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Rugby team Wellington Official WRU emblem Union Wellington Rugby Football Union Nickname(s) Lions Founded 1879 ; 145 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 Wellington RFU team of 1875. Club rugby is a large part of Wellington rugby. 18 clubs currently comprise the Wellington union and all contribute at least one team to the club competitions. The premier trophy in Wellington club rugby is the Jubilee Cup, which was won in 2012 by Marist St Pat's. Petone are the club with the most Jubilee Cup ...
The Western Suburbs RFC, or Wests Roosters, is a rugby union club based in Wellington, New Zealand. Wests is a constituent club of the Wellington Rugby Football Union. The club was founded in 1983 as an amalgamation of the Athletic, Karori and Onslow rugby clubs. Wests won the Jubilee Cup in 1998 and the Hardham Cup in 2000, and 2003. [1]
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.
Currently the Jubilee Cup round is the second round of the Wellington competition. The fourteen teams in the Premier competition firstly play the round-robin Swindale Shield competition over 13 rounds, with the top 8 teams moving onto the Jubilee Cup round (the bottom 6 teams are joined by the top 2 eligible teams from the Premier Reserve competition to contest the Hardham Cup).
The Wellington Rugby League Association was officially formed on 23 May 1912 at the Trades Hall in Wellington when 1907-08 All Golds captain, Hercules Richard (Bumper) Wright presided over a meeting of 75 footballers and supporters, many of them prominent rugby union players in Wellington.
The National First XV Championship (or the Top 4) is the Premier Rugby Union competition for Secondary Schools/Colleges in New Zealand. [1] Since 2016, the Top 4 tournament has been based at the Massey University Sport and Rugby Institute in Palmerston North.
Athletic Park was a rugby union ground located in Newtown, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.It was owned and operated by the Wellington Rugby Football Union, and was used for Wellington first-class matches, as well as local club matches.