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Athletic Football Club stalwart Cliff Porter saved perhaps his most memorable two games of his career to last. After a decade of top rugby at club, representative and international level, he bowed out on top at in 1930 against the touring Great Britain side, with wins at home at Athletic Park
Wellington club rugby scoring highlights: Colts Final Ories v OBU
Oriental-Rongotai beat Old Boys University 39-26 in the final of the 2023 Colts Division 1 competition. Ories won the John E Kelly Cup for the first time since 1994. In bright sunny conditions with a large crowd in attendance, Ories climbed into the final and scored three tries inside the opening 25
Shock and Orr as Lions 40-man NPC squad named
For the first time since 1982, the Wellington Lions will head into the new season as defending National Provincial Championship winners and Ranfurly Shield winners. Today a 40-strong squad has been selected with that task, starting with this coming weekend’s opening NPC and Coronation Cup clash against Manawatū (non-Ranfurly Shield match). The
Sideline Conversions 31 July (some rugby news and information to start the week)
Try-time for the Wellington Pride in their match against Counties Manukau on Sunday at the Hutt Rec. The visitors won 53-20. Representative rugby gets underway this coming weekend and we are into semi-finals of college rugby and Reserve Grade club rugby. Premiership First XV semi-finals at a glance are (both games kicking
Colts titles for Ories and Upper Hutt Rams, as HIBS make first XV semi-finals
The Ories Colts celebrating their Division 1 title win today. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Adam Julian Oriental-Rongotai and the Upper Hutt Rams won the two Colts titles on offer this afternoon in Wellington club rugby, while first time semi-finalists Hutt International Boys’ High School and Wellington College grabbed the