 But they came from behind to snatch a victory against Wellington (43-31), and had a victory that saw them steal the Ranfurly Shield from Taranaki (19-33), defended the Shield from Hawke's Bay (42-22), killed off Bay of Plenty (21-54), squashed Southland to stop them from stealing the Shield (42-11) and battled it out with Northland (28-71)

WRU's senior representative team, nicknamed the "Mooloos", competes in the Mitre 10 Cup, playing its home fixtures at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.In 1930 Waikato provided 14 of the 15 players of the combination team that played Great Britain at Rugby Park.The visitors won the match 40 to 16 in front of 13,000 people.