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Autumnal Equinox start for club rugby 2020

by clubrugby - December 9, 2019

UPDATE: For Wellington club rugby draws 2020 visit Draws & Results in the menu tab above or click HERE Mark down Saturday 21 March for the first day of club rugby in 2020 - the opening day of Autumn. The shadows will be lengthening and the days getting shorter, but that means

Tries of the Season: Men’s Club Rugby Part 2

by clubrugby - December 9, 2019

Above: Tupou Sopoaga (Petone) and Dane Coles (Poneke) in action in their F.J Tilyard Shield fixture earlier this year. Both players feature separately in tries below. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. Part 2 of our Tries of the Season series, looking back at some of the action in 2019 in club rugby. (Part 1

Tries of the Season: Men’s Club Rugby Part 1

by clubrugby - December 6, 2019

Above: Pepesana Patafilo streaks clear to score one of his two tries for Tawa against Marist St Pat's in early May. PHOTO: Barry Stead. A torrent of tries were scored this season in Wellington club rugby. In the first part of our try-scoring clips highlights this year, we take a look at

Short Passes 25 November – rugby news and happenings

by clubrugby - November 25, 2019

A balmy day at Porirua Park on Saturday for the second annual Wellington Provincial 7s tournament. A small group of teams took part in what was a warm-up event for this coming weekend's Central 7s qualifiers in Levin (and in the case of Canterbury, the Southern qualifiers in Timaru). Wellington fielded two

Twenty years since Athletic Park closed

by clubrugby - October 10, 2019

Thirty thousand patrons entered Athletic Park for the final time 20 years ago today, 10 October 1999, to watch the Wellington Lions play Otago in round nine of the National Provincial Championship. Athletic Park had been the home of all rugby in Wellington for 97 years. The Lions were also having their