Wellington Lions

Dominic Bird soaring high for the Lions in last Friday's 54-19 semi-final win over Auckland. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. Steven White Dominic Bird is used to winning. The tallest ever All Black played 53 games for Canterbury between 2011 and 2017. In that period the red and blacks won six NPC

Wellington Lions 2000. The Wellington Lions will be hoping to party like its 2000 on Saturday night - the year they won the National Provincial Championship major title for the first and only time in the 'playoffs' era. 2000 was their fourth success, having won in 1978, 1981 (also doing the NPC-Ranfurly

Jackson Garden-Bachop celebrates his try against Auckland. PHOTO: Peter McDonald. The Wellington Lions eased past Auckland 54-19 in their National Provincial Championship semi-final on Saturday. Some facts and figures from the game below by Peter Marriott. Semi-final v Auckland: Won 54-19 The two sides have now met 49 times in National Provincial Championship

In their 181st first-class meeting, the Wellington Lions beat Auckland with their highest score against them in Friday night’s National Provincial Championship semi-final at Wellington Stadium. Wellington defeated Auckland 54-19, to earn their place in next week’s 2022 NPC final, against either Canterbury or Bay of Plenty who meet on Saturday

Riley Higgins and Pepesana Patafilo start at second-five and left wing respectively for the Wellington Lions in tonight's NPC semi-final at Wellington Stadium, kick-off 7.05pm.  By Kevin McCarthy You wouldn’t have picked it that long ago, but here are the Lions, having a home semi-final this Friday against Auckland, and with the