Date Home Team vs Away Team Venue
1905 Wellington 03 vs 03 Wairarapa Wellington
1914 Taranaki 22 vs 03 Wairarapa Stratford
1923 Hawke’s Bay 06 vs 00 Wairarapa Napier
1924 Hawke’s Bay 30 vs 14 Wairarapa Napier
1925 Hawke’s Bay 22 vs 03 Wairarapa Napier
1926 Hawke’s Bay 77 vs 14 Wairarapa Napier
1927 Hawke’s Bay 11 vs 15 Wairarapa Napier
Wairarapa 53 vs 03 Bush Masterton
Wairarapa** 10 vs 21 Hawke’s Bay Masterton
Wairarapa 16 vs 18 Manawhenua Carterton
**= Note:- Subsequent appeal on the grounds of residential qualifications of one of the opposing side resulted in the Shield being returned to Wairarapa; in the meantime, however, Manawhenua had been successful in a provisional challenge, and the trophy was awarded to that Union.
1928 Canterbury 07 vs 08 Wairarapa Christchurch
Wairarapa 57 vs 11 Bush Masterton
Wairarapa 26 vs 08 Marlborough Carterton
Wairarapa 09 vs 03 Wellington Carterton
Wairarapa 31 vs 10 Manawhenua Carterton
1929 Wairarapa 10 vs 06 Hawke’s Bay Masterton
Wairarapa 17 vs 14 Auckland Carterton
Wairarapa 37 vs 16 Manawhenua Masterton
Wairarapa 17 vs 12 Canterbury Masterton
Wairarapa 16 vs 19 Southland Carterton
1935 Canterbury 27 vs 16 Wairarap Christchurch
1939 Southland 38 vs 00 Bush Invercargill
1946 Southland 12 vs 03 Wairarapa Invercargill
1950 Canterbury 00 vs 03 Wairarapa Christchurch
1951 Wairarapa 14 vs 17 Sth Canterbury Masterton
1952 Waikato 14 vs 00 Wairarapa Hamilton
1954 Canterbury 16 vs 03 Wairarapa Christchurch
1957 Wellington 22 vs 09 Bush Wellington
1962 Auckland 46 vs 06 Bush Auckland
1963 Auckland 22 vs 08 Wairarapa Auckland
1964 Taranaki 32 vs 08 Wairarapa New Plymouth
1965 Taranaki 33 vs 06 Bush New Plymouth
1967 Hawke’s Bay 27 vs 06 Wairarapa Napier
1969 Hawke’s Bay 18 vs 11 Wairarapa Napier
1973 Marlborough 36 vs 00 Wairarapa-Bush Blenheim
1977 Manawatu 12 vs 06 Wairarapa-Bush Palmerston Nth
1982 Canterbury 51 vs 06 Wairarapa-Bush Christchurch
1984 Canterbury 24 vs 06 Wairarapa-Bush Christchurch
1986 Auckland 50 vs 07 Wairarapa-Bush Auckland
1999 Waikato 74 vs 06 Wairarapa-Bush Hamilton
2006 Canterbury 96 vs 10 Wairarapa-Bush Christchurch
2009 Wellington 90 vs 19 Wairarapa-Bush Masterton
2015 Hawkes Bay 58 vs 07 Wairarapa-Bush Napier
The 1927 Shield Winning Wairarapa Side
This side boasted no fewer than 10 either recent, current or soon to be All Blacks.
L. Roach
R. Booth
J.C. Stringfellow Click Here
W. Yates
A.E. Cooke Click Here
R.T. Cundy Click Here
J.Hiroti
K.H. Reid Click Here
S. Willoughby Click Here
J. Donald Click Here
M. Parker
I. Harvey Click Here
W. Reside Click Here
W.Irvine Click Here
Q. Donald Click Here
Bush had seven unsuccessful challenges for the Ranfurly Shield between 1927 and 1968:
- 1927: Wairarapa 53 vs Bush 3, at Masterton
- 1928: Wairarapa 57 vs Bush 11, at Masterton
- 1939: Southland 38 vs Bush 0, at Invercargill
- 1957: Wellington 22 vs Bush 9, at Wellington
- 1962: Auckland 46 vs Bush 6, at Auckland
- 1965: Taranaki 33 vs Bush 6, at New Plymouth
- 1968: Hawke’s Bay 36 vs Bush 6, at Napier
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