Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Fijian Drua

by clubrugby - May 6, 2022May 6, 2022

By Kevin McCarthy I’m tempted to say we’re now playing to finish 7th in Super Rugby. That’s probably a round too early to make a definitive call. But at 5 and 5 in the wins and losses, the Hurricanes are tracking for a poor season. Sixth place is feasible, I’m just

Daniel Mangin to referee 100th Premier match on Saturday

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by clubrugby - May 5, 2022May 5, 2022

Few referees in the Wellington Rugby Referees Association (WRRA) get to earn their blazers. The bar is set high at 100 Premier club rugby games, and on Saturday Daniel Mangin will reach that milestone in the Jimmy Grbirch Memorial Shield match between Poneke and Oriental-Rongotai at Kilbirnie Park. Speaking with the Huddy

Higgins set for Hurricanes debut against Fijian Drua

by clubrugby - May 5, 2022May 5, 2022

Riley Higgins makes a break for Petone in a recent club rugby match against Ories. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. A likely debut off the bench for Petone's Riley Higgins and the return of Poneke's Dane Coles alongside him on the pine are two features of the Hurricanes side that has been named

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 011 Alfred Newman

by clubrugby - May 5, 2022

Profiling many of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. Known as the “Little Doctor,” Dr Alfred Kingcome Newman did big things for rugby and sport and in public life in Wellington over

A century of games for Paremata-Plimmerton good reward for James Corcoran

by clubrugby - May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

James Corcoran (centre, headband) rallying his troops in a Swindale Shield match last year. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Head north, young man. That is what Paremata-Plimmerton captain and lock James ‘Smokey’ Corcoran did at the start of 2016, and this coming Saturday he is in line to play his 100th