Rugby History – Page 35

This week in club rugby history: 29 April – 5 May

by clubrugby - April 30, 2019

In association with the Bond Street Sports Bar on Bond Street in Wellington, some highlights from this week in Wellington club rugby history are below. 29 April 1983: Poneke beat MSP 22-21 with captain Grant Griffith potting a last moment 40-metre dropped goal for victory. MSP had led 21-0 after just 15 minutes,

Wartime rugby conflict on Watts Peninsula: The Air Force Rugby Football Club

by clubrugby - April 25, 2019

Article by Gordon Noble-Campbell. A book looking at the Ghost Clubs of Wellington is coming out soon. The 1941 season for the Wellington Rugby Union was full of uncertainty. Not only were the local competitions likely to be centred on players less than 21 years of age owing to the demands

Hutt Old Boys Marist versus Petone for the McBain Shield

by clubrugby - April 24, 2019

This coming Saturday, Hutt Old Boys Marist hosts Petone for the famous McBain Shield. The McBain Shield has been contested every year since 1934, and commemorates Alexander McBain who was the first headmaster of Eastern Hutt School when it opened in 1915. He was a Life Member of the Hutt Club

This week in history: 22-28 April

by clubrugby - April 23, 2019

Some of what happened in Wellington club rugby in the past below, in association with the Bond Sports Bar 22 April 1950: Joint defending champions St Pat’s Old Boys open the new season with a come-from-behind 14-10 win over Wellington College Old Boys, while Marist Brothers Old Boys, fielding their heaviest pack in

Wellington’s Ghost Clubs: The Community Rugby Club

by clubrugby - April 23, 2019

“FOR HEARTH & HOME” – THE COMMUNITY RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB In the years following the Boer War (and in the long shadow cast by the Russian invasion scare of the 1880’s), a national movement gathered momentum in New Zealand to encourage young men to become members of the National Defence League,