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By Scott MacLean One group of representative players finish for the year on Saturday, while another competition kicks off. The Wellington Centurions senior men’s side will be hoping to finish their 2025 representative season with a flourish against their Canterbury counterparts at Rugby League Park, whilst the Hurricanes U16s get underway
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 116: Jimmy Taitoko
Jimmy Taitoko was an exciting first-five and fullback who ignited Wellington club rugby over the second half of the 1950s. He was also a Wellington representative player and New Zealand Māori player and a Manawatu player throughout the second half of his career. The multiskilled Taitoko played for St Pat’s Old
Wellington Lions v Hawke’s Bay some numbers and stats
Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott provides the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Hawke's Bay sixth round match from McLean Park this past Sunday. Round 6 v Hawke's
Matchday Scoring Highlights: Centurions U18s (30) v Wellington Samoa U18s (5)
The two teams met at Maidstone Park #2 in breezy but mostly dry overhead conditions following heavy morning rain at the venue. This was the opening match of the 2025 HYRC U18s competition, which pitted the defending Division A champions against recent former winners Wellington Samoa. It was also a replay
UPDATED Sideline Conversions 8 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
General action from the match on Saturday at Ngati Toa Domain between the Wellington Fijians and Manawatu Pasifika. Photo: Stewart Baird. The Wellington Centurions men’s team have scored 163 points in their last two outings, but their final fixture of their campaign against the Canterbury B team could be their sternest