Ranfurly Shield 2000–2008

Ranfurly Shield
Ranfurly Shield
Countries	New Zealand
Official website
	www.mitre10cup.co.nz/Competition/RanfurlyShield
	← 1990–1999 2009 →

The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is perhaps the most prestigious 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.

Waikato opened the decade with the Ranfurly Shield defending it successfully 21 times prior to losing it. The shield changed hands 11 times throughout the decade,Canterbury notably winning the shield four separate times, but ultimately losing it to Auckland,North Harbour, Auckland again, and finallySouthland, who held the shield at the close of the decade.

The Bay of Plenty and Wellington were also involved with short Shield stints during the decade – both beating Auckland at Eden Park, but also both falling to Canterbury. North Harbour secured The Shield for the first time in beating Canterbury, however gave The Shield to a strong Waikato side after three defences.

Fixtures[edit]

2000[edit]

	6 July 2000	West Coast	3–99	Waikato	Rugby Park, Greymouth

	12 July 2000	North Otago	17–95	Waikato	Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru

	22 July 2000	Waikato	86–3	Wanganui	Tokaroa Memorial Sports Ground, Tokoroa

	19 August 2000	Waikato	52–14	Northland	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	2 September 2000	Waikato	44–36	Southland	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	9 September 2000	Waikato	24–11	North Harbour	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Waikato finally succumbed to the pressure of Ranfurly shield rugby after valiantly defending the shield 21 times, a run of games stretching back to 1997

	23 September 2000	Waikato	18–26	Canterbury	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	1 October 2000	Canterbury	29–26	Otago	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	6 October 2000	Canterbury	28–22	Northland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2001[edit]

	11 July 2001	Canterbury	69–3	Buller	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	18 July 2001	Canterbury	103–0	South Canterbury	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	4 August 2001	Canterbury	67–10	Nelson Bays / Tasman	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	25 August 2001	Canterbury	72–3	Bay of Plenty	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	22 September 2001	Canterbury	31–29	Wellington	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	5 October 2001	Canterbury	38–17	Taranaki	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	12 October 2001	Canterbury	38–10	Auckland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	19 October 2001	Canterbury	52–19	Waikato	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2002[edit]

	17 July 2002	Marlborough / Tasman	24–85	Canterbury	Lansdowne Park, Blenheim

	24 July 2002	Mid Canterbury	78–10	Canterbury	Ashburton Showgrounds, Ashburton

	9 August 2002	Canterbury	51–06	East Coast	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	31 August 2002	Canterbury	48–27	Southland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	13 September 2002	Canterbury	44–17	Northland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	28 September 2002	Canterbury	65–10	North Harbour	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	12 October 2002	Canterbury	16–13	Otago	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2003[edit]

	2 July 2003	North Otago	24–85	Canterbury	Centennial Park, Oamaru

	9 July 2003	Hawke's Bay	14–76	Canterbury	McLean Park, Napier

	24 August 2003	Canterbury	31–26	Bay of Plenty	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	30 August 2003	Canterbury	32–27	Taranaki	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	20 September 2003	Canterbury	35–24	Waikato	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	27 September 2003	Canterbury	38–38	Wellington	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

After 23 successive shield defences Canterbury fall to long time rivals Auckland – a dominant performance in Christchurch, sees The Shield head to Auckland

	11 October 2003	Canterbury	31–40	Auckland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2004[edit]

	28 July 2004	Auckland	67–3	Poverty Bay	Eden Park, Auckland

	1 August 2004	Auckland	100–15	Counties Manukau	Eden Park, Auckland

A shock upset in Auckland after only two defences, as the Steamers claim their first Ranfurly Shield victory, a historic win at the hallowed turf of Eden Park

	15 August 2004	Auckland	28–33	Bay of Plenty	Eden Park, Auckland

	22 August 2004	Bay of Plenty	26–20	Waikato	Baypark, Mount Maunganui

After a brilliant home defence over staunch local rivals Waikato – the Steamers fall to Canterbury as the Red and Black take The Shield back down south

