This Covid disease is something else. Following the announcement earlier this week by College Sport Wellington that their tournaments have been cancelled, the WRFU has now moved to cancel all its sevens tournaments for 2021. Three tournaments were scheduled; an age-grade and women’s tournament on 6 November, followed by the two American
Sevens
Matakesi goes back-to-back at Shannon
Composite side Matakesi retained their Shannon 7s crown at a sun-drenched Shannon Domain on Saturday. Matakesi went through the day unbeaten with four straight wins before the final in which they beat Manawatu’s College Old Boys 31-5 in the Cup decider. Matakesi won the final five tries to one, after leading 19-5
UPDATED: Porirua Park 15s rugby and 34th annual Shannon 7s on Saturday
Porirua Park and the Shannon Domain are the two venues for rugby around the Wellington region tomorrow, with two 15 games at Porirua Park and the annual Shannon 7s tournament being played. The first match at Jerry Collins Stadium is round two of the Hurricanes region inter-academy series between the Wellington
Rugby in 2021 kicks off this weekend
Rugby coming up in March and April [updated 10 March]
There is plenty of rugby coming up leading into the opening rounds of the 2021 club rugby competitions in the lower North Island. Below is an unofficial calendar of what is coming up. It is intended that this will be updated when we receive more information, particularly around club rugby pre-season