Former All Black and Otago player Don Clark with granddaughters (from left) Tia (12), Kesley (10) and Della (15) Clark, all of Bannockburn. Mr Clark played 90 games for Otago but never in a shield challenge and the first time he touched the shield was... : Crowds gather for final day of Log o' Wood's tour

Queenstown's Lindsay Reid, who was called into the Otago rugby team as an emergency reserve for the 1957 game when the side last won the Rafurly Shield. : Crowds gather for final day of Log o' Wood's tour

Arrowtown School pupils wait patiently to greet their heroes and get a glimpse of the Ranfurly Shield during a special visit to the school yesterday morning by members of the Otago rugby team. : Crowds gather for final day of Log o' Wood's tour

Mount Aspiring College pupil and Otago rugby fanatic Josh Roberts (right), with Otago player Marshall Suckling, during the shield's visit to the college yesterday morning. : Crowds gather for final day of Log o' Wood's tour