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Wellington Lions left wing Pepesana Patafilo looks for support on his inside in Saturday's Ranfurly Shield match against Southland at the Hutt Rec. The Lions won 39-17. Afternoon edition: Rugby this week comes early, with the Wellington Lions hosting the Tasman Mako in their fourth round NPC match and Ranfurly Shield
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Wins for Wellington Samoans, Centurions and U19s in home representative matches
It was club mate against mate today in the Wellington Samoans - Wellington Māori match at William Jones Park. Joe Faleafaga offloads in the tackle of Luke Kapene. Faleafaga would score a hat-trick and Kapene one try in the Samoans' 46-8 win. There were convincing wins today for two representative teams
Plenty of rugby on offer on Saturday around the Wellington region
The Wellington Samoans are playing Wellington Maori at William Jones Park and the Wellington Fijians are meeting the Wellington U19s at Porirua Park in two 1.00pm matches tomorrow. By Scott Maclean & Steven White Second edition (further possible changes and additions to come). Rugby supporters, make your choices and plot your
Aisle be Back: I see red
Meanwhile, Brad Shields and the Wellington pack climb into their work against Otago last Saturday. They play Southland on Saturday at the Hutt Rec Photo: Caswell Images. By Kevin McCarthy England are a poor rugby side right now. They will probably squeak into the quarterfinals, courtesy of the weakest of the groups
Akira Ieremia carrying family name into Wellington Lions
Akira Ieremia made his Wellington Lions debut last month in the opening Ranfurly Shield defence of the year against Horowhenua-Kapiti in Levin, joining a select group of father-son duos to pull on the Wellington jersey. Father Alama played 65 times for Wellington between 1992-2000, culminating in him winning the National Provincial