In the era of professional rugby it is quite a rare achievement for a player to manage over a century of games for a single province - whether it is to chase more money overseas or moving on to another province.
Many of the players that stick around for a long time are All Blacks who don't get many chances to play Mitre 10 Cup due to their international commitments.
Only two All Blacks have managed 100 caps for their province and a Super Rugby side.
Current Blues assistant coach Tana Umaga did this back in 2007 for the Wellington Lions.
Umaga managed this while also getting 74 test caps for New Zealand, 129 Super Rugby appearances and another 10 provincial caps for the Counties Manukau Steelers in 2010.
Jimmy Cowan is the latest to achieve this. In 2012 he played his 100th cap for the Highlanders and later on that year did the same for the Southland Stags.
Cowan finished his career with 53 test caps for New Zealand, 122 Super Rugby caps and 134 provincial matches, as he also appeared for the Tasman Mako 23 times in 2014-2015.
2020 saw three players, Alex Ainley (Tasman), Ash Dixon (Hawke's Bay) and Ross Wright (Northland), reach the 100 game milestones for their provinces. The former two have also captained their respective teams.
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Each player has the most caps in their position and played from 2000-2020.
Jamie Mackintosh (Otago) and Jason Rutledge (Southland) are the only two players still active in the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup.
*denotes internationally capped
2000s One Province Centurions:
1. JAMIE MACKINTOSH* – 123 Southland caps (2004-2015)
BORN: 1985 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 130 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 89
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2. JASON RUTLEDGE – 143 Southland caps (2000-2020)
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Advertise with NZME.BORN: 1977 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 60
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3. GORDON SLATER* – 176 Taranaki caps (1991-2005)
BORN: 1971 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 176 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 56
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4. ANDREW SLATER – 182 Taranaki caps (1989-2001)
BORN: 1969 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 182 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 1
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5. GLENN TAYLOR* – 143 Northland caps (1990-2003)
BORN: 1970 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 143 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 63
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6. MICHAEL JOHNSON – 137 Hawke's Bay caps (1998-2011)
BORN: 1978 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 137 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 0
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7. TIM BOYS – 127 Southland caps (2005-2017)
BORN: 1984 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 135 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 55
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8. DEON MUIR – 101 Waikato caps (1995-2002)
BORN: 1973 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 101 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 37
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9. CHRIS EATON – 113 Hawke's Bay caps (2005-2017)
BORN: 1984 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 113 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 28
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10. DAVID HOLWELL – 115 Northland caps (1995-2010)
BORN: 1975 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 176 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 82
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11. NORM BERRYMAN* – 107 Northland caps (1991-2003)
BORN: 1973-2015 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 107 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 42
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12. JOHN LESLIE* – 123 Otago caps (1991-2004)
BORN: 1970 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 123 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 32
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13. DWAYNE SWEENEY – 103 Waikato caps (2002-2019)
BORN: 1984 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 103 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 69
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14. ROBBIE MALNEEK – 104 Tasman caps (2006-2017)
BORN: 1983 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 157 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: -
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15. HAYDEN TAYLOR – 125 Northland caps (1994-2007)
BORN: 1975 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 125 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 12
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Reserves:
16. SLADE MCFARLAND – 128 North Harbour caps (1993-2004)
BORN: 1972 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 128 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 52
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17. ORCADES CRAWFORD – 111 Hawke's Bay caps (1988-2000)
BORN: 1965 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 184 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 12
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18. TONY PENN – 117 Taranaki caps (1999-2009)
BORN: 1978 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 117 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 27
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19. JOSH BEKHUIS – 115 Southland caps (2006-2015)
BORN: 1986 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 115 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 110
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20. JUSTIN COLLINS – 114 Northland caps (1994-2010)
BORN: 1974 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 162 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 104
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21. JIMMY COWAN* – 111 Southland caps (2000-2016)
BORN: 1982 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 134 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 122
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22. KERRY EYNON – 103 Taranaki caps (1991-2000)
BORN: 1971 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 110 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: -
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23. TANA UMAGA* – 100 Wellington caps (1994-2007)
BORN: 1973 TOTAL PROVINCIAL CAPS: 110 SUPER RUGBY CAPS: 129
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