The Horowhenua Kapiti Rugby Union has been saddened to hear of the passing of HKRFU Board Director Bruce Mansell on Tuesday. Bruce was appointed to the HKRFU Board of Directors in September 2007, a position he still held with great enthusiasm and his contribution will be sorely missed. Born in Bulls, Bruce attended Levin Primary…

The HKRFU are delighted to once again welcome the Hurricanes squad to our region, with a Pre- Season training session at Paraparaumu Domain on Thursday 31st January from 2.30pm – 4.30pm. At the conclusion of their training session fans will get the opportunity to get autographs and take pictures with their favourite players. Our very…

Our very own Warwick (Wizz) Lahmert has been selected the Dubai and Port Elizabeth legs of the IRB 7s circuit. We had the opportunity to catch up with Wizz prior to the Dubai leg of the IRB 7s cirucit.   How is camp going? Camp is good. Just finished gym session and now about todo some outfitting which…

Congratulations to all the HK nominees and award winners at Friday nights Prizegiving. Award winners listed below:  REPRESENTATIVE AWARDS  U11 PLAYER OF THE YEAR- LUCAS SIMMONS  U12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR- JACOB GRAHAM U13 PLAYER OF THE YEAR- MACKENZIE TANSLEY  U14/15 PLAYER OF THE YEAR- NATE MILLARD  U16 PLAYER OF THE YEAR- LUTHER HIRINI  U18 PLAYER OF…

Although the weather was cold and wet, it didnt stop the Presidents game from going ahead. A very special occassion for the Waiopehu team who had players coming back from Australia and the UK. The team had a set of jerseys especially made for their game, each jersey had the number 92 to printed on the back as 1992…

Our last overseas player left for his homeland of Argentina yesterday but not before finishing with a win against Wairarapa bush Bs in the weekend. Tomas Palazuelos has spent this season playing for the Levin Wanderers Club and then finished the year playing representative rugby for the HK RDO team. He and wife Cristiani have…

I had the pleasure of interviewing our very own Warwick “Wizz” Lahmert who last weekend made his debut for the All Black Sevens team. Warwick played his junior rugby for Waikanae, Secondary School rugby for Paraparaumu college, U21s for Athletic RFC before returning to Waikanae to play his Senior Club rugby. After playing Heartland and Sevens…

This year marks 20 years since the Waiopehu College 1st XV had their most successful season. To celebrate their season the team will be getting together for the first time and playing against the HK Prezzies (Nua Hua’s) team which is made up of past Horowhenua Kapiti representative players. This game is scheduled to kick…