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<blockquote data-quote="Zambaman" data-source="post: 2039"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p>It's a trophy that was given to Auckland by the Fifth Earl of Ranfurly in 1902. Each year different Provinces play a match to try to gain it, during the NPC, and you can only win it by playing the shield holders at their home ground. So this year, if say Canterbury beat Auckland then we'll win the shield off them if they still have it by the time the match rolls around. It's pretty much a king of the table type trophy, that's been a part of New Zealand rugby for over 100 years, so it holds quite a lot of significance here. </p><p></p><p>There's some more information here : <a href="http://www.nzrugby.com/history/history_rs.asp" target="_blank">Shield History</a></p><p></p><p>I honestly hope that someone other than us, Auckland, or Waikato win it though. It would make it a lot more exciting than it has been in the past couple of years if it moved down south to Otago or Southland, or to Bay of Plenty or somewhere other than Auckland, Canterbury and Waikato.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zambaman, post: 2039"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> It's a trophy that was given to Auckland by the Fifth Earl of Ranfurly in 1902. Each year different Provinces play a match to try to gain it, during the NPC, and you can only win it by playing the shield holders at their home ground. So this year, if say Canterbury beat Auckland then we'll win the shield off them if they still have it by the time the match rolls around. It's pretty much a king of the table type trophy, that's been a part of New Zealand rugby for over 100 years, so it holds quite a lot of significance here. There's some more information here : [url="http://www.nzrugby.com/history/history_rs.asp"]Shield History[/url] I honestly hope that someone other than us, Auckland, or Waikato win it though. It would make it a lot more exciting than it has been in the past couple of years if it moved down south to Otago or Southland, or to Bay of Plenty or somewhere other than Auckland, Canterbury and Waikato. [/QUOTE]
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