#Wairarapa Bush

Manawatū have their final pre-season game against Wellington at Levin Domain on Saturday, ahead of the first competition game against Northland in Whangarei next Sunday. This weekend's game was meant to be part of a doubleheader at Ōtaki, with Horowhenua Kāpiti playing Wairarapa Bush, as a fundraiser day for Sam Doyle, a former Wellington, Manawatū…

Beauden Barrett is expected to make an impressive sweep of the NZ rugby awards, to be held in Auckland tonight. Photo / Photosport Beauden Barrett should be a lock-in for the big prize and the Super Rugby player of the year gong at tonight's ASB Rugby Awards in Auckland. Aside from two less than stellar outings against Australia in October (when…

Thames Valley flanker Laulea Mau scored for the third straight game in the comeback win over South Canterbury in a eventful seventh round of the Heartland Championship. Photo by Getty Images. It wasn't a New York minute, more of a honest country 80, but everything has changed on the Mitre 10 Heartland Championship points table, after South…

The stage is set for an enthralling Heartland rugby match between Steelform Whanganui and South Canterbury at Cooks Gardens on Saturday. It is the halfway stage in the eight rounds of qualifying in the 2022 Bunnings Warehouse championship, with six-times Meads Cup winners Whanganui holding a one-point lead over defending champions South…

Brought to you by Whanganui Rugby Maintaining a home Meads Cup semifinal berth and leaving Levin with the Bruce Steel Memorial Cup still in tow are the missions for Steelform Whanganui this weekend in their derby clash. Whanganui found their signature performance last weekend with an 83-7 mauling of Buller for their highest first-class score -…