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The Ranfurly Shield , colloquially known as the Log o ' Wood , is a trophy in New Zealand ' s domestic ___MASK60___ competition . First played for in 1904 , the Shield is based on a challenge system , rather than a league or knockout competition as with most football trophies . The holding union must defend the shield in challenge matches , and a successful challenger becomes the new holder of the Shield . The National Provincial Championship , or NPC , was the major domestic ___MASK92___ competition in New Zealand . The NPC saw many alterations to its format and brand . Since 2006 , it has been replaced by two competitions , the ITM Cup ( originally the Air New Zealand Cup ) and the Heartland Championship . From the 2011 Season , the top Division was split into two tiers based on the 2010 Table after Pool Play . Teams 1  7 were assigned to the Premiership and teams 8  14 to the Championship . There is automatic Promotion / Relegation between the two tiers and also " crossover " matches , as well as full Round Robin Matches within each tier . The Heartland Championship is also split into two tiers after pool play with the top tier playing for the Meads Cup and bottom tier playing for the Lochore Cup . Currently all 26 of New Zealand ' s Provincial Unions participate in either the Air New Zealand Cup or Heartland Championship . The NPC was first contested in 1976 , and although the basic format of Division One was much the same from then until the 2006 reorganisation , there were a number of changes to the lower divisions . ___MASK60___ , or simply rugby , is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century . One of the two codes of rugby football , it is based on running with the ball in hand . In its most common form , a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval - shaped ball on a rectangular field with H - shaped goalposts on each try line . ___MASK71___ is a family of team sports that involve , to varying degrees , kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal . Unqualified , the word " ___MASK71___ " is understood to refer to whichever form of ___MASK71___ is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears . Sports commonly called ' ___MASK71___ ' in certain places include : association ___MASK71___ ( known as soccer in some countries ); gridiron ___MASK71___ ( specifically American ___MASK71___ or Canadian ___MASK71___ ); Australian rules ___MASK71___ ; rugby ___MASK71___ ( either rugby league or ___MASK60___ ); and Gaelic ___MASK71___ . These different variations of ___MASK71___ are known as ___MASK71___ codes . ___MASK92___ league ___MASK71___ , usually called rugby league , is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field . One of the two codes of rugby ___MASK71___ , it originated in England in 1895 as a split from the ___MASK92___ ___MASK71___ Union over the issue of payments to players . Its rules gradually changed with the aim of producing a faster , more entertaining game for spectators . Hutt Old Boys - Marist ( HOBM ) is a New Zealand ___MASK92___ ___MASK71___ club . Playing in the competitions of the Wellington Rugby ___MASK71___ Union , it is based at the Hutt Recreation Ground in Lower Hutt . Hutt Old Boys - Marist is a product of mergers over many years between former clubs , including Hutt ( founded 1910 ) , Hutt Valley High School Old Boys ( 1953 ) and Hutt Valley Marist ( 1949 ) . The clubs merged in 1992 , and played their first season in 1993 , as Hutt Old Boys Marist , making the Hutt Recreation their home ground , and club rooms , while Hutt Valley Marist abandoned its club rooms located at Fraser park in Taita . The club celebrated its centennial in 2010 , marking 100 years since the formation of the Hutt Rugby Club from earlier clubs Woburn and Kia Ora . The Hutt Old Boys Club founded in 1967 played for many years in a gold jersey with green shorts and gold and green socks , but returned in the 1990s to the red and white of the previous Hutt club before adding green on amalgamation with Hutt Valley Marist . Hutt Valley Marist ' s strip was green , white , and maroon . HOBM has won Wellington ' s premier ___MASK92___ trophy , the Jubilee Cup , several times . Hutt won in 1931 and 1934 , Hutt OB in 1991 , and HOBM in 2007 and 2014 . Hutt OB also won the Swindale Shield , for the first - round competition in 1989 in their first year after being promoted , also claiming it in 1997 , 2012 and 2015 . HOBM has produced , or been the home club for , a number of All Blacks . Colin Loader represented the All Black in 1953 -- 54 , while former All Blacks Steven Pokere , Hika Reid and Mark Shaw played for the club in the late 1980s and early 1990s . Also Bernie Fraser represented the All Blacks , and Wellington , and also played for Hutt Valley Marist in the 70s and 80s . More recent All Blacks affiliated to HOBM include Piri Weepu , Hosea Gear and Jeremy Thrush . The Mitre 10 Cup ( colloquially referred to as " National Provincial Championship " or " NPC ") is the highest level of New Zealand domestic ___MASK60___ competition , contested annually from late August to early November and managed by the New Zealand ___MASK60___ ( NZRU ). Building on competitions dating back to the National Provincial Championship in 1976 , with teams from a number of provinces , the Mitre 10 Cup officially started with the 2006 season with 14 teams after the National Provincial Championship ( NPC ) was split into this professional competition and the amateur Heartland Championship competition . The competition was known as the Air New Zealand Cup to the end of the 2009 season ; the name then changed to the ITM Cup for the 2010 season after ITM , the trading name of Independent Timber Merchants Co - operative Ltd ., a New Zealand building supplies retailer took over as lead sponsor . In 2016 the New Zealand - owned home improvement and garden retailer , Mitre 10 took over sponsorship after out - bidding ITM . ___MASK92___ is a market town in Warwickshire , England , close to the River Avon . The town has a population of 70 , 628 ( 2011 census ) making it the second largest town in the county . The enclosing Borough of ___MASK92___ has a population of 100 , 500 ( 2011 census ). The Wellington ___MASK92___ ___MASK71___ Union ( known as the Wellington Lions for competition reasons ) are a New Zealand governing body of ___MASK60___ in the New Zealand province of Wellington . The main stadium is Westpac Stadium which is located in Wellington . The union also represents the Wellington Lions , which is professional ___MASK60___ team who compete in the Mitre 10 Cup competition and contest for the Ranfurly Shield . Before 2006 the Lions competed in the National Provincial Championship . ___MASK92___ is a type of ___MASK71___ developed at ___MASK92___ School in ___MASK92___ , Warwickshire , one of many versions of ___MASK71___ played at English public schools in the 19th century . The two main types of rugby are rugby league and ___MASK60___ . Although rugby league initially used ___MASK60___ rules , they are now wholly separate sports . ___MASK92___ School is a day and boarding public school ( private and co - educational ) in ___MASK92___ , Warwickshire , England . It is one of the oldest private schools in Britain . In many ways the stereotype of the English public school is a reworking of Thomas Arnold ' s ___MASK92___ . It is one of the original seven English public schools defined by the Public Schools Act 1868 . ___MASK92___ School enrols boarding and day students , with a total student enrolment of 800 in day student grades 4 to 12 . For the academic year 2015 / 16 , ___MASK92___ charges boarders up to £ 10 , 995 per term , making it the 39th most expensive HMC boarding school .