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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
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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
Great days in club rugby 004: Brothers in Arms
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 064: Leslie Arthur Thomas
LA “Shag” Thomas played several seasons for both Petone in club rugby and Wellington in representative rugby between 1917-28 and two years in the Hawke’s Bay in 1920-21. Thomas won four Wellington Senior A Club Championship titles with Petone, including three in succession 1922-24, and he made the All Blacks in