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Rugby team Wellington Official WRU emblem Union Wellington Rugby Football Union Nickname(s) Lions Founded 1879 ; 146 years ago (1879) Location Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand Ground(s) Sky Stadium CEO Tony Giles Coach(es) Alando Soakai Captain(s) Du'Plessis Kirifi Most appearances Bernie Fraser (121) Top scorer Allan Hewson (893) Most tries Bernie Fraser (105) League(s) Bunnings NPC 2024 1st ...
The senior Wellington representative team, the Wellington Lions play in the National Provincial Championship, which replaced the original National Provincial Championship in 2006 as the Air New Zealand Cup. The Lions have won the provincial competition six times since its inception in 1976. The titles came in 1978, 1981, 1986, 2000, 2022, and 2024.
The Wainuiomata Lions are a New Zealand rugby league club based in Wainuiomata, Wellington.They compete in the Wellington Rugby League competition.. In the early 1990s, prior to the creation Lion Red Cup national league competition based on provincial teams, Wainuiomata was one of the strongest rugby league teams in New Zealand.
In 2011, a resurgent Manawatu Turbos side defeated the Wellington Lions 31–25 in Wellington. It was Manawatu's first competition win over Wellington in the capital, after 124 years of trying. Also in 2011, Manawatu scored 54 points against Waikato team at Arena Manawatu. The Turbos led 35–17 at halftime, eventually winning 54–20.
In the wake of the Detroit Lions' best season in decades, newcomers and classic fans alike have raced to the stores in search of Lions apparel, even selling out some local shops around the holidays.
On 23 November 1999 it was announced that the winger had re-signed with the NZRU and agreed terms with the Wellington Rugby Union, despite a reported a £1.1 million offer by Bristol. [4] [5] The move to the Wellington union meant he could be included in the protected group of players for the Hurricanes.
Wellington played its first game on 24 August 1908 when they took on Auckland at Victoria Park, Auckland in the first provincial game of rugby league in New Zealand. [1]The following All Golds played for Wellington in that first match: Edward Tyne, Hercules Richard Wright, Tom Cross, Conrad Byrne, Daniel Gilchrist, Daniel Fraser and James Barber.
In rugby union, New Zealand first played against the British & Irish Lions in 1904, beating them 9–3 at Athletic Park, Wellington.Since then, there has been a total of 41 Test matches between the two teams, with the All Blacks winning 30 matches, the Lions winning seven and four draws.