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Afternoon updates: This coming weekend is probably the last 'big weekend' of 15s rugby in the lower North Island, with multiple matches for supporters to follow before it starts to wind down for the year over the following weekends. There are two matches on Wednesday. The Hurricanes Co-ed Cup final is

By Kevin McCarthy Message to the All Blacks. Please just win this weekend. Just win. Because we can’t take much more of this. Just win, because you were winning last week by the 50-minute mark. Yet inexplicably you let an average Argentinian side with a game plan circa 1960s and an ace

UPDATES TUESDAY: Asafo Aumua has re-signed with the Hurricanes and the Wellington Lions until 2024, it has been announced this morning. +++++ The St Mary's College U15 girls have won the Hurricanes U15 tournament title in Levin on Tuesday afternoon. St Mary's beat Manawatu rivals MANUKURA 40-19 in the 12-a-side final played in 25-minute

The Stokes Valley U85kg side with the Tony O'Brien Shield, for winning the Division 2 title on Saturday with a 14-9 win over Eastbourne in the final.  The rugby rolls on. The last of the club rugby finals in Wellington is this coming Saturday, between the MSP Internationals and the Upper Hutt