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Week two of Club Rugby pre-season tomorrow

by clubrugby - March 7, 2025

Above: When Pōneke and Paremata-Plimmerton met last year. These two clubs are in action tomorr0w in pre-season rugby. Photo: Andy McArthur. Week two of pre-season club rugby sees another handful of matches in Wellington and plenty more around the country, including the annual New Zealand Marist Federation Spillane tournament in Hamilton. Wellington’s

Club Rugby Unearthed 003: Lome Fa’atau

by clubrugby - March 6, 2025

A series on Club Rugby's social media channels celebrating many of the players to have played professional rugby - many international rugby - who have largely come through club rugby and mostly not played in NZ school or age grade teams along the way. Right wing Lome Fa’atau exemplifies this pathway

Schedule of Pre-season matches in March

by clubrugby - March 5, 2025March 7, 2025

Updated: With a month of Saturdays leading up to the start of major club rugby competitions starting in the lower North Island, all clubs are getting into the swing of their pre-season campaigns. As well as internal trainings, trials and camps, many teams play games against each other over the next

Sideline Conversions 3 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)

by clubrugby - March 3, 2025March 4, 2025

Above: Action from OBU v Poneke in 2016, with Galu Taufale about to bundle Sam Conventry into touch. The assistant referee is Jack Sargentina, who refereed his final match in Wellington (at least for a while) on Saturday and is off to the U.K for work and to further his

Crusaders U20s account for Hurricanes U20s at Upper Hutt (plus full scoring highlights)

by clubrugby - March 1, 2025

Jacob Kennedy runs clear to score the first try of the day of the Hurricanes, with Oscar Ritchie (blue headgear) and Stanley Solomon in support in the foreground. By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur The visiting Crusaders U20s beat the Hurricanes U20s 57-22 in their one-off U20s match at NZCIS