Club Rugby A-Z 2024

By Scott MacLean The 2024 club season kicks off on Saturday with the first of 13 rounds in the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield along with the Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield, Colts Paris Memorial, and the Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy. Our ninth annual A-Z looks at the season ahead. A – Administration:

Great days in club rugby 007: Supernovas

Teenager Buxton Popoalii scores one of his two tries for Northern United in the 2008 Jubilee Cup semi-final win over Petone. Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately 8,000 Senior A/Premier club rugby matches contested in Wellington. In this new series for 2024

Hurricanes v Highlanders Stat Attack

TJ Perenara brought up his 60th try against the Highlanders this past Easter weekend  to equal the Hurricanes record also held by Julian Savea. Savea's 60th try was scored in his 150th match: Perenara scored his 60 tries in 154 matches. By Peter Marriott The Hurricanes went 5/0 this past weekend