Wellington Lions – Page 22

Wellington wins Ranfurly Shield to start 11th tenure

by clubrugby - September 17, 2022September 17, 2022

The Wellington province’s 11th Ranfurly Shield reign started at 8.45pm on Saturday night Napier Standard Time. The Wellington Lions held on to beat the Hawke’s Bay Magpies 19-12 in a typical last-gasp thriller between these sides for the Ranfurly Shield. But unlike 1967, there were no death-knock heroics for the Hawke’s Bay

Aisle be Back: A timeless Bledisloe Cup win

by clubrugby - September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

By Kevin McCarthy Karma so they say, is a B****. Or a B******. It will get you in the end. This time it happened strangely to the Wallabies, on a Thursday evening, at a funnily named action hero stadium in Melbourne, with a covered roof but some early artificial cloud cover. The

O’Reilly and Lions hoping to find spark against Hawke’s Bay in Ranfurly Shield challenge

by clubrugby - September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

James O’Reilly playing in his 100th game for HOBM earlier this year, against Marist St Pat's, the team he scored his first Premier try against in his first year out of school in 2013. By Steven White James O’Reilly and his Wellington Lions teammates will be hoping its lights out for

Wellington v Southland Stat Attack

by clubrugby - September 7, 2022

Wellington beat Southland on Saturday in their fifth round NPC match. A Stat Attack from that game below by Peter Marriott. Round 5 v Southland: Won 41-28 Wellington and Southland first met in a rugby match at the old Athletic Park in Wellington on 29 July 1896 when the host side ran out

Wellington v Taranaki 1953: the high point of a golden year

by clubrugby - August 25, 2022August 26, 2022

Above: Athletic Park's Western Bank filling up fast 10 minutes after gates have opened at noon for a 3.00 pm kick-off between Wellington and Taranaki. Photo: EP 29/8/1953 The following story was previously published on this website in 2014 - so re-posting below for those that may have missed it then,