Poneke Football Club Inc

club — Kilbirnie · Wellington

About Poneke Football Club Inc

A rugby club at Kilbirnie Crescent in Kilbirnie, Wellington, founded in 1883 and one of the oldest clubs in the Wellington Rugby Football Union. Despite its name, the club's website is about rugby. The club has produced 19 All Blacks, six of them former All Black captains, including Tom Ellison and Billy Wallace. Dane Coles is its most recent All Black. The club has won the club championship 20 times and the Jubilee Cup twice, in 1996 and 2003. Its Premier team has been in the play-offs for the Jubilee Cup, which the site calls the ultimate prize in Wellington club rugby, over the past two decades.

The club describes its culture as friendly, close-knit and family-orientated, with the motto "you belong". Players, coaches and supporters from successive generations are credited for that pride. The site asks people to sign up for weekly updates, and the club's stats and honours are on its website. The site says the club has been the top club at Premier level over the past ten years.