Swindale Shield heating up in Queen’s Birthday Weekend round

by clubrugby - June 3, 2022June 3, 2022

By Scott MacLean & Steven White Club Rugby Draws & Teams HERE First XV Premiership draws HERE Late edition: It's an abridged weekend of club and college rugby, with several grades having the holiday weekend off. But that’s not the case across the Premier levels who remain in action. We may have ticked

Aisle be Back: Go the Canes!

by clubrugby - June 3, 2022June 3, 2022

TJ Perenara, Aidan Morgan and Josh Moorby celebrate a try in their recent match against the Fijian Drua. The trio start the quarter-final against the Brumbies at halfback, first five and fullback respectively. Perenara will be playing his 150th match. By Kevin McCarthy Finals footy! It’s taken a while, but not

100 Premier games this weekend for Jerome Vaai

by clubrugby - June 2, 2022

By Steven White. Photos by Chainsaw Photos. Jerome Vaai is contributing towards the next generation of Norths players. “I’ve got six kids and one on the way, due in a couple of weeks.” All so far have played rugby for the Norths Juniors, just like Jerome did before he left for

Pioneers of rugby in Wellington: 015 H.H. Dawson

by clubrugby - June 2, 2022June 2, 2022

H.H Dawson (in the Wellington team shot in 2010 above, front row second from the left) appears to be the first player to have scored four tries or more in a first-class rugby match for Wellington. Operating on the left wing, and out of the Wellington College Old Boys club, H.H.

Wins for New Plymouth BHS and St Bernard’s in mid-week matches

by clubrugby - June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

By Ian Knightly There were wins this afternoon in the Hutt Valley for visiting New Plymouth Boys' High School and home side St Bernard's College in two First XV matches. In the first match, New Plymouth Boys' High School beat St Pat's Silverstream 20-17, while in the second, St Bernard's defeated