Question: What do you get when you add a marae and rugby together? Answer: The Pioneer Sports Club. BY LEE STACE

If you love old-fashioned hospitality and the smell of fresh country air, then swing by the Waimana Rugby Club. BY LEE STACE

The Upper Hutt Rugby Club sits third on the table after five rounds of Wellington’s Swindale Shield competition. BY LEE STACE

Masterton Red Star is proof that two successful yet bitter rivals can put aside their differences and achieve great things. BY LEE STACE

Geraldine Rugby Club is in safe hands with its hard-working, selfless members who can tap into a rich history and viable future. BY CAMPBELL BURNES

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the Opotiki Rugby Club is in rude good health. BY LEE STACE

Tinwald has a small but staunch following, and has ambitions to again recapture the glory days of the not too distant past. BY CAMPBELL BURNES

Toa is a fiercely passionate, iwi-orientated club which plays in the Horowhenua Kapiti competition, despite being just a 20-minute drive north of Wellington. BY LEE STACE

Southbridge has a rich history, a vibrant present and a promising future. BY CAMPBELL BURNES

Excitement levels are building toward fever pitch as Rimutaka prepares to enter Wellington rugby waters it has never charted in the same year it toasts a significant milestone. BY LEE STACE

Mackenzie Rugby Club has been going strong, through all sorts of harsh winter conditions, since 1953. BY CAMPBELL BURNES

The Ngaruawahia Rugby Club has dreams of reliving its 1980s glory days. BY LEE STACE

Tawa is proud of where it is and where it has come from, and plans to continue its solid traditions. BY CAMPBELL BURNES