Club Rugby

Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Chiefs this Sunday

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Avalon's Asafo Aumua crosses for the Hurricanes at Wellington Stadium in their previous match. By Kevin McCarthy It’s not you, it’s me. The Blues have probably heard that line in the last week. Beauden Barrett, the player on which to build a dynasty, is off to Japan. Admittedly not for a whole year.

Eammon Carr – rugby engine moving again

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Above: Eammon Carr (centre) with his teammates in a break in play last Saturday.  By Adam Julian In mid-2018 Eammon Carr complained of "not feeling right." A visit to the doctors resulted in antibiotics being prescribed for a throat infection. With no immediate improvement, Carr returned to the doctors and was

Monica Tagoai – Back in Business 

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By Adam Julian Monica Tagoai is back in business. On Saturday the Black Ferns centre and wing scored two tries for Marist St Pat's in a 48-24 victory over Paremata-Plimmerton in the second round of the Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy. It’s only her second game back after fracturing her tibia and fibula

This week in history 29 June – 5 July

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Above: This week in 2014, the  Upper Hutt Rams beat Old Boys University 34-30 at the Basin Reserve in a classic come-from-behind win.    A bumper week in history in Wellington club rugby, as laid out below. 29 June 1985: MSP snatch a 21-18 victory from under Upper Hutt’s nose after seemingly holding an

Give ‘Em The Axe

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The Wellington Football Club celebrates its 150th Anniversary in 2020 and a new book, “Give ‘Em The Axe’ has been published to mark the milestone. Written by club President and leading rugby commentator Keith Quinn, the nearly 200-page book is not your typical dry club history. Containing a photograph on almost every