Wellington Lions: five memorable semi-final wins

by clubrugby - October 16, 2019

Above: Kemara Hauiti-Parapara and the Lions scrum will need to fire up when they play Canterbury this coming weekend. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. Since 1992, when the present finals format was introduced into the National Provincial Championship, Wellington has played in a number of Semi-finals. Here’s a look back at five of

Short Passes 14 October (lunch edition)

by clubrugby - October 14, 2019

Pepesana Patafilo in action for the Lions on Saturday. Short Passes thinks that he could be in a Super Rugby squad and not in Tawa's next year. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. A big weekend of rugby to look forward to this coming Saturday. There are three sevens tournaments - details, teams and draws

Lions and Pride make semi-finals

Rep Rugby

by clubrugby - October 11, 2019

The Wellington Lions and the Wellington Pride are both into the semi-finals of this year's National Provincial Championship. The Lions had already qualified for the Premiership semi-finals ahead of Saturday night's fixture with Waikato, sealing a home semi-final with a 39-21 win. They won the game with a three-try burst in

Twenty years since Athletic Park closed

by clubrugby - October 10, 2019

Thirty thousand patrons entered Athletic Park for the final time 20 years ago today, 10 October 1999, to watch the Wellington Lions play Otago in round nine of the National Provincial Championship. Athletic Park had been the home of all rugby in Wellington for 97 years. The Lions were also having their

Ranfurly Shield still a prized possession

by clubrugby - October 7, 2019

Canterbury took the Ranfurly Shield off Otago on Saturday. This is unconfirmed (the source online is Wikipedia) but this was Canterbury's 17th successful Ranfurly Shield challenge, eclipsing Auckland's 16 tenures that they shared the record with previously. Waikato are next with 13 wins and Wellington fourth with 10. This got us to