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The Upper Hutt Rams at pre-season training last week. The shadows are slowly lengthening, which means the start of the rugby competitions are drawing nearer. In theory, we are counting down to the start of the 2022 rugby season. As scheduled, the Super Rugby squads play their first two matches this coming
LOOKING BACK A CENTURY: RUGBY IN 1922 (PART ONE CLUB RUGBY)
Following a memorable 1921 season, particularly on the representative front with Wellington ending the year with the Ranfurly Shield locked away and the All Blacks hosting the Springboks in their inaugural series, 1922 failed to reach the same lofty heights. Wellington fell away – and lost the Shield to Hawke’s Bay
All Blacks Sevens squad wins Bula Fiji 7s but Whanganui Fijians impress
The two teams that met in the Cup final, winners the Ignite New Zealand Sevens and runners-up Whanganui Fijians. The Ignite NZ Sevens team, also known as the All Blacks Sevens squad, comfortably won Saturday’s inaugural Bula Fiji 7s tournament at a sun-drenched Porirua Park. As to be expected from the national
Inaugural Bula Fiji 7s tournament at Porirua Park on Saturday
Wellington goes Solo in 2022 All Black Sevens Squad
Above: Roderick Solo on debut for Oriental-Rongotai in the 2020 Swindale Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. Oriental-Rongotai's Roderick Solo is a new face in the All Blacks Sevens squad for 2022. The fleet-footed former Scots College flyer is one of five new faces in this year's national men's sevens set-up. Solo joins Leroy Carter