Clarke, Kriletich, Su’a-Smith win Best & Fairest Awards

Paremata-Plimmerton’s Sam Clarke, Marist St Pats’ Milan Kriletich, and Petone’s Keira Su’a-Smith took home the feature club awards from last night’s Wellington Rugby awards. Clarke and Kriletich were joint-winners of the mens Billy Wallace crown, while Su’a-Smith was the outright winner of the women’s Erin Rush Trophy. Clarke and Kriletich each

New Zealand Schools fall to Australia U18s, NZ Barbarians Schools beat Samoa Schools

By Adam Julian. Australia Under-18: 38 (Rex Bassingthwaighte, Joshua Takai, Angus Grover, Nick Conway, Kingsley Uys, Heamasi Makasini tries; Jonty Fowler 4 con) New Zealand Schools: 31 (Mason Verster, Siale Pahulu, Charlie Wallis, Penalty Try, Aidan Spratley; Verster 2 con) HT: 19-12 A polished and powerful Australia has won the Trans Tasman Trophy for the first

Lions to host Hawke’s Bay and Heartland teams vying for semi-finals

By Scott MacLean & Steven White The sole fixture in Wellington tomorrow is the ninth and final NPC round-robin match at Wellington Stadium between the Wellington Lions and Hawke’s Bay, while Wellington’s immediate neighbours, Horowhenua-Kapiti and Wairarapa-Bush are vying for Lochore Cup semi-finals spots next week. The Lions could wind up