Club Rugby – Page 252

Club rugby pre-season – what’s coming up in March?

by clubrugby - March 4, 2022March 12, 2022

There is one month to the start of the *scheduled* kick-off for major club rugby competitions in Wellington and the Manawatu, while the Hawke’s Bay competition gets underway on the last weekend of March. After a disrupted last two years and a recent round of sevens tournament cancellations in February, it

Law changes for 2022 season

by clubrugby - March 3, 2022

By Scott MacLean Wellington club rugby is going to look a little different this coming season. After several years of stability on the rules front, 2022 will see a raft of changes. Five of these are from World Rugby’s Global Law Trials package, which are mandated across the globe. Two of these,

Pioneers of Wellington Rugby: 003 George Campbell

by clubrugby - March 3, 2022

The Athletic Football Club in 1882, with the Union Challenge Cup. George Campbell in the centre holding the ball. By Dribbling Rushes Profiling the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. Seven years after the

Patience paying off for Ories and Hurricanes prop Xavier Numia

by clubrugby - March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

By Steven White Patience is paying off for Xavier Numia. The Oriental-Rongotai and Hurricanes loosehead prop and former midfield back has fought back from several forced stints on the sideline to be a key member of this year’s Hurricanes squad in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. Numia has kept the faith over

The Monday rugby wrap: 28 February (some news and information to start the week)

by clubrugby - February 28, 2022March 2, 2022

Above: When Tawa and Hutt Old Boys Marist met in the first round of the 2012 Swindale Shield. HOBM won this match 29-18 and went on to win the first round club rugby title. Formerly called Bond Banter - a news and information column to start the week in rugby from