5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (820+ words) Jimmy Grbich was a popular and dynamic No. 8 who played for Pōneke and Wellington representative teams and for the New Zealand Māori team, throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. He tragically passed away in a vehicle accident near the Tawa motorway interchange…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1472+ words) Monday afternoon edition: Another whirlwind weekend of rugby has concluded, and there is more to come over the next several weeks. Representative matches are scattered far and wide this coming weekend. The second round of the Hurricanes Youth Council’s U18 tournament…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (615+ words) It’s hard not to be amazed by a 5 to 1 tryline margin from the first test of the series with South Africa. But personally, the thing that stuck with me did not involve those five tries. It’s what happened afterwards. Will…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1043+ words) In the ‘post Ron Jarden era’ of the late 1950s and early 1960s several outside backs and wings emerged on the Wellington club rugby scene – and on to representative or All Black rugby – to set the competition alight and maintain a healthy…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (621+ words) If you’re not used to crawling out of bed at 3am, I’ve got a deal for you. Get up at 4am, and watch the Ellis Park first test excitement from around the 50 minutes mark. Of course that’s a crazy idea. Springbok tests…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1671+ words) In 1959 Ian Neil Uttley was head prefect of Wellington College, captain of the athletics team and captain of the First XV. Four years later, aged 21, he was an All Black out of the champion University club and he played two tests…...