Rugby History

Tom Ellison (left) and Davy Gage. Both left their marks on rugby in Wellington and both died young.  Profiling many of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. Ellison and Gage were great friends

Thank you to the New Zealand Amateur Sport Association for this article. First published October 2021. FOOTBALL EVENING POST, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 80, 4 APRIL 1892, PAGE 2 “There is some probability of T. Hoar, who played three-quarter for the Melrose Club, and who has been lately playing for the Merivale Club,

The Poneke team of 1886. Sid Nicholls seated with rugby ball in hand. Profiling some of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. Who’s your “Daddy’”? If you are involved with Poneke and to a

The Athletic Football Club in 1882, with the Union Challenge Cup. George Campbell in the centre holding the ball. By Dribbling Rushes Profiling the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. Seven years after the