First XV Premiership semi-finals and representative season underway this Saturday

by clubrugby - August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

By Scott MacLean The First XV semi-finals headline a mostly 'transitional' week in local rugby this weekend, with the crossover between club and representative season taking place and the latter getting busier from next weekend. There is still rugby around this Saturday for Wellington supporters to follow. As well as the

Aisle be Back: NPC season opens and Wallabies-Lions series closes

by clubrugby - August 1, 2025

Leo the Lion leads the Wellington side out on the field for the start of the final last October. Will there be one mascot to rule them all in 2025? By Kevin McCarthy The NPC kicked off last night – and traditionally that’s the cue for laments over its loss of

Wellington Lions gunning for four-peat over Canterbury in NPC opener

by clubrugby - July 31, 2025August 2, 2025

The Wellington Lions step out on to their new permanent home ground of Porirua Park (playoff matches aside, they are at the Wellington Stadium) to host Canterbury in their National Provincial Championship opening round match on Saturday. Traditionally this match to open this year’s NPC against Canterbury is a blockbuster fixture

Rugby coming up throughout August, September and October 2025

by clubrugby - July 31, 2025September 3, 2025

Club rugby in 2025 has all but wound up through the Lower North Island, but there is plenty of rugby still on the table over the next two to three months. With the exception of the National U85kg Knockout Cup (involving five clubs in Wellington and others from further afield), the

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 110: Albin Evenson

by clubrugby - July 31, 2025

Albin Evenson was a regular Wellington representative player in the decade leading up to the first world war and a key member of the then multi-season champion Athletic Senior team. Evensen played first-class rugby for Wellington every year between 1906-1914 and played 51 times for his home province, the same number