Rugby History

When Poneke and Ories drew 30-30 in 2017.  Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately 8,000 Senior A/Premier club rugby matches contested in Wellington. In this new series for 2024 as part of our ongoing celebration of community rugby in Wellington, we have

Josh Houston-Tupou scores for the UH Rams in their 26-25 win over Marist St Pat's in 2019. Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately 8,000 Senior A/Premier club rugby matches contested in Wellington. In this new series for 2024 as part of our

Cecil Ongley was an integral member of Poneke and Wellington representative teams throughout the 1930s and was a three-time All Black trialist without cracking international rugby. Ongley was involved in a number of big games over several seasons, For both Poneke and Wellington. He is variously listed as a ‘forward’ but it

LA “Shag” Thomas played several seasons for both Petone in club rugby and Wellington in representative rugby between 1917-28 and two years in the Hawke’s Bay in 1920-21. Thomas won four Wellington Senior A Club Championship titles with Petone, including three in succession 1922-24, and he made the All Blacks in