Some School Leavers to watch in club rugby in 2025

by clubrugby - March 27, 2025April 15, 2025

By Steven White The Wellington club rugby competition consistently produces prodigious talent. As always, some players leave school and head to other regions for work or study or to join their rugby academies, others to other codes or sports. But there is always a core group of promising school leavers making their

Laws Talk. New for 2025

by clubrugby - March 26, 2025March 26, 2025

By Scott MacLean There’s nothing drastic, but rugby will look a little different in parts this year as World Rugby – and to a lesser extent New Zealand Rugby – continue to make tweaks to improve player safety and game flow. Let’s look at what those are. The first group are

Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 093: Harry Avery

by clubrugby - March 26, 2025

Harry Avery was the captain of the St Pat’s Old Boys club that won (shared with Petone) its sole Jubilee Cup title in 1949. Avery was a lock and spent four seasons from the late 1940s in the Wellington representative team, and he played against the touring British and Irish Lions

They didn’t make their First XVs

by clubrugby - March 25, 2025

Above: When Upper Hutt and Poneke met in the Jubilee Cup round of 2008. Ahead of the annual ‘School Leavers to Watch’ article coming out later this week. Many young up and coming players destined for higher honours or long club rugby careers are well known before they join the senior ranks,

Sideline Conversions 24 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)

by clubrugby - March 24, 2025March 24, 2025

The Avalon and Wellington Axemen Premier squads in action at Naenae College on Saturday. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. More photos from this game and others at https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/2025 Monday morning edition - check back for updates and editions: It's the end of the Kali Yuga cycle this week but supporters are gearing up