Ranfurly Shield 2000–2009

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, Template:Rut Canterbury notably winning the shield four separate times, but ultimately losing it to Template:Rut Auckland, Template:Rut North Harbour, again to Auckland, and then Template:Rut Southland, who held the shield at the close of the decade.

Fixtures

2000

	6 July 2000	West Coast	3-99	Template:Rut Waikato	Rugby Park, Greymouth

	12 July 2000	Template:Rut North Otago	17-95	Template:Rut Waikato	Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru

	22 July 2000	Template:Rut Waikato	86-3	Template:Rut Wanganui	Tokaroa Memorial Sports Ground, Tokoroa

	19 August 2000	Template:Rut Waikato	52-14	Template:Rut Northland	Template:Rus Waikato Stadium

	2 September 2000	Template:Rut Waikato	44-36	Template:Rut Southland	Template:Rus Waikato Stadium

	9 September 2000	Template:Rut Waikato	24-11	Template:Rut North Harbour	Template:Rus Waikato Stadium

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	Template:Rut Waikato	18-26	Template:Rut Canterbury	Template:Rus Waikato Stadium

	1 October 2000	Template:Rut Canterbury	29-26	Template:Rut Otago	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	6 October 2000	Template:Rut Canterbury	28-22	Template:Rut Northland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2001

		Template:Rut Canterbury	69-3	Template:Rut Buller	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

		Template:Rut Canterbury	103-0	Template:Rut South Canterbury	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

		Template:Rut Canterbury	67-10	Nelson Bays / Template:Rut Tasman	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

		Template:Rut Canterbury	72-3	Template:Rut Bay of Plenty	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

		Template:Rut Canterbury	31-29	Template:Rut Wellington	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

		Template:Rut Canterbury	38-17	Template:Rut Taranaki	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

		Template:Rut Canterbury	38-10	Template:Rut Auckland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

		Template:Rut Canterbury	52-19	Template:Rut Waikato	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2002

	17 July 2002	Template:Rut Marlborough / Template:Rut Tasman	24-85	Template:Rut Canterbury	Lansdowne Park, Blenheim

	24 July 2002	Template:Rut Mid Canterbury	10-78	Template:Rut Canterbury	Ashburton Showgrounds, Ashburton

	9 August 2002	Template:Rut Canterbury	10-78	Template:Rut East Coast	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	31 August 2002	Template:Rut Canterbury	48-27	Template:Rut Southland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	13 September 2002	Template:Rut Canterbury	44-17	Template:Rut Northland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	28 September 2002	Template:Rut Canterbury	65-10	Template:Rut North Harbour	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	28 September 2002	Template:Rut Canterbury	16-13	Template:Rut Otago	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2003

	2 July 2003	Template:Rut North Otago	24-85	Template:Rut Canterbury	Centennial Park, Oamaru

	9 July 2003	Template:Rut Hawke's Bay	14-76	Template:Rut Canterbury	Template:Rus McLean Park

	24 August 2003	Template:Rut Canterbury	31-26	Template:Rut Bay of Plenty	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	30 August 2003	Template:Rut Canterbury	32-27	Template:Rut Taranaki	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	20 September 2003	Template:Rut Canterbury	35-24	Template:Rut Waikato	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	27 September 2003	Template:Rut Canterbury	38-38	Template:Rut Wellington	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

After 23 successive shield defences, Canterbury fall to long time rivals Auckland after a dominant performance in Christchurch, sees the shield head home to Auckland.

	11 October 2003	Template:Rut Canterbury	31-40	Template:Rut Auckland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2004

	28 July 2004	Template:Rut Auckland	67-3	Template:Rut Poverty Bay	Template:Rus Eden Park

	1 August 2004	Template:Rut Auckland	100-15	Template:Rut Counties Manukau	Template:Rus Eden Park

A shock upset in Auckland, as Bay of Plenty claim their first Ranfurly Shield victory, a historic win at the hallowed turf of Eden Park.

	15 August 2004	Template:Rut Auckland	28-33	Template:Rut Bay of Plenty	Template:Rus Eden Park

	22 August 2004	Template:Rut Bay of Plenty	26-20	Template:Rut Waikato	Baypark, Mount Maunganui

After a brilliant home defence over Waikato, the Bay of Plenty falls to Canterbury as they claim back what was theirs last season.

