Swindale Shield

Club Rugby turns 20 in 2024. From its beginnings as a e--newsletter in the early 2000s, this website started in 2005. There are some well-known names are on Wellington club rugby’s top try scoring list from the past 20 years. This website’s player database started with the website in 2005, so we

Jason Love entering William Jones Park with his young family in support to play his 200th match for Wainuiomata this past Saturday against Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur.  By Adam Julian Jason Love (Te Āti Awa/Ngāti Poro) is an unapologetic original. So, when the veteran Wainuiomata rugby player was asked to describe

Norths wing AJ Va'alepu makes headlines for scoring five tries in the 2011 Jubilee Cup semi-final. PHOTO/CREDIT: Dominion Post 1 August 2011. Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately 8,000 Senior A/Premier club rugby matches contested in Wellington. In this new series for

Poneke's Caleb Robson is caught in a sea of Tawa players in their match last week. The fine weather is set to continue tomorrow, as Poneke travel to Fraser Park to play Avalon and Tawa host Old Boys University. More details of these and the other five Premier matches below.

António Prim playing against Northern United this past Saturday. PHOTO: Brad Roberts. By Adam Julian The Wellington Axemen have some Portuguese power propping up their scrum this season. António Prim is a 21-year-old tighthead prop standing 190cm and 120kg. Prim has started the first four Swindale Shield matches and though the Axemen