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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
Swindale Shield
Short Passes 25 November – rugby news and happenings
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
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
Billy Wallace competition Team of the Season
For many years we’ve named a team comprised of the best of the Billy Wallace Best & Fairest standings, and our seventh edition for 2019 is no different. There’re a few curiosities in this year’s competition, where the 3-2-1 scoring was again allocated by the match officials. Traditionally the domain of
This week in club rugby history 24-30 June
Above: Tyro centre Wes Goosen bursts through to score for OBU when they beat MSP 29-20 on the Basin Reserve in 2015. In association with the Bond Street Sports Bar on Bond Street in Wellington, some highlights from this week in Wellington club rugby history are below 24 June 1967: The Dominion reports that "the relentless