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The Golden Bay-Motueka Rugby Union was the governing body for
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in the Motueka and Golden Bay area, in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand, between 1920 and 1967.


History

The Golden Bay-Motueka Rugby Union was formed in 1920, following representations by Harry Manoy and Gordon Boundy at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union in Wellington in May of that year, which saw the area split from the
Nelson Rugby Union Nelson Rugby Union was founded in New Zealand in 1885 and played provincial rugby till 1967 when it merged with the Golden Bay-Motueka Rugby Union to create Nelson Bays Rugby Union, Nelson-Bays. Nelson in Ranfurly Shield In the history of the N ...
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served as the union's president from 1930 to 1933. After the 1967 season, Golden Bay-Motueka re-amalgamated with Nelson to form the Nelson Bays Rugby Union.


Ranfurly Shield

In the history of the Golden Bay-Motueka Rugby Union, they contested the
Ranfurly Shield The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is a trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Shield is based on a challenge system. The holding union must defend the shield in challenge ...
once only. They played the holders,
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at New Plymouth in 1958 and were defeated by 56 points to 8.


McGlashen Cup

The McGlashen Cup was contested between the Golden Bay-Motueka and Nelson Rugby Unions.


References


Ranfurly Shield at scrum.co.nz
* Lindsay Knight, ''The Shield: A Century of the Ranfurly Shield'', Celebrity Books (2002) Defunct rugby union teams in New Zealand Defunct New Zealand rugby union governing bodies Sport in the Tasman District 1920 establishments in New Zealand Motueka Sports organizations established in 1920 1967 disestablishments in New Zealand Sports organizations disestablished in 1967 {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-team-stub