Aisle be Back: The 100th Test

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Petone halfback Ginger Nicholls playing in the first ever All Blacks -Springboks test in Dunedin in 1921. The All Blacks won 13-5 and Nicholls was Player of the Match before being dropped for the second Test. By Kevin McCarthy  A wounded Springbok is a dangerous beast. It’s also wounded. Going into the

St Mary’s College defend Premier 1 girls title

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Updated: St Mary’s College’s rugby First XV team joined their netball team this week in winning a six-peat of titles. St Mary’s won a hard-fought 2021 Girls Premier 1 final over Wainuiomata High School 17-7 on Wednesday night at Jerry Collins Stadium. In slippery conditions, following persistent rain that subsided not long

Two-time Best & Fairest Winner Ben Tupuola passes away

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Wainuiomata No. 8 Ben Tupuola, a two-time Billy Wallace competition Best & Fairest winner, passed away on Wednesday. Tupuola played for Wainuiomata between 2008 and 2019. He also played rugby league. He was 36. He won the Billy Wallace Best and Fairest Award as the best player in Wellington club rugby for the

POLLS: Who will win this week’s school rugby titles?

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There are six secondary school rugby titles to be decided in Wellington this week, the Premier 1 girls decider on Wednesday night, the Premier 2, U15 Division 1 and 2 and U65KG Division 2 finals on Saturday and the Premiership final on Sunday. More details of the finals later this