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Lineout action from the Wellington-Waikato match. Photo: Hunted Frames. The Stat Attack is compiled by Peter Marriott and continues for this year’s 50th National Provincial Championship competition. The ninth one here is from Sunday's loss to Waikato. Round 9 v Waikato: Lost 10-34 Another loss to the Wellington Lions made it nine defeats in
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Aisle be Back: Changes on the horizon
By Kevin McCarthy Another year and another reworking potentially of rugby competitions. NZR met yesterday to thrash out three options. If you haven’t seen them, they are (as far as we know): Adding two NZ teams to Super Rugby Pacific, restoring the competition to 12 teams. Cutting duplication by having
NPC Number Crunching: Wellington Lions v Hawke’s Bay
The Stat Attack by compiled by Peter Marriot continues for this year’s 50th National Provincial Championship competition. The first one from the match against Hawke’s Bay is below. Round 1 v Hawke's Bay: Lost 33-52 The Wellington Lions began the 51st season of NPC rugby (renamed Hilux NPC this year) with a
New names galore in 2026 Lions squad
By Club Rugby contributors Wellington Lions supporters will be banking on an outside player injection being the winning formula in this year’s National Provincial Championship. The squad is in the graphic here: The five-time NPC champions will be hoping that the arrival of several new players will offset the loss of a
