This collection showcases the long and proud history of local Rugby and Rugby League teams in the Manawatū.
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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.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1961
Unidentified rugby team, posing with coaches/managers.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1940 to circa 1949
These young men are unidentified.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Unknown
Date: unknown
Kia Toa rugby players posing for photograph on the field. Edward (Ted) Freeman is 6th from the right.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Possibly the Oroua team. Sam Hart (?) far right, back row (son Vernon farmed Umutoi between Schools and Pipiti)
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
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[A rugby team perform a rousing haka on the field.]
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Date: June 1963
This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Date: 1960
Date: 1983
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).
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: 1931
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.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Unknown
Date: unknown
Rugby team with coach.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Rongotea
Date: circa 1940 to circa 1949
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-s...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date: May 22, 1958
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 performan...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Albany Drive, Palmerston North
Date: October 15, 2020
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 performanc...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Albany Drive, Palmerston North
Date: October 15, 2020
The Rongotea rugby football team pose with coach and cup.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1946
Rugby team with coach.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1940 to circa 1949
A studio photograph of the players and their coach.
Creator: John Cleland
Date: 1972
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.
Creator: Rebecca Hofmann
Date: September 22, 2018
This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
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.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Unknown
Date: unknown
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.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Unknown
Date: unknown
This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1968
This rugby team is unidentified. The man standing on the far-right has an emblem on his shirt that has the letter "BMBO" on it.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Unknown
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.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Unknown
Date: unknown
Focus on Sport: Rugby
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the June 1960 edition
Caption: “Foxton v Hui Mai at Easton Park. Foxton won by 17 to 6.”
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Easton Park, Foxton
Date: June 1960
This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.
Caption: "Kia Toa 3rd grade Rugby team beat the Old Boys team. Kia Toa have to date won every game with seven points ahead an...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "Kia Toa 3rd grade Rugby team beat the Old Boys team. Kia Toa have to date won every game with seven points ahead and with on...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "Kia Toa 3rd grade Rugby team beat the Old Boys team. Kia Toa have to date won every game with seven points ahead and with on...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "Kia Toa 3rd grade Rugby team beat the Old Boys team. Kia Toa have to date won every game with seven points ahead and with on...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "Kia Toa 3rd grade Rugby team beat the Old Boys team. Kia Toa have to date won every game with seven points ahead and with on...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963