Club Rugby

Rugby this weekend

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For Wellington clubs, this coming Saturday 16 March is the penultimate round of pre-season fixtures before the first round of the Premier Swindale Shield and Premier Reserve Harper Lock Shield competitions. For others around the Hurricanes region, it is the opening round of the season proper. Both Manawatu and Hawke's Bay

Short Passes 11 March

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  The anticipation for the opening round of the Swindale Shield is gathering momentum. Wellington Premier club rugby kicks off on Saturday 23 March. View the draw HERE  Some encouraging pre-season hit-outs this past weekend, at home and away. Local clubs Tawa and Paremata-Plimmerton, Wainuiomata and Poneke and Wellington and Oriental-Rongotai met in full

The Peltzman Effect

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 - By Touchline. Over the past decade, the number of Under 13 grade children playing Rugby Union in the Wellington region has halved. In 2009, the region boasted 31 Under 13 teams, of which 21 were weight-restricted. 10 years later, all of the 21 weight-restricted teams have disappeared, to be replaced

Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Highlanders

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 - By Kevin McCarthy How’s that world league thing looking. Slightly better than the Chiefs at this stage. Still, if like most of the world, you think it’s a dumb idea, do not underestimate that it will make a comeback and in fact, eventually occur. My reasoning is that if world rugby is