Rare double for Foxton

Rare double for Foxton

Foxton Rugby Club has achieved a rare double in having senior teams win both the Ramsbotham Cup and Bill Muir Cup in the same season.

The double has been achieved just 15 times in the 132-year history of Horowhenua-Kāpiti rugby.

The club’s premier team beat Ōtaki’s Rāhui 58-26 at Levin Domain in brilliant winter sunshine on Saturday, while earlier in the day the senior reserve team beat Rāhui 35-19 in the curtain raiser.

It’s the fourth time Foxton have done the double, having won both titles in 1940, 1947 and 1959.

Clubs to have won both titles are Hui Mai (1907, 1908), Wanderers (1919), Ōtaki (1934), Foxton (1940, 1947, 1959, 2025), Rāhui (1953, 1957), Athletic (1971, 1974), Paraparaumu (1972), Shannon (1991), and Toa (1999, 2003). 

Before 1992, when semi-finals and finals were introduced, competition winners were decided by which team had the most points at the end of the season. On many occasion the trophies were shared.

The last shared title was in 2000, when Athletic and Wanderers finished with a 13-all draw. With the provision for extra time, extra-extra time, and golden point now in force, there will never be a shared trophy again.