The North vs South match, sometimes known as the Interisland match was a longstanding rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 fixture in New Zealand

New Zealand

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The first game was played in 1897, and the match became an annual fixture from 1902. Matches ceased during World War I

World War I

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 from 1915-1918, but during World War II

World War II

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 only the 1940, 1941 and 1942 games were cancelled, with competition resuming in 1943.
The last match was played in 1995.
Most early games were played in one of the four main cities, but from 1970 onwards the fixture was rotated around a number of provincial centres.

Colours

The North Island traditionally played in black jerseys and black shorts, while the South Island played in white jerseys with white shorts.

List of results

Year	Date	Venue	Winner	Score
1897		Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...	North	16—3
1902		Wellington	South	20—14
1903		Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...	South	12—5
1904		Dunedin Dunedin Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...	draw	3—3
1905		Wellington	North	26—0
1906		Wellington	North	9—5
1907		Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...	North	11—0
1908		Wellington	North	12—5
1909		Wellington	South	19—11
1910		Christchurch	South	14—10
1911		Wellington	North	19—9
1912		Napier Napier, New Zealand Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...	North	12—8
1913		Christchurch	South	25—0
1914		Wellington	South	8—0
1915-18		Not played
1919		Wellington	North	28—11
1920		Wellington	North	12—3
1921		Christchurch	North	28—13
1922		Auckland	South	9—8
1923		Wellington	draw	6—6
1924		Wellington	North	39—8
1925		Invercargill Invercargill Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...	North	16—5
1926		Wellington	North	41—9
1927		Wellington	South	31—30
1928		Christchurch	South	15—14
1929		Wellington	North	29—20
1930		Not played
1931		Wellington	draw	20—20
1932		Christchurch	North	28—10
1933		Wellington	North	27—18
1934		Dunedin	South	27—10
1935		Wellington	North	15—9
1936		Christchurch	North	17—6
1937		Wellington	South	30—21
1938		Wellington	South	31—23
1939		Wellington	South	25—19
1940-42		Not played
1943		Wellington	South	17—16
1944		Christchurch	North	28—3
1945		Auckland	South	31—19
1946		Wellington	North	8—3
1947		Invercargill	North	13—11
1948		Wellington	South	12—11
1949		Christchurch	North	23—3
1950		Auckland	North	10—8
1951		Wellington	North	14—12
1952		Dunedin	South	11—3
1953		Wellington	North	15—14
1954		Christchrch	North	13—9
1955		Wellington	North	15—9
1956		Wellington	South	13—11
1957	17 August	Auckland	North	19—3
1958	2 August	Dunedin	North	13—6
1959		Wellington	North	30—14
1960		Christchurch	South	26—11
1961		Wellington	North	25—3
1962		Christchurch	South	17—14
1963		Christchurch	South	14—13
1964		Auckland	North	12—9
1965	9 June	Wellington	North	25—14
1966		Hamilton Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...	North	12—3
1967		Dunedin	North	17—6
1968		Christchurch	North	34—17
1969		Wellington	South	13—3
1970	12 September	Nelson Nelson, New Zealand Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....	North	11—6
1971		New Plymouth New Plymouth New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....	North	31—9
1972	15 July	Christchurch	North	19—8
1973		Whangarei Whangarei Whangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...	North	27—14
1974		Auckland	North	22—0
1975		Christchurch	South	17—14
1976	11 September	Hamilton	South	20—16
1977		Dunedin	South	6—4
1978		New Plymouth	North	29—13
1979	11 August	Invercargill	North	9—3
1980	2 August	Palmerston North Palmerston North Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...	North	13—9
1981		Dunedin	North	10—4
1982	10 July	Wanganui Wanganui Whanganui , also spelled Wanganui, is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region....	South	22—12
1983	3 September	Blenheim Blenheim, New Zealand Blenheim is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the regional council. It has a population of The area which surrounds the town is well known as a centre of New Zealand's wine industry...	North	22—9
1984		Rotorua Rotorua Rotorua is a city on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city is the seat of the Rotorua District, a territorial authority encompassing the city and several other nearby towns...	North	39—3
1985		New Plymouth	North	29—12
1995	8 April	Dunedin	North	63-22