2010 Heartland Championship

The 2010 Heartland Championship was the fifth edition of the New Zealand provincial rugby union competition, since the 2006 reconstruction. The teams represented the 12 amateur rugby unions.

2010 Heartland Championship
Defending champions (2009) Whanganui - Meads Cup[1]
North Otago - Lochore Cup[1]
Pool Stage
Duration 28 August - 16 October
Round One Matches played: 30
Round Two Matches played: 18
Semifinals
Date 23 October
Grand Finals
Date 30 October
Champions (2010) North Otago - Meads Cup[1]
Wairarapa-Bush - Lochore Cup[1]

In Round One, the teams were split into two pools of 6 teams in a round-robin format (30 games, from 30 August to 25 September).

In Round Two, the first three teams in each pool of Round One competed for the Meads Cup, the others competed for the Lochore Cup. Each team met the teams from the other pool of Round One in a round-robin format (18 games, from 2 October to 16 October). The first four teams in Round Two went on to the semifinals and then the winners went on to the grand final which was played on 31 October.

The winning teams were Whanganui in the Meads Cup, and Wairarapa-Bush in the Lochore Cup.[1][2]

Round one edit

Pool A edit

Qualified for Meads Cup
Qualified for Lochore Cup
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TD BP1 BP2 Pts
1   Wanganui 5 5 0 0 159 76 83 23 8 15 3 0 23
2   South Canterbury 5 4 0 1 107 76 31 9 7 2 0 1 17
3   Thames Valley 5 3 0 2 102 76 26 10 9 1 1 2 15
4   Horowhenua-Kapiti 5 1 0 4 97 121 -24 12 15 -3 1 1 6
5   King Country 5 1 0 4 76 119 -43 9 15 -6 0 2 6
5   West Coast 4 1 0 4 77 150 -73 10 19 -9 0 0 4

Top Point Scorers edit

Week 1 edit



28 August 2010
2:30
Wanganui  13 – 6  South Canterbury (BP)
Try: Sam Scown
Con: Mark Davis
Pen: Mark Davis (2)
ReportPen: Jason Merrett (2)
Wanganui


Week 2 edit





Week 3 edit





Week 4 edit





Week 5 edit





Pool B edit

Qualified for Meads Cup
Qualified for Lochore Cup
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TD BP1 BP2 Pts
1   Mid Canterbury 5 4 0 1 150 85 65 21 10 11 4 1 21
2   North Otago 5 4 0 1 243 80 163 33 9 24 4 0 20
3   Poverty Bay 5 4 0 1 187 82 105 27 8 19 2 0 18
4   Wairarapa Bush 5 2 0 3 99 151 -52 10 19 -9 1 0 9
5   Buller 5 1 0 4 79 127 -48 8 16 -8 0 1 5
6   East Coast 5 0 0 5 44 277 -233 4 41 -37 0 0 0

Top Point Scorers edit

Week 1 edit





Week 2 edit





Week 3 edit



11 September 2010
2:30
(BP) Mid Canterbury  29 - 14  North Otago
Try: Chris Crichton (3), Vesi Luatua
Con: Davey Maw (3)
Pen: Davey Maw
ReportTry: Rangi Hepi
Pen: Ben Patston (3)
Ashburton


Week 4 edit





Week 5 edit



Round two edit

Meads Cup Pool edit

Qualified for Semifinals
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TD BP1 BP2 Pts
1   Wanganui 6 6 0 0 209 110 99 30 13 17 4 0 28
2   Mid Canterbury 6 5 0 1 179 94 85 23 10 13 4 1 25
3   North Otago 6 5 0 1 286 94 192 40 11 29 5 0 25
4   Poverty Bay 6 4 0 2 221 132 89 32 15 17 3 0 19
5   South Canterbury 6 4 0 2 121 119 2 11 14 -3 0 1 17
6   Thames Valley 6 3 0 3 111 105 6 10 11 -1 1 2 15

Top Point Scorers edit

Week 6 edit




Week 7 edit

9 October 2010
2:30
North Otago  21 - 16  Wanganui
Oamaru


9 October 2010
2:30
Poverty Bay  45 - 18  Thames Valley
Gisborne

Week 8 edit

16 October 2010
2:00
Thames Valley  26 - 38  North Otago
Oamaru

16 October 2010
2:30
South Canterbury  14 - 16  Poverty Bay
Timaru

16 October 2010
2:30
Wanganui  29 - 3  Mid Canterbury
Wanganui


Lochore Cup Pool edit

Qualified for Semifinals
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TD BP1 BP2 Pts
1   King Country 6 2 0 4 122 128 -6 15 15 0 1 2 11
2   Wairarapa Bush 6 2 0 4 129 186 -57 13 23 -10 2 1 11
3   Buller 6 2 0 4 102 138 -36 9 17 -8 0 1 9
4   West Coast 6 2 0 4 112 180 -68 14 22 -8 1 0 9
5   Horowhenua-Kapiti 6 1 0 5 108 144 -36 13 16 -3 1 1 6
6   East Coast 6 0 0 6 53 323 -270 4 47 -43 0 0 0

Top Point Scorers edit

Week 6 edit




Week 7 edit

9 October 2010
2:30
Horowhenua-Kapiti  31 - 17  Wairarapa Bush
Levin

9 October 2010
2:30
King Country  44 - 5  Buller
Te Kūiti

9 October 2010
2:30
West Coast  33 - 18  East Coast
Greymouth

Week 8 edit

16 October 2010
2:30
Wairarapa Bush  22 - 43  King Country
Masterton

16 October 2010
2:30
East Coast  25 - 28  Horowhenua-Kapiti
Ruatoria

16 October 2010
2:30
Buller  20 - 11  West Coast
Westport


Finals edit

The semi-finals began with controversy when West Coast Rugby Football Union were effectively expelled from the competition:

"West Coast, with three wins and two bonus points, had gained sufficient championship points to qualify for the Lochore Cup semi-finals but the team’s endeavors were ruined when the NZRU fined West Coast $2500 and stripped it of live competition points for knowingly breaching the eligibility regulations during the game against Wairarapa Bush which the Coast had won and gained a bonus point for scoring four tries." – West Coast Rugby Football Union[3]

The Meads Cup semi-finals were won by North Otago and Whanganui, defeating Mid-Canterbury and Poverty Bay respectively.[2] In the Lochore Cup, Wairarapa Bush and Buller progressed to the final by beating King Country and Horowhenua-Kapiti respectively.[2]

In the final of the Meads Cup, North Otago won the game 39–18 over Whanganui in the match on 30 October at Whitestone Contracting Stadium.[4][5]

The 2010 Lochore Cup was won 15–9 by Wairarapa Bush in the game against Buller.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Some Heartland Championship and Women's NPC archive and history information". Club Rugby.
  2. ^ a b c "Heartland Championship (2010)". New Zealand All Blacks rugby team official website, New Zealand Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ "West Coast RFU – 2010". West Coast Rugby Union.
  4. ^ Rae, Sally (1 November 2010). "Rugby: Old Golds stack up silverware". Otago Daily Times.
  5. ^ "Heartland Rugby, Meads Cup Final - North Otago v Wanganui, 30 October 2010". Photosport.
  6. ^ "Wairarapa Bush Rugby Union: 2010". Wairarapa Bush Rugby Union.

External links edit