Western Suburbs RFC (Wellington)

The Western Suburbs RFC, or Wests Roosters, is a rugby union club based in Wellington, New Zealand. Wests is a constituent club of the Wellington Rugby Football Union. The club was founded in 1983 as an amalgamation of the Athletic, Karori and Onslow rugby clubs. Wests won the Jubilee Cup in 1998 and the Hardham Cup in 2000, and 2003. ^[1]

Location

Wests is based at Ian Galloway Park in Wilton, Wellington City, and features four full-size grounds and four junior grounds, club rooms and gymnasium with an indoor artificial surface for wet weather training.^[2]

Club Membership

Wests is one of the 12 Premier Clubs in Wellington, and fields six senior teams in various grades including Premiers, Senior 2, Colts (Under 21), Under 85kg, and two social teams. Players are drawn from all over Wellington and overseas including Fiji, Samoa, Japan and the UK.^[1]

The Wests's Juniors are in the top ten for size in New Zealand with over 500 members (children under 13 years) from the local region including the Brooklyn, Karori, Ngaio, Khandallah, Wilton, Wadestown and Northland areas.^[1]

Notable Players

International and Super Rugby players:^[1]

• Scott Crichton – All Black (1983–85)
• Alama Ieremia – Samoan international (1992–93), and All Black (1994–2000) playing 30 tests
• Filo Tiatia – All Black (2000)
• Rodney So'oialo – All Black (2002–09). 62 Tests (5 tests as captain)
• Kane Thompson – Samoan international (2007– ), and Chiefs super rugby (2012)
• Scott Fuglistaller – Highlanders (2012), and Melbourne Rebels (2013– ) super rugby

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