 2024

By Kevin McCarthy Shock and horror, The All Blacks are taking Sam Cane and TJ Perenara on the Northern tour. They’ll probably play three games each – maybe less. That means two young players will miss out on international experience. Well, quite probably – just ask Billy Proctor - will get to

Aisle be Back: Bledisloe Cup Two

by clubrugby - September 27, 2024September 27, 2024

By Kevin McCarthy The Cake Tin can be a place of swirling currents – so apt that suddenly Beauden Barrett and TJ Perenara are the starting 10 and 9 for Bledisloe Two. Damien McKenzie has played the first eight matches of the year in charge – so is it a demotion?

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Australia 1.0

by clubrugby - September 20, 2024

By Kevin McCarthy The Bledisloe these days is not seen as a genuine contest. Australia will sneak the odd win in three, but there is never a moment in recent times when the trophy is sitting on the line, winner takes all. But the matches remain popular – Wellington, the second

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 088 Brian Steele

by clubrugby - September 18, 2024

Leo Brian Steele is Wellington’s oldest living All Black, and the second oldest nationwide (at the time of this profile being published on 18 September 2024). Steele was born on 19 January 1929, not long after the oldest All Black Wiliam McCaw (Southland, born 27 August 1927). Both players made their

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v South Africa 2.0

by clubrugby - September 6, 2024

By Kevin McCarthy You ever watch games of rugby where the heart literally starts beating faster?’ Until last weekend, it had last happened twice last year – during the closing moments of the Ireland quarter and of course the final itself. I got a taste of it again in the Ellis Park