{"id":15348,"date":"2022-09-15T17:35:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T05:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/?p=15348"},"modified":"2022-09-15T17:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T05:47:17","slug":"ranfurly-shield-challenge-for-wellington-on-saturday-in-100th-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/2022\/09\/15\/ranfurly-shield-challenge-for-wellington-on-saturday-in-100th-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranfurly Shield challenge for Wellington on Saturday in 100th match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hawkeye and Leo the Lion in the 1960s, prior to another tight tussle between Hawke&#8217;s Bay and Wellington.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box,\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box img.wp-post-image{max-height:250px; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wpls-wrap wpls-logo-showcase-slider-wrp wpls-logo-clearfix wpls-design-1 \" data-conf=\"{&quot;slides_column&quot;:4,&quot;slides_scroll&quot;:1,&quot;dots&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay_interval&quot;:3000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;rtl&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;center_mode&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-showcase logo_showcase wpls-logo-slider  sliderimage_hide_border \" id=\"wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roblawmax.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/rmax24.jpg?fit=220%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geeksonwheels.co.nz\/locations\/wellington-computer-repair\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/images.jpg?fit=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thecallcentre.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TCC-Logo-400x260-1.jpg?fit=400%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partnersfinance.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/part2.jpg?fit=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was recently asked of a long-time supporter what would you rather Wellington held at the end of the season if you they could have one but not the other, the National Provincial Championship title or the Ranfurly Shield? The answer was unequivocally the latter.<\/p>\n<p>This coming Saturday the Lions, who are 5-2 in the NPC thus far, challenge the Hawke\u2019s Bay Magpies for the Ranfurly Shield.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington teams don\u2019t get many shots at this these days, it seems, but the last two were both against Hawke\u2019s Bay as well. The first of these was in 2014 in which the home side won 36-14, the second inside two years ago in November 2020 when the Magpies prevailed 34-18.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s fresh challenge will be the 100th match that Wellington has played for the Ranfurly Shield, either as a holder or a challenger, since their first in 1904. Of the 99 to date, Wellington has won 50, lost 43 and drawn six.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to these recent challenges against Hawke\u2019s Bay, the last one before that was on 20 September 2008 against Auckland, winning 27-0. The side went close to also winning the NPC, falling in the home final to Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p>The Shield is currently held by Hawke&#8217;s Bay, who won it from Otago in a 28\u20139 victory on 4 October 2020. This was the second time in 2020 that a team lost the Shield a week after winning it.<\/p>\n<p>There have been 14 defences in the current tenure for Hawke&#8217;s Bay. They have 76 wins in 111 Shield matches, second only to Auckland 158 in 2003 and Canterbury 151 in 1999.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wellington v Hawke\u2019s Bay Ranfurly Shield history <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wellington and Hawke\u2019s Bay have previously met in 11 Ranfurly Shield matches, between 1905-2020.<\/p>\n<p>Their head-to-head record in these matches stands at seven wins to Hawke\u2019s Bay, three to Wellington and one draw.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 11 challenges, 10 have been unsuccessful. The one successful challenge was Hawke\u2019s Bay\u2019s 19-9 win in Wellington on 9 August 1922.