Swindale Shield

Above: This week in 2008, OBU beat Norths 37-26 at the Basin Reserve. PHOTO: Chainsaw Photos. Selected highlights of what happened this week in history in Wellington club rugby. 11 May 1968: Naenae Old Boys create the first major upset this season, toppling highly fancied University 8-6. St. Pat’s Old Boys hold last

Above: Hutt Old Boys Marist Power-ed to a 30-28 win over Tawa in round nine of  2018 in a clash of two of the leading teams. PHOTO: NZ Lenz. The ninth and penultimate round of the 2020 Swindale Shield was originally scheduled this Saturday. The rugby fields remain unused as Covid-19 ravages

Above: Jerry Collins playing for Northern United against Poneke in their 2007 Swindale Shield clash at Kilbirnie Park. Another loose forward, Serge Lilo, scored two tries in their 30-14 win. Norths would go on and win the 2007 Swindale Shield and Poneke would be second - making this match the

Above: Hutt Old Boys Marist loosehead prop Simon Malaeulu crosses for a popular try on the Hutt Rec against Tawa in the sixth round of the Swindale Shield in 2011. HOBM won this game 27-10 and went on to finish third in the Swindale Shield, while Tawa were 10th of