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London New Zealand RFC

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is an English rugby union club currently based in Acton, London. They were formed in 1926 as a club for New Zealand expatriates in the United Kingdom and are affiliated to the
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London New Zealand was initially founded in 1926 for visitors from New Zealand to be able to play rugby in England. However the club became inactive during the
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as their crest and the RFU exempted them from the overseas player quotas, prior to their abolition. The club have also taken part in a number of
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functions, including traditionally playing a rugby match against an invitational national side for commemorations of the
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and remained so until 1962. The club were initially based at Aorangi Park in Wimbledon, leased from the
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to be held. Since then the club has been nomadic, moving to
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before settling in Acton and playing their matches at
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Index


Rugby Football Union
London
Middlesex Rugby Football Union
Second World War
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The Championships, Wimbledon
Osterley
Greenford
Wasps FC
New Zealand national rugby union team
Doug Rollerson
Terry Morrison
Paul Sapsford
Rugby Football Union
New Zealand Rugby Union
silver fern
New Zealand government
Battle of Passchendaele
haka
"Middlesex Clubs & Schools"
"Rucking good rugby fun – New Zealand News UK"
"Wimbledon: England's slice of heaven"





"Call to arms"
"Rugby: Springbok side to set up in Wimbledon"

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