The first game of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rugby football">rugby</a> in New Zealand is played in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson,_New_Zealand" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nelson, New Zealand">Nelson</a> between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_College" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nelson College">Nelson College</a> and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.<sup about="#mwt81" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_14#cite_note-14" id="mwmQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwmg">[14]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"><cite about="#mwt78" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFMcConnell2012">McConnell, Robin (2012). "Rugby Union Football, New Zealand". In Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (eds.). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC" id="mwBsQ" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBsU">Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice</i></a>. Santa Barbara, California: <a href="./ABC-Clio" id="mwBsY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ABC-Clio">ABC-Clio</a>. p.<span id="mwBsc" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>439. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBsk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9781598843002" id="mwBso" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9781598843002"><bdi id="mwBss">9781598843002</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt78" class="Z3988" id="mwBsw" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Rugby+Union+Football%2C+New+Zealand&amp;rft.btitle=Sports+Around+the+World%3A+History%2C+Culture%2C+and+Practice&amp;rft.place=Santa+Barbara%2C+California&amp;rft.pages=439&amp;rft.pub=ABC-Clio&amp;rft.date=2012&amp;rft.isbn=9781598843002&amp;rft.aulast=McConnell&amp;rft.aufirst=Robin&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIkLYDgTnMxEC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+14"></span></span>