Club Rugby

Short Passes 16 February

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Above: Jackson Garden-Bachop kicks for goal in front of a bumper Maidstone Park crowd. Not since the glory days of the late 1980s-early 1990s has it been as packed. PHOTO: Tom Minton.  By Club Rugby Contributors. Short Passes returns in 2021. Short Passes is our 'early in the week' (usually Mondays, but starting

Rugby in 2021 kicks off this weekend

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Rugby in the lower North Island gets underway on Saturday, with two sevens tournaments and the Hurricanes in action for the first time in 2021. The Hurricanes are involved in a ‘game of three halves’ against the Blues and Chiefs squads at Maidstone Park, Upper Hutt. Gates open at 10.30am and

Ardmore Marist beat Norths in National Cup 7s final to retain title

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Action from the Cup final. Photo credit and more coverage at: https://www.facebook.com/ardmore.marist  Ardmore Marist (Counties Manukau) defended their National Club 7s title on Saturday, beating Northern United (Wellington) 17-12 in the Cup final. Ardmore Marist are the second team in recent years to win consecutive titles, after Auckland's Eden had won in

National Club 7s on Saturday

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The annual National Club 7s tournament is being played at Bruce Pulman Park, Takanini, on Saturday. Twelve of the country’s leading club sevens teams will contest the tournament for the Middlesex County Wavell Wakefield Cup, hosted by last year's winners Ardmore Marist. This year the tournament is a one-day shootout with 12 teams,