	5 September 2004	Bay of Plenty	26–33	Canterbury	Baypark, Mount Maunganui

	18 September 2004	Canterbury	52–13	Southland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	9 October 2004	Canterbury	68–19	Northland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2005[edit]

	22 June 2005	Canterbury	67–3	Marlborough / Tasman	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	12 July 2005	Canterbury	85–0	Nelson Bays / Tasman	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	20 August 2005	Canterbury	40–13	Bay of Plenty	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	3 September 2005	Canterbury	13–11	Taranaki	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	17 September 2005	Canterbury	23–15	Waikato	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	23 September 2005	Canterbury	15–14	Wellington	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	8 October 2005	Canterbury	27–12	Auckland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2006[edit]

	4 July 2006	South Canterbury	15–80	Canterbury	Fraser Park, Timaru

	11 July 2006	Canterbury	96–10	Wairarapa Bush	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	18 August 2006	Canterbury	24–7	Southland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	2 September 2006	Canterbury	22–17	Otago	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	10 September 2006	Canterbury	32–16	Counties Manukau	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

Christchurch is the home of upsets as North Harbour win The Shield for the first time in 11 attempts in its 21 year history as a rugby province

	24 September 2006	Canterbury	17–21	North Harbour	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2007[edit]

	30 August 2007	North Harbour	69–0	Thames Valley	North Harbour Stadium, Albany

	14 July 2007	North Harbour	99–6	Horowhenua Kapiti	North Harbour Stadium, Albany

	4 August 2007	North Harbour	19–13	Taranaki	North Harbour Stadium, Albany

North Harbour's historic first run of three shield defences comes to a crunching halt by a simply dominant Waikato displaying electric attacking rugby

	25 August 2007	North Harbour	7–52	Waikato	North Harbour Stadium, Albany

Ultimately it wouldn't be a successful shield reign for The Mooloos as Canterbury went on to claim The Shield back after just over a year without it

	1 September 2007	Waikato	20–33	Canterbury	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	7 September 2007	Canterbury	44–6	Hawke's Bay	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

A dominant Auckland team crushed any hopes Canterbury had of repeating the double figure shield defences of earlier in the decade with a classy win

	29 September 2007	Canterbury	15–26	Auckland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2008[edit]

	15 July 2008	Poverty Bay	3–54	Auckland	More FM Rugby Park, Gisborne

	22 July 2008	North Otago	3–113	Auckland	Centennial Park, Oamaru

	10 August 2008	Auckland	22–6	Taranaki	Eden Park, Auckland

	23 August 2008	Auckland	25–3	Manawatu	Eden Park, Auckland

	6 September 2008	Auckland	13–9	Southland	Eden Park, Auckland

On the weekend ofAuckland Rugby's 125th anniversary, a dominant Wellington side broke Gull hearts, and its own 26-year drought stretching back to 1982

	20 September 2008	Auckland	0–27	Wellington	Eden Park, Auckland

	27 September 2009	Wellington	26–20	Tasman	Westpac Stadium, Wellington

2009[edit]

	2 July 2009	Wairarapa Bush	19–90	Wellington	Memorial Park, Masterton

	9 July 2009	Wanganui	6–61	Wellington	Cooks Gardens, Whanganui

	31 July 2009	Wellington	23–19	Otago	Westpac Stadium, Wellington

	22 August 2009	Wellington	16–15	Auckland	Westpac Stadium, Wellington

In just under two years after losing The Shield to Auckland, Canterbury regain it after a dominant performance in the Capital, outclassing Wellington

	29 August 2009	Wellington	14–36	Canterbury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington

	12 September 2009	Canterbury	36–14	Otago	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

	18 September 2009	Canterbury	29–17	Taranaki	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

	26 September 2009	Canterbury	31–21	Northland	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

	9 October 2009	Canterbury	50–26	Manawatu	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

Christchurch was again host to a mighty upset as Southland regained the Shield for the fifth time in their history after a 50-year hiatus stretching back to 1959

	22 October 2009	Canterbury	3–9	Southland	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

External links[edit]

Ranfurly Shield history on the Mitre 10 Cup website
"TawaLink - Ranfurly Shield results". tawalink.com. Retrieved 4 January 2023.