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Sideline Conversions 24 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)

by clubrugby - March 24, 2025March 24, 2025

The Avalon and Wellington Axemen Premier squads in action at Naenae College on Saturday. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. More photos from this game and others at https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/2025 Monday morning edition - check back for updates and editions: It's the end of the Kali Yuga cycle this week but supporters are gearing up

Community rugby fields lighting up with competition and pre-season rugby

by clubrugby - March 21, 2025

Old Boys University and Massey pack a scrum down last Saturday. Catch OBU at Mary Crowther Park tomorrow to play Hutt Old Boys Marist. By Steven White & Scott MacLean It’s the autumn equinox this weekend, and whilst the mornings and evenings will be growing steadily darker from here on in,

Club Rugby Unearthed 005: Cory Jane

by clubrugby - March 20, 2025

A series on Club Rugby’s social media channels throughout the first half of this season celebrating many of the players to have played to a high level who have largely come through club rugby and mostly not played in NZ school or age grade teams along the way. Fullback/wing Cory Jane

Would reverting to a 2-3-2 scrum help make the game more attractive?

by clubrugby - March 20, 2025

Kyle Preston clears from a scrum during last year's Jubilee Cup final between Old Boys University and Tawa. Photo: Stewart Baird. With a time machine, something that could be intriguing would be to go back and see how some sports were played ‘back then’. How have these changed and were the

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 092: George Martin

by clubrugby - March 19, 2025March 21, 2025

The Hutt Valley has long been a hotbed of sporting talent and achievement. There would be fewer more gifted all-round sports people out to come out of there than George Martin. Lifelong Lower Hutt stalwart George Martin excelled in athletics, rugby and rugby league from a young age, and later played softball