Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Chiefs

by clubrugby - April 1, 2022

By Kevin McCarthy Changes were to be expected for the Hurricanes for this Sunday’s match against the Chiefs, but I didn’t expect we’d see Jordie Barrett suddenly popping up at second-five. I haven’t seen any rationale for that, but there must be one. The Canes haven’t played a settled backline for a

Hardham Cup to become 10 teams this year

by clubrugby - April 1, 2022April 1, 2022

By Chris Rattue-kneepkens The Hardham Cup will be extended to 10 teams in 2022 in the wake of the continued growth of Omnicom. Wellington Rugby Union Community Liaison Officer Michael Langley announced the decision during a club committee meeting on Zoom last night and reinforced the move with a he/him pronoun

The A-Z of Wellington Club Rugby for 2022

by clubrugby - March 31, 2022

By Scott MacLean The 2022 club season kicks off this weekend with the first round of 13 in the Premier Men's Swindale Shield as well as the start of the Women’s Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy campaign, with the remaining club competitions to get underway later this month. Our seventh annual A-Z looks

Alosio and Moana Pasifika on the board in Super Rugby Pacific

by clubrugby - March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

“It was awesome to get an opportunity to make my Super Rugby debut. It was a dream I was never going to give up on,” Hutt Old Boys Marist and Wellington outside back Tomasi Alosio told the Huddy Hui on Wednesday night. Whilst Alosio didn’t play in the team’s historic win

Wellington club rugby Gains & Losses 2022

by clubrugby - March 30, 2022March 31, 2022

The 2022 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. Round one Swindale Shield teams will be named here in the Draws & Results section (above) on Friday. As always there is player movement between clubs and new players from school First XVs and some others from overseas set to