• Source: Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union

    • The Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union is the body that regulates rugby union in Masterton, New Zealand. It was formed in 1971 with the amalgamation of the Wairapapa and Bush Unions.
    The Wairarapa Bush team play in the Heartland Championship from Memorial Park, Masterton. They were the inaugural winners of the Meads Cup after beating Wanganui 16–14 on 21 October 2006.


    Championships


    Wairarapa Bush won the 2nd division North Island in 1981, 3rd division in 2005 and the Heartland Championship Meads Cup in 2006 and Lochore Cup in 2010.


    = Heartland Championship placings

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    Ranfurly Shield


    Wairarapa Bush have never held the Ranfurly Shield but Wairarapa held the shield in 1927, 1928 and 1950. Wairarapa Bush were beaten 96–10 by Canterbury in a Ranfurly Shield challenge in July 2006. In July 2015 Wairarapa Bush challenged Hawke's Bay for the Shield but were defeated 58–7.


    Wairarapa Bush in Super Rugby


    Wairarapa Bush along with Wellington, Horowhenua-Kapiti, East Coast, Poverty Bay, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu and Wanganui make up the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise.


    All Blacks


    There have been 29 players selected for the All Blacks from the Wairarapa Bush (from 1971) and when the Union was separated as Wairarapa and Bush Unions.
    Wairarapa Bush (from 1971)

    Brian Lochore 1963,65,66,67,68,69,70,71
    Mike McCool 1979
    Brent Anderson 1986,87
    Marty Berry 1986 and 1993
    Brett Harvey 1986
    Robbie McLean 1987
    Zac Guildford 2009-2012
    Pre 1971 {Wairarapa & Bush Unions}

    Hart Udy 1884
    Archie D'Arcy 1893,1894
    Rod Gray 1893
    William (Mac) McKenzie 1893-97
    Billy Watson 1893,1896
    Dan Udy 1901-1903
    Loftus Armstrong 1903
    Archie McMinn 1903,1905
    Edgar Wrigley 1905
    Jim Donald 1920,21,22,25
    Quentin Donald 1923,26,28
    Ian Harvey 1924,26,28
    Albert Edward Cooke 1928
    Stanley Willoughby 1928
    Rawi Cundy 1929
    Atholstan Mahoney 1929,34,35
    Keith Reid 1929
    Walter Reside 1929
    Clinton Stringfellow 1929
    William (Bull) Irvine 1929
    Jimmy Mill 1923-1926, 1930
    Ben Couch 1947-49
    Alan Blake 1949


    Clubs


    Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union is made up of 14 clubs, from north to south:

    Puketoi
    Eketahuna
    East Coast
    Pioneer
    Marist
    Wairarapa Wahine Toa - Womens Rugby
    Masterton Red Star
    Carterton
    Gladstone
    Greytown
    Featherston
    Martinborough
    Tuhirangi


    See also



    Memorial Park, Masterton


    References




    External links


    Official site

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