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Petone made a fast start to the Swindale Shield with a big win over Northern United. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Scott Maclean & Steven White Week One results (individual scorers to be added once known) HERE The long-awaited 2023 Wellington Club Rugby season kicked off this afternoon in blustery and sometimes showery
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Wellington club rugby gains and losses 2023
The 2023 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. Round one Swindale Shield teams will be named here in the Draws & Results section (above) on Friday by the noon hour. As usual there’s plenty of player movement between clubs and players coming into senior rugby from school. There’s also
[POLLS] The Swindale Shield and U85kg JC Bowl: who have you got?
Three Wellington club rugby first round competitions start this coming weekend, these being the Premier Swindale Shield, Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield and U85kg JC Bowl. Three polls below. Poll 1: The Swindale Shield Defending Swindale Shield champion: Petone Swindale Shield draw HERE Poll 2: The U85kg JC Bowl Defending JC Bowl champion: Johnsonville JC Bowl draw
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 035: Albert de Clifton
The Wellington representative team in 1919, with Albert de Clifton circled. Then, as now, several well-known players stayed in the game post-retirement and became referees. In the early years, people like J.P. Firth and Peter Webb were prominent officials as well as players (in a couple of instances doing both at the