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Inspiring close wins for Wainuiomata, Avalon, Ories and the Upper Hutt Rams in ninth round King’s Birthday Weekend fixtures

by clubrugby - May 30, 2026May 31, 2026

Thar winning feeling - Avalon's first Premier win in 1,126 days. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Four of seven Swindale Shield matches were decided late in a series of thrilling fixtures around the region in more fine, sunny conditions this afternoon in the King’s Birthday Weekend round. An

Wellington Club Rugby 30 May – Links to livestreams, scoring, listening and Results

by clubrugby - May 30, 2026

LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 30 May 2026) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield and lower grade Scoring and fulltime scores updated as they happen. WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85

Plenty on the line in round nine King’s Birthday Weekend fixtures

by clubrugby - May 29, 2026May 29, 2026

Trytime at Evans Bay Park last Saturday. Marist St Pat's are on the road to play Petone tomorrow, while Paremata-Plimmerton return home to host Old Boys University. With a month to play after these games, both a big fixtures. Photo: Tane Nathan/Kinetic Images. By Scott MacLean Updated from earlier: It's a lighter

Around the World with club rugby Volume 1

by clubrugby - May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

Wellington club rugby has a rich and diverse history of players coming from overseas for short or longer stints and leaving their marks on their host clubs and the competition. In part one below we have put together a list of some of these players right up to the present day

Walton-Sexton putting overseas, domestic and Heartland experience to good use at OBU

by clubrugby - May 28, 2026

Sam Walton-Sexton has quickly become a key member of the OBU Goats Premier squad and has played in all eight matches so far this season. This coming Saturday they play Paremata-Plimmerton at Ngati Toa Domain in a key match for the Swindale Shield fortunes of both clubs. The halfback will have one