Mud, mauling and mana
Ruanui had just beaten Ngaruahine in a tribal rugby game at Hawera. It was a hard-fought physical encounter, cousin against cousin.
There was a huge crowd and lots of verbal - on and off the field.
As Ngaruahine coach Tom Katene walked off the field, the referee tapped him on the shoulder.
"He said, 'Hey Tom - jeez, that game was pretty full on . . . I got a bit concerned about my safety," Mr Katene recalls.
He told the ref he would talk to the guys and tell them to tone it down. But it wasn't the players the ref was scared of - it was the aunties behind the goalposts.
Mr Katene replied: "Look mate, I can talk to 30 guys and get away with it comfortably, but I'll leave the aunties up to you." He shook the referee's hand and walked away.
That was back in the 1980s. Since then, tribal rugby seems to have been relegated to history - there hasn't been a game for five or six years, and even then the number of teams has halved.
The Maori representative sides have continued to play, and Mr Katene - who is Taranaki Maori Rugby Football Union chairman and a life member - and TMRFU member Wally Rongonui want to see the return of the tribal games.
A tournament is scheduled for September 10 at Hub of Hawera, and seven of the eight tribal teams have confirmed they will play.
Tribal Taranaki rugby began around 1924. The original teams were Te Atiawa, Ngaruahine, Ruanui, Nga Rauru, Taranaki Manawapou and tribal.
Pukeariki Ngaere and were added later. Pukeariki were Te Atiawa players who lived in New Plymouth, and Ngaere players picked from the center of Taranaki.
The competitiveness between the teams was intense - not just on the ground.There was also competition over who set the best food, which had the best jersey dress, which had the best waiata.
And competitiveness meant the limits iwi has become flexible.
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Ruanui had just beaten Ngaruahine in a tribal rugby game at Hawera. It was a hard-fought physical encounter, cousin against cousin.