The shield is finally coming home

Okay there are still 20 minutes to go, but unless something dramatic happens it looks like it will be moving to Wellington. 15-0 and 20 minutes to go.

Wellington has not had the shield for 26 years and two days after we lost it to Canterbury on 18 September 1982. I remember the match!

It has been won 16 times since then by Auckland, Canterbury, Waikato, Taranaki, Bay of Plenty and North Harbour.

We should be able to avoid holding it for only a week, as the next game in Wellington is against Tasman.

UPDATE1: Now 27-0 and five minutes to go. Also the commentators just mentioned the Wellington Captain in 1981 when Wellington last won the shield was Paul Quinn. Paul is now the National Party candidate for National in Hutt South!

UPDATE2: And that is the final score. My God that was a long drought.