Women’s Rugby – Page 5

St Mary’s College – a decade of consistent rugby

by clubrugby - May 23, 2023

The following story was recently published on College Sport Wellington and is being posted here on Club Rugby with permission. One of the year-in year-out certainties in Wellington secondary school rugby is that St Mary’s College will be very tough to beat. The school has owned the sport from when it

Free spirited Tui a hit in India

by clubrugby - January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

By Adam Julian Ruby Tui is easily the most popular rugby player in New Zealand at present. Her autobiography Straight Up is a best seller - placed on reserve 75 times at one Wellington library alone in November. The winger had Eden Park in rapture shortly after the Black Ferns 34-31

Sue Day Praises Portia Woodman for Claiming World Cup Try Scoring Record

by clubrugby - November 2, 2022

By Adam Julian at the Women's Rugby World Cup Sue Day knew she had scored 19 World Cup tries for England but her realisation that tally was a tournament record was short-lived. Only in the past two years following a thorough examination of women’s rugby history by World Rugby have accurate,

Aisle be Back: The NPC Final, the Women’s World Cup continues and the All Blacks coming up fast

by clubrugby - October 21, 2022

The National Provincial Championship cup would sit nicely alongside the Ranfurly Shield. By Kevin McCarthy Watching the Lions blitz Auckland last weekend, I kept pondering quite what it is that means Wellington-based sides almost invariably choose to play open and attacking rugby. I’m not old enough to remember further back than Bernie

Aisle be Back: Women’s World Cup, Lions and All Blacks

by clubrugby - September 30, 2022

By Kevin McCarthy I used to live in Auckland for a few years. I used to meet people there who literally had no conception there was a country below the Manukau Harbour. And certainly, they could find no reason to go there. They’d go to Melbourne a lot though. Well, they’ll