Monica Tagoai – Back in Business 

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By Adam Julian Monica Tagoai is back in business. On Saturday the Black Ferns centre and wing scored two tries for Marist St Pat's in a 48-24 victory over Paremata-Plimmerton in the second round of the Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy. It’s only her second game back after fracturing her tibia and fibula

D.D. (“DANIE”) WEIR – 1877 – 1918

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Above: Daniel Weir – circled – Manager of the Hawke's Bay RFU representative team of 1899. D. (Daniel Duncan) Weir (known as “Danie”) was perhaps Wellington Rugby’s most notable casualty of the influenza pandemic that swept across New Zealand in late 1918. While the rugby season had long-ended, the President of

This week in history 29 June – 5 July

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Above: This week in 2014, the  Upper Hutt Rams beat Old Boys University 34-30 at the Basin Reserve in a classic come-from-behind win.    A bumper week in history in Wellington club rugby, as laid out below. 29 June 1985: MSP snatch a 21-18 victory from under Upper Hutt’s nose after seemingly holding an

Give ‘Em The Axe

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The Wellington Football Club celebrates its 150th Anniversary in 2020 and a new book, “Give ‘Em The Axe’ has been published to mark the milestone. Written by club President and leading rugby commentator Keith Quinn, the nearly 200-page book is not your typical dry club history. Containing a photograph on almost every