Ranfurly Shield 1970–1979

Ranfurly Shield
Ranfurly Shield
Countries	New Zealand
Official website
	www.provincial.rugby/ranfurly-shield/
	← 1960–1969 1980–1989 →

The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is a trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Ranfurly Shield is based on a challenge system, rather than a league or knockout competition as with most football trophies. The holding union must defend the Shield in challenge matches, and if a challenger defeats them, they become the new holder of the Shield.

Canterbury began the decade as shield holders, and held it two separate times throughout the 1970s. Marlborough notably won their first shield challenge in 1973, and held it for six successful defences before losing it to South Canterbury.^[1]^[2]

Fixtures

1970

	8 August 1970	Canterbury	19–8	South Canterbury	Christchurch

	29 August 1970	Canterbury	14–9	Waikato	Christchurch

	5 September 1970	Canterbury	13–3	Taranaki	Christchurch

	8 September 1970	Canterbury	19–8	Buller	Christchurch

	16 September 1970	Canterbury	28–8	Mid Canterbury	Christchurch

	19 September 1970	Canterbury	20–9	Southland	Christchurch

	26 September 1970	Canterbury	16–12	Otago	Christchurch

	30 September 1970	Canterbury	3–3	Wellington	Christchurch

1971

	21 August 1971	Canterbury	19–8	North Otago	Christchurch

	28 August 1971	Canterbury	16–20	Auckland	Christchurch

	11 September 1971	Auckland	17–8	Counties	Auckland

	18 September 1971	Auckland	12–17	North Auckland	Auckland
					Attendance: 47,000

	25 September 1971	North Auckland	16–6	King Country	Whangarei

1972

	1 July 1972	North Auckland	35–0	Buller	Whangarei

	22 July 1972	North Auckland	35–0	Poverty Bay	Gisborne

	29 July 1972	North Auckland	4–4	Manawatu	Whangarei

	5 August 1972	North Auckland	27–15	Taranaki	Whangarei

	12 August 1972	North Auckland	22–6	Bay of Plenty	Whangarei

	26 August 1972	North Auckland	15–16	Auckland	Whangarei
					Attendance: 40,000

	5 September 1972	Auckland	6–12	Canterbury	Auckland

	16 September 1972	Canterbury	47–3	West Coast	Christchurch

	27 September 1972	Canterbury	23–9	Otago	Christchurch

1973

	28 July 1973	Canterbury	6–13	Marlborough	Christchurch

	11 August 1973	Marlborough	36–0	Wairarapa Bush	Blenheim

	1 September 1973	Marlborough	26–9	North Otago	Blenheim

	8 September 1973	Marlborough	30–6	Wanganui	Blenheim

	22 September 1973	Marlborough	29–9	Nelson Bays	Blenheim

	29 September 1973	Marlborough	36–9	Mid Canterbury	Blenheim

1974

	27 July 1974	Marlborough	18–0	West Coast	Blenheim

	17 August 1974	Marlborough	6–18	South Canterbury	Blenheim

	31 August 1974	South Canterbury	9–3	North Otago	Timaru

	3 September 1974	South Canterbury	3–9	Wellington	Timaru

	15 September 1974	Wellington	18–12	Waikato	Wellington

	21 September 1974	Wellington	13–26	Auckland	Wellington

	28 September 1974	Auckland	9–6	Waikato	Auckland

1975

	13 August 1975	Auckland	22–0	Thames Valley	Auckland

	30 August 1975	Auckland	19–6	Hawke's Bay	Auckland

	6 September 1975	Auckland	19–14	Wellington	Auckland

	10 September 1975	Auckland	7–6	Counties	Auckland

	20 September 1975	Auckland	22–16	North Auckland	Auckland

	27 September 1975	Auckland	17–13	Waikato	Auckland

	30 September 1975	Auckland	13–4	Marlborough	Auckland

1976

	4 August 1976	Auckland	16–9	Wanganui	Eden Park, Auckland

	18 August 1976	Auckland	9–9	Southland	Eden Park, Auckland
		Pen: Steve Watt (3/3)		Try: Dave Saunders Con: Geoff Valli (1/1) Pen: Geoff Valli (1/1)	Referee: Brian Walter Duffy (Taranaki)

	12 August 1976	Auckland	10–12	Manawatu	Eden Park, Auckland
		Try: Andy Haden Terry Morrison Con: Steve Watt (1/2)		Try: Doug Rollerson Con: Duncan Hales (1/1) Pen: Doug Rollerson (1/1) Drop: Doug Rollerson (1/1)	Referee: Colin Patrick Gregan (Waikato)

