Aisle be Back: Easter with the Hurricanes

by clubrugby - April 15, 2022

By Kevin McCarthy Let’s talk about how well the season is going. Yes, I mean what I say. Currently, after seven games, the Canes have a 3 win and four loss record. Stellar it is not. Then again, there are those close finishes that have yielded four bonus points. Not to be recommended,

Hurricanes v Crusaders and Moana Pasifika Stat Attack (a double banger)

by clubrugby - April 14, 2022

TJ Perenara crosses for his try on Tuesday night against Moana Pasifika. Two things about this try were that it was the Hurricanes' 10,000th point in Super Rugby and it was his 58th try, just two short of the all-time Super Rugby record of 60 which is held by the

UPDATED with link to live stream: Easter comes early for club rugby

by clubrugby - April 14, 2022April 15, 2022

Players in four teams will be thinking of rugby balls not Easter eggs tonight, with two third round matches being brought forward from Saturday to take place this evening. The two fixtures are in the Swindale Shield and Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy. In the men’s Swindale, the Avalon Wolves host the Old Boys

Pioneers of rugby in Wellington: 008 William ‘Offside’ McKenzie

by clubrugby - April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Above: The New Zealand team that played New South Wales in 1894. William 'Offside McKenzie' is second from right at top. Profiling many of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. William McKenzie was

Legends of the Jubilee Cup: John Gallagher (Oriental-Rongotai)

by clubrugby - April 13, 2022

John Gallagher playing for Wellington against Queensland on 18 April 1987 in the South Pacific Championship - the forerunner to Super Rugby. The Reds won 27-25 that day, but Gallagher won many matches for Wellington in the 1980s. PHOTO: Evening Post. John Gallagher came to New Zealand from England in the