Some players to watch in club rugby in 2022

by clubrugby - March 27, 2022March 28, 2022

The fulltime whistle in the Jubilee Cup final - a moment for every player on the winning team to relish and for opponents to look to vow to come back stronger next year. By Scott MacLean In this space the past two years we’ve taken a look at a player from

Aisle be Back: The return of the Hurricanes

Hurricanes

by clubrugby - March 25, 2022March 25, 2022

By Kevin McCarthy Why the gloom and despair out there folks. There seems to be at times a professional industry around talking down rugby and its future in this country. We’re told the All Blacks are sliding down the world rankings. That the northern hemisphere and South Africa are the new

Final pre-season matches tomorrow for many clubs

by clubrugby - March 25, 2022March 27, 2022

Johnsonville played 100 minutes against Feilding last week and themselves and the Wellington Axemen have matches lined up tomorrow before they meet each other in the opening round of the Swindale Shield competition next weekend. UPDATED Friday: Many Premier teams will be having their final round tune-ups – or in a

Pioneers of rugby in Wellington: 006 Thomas Hoar

by clubrugby - March 24, 2022

Thank you to the New Zealand Amateur Sport Association for this article. First published October 2021. FOOTBALL EVENING POST, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 80, 4 APRIL 1892, PAGE 2 “There is some probability of T. Hoar, who played three-quarter for the Melrose Club, and who has been lately playing for the Merivale Club,

Some school leavers to watch in 2022

by clubrugby - March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

St Pat's Silverstream celebrate their last-gasp semi-final win over Wellington College last year. They went on to draw 36-36 with Scots College in a shared final. A number of these players are joining the senior club rugby ranks in 2022. Year in, year out the Wellington club rugby competition produces new