Amazingly the Kiwis failed to win a game over the two provincial sides.

Eventual winners Canterbury were the only full provincial side in the competition.

In playing terms most of the South African provincial sides were indeed relics from the past.

The third game on tour was against another provincial side, this time Auckland.

No Test matches were played, and the side only played provincial sides.

The competition runs from May to September and is contested for between the country's top 12 provincial sides.

Compared with his cosmic outlook, some of the other 19th-century works in the show are on the provincial side, although not without charm.

He was eventually selected to play for the senior provincial side when he was 17.

However, despite its long history, it was mostly a provincial side until the 1973-74 season, when it joined Italy's top division for the first time.

He immediately became a fixture in his provincial side.