This book covers the history of the Naenae Old Boys Rugby Club from its inception in 1949 through to amalgamation with Taita in 1979. The Naenae story is unique because the suburb was created post WWII to accommodate the returned servicemen, and their new families. In a few short years, it went from a few houses and market gardens to a huge suburb with 4 primary schools, an intermediate, a large secondary school, factories (light industry), 4 churches, 2 hotels and 1 cinema theatre. It also had an Olympic sized swimming pool built with 2 additional children’s pools alongside. The suburb was developed as a major project for the new state housing scheme. Almost every house was a state house. Additional to that was an outdoor shopping precinct, the first of its kind in NZ. This was designed by modernist architect Ernst Plischke. The rapid growth saw the need for its own rugby club to be established. The Wellington RFU and many of the older clubs did not favor the idea of a new club and Naenae spent much of its early years fighting for inclusion. The club rapidly climbed through the grades to Senior B and performed above expectations in each year. In 1967 the club won the right to play off in a promotion relegation game against the bottom Senior A team for the right to play in Senior A. No club had achieved that since the 1930’s. They were not expected to win. Nor were they expected to survive in 1968. However, they started off their first Senior A season by beating Hutt in their first game and the top University team in the second game. The book is interesting as it tells of the birth of the suburb and then the rugby club. The battles to earn the right to compete and survive. Every season is different – it is not your usual rugby club history. Eventually, many of the returned servicemen, and their families, moved to their own houses in other areas as they became more settled and wealthier. Change had begun. This started the decline of the club and the need for amalgamation with Taita. The book is very well written and is also an interesting read for non-rugby nuts. Copies are available at support@nzrugbyhistory.com