Rugby History

“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,

In March 1922, attempts were made by the Wellington Rugby Football Union to stamp out another new “mushroom club”, this time connected with St. Peter's Mission on Taranaki Street. It was felt by the Union’s Management Committee that a better policy would be for this “young new Club” to join

  Some of what happened in Wellington club rugby in the past below, in association with the Bond Sports Bar. 15 April 1967: Defending champions University and runners-up Petone both open the new season with impressive wins. University beats Wellington 20-6 and Petone defeats St Pat’s Old Boys 26-3. Elsewhere, Marist’s Maori All Black