Bay Of Plenty Rugby Union
Bay of Plenty Rugby Football Union (BOPRFU) is the official governing body for rugby union in the New Zealand province of Bay of Plenty, in the North-East of the North Island. The stadiums are Baypark Stadium which is based in Tauranga and Rotorua International Stadium based in Rotorua. Bay of Plenty plays in the annual ITM Cup in which it also competes for the Ranfurly Shield. Before 2006 the team competed in the National Provincial Championship (NPC), Bay of Plenty's top representative team were the first side to win the competition in 1976 they also have won the second division twice, once in 1978, as the North Island winner and once in 2000. Along with Thames Valley, King Country, Waikato and Counties Manukau, Bay of Plenty is part of the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise.
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