Club Rugby – Page 204

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 022: Ernie Dodd and Eric Watkins

by clubrugby - August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

Fraser and Wilson, Jarden and Clark, Ellison and Gage – examples of memorable partnerships in Wellington Rugby. Watkins and Dodd are also on that list, great friends and front row partners for club, province and briefly the All Blacks in the early years of the previous century. Ernest Henry Dodd and Eric

Former Petone midfielder Nick Grigg relishing Hawke’s Bay opportunity

by clubrugby - August 2, 2022

A younger Nick Grigg diving over to score for Petone against Paremata-Plimmerton in 2015. Since then he has gone on to play several seasons in Scotland and made nine international appearances for that country. By Steven White Nick Grigg played 85 Premier matches for Petone between 2011-15, during which time he

Ories win silverware, semi-finalists found in other grades and First XV competition heats up

by clubrugby - July 30, 2022July 30, 2022

Sone Finai and the Oriental-Rongotai Vatos celebrate with the John Davies Cup this afternoon. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian The Ories Vatos have retained the Reserve Grade Division 1 John Davies Cup title with a 43-14 win over the Poneke Ruffnuts the mud at the Polo Ground this

Busy Saturday for lower grade club rugby and college competitions

by clubrugby - July 29, 2022July 29, 2022

It's quarter-finals weekend in the Colts competition. Last years finalists Petone and OBU are both at home tomorrow and will look to advance to the top four round. By Scott Maclean & Steven White The Premier silverware may have been decided last week, but there is still plenty of rugby coming over

Rugby coming up in August, September and October

by clubrugby - July 28, 2022August 2, 2022

With club rugby in 2022 winding up through the Lower North Island, there is plenty of rugby still on over the next two to three months. There is the remainder of local college rugby competitions, heading into the Hurricanes finals and the National Top 4, which is slated to return after