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A bittersweet day yesterday for rugby fans across New Zealand. On one hand, the All Blacks excelled on the world stage and came within a whisker of winning the Rugby World Cup; on the other there were several what ifs and maybes on fulltime after the 11-12 loss to the Springboks
News in briefs
Sideline Conversions 2 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)
Old Timers' Day at the Stadium on Saturday. Wellington’s loss to Hawke’s Bay was their first in 10 games at this venue. Their last defeat before Saturday was also against Hawke’s Bay. Photo: Andy McArthur. Photo galleries HERE Monday afternoon updates: Big news late yesterday when it was revealed that the Hawke's
Updated: Sideline Conversions 25-26 September (some news and information for Monday and Tuesday)
Updates Tuesday: The opening day of the Hurricanes U16s tournament was in Hastings on Monday, with both Wellington teams winning their Division A Don Broughton Cup fixtures. Wellington Gold beat Hawke’s Bay A 17-10 and Wellington Black defeated Manawatu 10-8. In Division B Saracens Cup matches, Wairarapa-Bush beat Ngati Porou East Coast
Sideline Conversions 18 September (rugby news and information – UPDATED Tuesday)
Updated Tuesday morning: Tonight the Wellington Samoa U18s and Wellington Maori U18s are meeting at Te Whaea at 7.00pm in their re-scheduled Hurricanes series U18s match. This was deferred owing to illness last Saturday. +++++ +++++ +++++ Two regular season rounds to play in the National Provincial Championship. After beating the BoP Steamers yesterday and
Sideline Conversions 11 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)
Monday afternoon updates: The Black Ferns and Black Ferns Development squads were named today by NZR for upcoming games, of Wellington players: Petone's Justin McGregor (still at school at St Mary's College) is in the Black Ferns XV (development team) RWC winning pair Ayesha Leti-L'iga (injured) and Jonah Ngan-Woo (unavailable