Ranfurly Shield 1970–1979

Ranfurly Shield
Countries	New Zealand
Official website
www.provincial.rugby/ranfurly-shield/

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.

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 Manukau	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 Manukau	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	Auckland

	18 August 1976	Auckland	9–9	Southland	Auckland

	12 August 1976	Auckland	10–12	Manawatu	Auckland

	4 September 1976	Manawatu	36–16	Horowhenua Kapiti	Palmerston North

	12 September 1976	Manawatu	15–3	Hawke's Bay	Palmerston North

1977

	17 August 1977	Manawatu	12–6	Wairarapa Bush	Palmerston North

	20 August 1977	Manawatu	26–9	Wanganui	Palmerston North

	27 August 1977	Manawatu	15–10	Counties Manukau	Palmerston North

	3 September 1977	Manawatu	21–7	Marlborough	Palmerston North

	7 September 1977	Manawatu	18–6	Southland	Palmerston North

	17 September 1977	Manawatu	6–3	Taranaki	Palmerston North

	24 September 1977	Manawatu	17–3	Otago	Palmerston North

1978

	29 July 1978	Manawatu	51–10	West Coast	Palmerston North

	5 August 1978	Manawatu	42–14	Horowhenua Kapiti	Palmerston North

	29 August 1978	Manawatu	24–0	Poverty Bay	Palmerston North

	2 September 1978	Manawatu	13–6	Wellington	Palmerston North

	12 September 1978	Manawatu	10–12	North Auckland	Palmerston North

1979

	28 July 1979	North Auckland	21–6	King Country	Whangarei

	4 August 1979	North Auckland	35–3	Thames Valley	Whangarei

	18 August 1979	North Auckland	29–6	Marlborough	Whangarei

	11 September 1979	North Auckland	23–11	Taranaki	Whangarei

	22 September 1979	North Auckland	3–9	Auckland	Whangarei

	29 September 1979	Auckland	11–9	Counties Manukau	Auckland

External links

• https://www.provincial.rugby/ranfurly-shield/
• https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/ranfurly-shield