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

Ranfurly Shield challenge for Wellington on Saturday in 100th match

News in briefs

by clubrugby - September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

Hawkeye and Leo the Lion in the 1960s, prior to another tight tussle between Hawke's Bay and Wellington. It was recently asked of a long-time supporter what would you rather Wellington held at the end of the season if you they could have one but not the other, the National Provincial

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

Pioneers of rugby in Wellington: 029 Billy Wallace

by clubrugby - September 14, 2022

Carbine was a popular racehorse who won 33 of 43 starts including the 1890 Melbourne Cup and failed to place only once and that was because of an injured hoof. In 1892 Carbine sired a Colt named Wallace, so named after the champion’s owner Donald Wallace. Carbine’s progeny went on to

Wellington U19s v Manawatu U19s try scoring highlights

by clubrugby - September 13, 2022

The Wellington U19s retained the Hurricanes Youth Council's Central Region Shield with a 48-15 win over the Manawatu U19s at Lyndhurst Park, Tawa, on Saturday 10 September. The Wellington U19s led 19-7 at halftime, and then 24-15 early in the second half, but pulled away towards the end of the game