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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1987SEASON |
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Results
Sat 30 May | 2:30 pm | A | Representative | ![]() |
14 - 00 | Match Center |
Sun 14 Jun | 2:30 pm | H | Div3 - NPC | ![]() |
10 - 17 | Match Center |
Sat 27 Jun | 2:30 pm | H | Div3 - NPC | ![]() |
07 - 07 | Match Center |
Sat 11 Jul | 2:30 pm | A | Div3 - NPC | ![]() |
07 - 21 | Match Center |
Mon 13 Jul | 2:30 pm | A | Representative | ![]() |
46 - 04 | Match Center |
Sat 25 Jul | 2:30 pm | H | Div3 - NPC | ![]() |
10 - 25 | Match Center |
Sat 15 Aug | 2:30 pm | A | Seddon Shield | ![]() |
57 - 03 | Match Center |
Thu 27 Aug | 2:30 pm | A | Div3 - NPC | ![]() |
27 - 16 | Match Center |
Sat 29 Aug | 2:30 pm | A | Div3 - NPC | ![]() |
40 - 22 | Match Center |
Wed 02 Sep | 2:30 pm | H | Div3 - NPC | ![]() |
04 - 18 | Match Center |
THE 1987 SEASON:
The 1987 season saw the economic and demographic factors biting hard in Buller.
Michael Bonisch, John McArthur and Michael Coghlan all went overseas, Malcolm Campbell went to Canterbury. Robert Elley had been forced out through injury and Mark Caldwell and Piet Groot played only one game each while Glenn Elley played only the first three games before he, too, was forced out through injury.
Not surprisingly, the defensive screen found it hard to cope and Buller conceded some large scores including a record 57 points to Marlborough in a Seddon Shield encounter.
No overseas team or National team visited Buller this season and no Buller players were selected for higher honours.
Matches played were:
v West Coast at Greymouth Lost 14-0
v Nelson-Bays at Westport Lost 10-17
v West Coast at Westport Drew 7-7
v North Otago at Oamaru Won 21-7
v South Canterbury at Timaru Lost 4-46
v Thames Valley at Westport Lost 10-25
v Marlborough at Blenheim Lost 3-57 {Seddon Shield}
v Poverty Bay at Gisborne Lost 16-27
v East Coast at Tolaga Bay Lost 22-40
v Horowhenua at Westport Lost 4-17
Scorers were:
v West Coast: No scorers
v Nelson-Bays: David Baird (try, 2 penalties)
v West Coast: Kerry Daily (try), David Baird (penalty)
v North Otago: Kerry Daily (try), Grant James (try), Edward Symonds (try, conversion, penalty), Thomas Stuart (try)
v South Canterbury: Grant James (try)
v Thames Valley: Thomas Stuart (try), David Baird (2 penalties)
v Marlborough: David Baird (try)
v Poverty Bay: Grant James (try), Kerry Daily (try), David Baird (conversion, 2 penalties)
v East Coast : David Baird (6 penalties, try)
v Horowhenua: Edward Symonds (try)