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Merry Christmas from Club Rugby (and a few end-of-year news items)

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by clubrugby - December 23, 2021December 25, 2021

Club Rugby wishes the rugby community a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Here's hoping we can put the recent difficult season - actually two seasons - behind us and start anew with a bumper 2022 season that is unhindered by lockdowns or meltdowns of the non-sporting variety. Club Rugby's team

Reading, Research and Rugby: Clive Akers for Steinlager Salver?

by clubrugby - December 22, 2021December 25, 2021

By Adam Julian There’s a chance that when avid readers of rugby open their Christmas presents (another book), the author could be Clive Akers. Editor of the Rugby Almanack since 1994, Clive is the author of seven major rugby history books, notably including Monro: The Life and Times of the Man

Club and college players to need vaccination certificate in 2022

by clubrugby - December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

Papers please. Club and college rugby players will need a Covid vaccination certificate to play in competitions from next year. Under the Government and Sport New Zealand’s Covid-19 Protection Framework, gatherings in the Red traffic light setting which do not use Covid-19 Vaccination Certificates are limited to 25 people. In the Red setting,

Countdown underway to the start of the 2022 Swindale Shield

by clubrugby - November 30, 2021

Rugby begins anew in 2022. And it all starts with the Swindale Shield Premier club rugby competition, which kicks off on Saturday 2 April. The only traffic lights supporters need to consider on that afternoon are the ones on the road transporting them to the grounds. First round matches at a glance

Bond Banter 29 November (Some rugby news and happenings to start the new week)

by clubrugby - November 29, 2021November 30, 2021

Glory days. Wainuiomata v Upper Hutt 2007. Home side Upper Hutt won this late April clash in the wet at Maidstone Park 19-17. Morning edition: It is just about the the end of the line as far as rugby goes for 2021. There is a match this coming weekend in Taupo between