Ranfurly Shield 1920–29

The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is perhaps the most prestigious trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition.^[1] 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. Hawkes Bay were the most successful team during this period with 24 successful defences which was, at that stage, a record.

Holders

Union	Won	Successful Defences
Wellington	Held at beginning of decade	10
Southland	15 September 1920	1
Wellington	10 September 1921	2
Hawke's Bay	9 August 1922	24
Wairarapa	3 June 1927	2
Manawhenua	6 August 1927	2
Canterbury	7 September 1927	1
Wairarapa	18 July 1928	8
Southland	31 August 1929	0

Fixtures

1920

	1920	Wellington	15–3	Canterbury	Wellington

	1920	Wellington	22–3	Bay of Plenty	Wellington

	1920	Wellington	20–9	Taranaki	Hawera

	1920	Wellington	20–5	Hawke's Bay	Wellington

	1920	Wellington	23–20	Auckland	Auckland

	1920	Wellington	16–5	Taranaki	Wellington

	1920	Wellington	20–14	Wanganui	Wellington

	1920	Wellington	20–3	Auckland	Wellington

	1920	Wellington	32–16	South Canterbury	Timaru

	1920	Wellington	16–5	Otago	Dunedin

	1920	Southland	17–6	Wellington	Invercargill

1921

	1921	Southland	10–8	Otago	Invercargill

	1921	Wellington	28–13	Southland	Wellington

	1921	Wellington	27–19	Auckland	Wellington

	1921	Wellington	13–8	Otago	Wellington

1922

	1922	Hawke's Bay	19-9	Wellington	Wellington

	1922	Hawke's Bay	17-16	Bay of Plenty	Hastings

	1922	Hawke's Bay	42-8	King Country	Napier

1923

	1923	Hawke's Bay	6-0	Wairarapa	Napier

	1923	Hawke's Bay	10-6	Wellington	Napier

	1923	Hawke's Bay	15-0	Poverty Bay	Hastings

	1923	Hawke's Bay	9-8	Canterbury	Hastings

	1923	Hawke's Bay	38-11	Horowhenua-Kapiti	Napier

	1923	Hawke's Bay	20-5	Auckland	Napier

1924

	1924	Hawke's Bay	30-14	Wairarapa	Napier

	1924	Hawke's Bay	46-10	Poverty Bay	Napier

	1924	Hawke's Bay	35-3	Nelson	Napier

	1924	Hawke's Bay	23-6	Auckland	Hastings

	1924	Hawke's Bay	31-5	Manawatu	Napier

1925

	1925	Hawke's Bay	22-3	Wairarapa	Napier

	1925	Hawke's Bay	24-18	Canterbury	Napier

	1925	Hawke's Bay	31-12	Southland	Napier

	1925	Hawke's Bay	28-3	Taranaki	Hastings

	1925	Hawke's Bay	20-11	Wellington	Wellington

	1925	Hawke's Bay	34-14	Otago	Hastings

1926

	1926	Hawke's Bay	77-14	Wairarapa	Napier

	1926	Hawke's Bay	36-3	Wanganui	Hastings

	1926	Hawke's Bay	58-8	Wellington	Napier

	1926	Hawke's Bay	41-11	Auckland	Napier

	1926	Hawke's Bay	17-15	Canterbury	Christchurch

1927

	1927	Hawke's Bay	11-15	Wairarapa	Napier

	1927	Wairarapa	53-3	Bush	Masterton

	1927	Wairarapa	10-21^{[nb 1]}	Hawke's Bay	Masterton

	1927	Wairarapa	16-18	Manawhenua	Carterton

	1927	Manawhenua	9-3	Taranaki	Palmerston North

	1927	Manawhenua	25-6	Wanganui	Palmerston North

	1927	Manawhenua	6-17	Canterbury	Palmerston North

Table footnotes:

↑ match awarded to Wairarapa following an appeal to the NZRFU. Hawke's Bay fielded a player who had not fulfilled the necessary residential qualifications and therefore lost the match

Notes and references

↑ "Ranfurly Shield History". Canterburyrugby.co.nz. Retrieved 2011-07-26.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100525103211/http://www.scrum.co.nz/Ranfurly_Shield_1920-1929.asp

External links

Ranfurly Shield at nzrugby.com (history, stories, audio highlights, trivia)

Ranfurly Shield

Fixtures	1904–1909 1910–1919 1920–1929 1930–1939 1940–1949 1950–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–08 2009 2010–2019

Holders	Auckland Bay of Plenty Canterbury Counties Manukau Hawke's Bay Manawatu Manawhenua Marlborough North Auckland North Harbour Otago Southland South Canterbury Taranaki Waikato (current) Wairarapa Wellington

Rugby union in New Zealand

Governing body

New Zealand Rugby Union

National teams

Men's	New Zealand Sevens U-20 Schoolboys Defunct: U-21 U-19

Women's	New Zealand Sevens

Other notable teams

Competitions

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