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Wellington v Hawke’s Bay NPC Semi-final Stat Attack

by clubrugby - October 17, 2023October 18, 2023

By Peter Marriott Result: Hawke's Bay 25 - Wellington 24 Wellington and Hawke's Bay have now met 31 times at NPC level. Wellington has won on 18 of those occasions and Hawke's Bay has won 11 times. There have been two drawn matches. Of the 16 NPC matches which have now been

Aisle be Back: The Quarter-Final

by clubrugby - October 13, 2023

By Kevin McCarthy It must have been about 2004, when I still went to parties. I was talking to an attractive Irish woman – somebody had to – and she was haranguing me about how shit New Zealand was. This being the country she was currently living in, it seemed

Best & Fairest competitions Teams of the Year 2023

by clubrugby - October 12, 2023

Above, clockwise from top left: Billy Wallace (circa 1905) and some of the players in this year's Men's Best & Fairest team, Loius Northcott, Brandyn Laursen, Sione Halalilo, Nick Robertson, Toby Crosby, Jack O'Brien and Mark Sutton. By Scott MacLean After a year's hiatus our Teams of the Year return for

Petone’s Stanley Solomon and Justine McGregor win Best and Fairest club rugby competitions

by clubrugby - October 11, 2023October 12, 2023

By Steven White Petone backs Stanley Solomon and Justine McGregor have won this year’s respective Men’s and Women’s Wellington club rugby Best and Fairest competitions. Solomon won the Men’s Billy Wallace Trophy and McGregor the Women’s Erin Rush Cup, at the combined Wellington Lions/WRFU Community Awards held in the Norwood Room

Wellington v Waikato Quarter-final Stat Attack

by clubrugby - October 10, 2023

By Peter Marriott Quarter-final: Wellington (32) v Waikato (28) Wellington and Waikato have now met 47 times at NPC level. Wellington has won on 27 occasions and Waikato 20. So far there have been no drawn matches. For the first time since 2005, Wellington has won three matches in a row against