The Monday Wrap 10 October (some rugby news and happenings to start the new week)

by clubrugby - October 10, 2022October 10, 2022

A National Provincial Championship semi-final this coming Friday night in Wellington, between the Wellington Lions and Auckland. Two Heartland Championship semi-finals in the lower North Island this coming Saturday sees the Whanganui Butcher Boys host the Thames Valley Swampfoxes in their Meads Cup top four semi-final and Horowhenua-Kapiti host Ngati Porou

Lions hold off Hawke’s Bay, to host Auckland in semi-final

by clubrugby - October 8, 2022October 8, 2022

Replacement halfback Richard Judd proved a super-sub in the dying minutes after he came on at halfback, making a searing break then scoring the match-winning try, then helping make a match-saving tackle at the other end. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. The Wellington Lions held off a fast-finishing Hawke’s Bay to win

NZ schools teams released for next week’s Quadrangular Tournament

by clubrugby - October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

The 2022 New Zealand Schools, New Zealand Barbarian Under 18 and New Zealand Māori Under 18 Ngā Whatukura Boys teams have been announced by NZR. There are 34 schools and ten clubs are represented in the combined group of 75 players. They have been selected across the three teams following strong

Manawatu and Poverty Bay win Hurricanes Youth Council U16 Division 1 and 2 titles

by clubrugby - October 6, 2022

Manawatu and Poverty Bay are the 2022 Hurricanes Youth Council's U16 tournament winners. Manawatu won the Division A Don Broughton Shield, while Poverty Bay won the Division 2 Saracens Cup. In the first game on Finals Day at a cool, windy Campus of Innovation and Sport in Upper Hutt on Wednesday, Poverty

Jackson Garden-Bachop on points scoring records and NPC knockout rugby

by clubrugby - October 5, 2022October 11, 2022

Jackson Garden-Bachop scores his try in this year's Jubilee Cup final. Norths beat Petone 23-20. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White A statistic that came up after this past weekend’s ninth and final round-robin weekend of the National Provincial Championship revealed that Wellington Lions first five-eighth Jackson Garden-Bachop has kicked the