	4 September 1976	Manawatu	36–16	Horowhenua	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North

	12 September 1976	Manawatu	15–3	Hawke's Bay	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Murray Watts Alan Campbell Innes Con: Doug Rollerson (2/2) Pen: Doug Rollerson (1/1)		Pen: Richard Cox (1/1)	Referee: John Pring (Auckland)

1977

	17 August 1977	Manawatu	12–6	Wairarapa Bush	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Kenneth Granger Con: Mike Banks (1/1) Pen: Mike Banks (1/1) Doug Rollerson (1/1)	^[3]	Pen: Neil Kjestrup (2/2)	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kevin Lynch (Poverty Bay)

	20 August 1977	Manawatu	26–9	Wanganui	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Brian Morris (2) Mark Donaldson Kevin Maharey Con: Mike Banks (2/4) Pen: Mike Banks (2/2)	^[4]	Try: Bob Barrell Con: Murdock McKenzie (1/1) Pen: Bob Barrell (1/1)	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alan Taylor (Canterbury)

	27 August 1977	Manawatu	15–10	Counties	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Jim Carroll Con: Doug Rollerson (1/1) Pen: Mike Banks (2/2) Drop: Doug Rollerson (1/2)	^[5]	Try: Peter Clotworthy Con: Bob Lendrum (0/1) Pen: Bob Lendrum (2/2)	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Colin Gregan (Waikato)

	3 September 1977	Manawatu	21–7	Marlborough	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Kevin Maharey (2) John Callesen Con: Doug Rollerson (0/3) Pen: Doug Rollerson (3/3)	^[6]	Try: Brian Ford Con: Brian Hunter (0/1) Drop: Brian Hunter (1/1)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Peter McDavitt (Wellington)

	7 September 1977	Manawatu	18–6	Southland	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Alan Innes Kenneth Granger John Loveday Con: Doug Rollerson (0/3) Pen: Doug Rollerson (1/1) Drop: Doug Rollerson (1/1)	^[7]	Pen: Brian McKechnie (1/1) Drop: Brian McKechnie (1/1)	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Keith Lawrence (Bay of Plenty)

	17 September 1977	Manawatu	6–3	Taranaki	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Kevin Maharey Con: Doug Rollerson (1/1)	^[8]	Pen: Stephen Davidson (1/1)	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: John Pring (Auckland)

	24 September 1977	Manawatu	17–3	Otago	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Hugh Blair John Callesen Con: Doug Rollerson (0/2) Pen: Doug Rollerson (2/2) Drop: Jim Carroll (1/1)	^[9]	Pen: Bevan Wilson (1/1)	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alan Taylor (Canterbury)

1978

	29 July 1978	Manawatu	51–10	West Coast	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Mac Thompson (2) Hugh Blair (3) Mick O'Callaghan Kenneth Granger (3) Jim Carroll Gary Knight Con: Mac Thompson (1/10) Jim Carroll (1/1) Pen: Mac Thompson (1/3)	^[10]	Try: Colin Skates Con: Tony Kissick (0/1) Pen: Tony Kissick (2/2)	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jeff Walker (Otago)

	5 August 1978	Manawatu	42–14	Horowhenua	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Hugh Blair Kenneth Granger Jim Carroll Wayne Green Perry Harris Gary Knight Con: Mike Banks (3/6) Pen: Mike Banks (2/2) Drop: Jim Carroll (2/2)	^[11]	Try: Mike Nutting John McKenzie Warren Robinson Con: Mark Liddicoat (1/3)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: John Macdonald (North Otago)

	29 August 1978	Manawatu	24–0	Poverty Bay	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Kenneth Granger Jim Carroll Geoff Old Wayne Green Con: Mike Banks (1/4) Pen: Mike Banks (1/1) Drop: Jim Carroll (1/1)	^[12]		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Colin Gregan (Waikato)

	2 September 1978	Manawatu	13–6	Wellington	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Hugh Blair Mick O'Callaghan Con: Mike Banks (1/2) Pen: Mike Banks (1/1)	^[13]	Pen: Brian Cederwall (2/2)	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Mike Farnworth (Auckland)

	12 September 1978	Manawatu	10–12	North Auckland	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North
		Try: Hugh Blair Con: Mike Banks (0/1) Pen: Mike Banks (1/1) Drop: Jim Carroll (1/1)	^[14]	Pen: Chippie Semenoff (4/4)	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Bill Adlam (Wanganui)

1979

	28 July 1979	North Auckland	21–6	King Country	Okara Park, Whangarei
		Try: David Haynes (2) Mike Burgoyne Peter Sloane Con: Eddie Dunn (1/4) Pen: Eddie Dunn (1/1)	^[15]	Pen: John Lang (2/2)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Keith Lawrence (Bay of Plenty)

