The Rugby Journal wrote a piece on the Bay’s Ranfurly Shield victory many years after the event.

We sent an email of questions to Glen Jackson when he was playing in England after the 2004 season. These are his answers.

It was a magnificent way to end perhaps the greatest three weeks in Bay of Plenty rugby history.

A set of photos taken at the Bay of Plenty v Waikato NPC game of 22 August 2004. The game was the Steamers’ first (and currently only) successful defence of the Ranfurly Shield.

THERE wasn't the unrestrained jubilation of last week - Bay of Plenty's changing room after their 26-20 win over Waikato yesterday had the unmistakable weight of relief in it.

That's the reality of holding provincial rugby's greatest prize, the Ranfurly Shield.

All the photos from the Shield Victory

Sounds like I'm not the only one still busy pinching myself to make sure that I'm not dreaming. The dream of Bay of Plenty holding the Ranfurly Shield is now a reality.

Most important of all, don’t get too hopeful in the lead-up to a shield game. At work, keep a low profile. Don’t even remember that the game is happening till last thing Friday afternoon.

Stunned, speechless, disbelief – and that was just seeing Hori fit into my dear friend Don’s clapped out Nissan Sunny now converted into the Mafia mobile!!

DOMESTIC rugby's biggest prize spent its first night on Bay of Plenty soil last night - safely tucked under the arm of big forward Paul Tupai.

TEARS welling in his eyes, Bay of Plenty rugby's greatest administrator Dick Littlejohn said it was possibly the best rugby occasion of his life.

IT'S unlikely Anthony Tahana will ever score a more important try or Glen Jackson will ever play a game to rival this one.

The BOP Mafia vehicle that led the fans up to Eden Park in Auckland to claim the Ranfurly Shield