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The Jubilee Cup and Hardham VC Memorial Cups will take pride of place in Wellington Premier club rugby over the next month. By Scott MacLean Friday late afternoon updates: It's the start of the Jubilee and VC Hardham Memorial Cup rounds this weekend, with seven big battles coming up. After last weekend's
Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France
By Kevin McCarthy Dave Rennie would have flunked Cuisenaire rods at school. For younger listeners, these were painted wood rods of varying units of length that basically taught you simple maths. They were also good for sucking on, and ingesting various chemicals. Unveiling his first twenty-three for the first test against France,
Liam Giving Rising Rams Slight Edge
Above: Liam Slight lighting up Maidstone Park with flanker Pene To'o in support in a recent match. Photo: @thephotoguy_nz By Adam Julian The Upper Hutt Rams have rocketed into the Jubilee Cup with nine consecutive wins and a second-place finish in the Swindale Shield, their best showing since winning it in
UPDATED with scoring highlights: Aotea College retain Beard Trophy in a thriller
Aotea College celebrating their first Beard Trophy defence on Wednesday night, beating Mana College 36-32. UPDATED: Scoring highlights in the video box here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1vGJ__rh50 +++++ A week after winning it off Tawa College, the story of Aotea College's first defence that gets written and stored in the booklet inside the Beard Trophy will be
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 132: Paul Russo (Marist)
Above: Paul Russo highlighted in the back row, winning the Jubilee Cup with Marist in 1960, in his second year out of school at St Pat's Silverstream. Paul Russo was a feature No. 8 of Wellington club rugby competitions and representative rugby throughout the 1960s. Russo was a four-time Jubilee Cup winner