	4 August 1979	North Auckland	35–3	Thames Valley	Okara Park, Whangarei
		Try: David Haynes Charles Going Eddie Dunn Tuck Waaka (2) Peter Sloane Con: Lloyd Roberts (3/5) Tuck Waaka (1/1) Pen: Tuck Waaka (1/1)	^[16]	Pen: Peter Slavich (1/1)	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Norm Thomas (Manawatu)

	18 August 1979	North Auckland	29–6	Marlborough	Okara Park, Whangarei
		Try: David Haynes (2) Charles Going Jo Pilcher Ian Phillips Peter Sloane Con: Mike Gunson (1/6) Pen: Mike Gunson (0/4) Drop: Eddie Dunn (1/1)	^[17]	Pen: Steve Marfell (2/2)	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dave Millar (Otago)

	1 September 1979	North Auckland	20–12	South Canterbury	Okara Park, Whangarei
		Try: Ian Phillips Lloyd Roberts Con: Eddie Dunn (0/2) Pen: David Haynes (1/1) Eddie Dunn (1/1) Drop: Eddie Dunn (2/2)	^[18]	Try: Dave Callon Con: Tony Kelley (1/1) Pen: Tony Kelley (2/2)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bob Francis (Wairarapa Bush)

	11 September 1979	North Auckland	23–11	Taranaki	Okara Park, Whangarei
		Try: Mike Gunson Steve Griffin (2) Tuck Waaka Con: Tuck Waaka (1/3) Eddie Dunn (1/1) Pen: Tuck Waaka (1/1)	^[19]	Try: Brett Gould Dave Loveridge Con: Paul Martin (1/2)	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Murray Jarvis (Southland)

	22 September 1979	North Auckland	3–9	Auckland	Okara Park, Whangarei
		Pen: Eddie Dunn (1/1)	^[20]	Pen: Colin Farrell (1/1) Drop: Lindsay Harris (1/1) Richard Dunn (1/1)	Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Brian Duffy (Taranaki)

	29 September 1979	Auckland	11–9	Counties	Eden Park, Auckland
		Try: Colin Farrell Tim Twigden Con: Richard Dunn (0/2) Pen: Richard Dunn (1/1)	^[21]	Try: Hank Habraken Con: Mark Codlin (1/1) Pen: Mark Codlin (1/1)	Attendance: 50,100 Referee: Bob Francis (Wairarapa Bush)

Citations

^ Knight, Lindsay (2002). The Shield. Rugby Press. ISBN 1877252131
^ "RANFURLY SHIELD CHALLENGES 1973 – 2020" (PDF). Rugby History NZ. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 86.
^ Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 87.
^ Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 88.
^ Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 89.
^ Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 90.
^ Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 91.
^ Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 93.
^ Howitt 1978, p. 69.
^ Howitt 1978, p. 70.
^ Howitt 1978, p. 71.
^ Howitt 1978, p. 73.
^ Howitt 1978, p. 75.
^ Howitt 1979, p. 81.
^ Howitt 1979, p. 82.
^ Howitt 1979, p. 83.
^ Howitt 1979, p. 84.
^ Howitt 1979, p. 85.
^ Howitt 1979, p. 87.
^ Howitt 1979, p. 89.

References

Howitt, Bob; McDonald, Sandy (1977). DB Rugby Annual 1977. Auckland: Moa. ISBN 0 908570 15 5.
Howitt, Bob (1978). DB Rugby Annual 1978. Auckland: Moa. ISBN 0 908570 24 4.
Howitt, Bob (1979). DB Rugby Annual 1979. Auckland: Moa. ISBN 0 908570 30 9.

External links

[1] Knight, Lindsay (2002). The Shield. Rugby Press. ISBN 1877252131

[2] "RANFURLY SHIELD CHALLENGES 1973 – 2020" (PDF). Rugby History NZ. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[FOOTNOTEHowittMcDonald197786-3] Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 86.

[FOOTNOTEHowittMcDonald197787-4] Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 87.

[FOOTNOTEHowittMcDonald197788-5] Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 88.

[FOOTNOTEHowittMcDonald197789-6] Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 89.

[FOOTNOTEHowittMcDonald197790-7] Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 90.

[FOOTNOTEHowittMcDonald197791-8] Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 91.

[FOOTNOTEHowittMcDonald197793-9] Howitt & McDonald 1977, p. 93.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197869-10] Howitt 1978, p. 69.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197870-11] Howitt 1978, p. 70.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197871-12] Howitt 1978, p. 71.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197873-13] Howitt 1978, p. 73.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197875-14] Howitt 1978, p. 75.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197981-15] Howitt 1979, p. 81.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197982-16] Howitt 1979, p. 82.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197983-17] Howitt 1979, p. 83.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197984-18] Howitt 1979, p. 84.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197985-19] Howitt 1979, p. 85.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197987-20] Howitt 1979, p. 87.

[FOOTNOTEHowitt197989-21] Howitt 1979, p. 89.

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