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Horowhenua-Kapiti and South Canterbury will be the Wellington Lions’ two Heartland Championship Ranfurly Shield challengers this season, ahead of the National Provincial Championship starting in August. The Lions will defend the Ranfurly Shield on the road in Levin against Horowhenua-Kapiti on Wednesday 12 July. They will then host Heartland Championship Meads Cup
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Northern United’s Tamati Ellison named as Wellington Lions Head Coach
Tamati Ellison playing for Northern United against Petone in the Jubilee Cup in 2007. He memorably helped his club Northern United win its first Jubilee Cup title in 2004 and then sat a university exam the next day. Now, Tamati Ellison will be tutoring the next generation of Wellington lions players
Ardie Savea, Peter Lakai, Wellington Lions win big at NZR end of year awards
For the second straight year, Ardie Savea (Oriental-Rongotai) was named All Blacks Player of the Year. The Wellington Lions have been awarded the adidas National Men’s Team of the Year, for winning the Ranfurly Shield and the National Provincial Championship title, for the first time since 1981. https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/2022/2022-Representative-Rugby/14-October-Lions-54-v-Auckland-19-NPC-semi-final/i-WwbFS92/A The Wellington Lions celebrate a
Aisle be Back: The Lions wrap, the Black Ferns and the All Blacks in Japan
By Kevin McCarthy The greatest pleasure I took from the Wellington Lions’ NPC triumph last weekend was seeing the team celebrate, but none celebrating harder than Jackson Garden-Bachop. The first-five is of course departing to Japan, having missed out on a Hurricanes spot. On Saturday he scored 2 conversions from 2, and