<\/p>\n<p>The closest unsuccessful challenge was the 12-12 draw in Napier in 1967, with Hawke\u2019s Bay retaining the Shield with a late dropped goal by Blair Furlong.<\/p>\n<p>The largest win was in 1926, Hawke\u2019s Bay defending the Shield with a 58-8 win over Wellington. This was in the era of three-point tries, so a thrashing.<\/p>\n<p>In 1982 at Wellington, it was a late try, converted from the sideline by Allan Hewson that saw Wellington win 13-12 and retain the Shield.<\/p>\n<p>Hawke\u2019s Bay have successfully defended the Shield against Wellington in Napier on six occasions, most recently in 2020. They also took it \u2018on the road\u2019 to Athletic Park and defended it away in 1925.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington v Hawke\u2019s Bay Ranfurly Shield matches:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>23 August 1905: Wellington defends 11-3 at Wellington<\/li>\n<li>28 July 1920: Wellington defends 20-5 at Wellington<\/li>\n<li>9 August 1922: Hawke\u2019s Bay wins 19-9 at Wellington<\/li>\n<li>28 July 1923: Hawke\u2019s Bay defends 10-6 at Napier<\/li>\n<li>5 September 1925: Hawke\u2019s Bay defends 20-11 at Wellington<\/li>\n<li>14 August 1926: Hawke\u2019s Bay defends 58-8 at Napier<\/li>\n<li>30 September 1967: Hawke\u2019s Bay defends 12-12 at Napier<\/li>\n<li>30 August 1969: Hawke\u2019s Bay defends 14-6 at Napier<\/li>\n<li>21 August 1982: Wellington defends 13-12 at Wellington<\/li>\n<li>1 October 2014: Hawke\u2019s Bay defends 36-14 at Napier<\/li>\n<li>8 November 2020: Hawke\u2019s Bay defends 34-18 at Napier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wellington overall Ranfurly Shield history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wellington had also\u00a0beaten holders Auckland 6-3 in the inaugural\u00a0Shield\u00a0challenge match at Alexandra Park on 6 August 1904. Auckland were presented with the new\u00a0Shield\u00a0that was donated to the NZRU by Lord\u00a0Ranfurly\u00a0at the end of the 1902 season as they were recognised as the leading provincial union at that time. As all Auckland\u2019s matches in 1903 were on tour it their first defence was against\u00a0Wellington\u00a0in the first home match of the following season.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington has since won the Shield 10 times, as follows (challenges resisted in brackets):<\/p>\n<p>1904-05 (4)<br \/>\n1914-20 (15)<br \/>\n1921-22 (2)<br \/>\n1930-31 (1)<br \/>\n1953 (5)<br \/>\n1956-57 (4)<br \/>\n1963 (0)<br \/>\n1974 (1)<br \/>\n1981-82 (4)<br \/>\n2008-09 (5)<\/p>\n<p>Wellington\u00a0won the\u00a0Ranfurly\u00a0Shield\u00a0off Taranaki (12-6) in 1914 and resisted a record 15 challenges before losing it to Southland in 1920, although no matches were played between 1915 and 1918. The loss to Southland was significant in that\u00a0Wellington\u00a0decided to take the\u00a0Shield\u00a0on \u2018tour\u2019 with them to the South Island. They successfully defended it away in Timaru to South Canterbury (32-16) and in Dunedin to Otago (16-5), before relinquishing it to Southland in Invercargill (6-17).<\/p>\n<p>The following year in 1921 Southland returned the gesture to\u00a0Wellington\u00a0and brought the\u00a0Shield\u00a0north after one successful defence at home against Otago.\u00a0Wellington\u00a0duly obliged and recaptured the log (28-13), before in turn losing it to Hawke\u2019s Bay (9-19) three defences later in 1922.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington\u00a0again captured the\u00a0Shield\u00a0off Southland in 1930 (12-3), defended it once against Southland (36-13) in 1931 before losing it to Canterbury (6-8).<\/p>\n<p>Wellington\u00a0rugby fans then had to wait 22 years for their next successful challenge when\u00a0Wellington\u00a0won it off Waikato (9-6), losing it to Canterbury (3-24) six matches later. They then regained it off Canterbury two seasons later (8-0), and lost it to Otago (11-19) in 1957 after four successful challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington next won the log o\u2019 wood in 1963 when they beat Auckland 8-3 on 31 August and then lost it to Taranaki (3-17) a week later on 7 September. This is a joint record (with Waikato) for the shortest tenure \u2013 seven days.