Sideline Conversions 18 September (rugby news and information – UPDATED Tuesday)

Updated Tuesday morning: Tonight the Wellington Samoa U18s and Wellington Maori U18s are meeting at Te Whaea at 7.00pm in their re-scheduled Hurricanes series U18s match. This was deferred owing to illness last Saturday. +++++ +++++ +++++ Two regular season rounds to play in the National Provincial Championship. After beating the BoP Steamers yesterday and

Wellington Gold and Hawke’s Bay A win U16s openers as Hawke’s Bay wins U18s feature match

The Hurricanes U16s competition opened today around the region. In two Division 1 games, the Hawke’s Bay As beat Manawatu 12-5 at Ongley Park, Palmerston North and Wellington Gold defeated Wellington Black 22-10 for a bonus point win in their intra-union match at Tawa. In Division 2 U16 tournament openers, Whanganui beat

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Welwitschias

By Kevin McCarthy It’s only day 6 of the Special Rugby Operation, and everything is going to plan. The All Blacks have successfully fooled the world into thinking they are in fact the fourth-best side in the pecking order and flirting with fifth or sixth. They’re keeping their strategies safe for future