Rugby History – Page 13

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 087: Guy Bowers

by clubrugby - September 12, 2024September 12, 2024

With Wellington challenging Tasman this coming Sunday for the Ranfurly Shield, this week’s history profile is with a former Nelson College First XV captain who made the All Blacks whilst representing Wellington in 1953 after only two Wellington A matches and who would not play for Wellington again and moved

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 086: Brian Lloyd

by clubrugby - September 4, 2024

Hooker and prop Brian Lloyd was a stalwart of Wellington Axemen club teams and Wellington representative sides for several years in the period from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. Lloyd was a playing member of the 1947 Wellington Axemen side that won the Jubilee Cup and was later captain

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 085: Jim Fitzgerald

by clubrugby - August 28, 2024

James Train Fitzgerald was a fleet-footed midfielder who was a key cog in the hugely successful University club teams of the early 1950s, as well as playing for Wellington and for the All Blacks. He was a popular player for his University club and for Wellington teams in the early

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 084: Bill Clark

by clubrugby - August 21, 2024

The Seagull, specialist openside flanker Bill Clark was involved in all four of University’s Jubilee Cup title wins in the 1950s. He was in the team that won a three-peat between 1952-54 and when he retired due to recurring injuries at the end of the 1958 season, he was one of

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 082: Vince Bevan

by clubrugby - August 7, 2024August 17, 2024

For over a decade in the 1940s up to his retirement in 1956, Vince Bevan was one of Wellington’s leading players and the first-choice halfback for many of these seasons. For one reason or another, Bevan didn’t play as much top-level rugby as he should have, and certainly not for the