Marlborough's Rugby History
Friday 30 September 2011, 1:59AM
By Marlborough District Council
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Nelson may lay claim for hosting the first game of rugby ever played in New Zealand in 1870 but did you know that Marlborough’s first game of rugby was played at Seymour Square in May 1878?
Read about Marlborough’s early rugby history on our local history website, “The Prow” at www.theprow.org.nz
The Prow is jointly supported by the Marlborough, Nelson and Tasman Libraries, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and The Nelson Provincial Museum.