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The Match: Wellington Lions v Tasman Mako, 27 September 2008, Wellington Stadium Referee: Matt Stanish Conditions: Showery with heavy rain late in the match Crowd: 15,000. The Result: Wellington Lions 26 (Hosea Gear, Jeremy Thrush, Thomas Waldrom tries; Daniel Kirkpatrick pen; Weepu 2 pen, con) Tasman 20 (Kahn Fotuali’i, James Marshall tries; Miah Nikora
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 056: Alf and Jack Griffiths
Sideline conversions 21 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)
Wellington Lions left wing Pepesana Patafilo looks for support on his inside in Saturday's Ranfurly Shield match against Southland at the Hutt Rec. The Lions won 39-17. Afternoon edition: Rugby this week comes early, with the Wellington Lions hosting the Tasman Mako in their fourth round NPC match and Ranfurly Shield
Wins for Wellington Samoans, Centurions and U19s in home representative matches
It was club mate against mate today in the Wellington Samoans - Wellington Māori match at William Jones Park. Joe Faleafaga offloads in the tackle of Luke Kapene. Faleafaga would score a hat-trick and Kapene one try in the Samoans' 46-8 win. There were convincing wins today for two representative teams
Plenty of rugby on offer on Saturday around the Wellington region
The Wellington Samoans are playing Wellington Maori at William Jones Park and the Wellington Fijians are meeting the Wellington U19s at Porirua Park in two 1.00pm matches tomorrow. By Scott Maclean & Steven White Second edition (further possible changes and additions to come). Rugby supporters, make your choices and plot your