Rugby History – Page 30

RUGBY IN 1922 (part TWO REPRESENTATIVE rugby)

by clubrugby - February 4, 2022

The Wellington team that toured the South Island in 1922. Whilst club rugby at the Senior Championship level was as strong and competitive as ever, before or since, the second great era of the Wellington rugby team drew to a close in 1922. ‘Five-eighths’ later summed up a frustrating representative campaign in

LOOKING BACK A CENTURY: RUGBY IN 1922 (PART ONE CLUB RUGBY)

by clubrugby - January 28, 2022January 28, 2022

Following a memorable 1921 season, particularly on the representative front with Wellington ending the year with the Ranfurly Shield locked away and the All Blacks hosting the Springboks in their inaugural series, 1922 failed to reach the same lofty heights. Wellington fell away – and lost the Shield to Hawke’s Bay

REMAINS OF THE DAY

by clubrugby - January 3, 2022January 20, 2022

Above: "Barney” Ronaldson seated on the ground at bottom right in the Greytown team photo of 1884. By Touchline An unplanned walk among the derelict tombstones of the “public” section of Wellington’s Karori Cemetery on New Year’s Day caused Touchline to muse that the pride of society in its history can

Lordy Ōwhango has two All Blacks

by clubrugby - October 28, 2021January 6, 2022

Roy Roper (centre) - the oldest living All Black. By Adam Julian Roy Roper and Josh Lord separated by a foot in height and three quarters of a century in age share an unlikely connection. The All Blacks were born in Ōwhango, situated 20 kilometres south of Taumarunui on State Highway 4

Rugby in 1921: Part two representative rugby

by clubrugby - January 24, 2021January 24, 2021

Athletic Park in Wellington was the place to be for rugby fans in September 1921. In a little over a fortnight, from 7 September to 24 September, the former ground in Berhampore hosted two international matches and three Ranfurly Shield fixtures. Accounts of these games and the circumstances in which they were