We hope you enjoy this look back as we look forward to many more years of recording the history of Buller Rugby Union.
We acknowledge all the information from the NZ “Rugby Almanack” Series since 1934 and appreciate their hard and dedicated work in providing this detailed history. – Web Admin

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Results

Mon 03 Jun	2:30 pm	H	Representative Match	Nelson Bays	07 - 10	Match Center
Sun 30 Jun	2:30 pm	H	Representative Match	Marlborough	09 - 10	Match Center
Sun 14 Jul	2:30 pm	A	Rundle Cup	West Coast	14 - 06	Match Center
Wed 24 Jul	2:30 pm	H	Tour match	Fiji	03 - 25	Match Center
Sat 03 Aug	2:30 pm	A	Seddon Shield	Marlborough	26 - 14	Match Center
Sat 17 Aug	2:30 pm	H	Rundle Cup	West Coast	18 - 15	Match Center
Thu 29 Aug	2:30 pm	H	Representative Match	Poverty Bay	09 - 20	Match Center
Sat 07 Sep	2:30 pm	H	Representative Match	Canterbury XV	21 - 10	Match Center

THE 1974 SEASON:

The 1974 season was lighter than the 1973 season had been and was at least somewhat more successful.

Two of the eight games were won and those lost were generally much closer affairs than the previous season.

This was a meritorious achievement, especially as a number of strong players were not available. Orlando Nahr, Brian Stack and Jim Halsall had retired while Alan Moseley and Joe Syron were not available.

On the brighter side, former Canterbury and Nelson-Bays Representative, Calvin Cochrane and Rex Mumm, who was to play 75 games for Buller, both made their first appearances for Buller.

Buller again had a visit from a touring team, this year the Fijian National team were the tourists. Their size was just too much for the local team and the visitors won 25-3.

The season’s highlights were both personal milestones. Gerald Hart, who was captain of the team, passed 200 points for Buller while John Gilbert was selected to play for the South Island.

Matches played were:

v. Nelson-Bays at Westport Lost 7-10
v. Marlborough at Westport Lost 9-10
v. West Coast at Greymouth Lost 6-14
v. Fiji at Westport Lost 3-25
v. Marlborough at Blenheim Lost 14-26 {Seddon Shield}
v. West Coast at Westport Won 18-15
v. Poverty Bay at Westport Lost 9-20
v. Canterbury XV at Westport Won 21-10

Scorers were:

v Nelson Bays: Rex Mumm (try, penalty)
v Marlborough: Gerald Han (3 penalties)
v West Coast: Alan Ireland (try), Gerald Hart (conversion)
v Fiji: Gerald Hart (penalty)
v Marlborough: Rex Mumm (2 tries), Gerald Hart (2 penalties)
v West Coast: John Gilbert (2 tries), Brian Morgan (try), Rex Mumm (try,conversion).
v Poverty Bay: Alan Ireland (drop goal), Gerald Han (penalty).
v Canterbury XV: Rex Mumm (2 tries), Stuart Henley (try), Roy Galway (try) Gerald Hart (penalty, conversion).