Final pre-season matches tomorrow for many clubs

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Johnsonville played 100 minutes against Feilding last week and themselves and the Wellington Axemen have matches lined up tomorrow before they meet each other in the opening round of the Swindale Shield competition next weekend. UPDATED Friday: Many Premier teams will be having their final round tune-ups – or in a

Pioneers of rugby in Wellington: 006 Thomas Hoar

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Thank you to the New Zealand Amateur Sport Association for this article. First published October 2021. FOOTBALL EVENING POST, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 80, 4 APRIL 1892, PAGE 2 “There is some probability of T. Hoar, who played three-quarter for the Melrose Club, and who has been lately playing for the Merivale Club,

Some school leavers to watch in 2022

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St Pat's Silverstream celebrate their last-gasp semi-final win over Wellington College last year. They went on to draw 36-36 with Scots College in a shared final. A number of these players are joining the senior club rugby ranks in 2022.  Year in, year out the Wellington club rugby competition produces new

The Rugby Wrap 21-22 March (updates Tuesday)

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A successful Marist St Pat's Community Day event on Saturday. Great participation, about 60 people, from Junior & Senior players, parents and community leaders including WRFU Life member Peter Scott (21 years with WRFU and 11 of those as Chairman Rugby Board), participated in the Beach Clean-up. MSP plans to do this

Pre-season rugby set to ramp up on Saturday  

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After a stop-start (mostly stop) March of pre-season rugby so far, it is hoped that most of the scheduled matches will go ahead tomorrow. Several Premier squads will be relishing the opportunity to play their first games of 2022, ahead of the slated start of the competition season in Wellington and