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next decade\u00a0Wellington\u00a0played in five unsuccessful\u00a0Shield\u00a0challenges \u2013 0-3 and 3-11 against Taranaki in 1964 and 1965, 12-all and 6-14 against Hawke\u2019s Bay in 1967 and 1969 and 3-3 against Canterbury in 1970. The two draws against Hawke\u2019s Bay and Canterbury were particularly close, with Hawke\u2019s Bay first five-eighth Blair Furlong kicking a last-gasp dropped kick to retain the\u00a0Shield\u00a0in Napier and Canterbury fullback Fergie McCormack stepping up to kick a last minute penalty in Christchurch.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington\u00a0fans\u2019 patience went rewarded in 1981 when the team travelled to Hamilton for a mid-week challenge and took the\u00a0Shield\u00a0off Waikato 22-4. This was the last game of the season and they also won the second of their four NPC titles to date that year.<\/p>\n<p>In 1982 there were successful challenges against Marlborough (31-6), Wanganui (30-9), Hawke\u2019s Bay (13-12) and Taranaki (19-6) before Canterbury came to town on 18 September and won 16-12.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington\u2019s next challenge against Auckland in 2008 thus came some 26 years and two days after the Capital last held the\u00a0Shield, and followed 10 unsuccessful challenges between 1983-2005.<\/p>\n<p>Four of these ten were against Auckland in consecutive challenges, in 1987 (18-33), 1989 (6-29), 1991 (21-31) and 1993 (14-51), while the previous four have all been cliffhangers. These include a 24-30 loss to Waikato in 1999 a 29-31 defeat to Canterbury in 2001, a 38-all draw against Canterbury in 2003 and a 14-15 loss to the Cantabrians in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>They beat Auckland 27-0 at Eden Park, returned home to stave off Tasman in one successful defence, before defending it against Wairarapa-Bush, Wanganui, Otago and Auckland. Canterbury came to town on 29 August 2009 and won 36-14.<\/p>\n<p>Should Wellington win the Ranfurly Shield on Saturday night, bleary eyed supporters will be waking up the next morning exactly 40 years to the day that Wellington lost the Ranfurly Shield to Canterbury. On 18 September 1982, Canterbury won the RS at Athletic Park 16-12.<\/p>\n<h3>Further reading<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Wellington, Hawke&#8217;s Bay and the Ranfurly Shield in the 1920s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Link here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubrugby.co.nz\/wellington\/story.php?id=2087\">http:\/\/www.clubrugby.co.nz\/wellington\/story.php?id=2087<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hb-ranfurly-shield-1920s.jpg?resize=575%2C487&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hb-ranfurly-shield-1920s.jpg?resize=300%2C254&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hb-ranfurly-shield-1920s.jpg?w=693&amp;ssl=1 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>When Hawke&#8217;s Bay won the Ranfurly Shield off Wellington in 1922:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BdyXzYYIyG\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/2022\/02\/04\/rugby-in-1922-part-two-representative-rugby\/\">RUGBY IN 1922 (part TWO REPRESENTATIVE rugby)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;RUGBY IN 1922 (part TWO REPRESENTATIVE rugby)&#8221; &#8212; ClubRugby.nz\" src=\"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/2022\/02\/04\/rugby-in-1922-part-two-representative-rugby\/embed\/#?secret=FJ39Rfe1Hj#?secret=BdyXzYYIyG\" data-secret=\"BdyXzYYIyG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wellington, Hawke&#8217;s Bay and the Ranfurly Shield in the 1960s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Link here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubrugby.co.nz\/wellington\/story.php?id=1124\">http:\/\/www.clubrugby.co.nz\/wellington\/story.php?id=1124<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hb-1960s.jpg?resize=602%2C257&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hb-1960s.jpg?resize=300%2C128&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hb-1960s.jpg?resize=1024%2C439&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hb-1960s.jpg?resize=768%2C329&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hb-1960s.jpg?w=1102&amp;ssl=1 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-2 .wpls-fix-box,\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-2 .wpls-fix-box img.wp-post-image{max-height:250px; 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