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Evening edition. Chiefs, Bay of Plenty and Māori All Blacks back Sean Wainui (above) died in a car crash in Omanawa, near Tauranga, on Monday morning. Wainui played 53 games for Taranaki before shifting to Bay of Plenty this year. He also played 44 games for the Chiefs, nine for the
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U85kg semi-final top billing this Saturday
Status quo for club rugby competition structure for next three seasons
WRFU Release 12 October: Earlier this evening WRFU’s 20 Clubs and affiliated bodies voted to retain this year's Premier Men’s competition format for the next three years. This vote was the culmination of a five-month review process in which a working group comprising Clubs and Wellington Rugby Football Union (WRFU) representatives proposed
TE WAIRUA O GEORGE NEPIA
By Touchline The urupa at St. John’s Maori Church in Rangitukia (consecrated on Easter Sunday 1901, on the site of an earlier 1842 Anglican Mission Station), contains the memorials of the Nepia and Kohere families. While George Nepia was originally from Nuhaka (near Wairoa) and played his early rugby for
Hard-fought college finals and action aplenty in representative rugby
Centre Sapati Tagoai racing away to score one of his two tries for the Wellington U19s against the Hawke's Bay U19s. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. Updated: There were five college rugby finals played today in Wellington and two were decided by a point. St Pat’s Silverstream teams won both these close matches, their