by Christine Dornan | May 22, 2018 | Rugby, Sport
Gladstone flanker Eddie Cranston crossing for the vital try in Saturday’s match. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV RUGBY JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz Gladstone showed once again that it will take a special performance to take the Tui Cup from them this season as they secured...
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by Christine Dornan | May 19, 2018 | Rugby, Sport
RUGBY JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz The heavyweights are on a collision course in this week’s round of Tui Cup premier rugby matches. The top four teams will have a chance to show who the true frontrunners are for this year’s competition, while the bottom four...
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by Christine Dornan | May 18, 2018 | Rugby, Sport
Wairarapa-Bush’s Tim Priest looks for gaps in the Buller defence last year. PHOTO/FILE RUGBY JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz Injuries have forced Wairarapa-Bush to call in some reinforcements for their pre-season match with Hawke’s Bay Saracens on June 4. A...
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by Christine Dornan | May 17, 2018 | Rugby, Sport
A glimpse of the renovated clubrooms at the Greytown Rugby Club. PHOTO/KYLIE ALEXANDER RUGBY JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz A project two years in the making will officially come to an end this Saturday in Greytown. The Greytown Rugby Club has undergone extensive...
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by Christine Dornan | May 16, 2018 | Rugby, Sport
Gladstone Under-9 player Sam Waddell on the charge against Carterton. PHOTO/SUZANNE OLIVER RUGBY Wairarapa’s youngest rugby players were out in force on Saturday as the first round of JAB rugby kicked off. Gladstone Rugby Club’s nine JAB teams headed to different...
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by Jake Beleski | May 15, 2018 | Local News, Rugby, Sport
Shakira Baker in action for the Black Ferns Sevens. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz Former Greytown School and Wairarapa College student Shakira Baker played her part in the Black Ferns Sevens team’s dominant display at the Langford Sevens...
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by Christine Dornan | May 15, 2018 | Rugby, Sport
A bevy of Marist defenders try to halt the progress of Greytown prop Jaden Mason during Saturday’s Tui Cup match won by Greytown 46-14. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV RUGBY GARY CAFFELL Nobody could quibble about the end result when Carterton upset Martinborough 24-20 in their...
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by Christine Dornan | May 14, 2018 | Rugby, Sport
Brodee Walker of Makoura College getting a taste of quick rip. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV RUGBY JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz Not everyone is blessed with the staggering size and blinding speed often needed to play rugby at the highest levels, but a modified version of...
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