Sideline Conversions 17 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)

Lineout time at Rugby League Park on Saturday, with the Wellington Centurions and Māori teams in action in drizzly conditions.  Monday midday updates: A busy weekend of rugby just completed, with St Pat's Silverstream and Poneke celebrating the most. Silverstream won five college rugby titles on Saturday and Sunday to cement

Pōneke Ruffnuts win Reserve Grade final, College Finals Day winners crowned and rep rugby ramps up

By Steven White & Scott MacLean The Pōneke Ruffnuts put the icing on the cake of their 30th anniversary celebrations with a hard-fought and gritty 30-20 win over the Johnsonville Cripples in their home Reserve Grade Division 1 final this afternoon. In College Finals Day, there were wins for St Pat’s

Club and College Finals and Representative rugby all on the schedule this weekend

Above: The Wairarapa-Bush and Wellington Māori teams in the thick of the action last weekend. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. Wairarapa-Bush are away to play Poverty Bay in their Heartland Championship season opener, while the Māori are at Rugby League Park to meet the Wellington Centurions. More below. By Scott MacLean The path