Rugby and League in the Manawatū

This image was taken by a Manawatu Evening Standard photographer and is held in the Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection, but appears not to have run in the newspaper itself.

Unidentified rugby team, posing with coaches/managers.

These young men are unidentified.

Kia Toa rugby players posing for photograph on the field. Edward (Ted) Freeman is 6th from the right.

Possibly the Oroua team. Sam Hart (?) far right, back row (son Vernon farmed Umutoi between Schools and Pipiti)

[A rugby team perform a rousing haka on the field.]

This collection showcases the long and proud history of local Rugby and Rugby League teams in the Manawatū.

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 May 1958, page 12: "This captured moment during the match between Old Boys and Kia Toa on Saturday last clearly shows why many rugby critics have claimed the big 15-stone lock W. Hearn as one of the country's leading line-out exponents. Hearn has his fingers firmly wrapped around the ball and is in the act of getting a clean path away from W. Cherrie."

An unidentified rugby team (secondary school team?) pictured with coach and shield. The referee is named Simeon and appears in an image of the Huia R.F.C. from 1934 (digitisation number 2019P_2006-358_026277).

This photograph shows a team of young rugby players. The subjects and location are unidentified, but it is likely to be somewhere in Palmerston North.

The Rongotea rugby football team pose with coach and cup.

Rugby team with coach.

The Manawatū Cyclones Women's rugby team held an opening captain’s run in The Square. A great day to watch the team prepare for their match against Canterbury.

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

This photograph shows a team of young rugby players with an older gentleman, perhaps the coach. The subjects and location are unidentified, but it is likely to be somewhere in Palmerston North.

This photograph shows a team of young rugby players with two older gentlemen, perhaps coaches. The subjects and location are unidentified, but it is likely to be somewhere in Palmerston North.

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Rugby team with coach.

The Massey University Sport and Rugby Institute is the home of the International Rugby Academy.

The Institute was built as a joint venture between Massey University and the New Zealand Rugby Union in 1999, to be fully equipped for high performance rugby. It is now marketed as a training facility for a diversity of sporting codes and a venue for corporate training and functions.

It features indoor and outdoor sport facilities, accommodation, conference rooms and a fully equipped gym.