	5 September 2004	Template:Rut Bay of Plenty	26-33	Template:Rut Canterbury	Baypark, Mount Maunganui

	18 September 2004	Template:Rut Canterbury	52-13	Template:Rut Southland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	9 October 2004	Template:Rut Canterbury	68-19	Template:Rut Northland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2005

	22 June 2005	Template:Rut Canterbury	67-3	Template:Rut Marlborough / Template:Rut Tasman	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	12 July 2005	Template:Rut Canterbury	85-0	Nelson Bays / Template:Rut Tasman	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	20 August 2005	Template:Rut Canterbury	40-13	Template:Rut Bay of Plenty	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	3 September 2005	Template:Rut Canterbury	13-11	Template:Rut Taranaki	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	17 September 2005	Template:Rut Canterbury	23-15	Template:Rut Waikato	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	23 September 2005	Template:Rut Canterbury	15-14	Template:Rut Wellington	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	8 October 2005	Template:Rut Canterbury	27-12	Template:Rut Auckland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2006

	4 July 2006	Template:Rut South Canterbury	15-80	Template:Rut Canterbury	Template:Rus Alpine Energy Stadium

	11 July 2006	Template:Rut Canterbury	96-10	Template:Rut Wairarapa Bush	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	18 August 2006	Template:Rut Canterbury	24-7	Template:Rut Southland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	2 September 2006	Template:Rut Canterbury	22-17	Template:Rut Otago	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	10 September 2006	Template:Rut Canterbury	32-16	Template:Rut Counties Manukau	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

Christchurch is the home of upsets as North Harbour win the shield for the first time in 21 years since the club's inaugural season.

	24 September 2006	Template:Rut Canterbury	17-21	Template:Rut North Harbour	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2007

	30 August 2007	Template:Rut North Harbour	69-0	Template:Rut Thames Valley	Template:Rus North Harbour Stadium

	14 July 2007	Template:Rut North Harbour	99-6	Template:Rut Horowhenua Kapiti	Template:Rus North Harbour Stadium

	4 August 2007	Template:Rut North Harbour	19-13	Template:Rut Taranaki	Template:Rus North Harbour Stadium

North Harbour's historic first run of shield defences comes to a crunching halt by a simply dominant Waikato.

	25 August 2007	Template:Rut North Harbour	7-52	Template:Rut Waikato	Template:Rus North Harbour Stadium

But ultimately it wouldn't be a successful shield reign as Canterbury claim the shield back after just over a year without it.

	1 September 2007	Template:Rut Waikato	20-33	Template:Rut Canterbury	Template:Rus Waikato Stadium

	7 September 2007	Template:Rut Canterbury	44-6	Template:Rut 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.

	29 September 2007	Template:Rut Canterbury	15-26	Template:Rut Auckland	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2008

	15 July 2008	Template:Rut Poverty Bay	3-54	Template:Rut Auckland	More FM Rugby Park, Gisborne

	22 July 2008	Template:Rut North Otago	3-113	Template:Rut Auckland	Centennial Park, Oamaru

	10 August 2008	Template:Rut Auckland	22-6	Template:Rut Taranaki	Template:Rus Eden Park

	23 August 2008	Template:Rut Auckland	25-3	Template:Rut Manawatu	Template:Rus Eden Park

	6 September 2008	Template:Rut Auckland	13-9	Template:Rut Southland	Template:Rus Eden Park

On the weekend of Template:Rut Auckland Rugby's 125th anniversary, a dominant Wellington side broke Auckland hearts, and Wellington's 26-year drought stretching back to 1982.

	20 September 2008	Template:Rut Auckland	0-27	Template:Rut Wellington	Template:Rus Eden Park

	27 September 2009	Template:Rut Wellington	26–20	Template:Rut Tasman	Template:Rus Westpac Stadium

2009

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

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

	31 July 2009	Template:Rut Wellington	23–19	Template:Rut Otago	Template:Rus Westpac Stadium

	22 August 2009	Template:Rut Wellington	16–15	Template:Rut Auckland	Template:Rus Westpac Stadium

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	Template:Rut Wellington	14-36	Template:Rut Canterbury	Template:Rus Westpac Stadium

	12 September 2009	Template:Rut Canterbury	36-14	Template:Rut Otago	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

	18 September 2009	Template:Rut Canterbury	29-17	Template:Rut Taranaki	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

	26 September 2009	Template:Rut Canterbury	31-21	Template:Rut Northland	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

	9 October 2009	Template:Rut Canterbury	50-26	Template:Rut Manawatu	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

Christchurch again were 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	Template:Rut Canterbury	3-9	Template:Rut Southland	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

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