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* Auckland is alleged to dominate the National Provincial Championship in rugby union in the 1980s and 90s, when Auckland won the championship in 15 out of 30 years and never lost in a final, holding the prestigious Ranfurly Shield trophy for a record 61 successful defences over 8 years.
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 Ranfurly Shield is based on a challenge system, rather than a league or knockout competition as with most football trophies.
Although the professional era of rugby has seen competitions such as the ITM Cup and Super Rugby detracting from the pre-eminence of the Ranfurly Shield, many still regard it as the greatest prize in New Zealand domestic rugby, thanks to its long history, the fact that every challenge is a sudden-death defence of the Shield, and that any team, no matter how lowly, has a chance to win.
In August 2008, the New Zealand Rugby Union released a competitions review that proposed dramatic changes to the Ranfurly Shield rules:
He played for Marist Brothers Old Boys RFC and Auckland domstically, winning 142 caps with the latter during an era when the side dominated the NPC and Ranfurly Shield.
Between 1985 and 1999 Auckland won 9 NPC titles, 5 Super 6 championships, and defended the Ranfurly Shield a record 61 consecutive times ( between 1985 and 1993 ), while the Blues won the first two Super 12 competitions in 1996 and 1997.
Spencer first rose to prominence when he starred alongside Christian Cullen in a Ranfurly Shield challenge in 1991, playing for the Horowhenua team against Auckland.
One of their most memorable moments was when they successfully retained the Ranfurly Shield against Waikato in 1954 with a last minute try.
After 10 previous unsuccessful challenges for the Ranfurly Shield, most notably 1996 when they challenged for it three times in 6 weeks against Taranaki, Waikato and Auckland, North Harbour succeeded in their eleventh challenge for the shield on 24 September 2006 by beating the previous holders Canterbury 21-17 at Jade Stadium in Christchurch < ref name = HarbourCanterbury >
They also were the first South Island province to claim the coveted Ranfurly Shield trophy after defeating Wellington 17-6 in 1920.
On Thursday 22 October 2009 the Stags challenged Canterbury at AMI Stadium, Christchurch for the Ranfurly Shield.
Ranfurly and 1995
* Ranfurly, Hermione, Countess of ( 1995 ) To War With Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Contess of Ranfurly, 1939-1945 Manderin Paperbacks, 1994, ISBN 0-7493-1954-2, ISBN 978-0-7493-1954-0
* To War With Whitaker, The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly 1939 – 1945, Mandarin Paperbacks, London, 1995 ( First ed.
Shield and 1995
The first major tournament final to be decided by such a goal was the 1995 Auto Windscreens Shield Final where Birmingham beat Carlisle United 1-0 with a goal from Paul Tait, followed by the 1996 European Football Championship, won by Germany over the Czech Republic.
Sticky foam was tried by the U. S. Marine Corps in the peacekeeping Operation United Shield in 1995 with some success, but as a result various complications in its field use were also discovered.
Single Shield TBMs operate in the same way, but are used only in fractured ground, as they can only push off against the concrete segments ( Stack, 1995 ).
STS-69 Endeavour ( September 7 – 18, 1995 ), was an eleven-day mission during which the crew successfully deployed and retrieved a SPARTAN satellite and the Wake Shield Facility ( WSF ).
The flight, which orbited the Earth 171 times from September 7 – 18, 1995, successfully deployed a SPARTAN satellite and the Wake Shield Facility.
Duncan's tenure has brought huge success to the club ; after becoming champions for only the third time in the club's history, winning the Highland League Cup for the first time in 47 years, the two Qualifying Cup wins in 1995 – 96 and 2006 – 07, as well as an Aberdeenshire Cup ( 1996 ) and 5 Aberdeenshire Shield wins.
Individuals authorized the Southwest Asia Service Medal must have served in support of Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm, in one or more of the following areas, between 2 August 1990 and 30 November 1995:
U. S. forces withdrew in early 1994 and all UN forces were withdrawn at late February, early March 1995 via Operation United Shield.
Managed by former player Tony Greenwood, they won the Northern Premier League championship at the first attempt in 1995 – 96 as well as being losing finalists in both the Northern Premier League Challenge Shield and the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy.
The Navy also took participation in Operation United Shield in 1995 with the United States, dispatching two destroyers to support the U. S. Navy's operation and concluded its side of operation after evacuating personnel and equipments of army and air force.
Queensland clinched its first-ever Sheffield Shield title with victory over South Australia in the final at the ground in March 1995.
In February 1994 and September 1995, the Wake Shield Facility was carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle.
Operation United Shield was the codename of the multinational military operation that was conducted 9 January 1995 to 3 March 1995.
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