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The festive season is over, and the holiday season will soon be too. It’s back to the grind for many, but for others it means it’s all downhill to another rugby season filled with excitement and drama, mystery and intrigue. We’ve put together some themes and topics to ponder over before
Women’s Rugby
Aisle be Back: The Ranfurly Shield, the Black Ferns, the Boks and Super Rugby Pacific changes
MANUKURA beat St Mary’s in Hurricanes final to retain Rex Kerr Cup and return to Top Four
By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur MANUKURA 22 (Tayleh Seng 2, Elley-May Taylor, Te Maia Sweetman tries; Maia Davis con) beat St Mary's College 10 (Casey Sio, Abi Isaia tries). HT: 12-5. For the fourth consecutive year in the Hurricanes Region Schoolgirls’ Final, Manawatu champions MANUKURA have beaten St
Ground breakers – Paremata-Plimmerton Women, 1990
The 1990 Paremata-Plimmerton women's team. A reunion is being held for this side this Saturday. By Adam Julian The 1990 Paremata-Plimmerton women’s team was a groundbreaking team that won the Fleurs Cocktail Bar Trophy as Wellington Rugby Football Union’s first official women's senior champions. There was a competition in 1989 involving Tawa,
New faces in Pride squad for FPC Championship tilt
Jackie Patea-Fereti gets her lineout ball down to halfback Milly Mackey in the Pride's match against Hawke's Bay last year. This game was at the Hutt Rec, but their home ground this season for three matches is Porirua Park. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean Late last week, Wellington Pride coach