It’s a busy day tomorrow on the rugby fields for most Wellington clubs as preparations continue and squads are finalised ahead of the start of the competition season in a fortnight. There are several inter-club Premier fixtures around Wellington on the first weekend of autumn, while Poneke travels to New Plymouth
Pre-season
Club Rugby pre-season schedules for this weekend
Wedged between the Ides of March today and St Patrick’s Day on Sunday is the third Saturday of pre-season club rugby matches and off-field training and events for Wellington’s 14 Premier clubs and clubs further up the line in Lower North Island Hurricanes territory. There is just one scheduled pre-season interclub
Club Rugby pre-season resumes tomorrow for Wellington and lower NI clubs
Week two of club rugby pre-season matches sees four inter-club matches in Wellington involving Swindale Shield sides, a quadruple header at North Park in Petone and a handful of matches further afield including the annual New Zealand Marist Spillane tournament held in Taupo. A brief preview of what’s happening tomorrow follows. Staying
Simply Insane – St Bede’s College stun Stream in a wild traditional.
St Bede's cross the tryline late in the first half in their late win over St Pat's Silverstream on Friday. By Adam Julian Take a deep breath. Don’t interrupt. Even the driest description of St Bede’s 39-37 victory over St Patrick’s College, Silverstream this afternoon is likely to elicit strong emotions. With
Nelson College convincing winners over Rongotai and St Pat’s Silverstream
By Adam Julian and Steven White. Photo by @tackld Nelson College have sounded a warning to their southern rivals with two convincing victories over Rongotai College and St Patrick's College, Silverstream on their short Wellington tour. Rongotai was slain 77-7 on Wednesday and Silverstream subdued 40-5 on Friday. Nelson used 25