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It’s a busy day tomorrow on the rugby fields for most Wellington clubs as preparations continue and squads are finalised ahead of the start of the competition season in a fortnight. There are several inter-club Premier fixtures around Wellington on the first weekend of autumn, while Poneke travels to New Plymouth
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Great days in club rugby 005: Leading from the Front
Above: In 2018 Old Boys University captain Jonathan Fuimaono helped steer his side's ship to their third Jubilee Cup title in four years with a 37-31 win in the final over Northern United. Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately 8,000 Senior A/Premier
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 065: Cecil Ongley
Cecil Ongley was an integral member of Poneke and Wellington representative teams throughout the 1930s and was a three-time All Black trialist without cracking international rugby. Ongley was involved in a number of big games over several seasons, For both Poneke and Wellington. He is variously listed as a ‘forward’ but it
Sideline Conversions 18 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)
Monday morning edition: Week four of pre-season 2024 and kickoff for the Horowhenua-Kapiti Ramsbotham Cup competition coming right up. Look out for our preview at the end of the week canvassing what's coming up next Saturday, but there are at least five inter-club Premier fixtures between Wellington clubs scheduled. Poneke also
Club Rugby pre-season schedules for this weekend
Wedged between the Ides of March today and St Patrick’s Day on Sunday is the third Saturday of pre-season club rugby matches and off-field training and events for Wellington’s 14 Premier clubs and clubs further up the line in Lower North Island Hurricanes territory. There is just one scheduled pre-season interclub