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Club Rugby A-Z 2025

by clubrugby - April 3, 2025

By Scott MacLean Our A-Z preview of the season turns 10 this time around. We look ahead at the upcoming campaign, which gets underway this Saturday with first rounds in all six competition grades as well as the “friendly fire” of the Presidents grade. A - Anticipation: Just what will the

Wellington club rugby Gains and Losses 2025

by clubrugby - April 2, 2025April 2, 2025

The 2025 Wellington club rugby season gets underway this Saturday, with Round One Swindale Shield teams being named by their clubs on Friday. As is the norm these days, there’s a good deal of movement between clubs while there are also those coming into the province or leaving in search of

Club Rugby by the Numbers

by clubrugby - April 1, 2025April 1, 2025

The 2025 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. The season starts with the opening round of the Premier Swindale Shield and Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield, Colts Paris Memorial Cup and Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy competitions. A mix of historical and recent stats and records below. 96 – The

Sideline Conversions 31 March (some news and information to start the week)

by clubrugby - March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

Above: Flashback to the opening round a decade ago in 2015 when Pōneke and the Upper Hutt Rams dramatically drew 35-35. Updates “If this is it, please let me know”, went the lyrics of a popular 1980s song. Well, Huey Lewis and the News (perhaps best known for this absolute banger that

Some players to watch in club rugby 2025

by clubrugby - March 30, 2025

Above: That winning feeling at fulltime in last year's Jubilee Cup final, the space every player and club wants to be in four months from now. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean A regular part of our pre-season coverage has been our selection of players to watch. As usual, we’ve scanned