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Billy Francis was a hooker who came down to Wellington from Taranaki as a teenager and played for the Wellington Axemen club, from where he made the Wellington team and then the All Blacks on the last tour and final tests before the outbreak of the first world war. Francis achieved
Rugby History
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 097: Michael Ward
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 096: Hami Grace
Hami Grace was a wing three-quarter who played for Wellington and the North Island, and he was a Māori All Black. He played club rugby for Wellington College Old Boys and later for the Wellington Axemen. He also played Senior club cricket in Wellington and briefly first-class cricket for the province, so
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 095: Henry Morgan
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 094: Stan Judd and Cardy Williams
Stan Judd (left) and Cardy Williams (right) - two leading players for Onslow and Wellington in the 1950s. Two popular front rowers in Wellington rugby during the 1950s who both played for Onslow and won the Jubilee Cup together in 1955. Judd was a hard-playing hooker and Williams was an all-action prop.