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Player of the Tournament Fletcher Cooper holds the Don Broughton Shield aloft as Wellington celebrate their Hurricanes U16 Division A tournament victory in Whanganui on Wednesday. By Steven White Wellington’s U16s team was singing in the rain after their 39-12 victory over Manawatu in the final of the 2025 Hurricanes U16s
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 117: Russell Watt
J.R. [James Russell] Watt was a leading midfield and outside back in Wellington club and provincial rugby over several seasons as well as an All Black wing who made three tours overseas with the national side. Watt attended Otago Boys’ High School school he represented the Kaikorai club in Dunedin before
Wellington Lions v Southland Stags Facts & Figures
Dominic Ropeti scored two tries in a match for the first time and now has six in 28 appearances. He also scored against Southland in the 2023 match. Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott provides the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know
Sideline Conversions 22 September (some rugby news and information to start the new week)
Stanley Solomon runs around to score in Wellington's record-breaking win over Southland on Sunday, against some of his future teammates when he joins the Highlanders later this year. Photo: Stewart Baird. The rugby spotlight falls on Whanganui this week with the three-day HYRC U16s tournament. There has already been one round
Wellington Centurions, Wairarapa-Bush win U18s titles as Pōneke advance to U85kg final
The Wellington Centurions with the Division A Hurricanes U18s title after their tight win in Napier today. By Steven White & Scott MacLean The Wellington Centurions U18s and the Wairarapa-Bush U18s won today’s respective HYCRC U18 competition deciders with victories away from home. The Centurions U18s defeated their Hawke’s Bay counterparts 21-19 at