In 2011, during the Rugby World Cup, there was a re-enactment of one of the first games played under rugby rules in New Zealand, on the original site – the Observation Hill reserve in Nelson. The original game was played on 14 May 1870 between the Nelson town football club and Nelson College. The re-enactment, watched by about 5,000 people, emphasised the extent to which the original game consisted of large rolling mauls, as shown here. Points were not scored when a player touched the ball down over the goal line, but only if they successfully kicked a goal after the touchdown, and so ‘converted’ the ‘try’ into points.