Matchday scoring highlights: Horowhenua-Kapiti (73) v Te Ūpoko O Te Ika – Wellington Māori Rugby (31)

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The two teams met at Porirua Park on Saturday in fine but breezy conditions, in their opening fixtures of the 2026 representative rugby season. Players in both sides were coming off hard-fought, committed campaigns with their club teams spread throughout the Wellington and Horowhenua-Kapiti competitions. Horowhenua-Kapiti made a bright and breezy start

Why Club Rugby Remains the Heart of New Zealand’s Game

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Every New Zealand rugby career, no matter how far it eventually travels, starts with someone standing on the sideline of a local ground. There is no broadcast deal and no sponsorship logo, yet it has outlasted every era of the professional game built on top of it. This is club

Sideline Conversions 3 August (some rugby news and information to start the new rugby week)

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The National U85kgs Knockout Cup is underway, with Paremata-Plimmerton advancing to the second round with their win over Wellington. They play Eastbourne this week in one of two games in Wellington. Monday morning edition - updates expected later on: It's semi-finals and finals this coming Saturday in the Reserve Grade, semi-finals

Wellington club rugby 1 August – links to live streams and scoring

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LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 1 August - Colts finals) WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores for Colts, U85kg Knockout Cup and Reserve Grade and get results off the WRFU site at:  https://www.wrfu.co.nz/senior/draws-results ________________________________________________________________________ College Rugby Visit https://www.collegesport.org.nz/draws-results-1/draws-results-1 and navigate to live scores and fulltime scores of all College Rugby competitions. _______________________________________________________________________ Live-streaming options -