Representative Rugby – Page 34

All Blacks v France first and second tests stat attacks

by clubrugby - July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

The All Blacks opened their international season with twin wins over France in Dunedin and Wellington in the first two weekends of July. Some facts and figures from both games follow below by statistician Peter Marriott (second test first): New Zealand v France in Wellington: Won 43-17 This was the All Blacks 50th

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France in Wellington

by clubrugby - July 11, 2025July 11, 2025

By Kevin McCarthy The hot take cycle these days is pretty fast. Not surprising really in the click economy where sober assessment is like being the designated driver when everyone else is on a bender. So, the first assessment of the narrow escape for the All Blacks was that they’d had another

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 107: John Sage

by clubrugby - July 9, 2025

For over a decade, throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, the name J.K. Sage was one of the most 'mentioned in despatches' in the Rugby Weekly publication. There are numerous entries scattered throughout about Sage and almost all of them positive and complimentary. It seems that Sage sometimes single-handedly carried his

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France in Dunedin

by clubrugby - July 4, 2025July 4, 2025

By Kevin McCarthy The French are coming – but they’re sending the Marie-Louises. The young, callow conscripts that Napoleon had to call up in 1813 and 1814 to defend France – because, basically, he’d killed, maimed or frozen to death most of his old timers. The European monarchies found this terribly

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 106: Alby Makeham

by clubrugby - July 2, 2025

Alby Makeham was a halfback and one of the most well-known and respected figures in Wellington rugby throughout the 1950s decade. From winning the Jubilee Cup at the start of the decade, to helping orchestrate a famous Ranfurly Shield win for Wellington in the middle of it, to bringing his representative