Rugby History

Ed Chaney (left) and Mick Kenny, both former players with trophies named after them. Ed Chaney and Mick Kenny were leading players who both played for up-and-coming club Johnsonville and for Wellington representative teams in the 1920s and 1930s. Kenny’s story is one of perseverance and commitment of the highest order, as

One of the battlers of club and representative rugby in the 1920 and 1930s. Leo ‘Toucher’ Heazlewood’s job as a railway worker took him to four provinces throughout his career, but it was his three years at Wellington that were his most fruitful and influential on the club and representative teams

A father-son duo who both featured in Wellington club rugby and played for Wellington and New Zealand, one in rugby league and the other for the All Blacks. Hercules, or ‘Bumper’ Wright as he was known around the traps was a Wellington representative out of Petone between 1903-07, playing 27 games

One of Wellington’s finest all-round sportsman. John Ryder ‘Jack’ Lamason was a year-round captain of club and Wellington provincial teams for several years during the peak of his career in the 1930s. Lamason was both Wellington’s rugby and cricket captain, and he represented New Zealand in the latter sport. He was also