The history of the Ranfurly Shield is like no other sporting competition in New Zealand.
No other trophy captivates the rugby nation or transforms whole communities quite like the famous Log o' Wood.
Since the first defence by Auckland in 1904, there has been plenty of heartache, controversy, upsets and near misses - and sadly many of them involve Bay of Plenty.
Their second challenge for the shield was in 1922, ironically the first game played between Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay. It was the first defence for the Magpies of what was to be a famous shield era of 24 defences until 1927.
But Bay of Plenty should have won after they scored a try under the posts on fulltime to trail 17-16. Surely the kick would go over and Bay of Plenty would win the shield? No, it missed and so began the curse of the shield for 82 years until that magical day on August 15, 2004, at Eden Park.