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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
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 039: Jack Lamason
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
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 038: Sydney and Jack Shearer
Sydney (left) and Jack Shearer, both Poneke/Selwyn/Oriental and Wellington forwards operating a century ago. The Shearer brothers, older brother Sydney and Jack, were both hard-nosed forwards who flourished in Wellington club rugby in the years following the cessation of World War One, both making Wellington representative teams and the All Blacks
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 037: Stan Dean
Stanley Sydney McPherson Dean was a titan rugby administrator for over three decades in the first half of last century. Dean was a Poneke Football Club, WRFU and NZRU administrator, Chairman and President for many years and also served twice as All Blacks manager on two overseas tours. Originally an Aucklander, Dean
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 036: Charlie Gillespie and Alexander Pringle
Gillespie left and Pringle right, Oriental club All Blacks 1913 and 1923. Two Oriental clubmen who played a decade apart but had much in common. Both Gillespie and Pringle were hard-nosed forwards who both gave unwavering commitment to Oriental in Wellington club rugby over several seasons, both played a similar number of