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Ranfurly Shield winners, 1904–2014

Union Wins Defences
Auckland 15 148
Canterbury 14 132
Wellington 10 40
Waikato 9 50
Southland 7 22
Taranaki 5 42
Otago 5 32
Hawke's Bay 5 51
North Auckland 4 14
Wairarapa 3 10
South Canterbury 2 1
Manawatu 1 13
Marlborough 1 6
North Harbour 1 3
Horowhenua 1 2
Bay of Plenty 1 1
Counties Manukau 1 6

The first column of this table records the number of occasions on which teams have won the Ranfurly Shield from 1904 to 2014. The second column records the number of times they have then defended the shield either by recording wins or draws. The dominance of the big city unions is obvious. By far the highest number of defences was by Auckland between 1985 and 1993, when they defended the shield a remarkable 61 times. However, there have been notable tenures by some of the smaller unions, such as Hawke’s Bay in 1922–27 and again in 1966–69, Taranaki in 1957–59 and 1963–65, and Southland in 1938–47 and 2009–10.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Wikipedia - Ranfurly Shield and Scrum

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ron Palenski, Rugby union – Club and provincial rugby, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/40017/ranfurly-shield-winners-1904-2014 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ron Palenski, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012, updated 1 September 2016.