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The first weekend of pre-season is under the hood, here's much of what is happening this coming Saturday. Hutt Old Boys Marist v Pōneke v Napier Pirate (Game of Three Halves), NZCIS Petone v Marist St Pat's, North Park Tawa v Oriental-Rongotai, Lyndhurst Park Varsity Rams, v Old Boys University
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Sideline Conversions 2 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)
Action from the Academy Series at Massey on Saturday. Photo: Andy McArthur. Club Rugby pre-season starts this coming weekend. The summer is almost over and with it games below include (but not limited to in case there's more on we don't know about): Paraparaumu v Pōneke, Soldier Field Paraparaumu Northern United v
Club rugby pre-season 2026 – what’s coming up in March?
The scheduled kick-offs of major club rugby competitions in Wellington (4 April), Manawatu (28 March), Hawke’s Bay (21 March) and Wairarapa-Bush and Horowhenua-Kapiti (both TBC) are in sight. All matches that have been collated below and ordered by date are assumed to be between ‘Premier [Senior A]’ squads unless stated, although
Sideline Conversions 23 February (some rugby news to start the week)
Sideline Conversions 16 February (some news and information to start the new week in rugby)
Above: Flashback to the 2007 Swindale Shield clash between Upper Hutt and Wainuiomata. Upper Hutt won 19-17. These two teams meet this year in round 11 on 13 June. All photos are here: https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/ Plenty of activity behind the scenes as the autumn leaves of the off-season gather (or in the