2006 Heartland Championship Explained

2006 Heartland Championship
Date:–
Countries: New Zealand
Champion Other:Wairarapa Bush (Meads Cup)
Poverty Bay (Lochore Cup)
Runnerup Other:Wanganui (Meads Cup)
King Country (Lochore Cup)
Matches:54
Succeeded By:2007

The 2006 Heartland Championship was the inaugural season of the Heartland Championship, an amateur rugby union competition in New Zealand, following the reorganisation of the Second and Third Divisions of the country's former rugby competition, the National Provincial Championship. The competition featured 12 teams, divided into two pools of six.

At the end of Round 1, the top three teams from each pool contested the Meads Cup,[1] and the bottom three from each pool contested the Lochore Cup.[2] Competition points from Round 1 carried over to Round 2, in which each team in each cup competition played a round-robin with the three teams it did not play in Round 1. At the end of Round 2, the top four teams in each cup competition entered a single-elimination playoff for the Meads and Lochore Cups. The cups were named after Colin Meads and Brian Lochore, both legendary players for the country's national team.

The inaugural Meads Cup champion was Wairarapa Bush,[3] and Poverty Bay lifted the first Lochore Cup.

Round 1

Standings

The top three places in each pool, highlighted in blue, advanced to the Meads Cup. The remaining teams entered the Lochore Cup.

Pool A

Qualified for Meads Cup
PosTeamPldWDLForAgainst+/−BPPts
1Wairarapa Bush550011174+37121
2North Otago540120074+126420
3Mid Canterbury52039298−6210
4Buller520393125−3219
5East Coast510464125−6126
6West Coast510481145−6426

Pool B

Qualified for Meads Cup
PosTeamPldWDLForAgainst+/−BPPts
1Wanganui541018679+107321
2South Canterbury53027776+1214
3Horowhenua-Kapiti521298133−35212
4Poverty Bay5203123140−17210
5Thames Valley520385126−41210
6King Country50237792−1526

Results

Week 1

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19 August 2006East Coast7–25Mid Canterbury
19 August 2006Wairarapa Bush31–13BullerMasterton
19 August 2006North Otago67–3West CoastOamaru
19 August 2006Wanganui65–18Thames ValleyWanganui
19 August 2006Horowhenua-Kapiti23–23King CountryLevin
19 August 2006Poverty Bay22–30South CanterburyGisborne

Week 2

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26 August 2006Thames Valley19–21Poverty Bay
26 August 2006Horowhenua-Kapiti20–12South CanterburyLevin
26 August 2006King Country23–23WanganuiTe Kūiti
26 August 2006Mid Canterbury16–28North OtagoAshburton
26 August 2006Buller28–18East CoastWestport
26 August 2006Wairarapa Bush31–18West CoastMasterton

Week 3

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2 September 2006East Coast6–10Wairarapa Bush
2 September 2006West Coast24–9Mid CanterburyGreymouth
2 September 2006North Otago37–24BullerOamaru
2 September 2006South Canterbury16–13Thames ValleyTimaru
2 September 2006Wanganui46–3Horowhenua-KapitiWanganui
2 September 2006Poverty Bay19–18King CountryGisborne

Week 4

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9 September 2006Horowhenua-Kapiti32–31Poverty Bay
9 September 2006King Country3–13Thames ValleyTaupō
9 September 2006Wanganui11–5South CanterburyWanganui
9 September 2006Wairarapa Bush19–18North OtagoMasterton
9 September 2006Buller19–23Mid CanterburyWestport
9 September 2006East Coast22–20West CoastRuatoria

Week 5

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
A16 September14:30Mid Canterbury (1 BP)19Wairarapa Bush20
A16 September14:30North Otago (1 BP)50East Coast12
A16 September14:35West Coast (1 BP)16Buller17
B16 September14:30South Canterbury14King Country (1 BP)10
B16 September14:30Thames Valley22Horowhenua-Kapiti (1 BP)21
B16 September14:30Poverty Bay (1 BP)30Wanganui (1 BP)41

Round 2

Standings

Meads Cup Pool

PosNamePldWwidth"20"Dwidth"20"LFA+/−BPPts
1Wanganui871012367+56535
2Wairarapa Bush870110056+44331
3North Otago860213280+52731
4Mid Canterbury84046380−17319
5South Canterbury830528102−74214
6Horowhenua-Kapiti821565126−61313

Lochore Cup Pool

PosNamePldWwidth"20"Dwidth"20"LFA+/−BPPts
1Poverty Bay850312054+66424
2Thames Valley840410751+56521
3King Country83238140+41420
4Buller83054657−11214
5East Coast810744130−8626
6West Coast810755121−6626

Results

Week 6

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
MC23 September14:30Wanganui (1 BP)46Mid Canterbury8
MC23 September14:30Wairarapa Bush31Horowhenua-Kapiti11
MC23 September14:30North Otago (1 BP)36South Canterbury6
LC23 September14:30Thames Valley (1 BP)51West Coast16
LC23 September14:30Poverty Bay 33East Coast15
LC23 September14:30Buller (1 BP)6King Country11

Week 7

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
MC30 September14:30Mid Canterbury (1 BP)36Horowhenua-Kapiti (1 BP)29
MC30 September14:30North Otago (1 BP)37Wanganui (1 BP)49
MC30 September14:30Wairarapa Bush (1 BP)47South Canterbury17
LC30 September14:30East Coast17Thames Valley (1 BP)40
LC30 September14:30Buller22Poverty Bay (1 BP)30
MC30 September14:30West Coast22King Country (1 BP)32

Week 8

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
MC7 October14:30Wanganui 28Wairarapa Bush (1 BP)22
MC7 October14:3025North Otago (1 BP)59
MC7 October14:305Mid Canterbury19
LC7 October14:00Thames Valley (1 BP)16Buller18
LC7 October14:30Poverty Bay (1 BP) 57West Coast17
LC7 October14:30King Country (1 BP) 38East Coast12

Semifinals

Results

Meads Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
14 October16:35Wanganui30Mid Canterbury17
14 October14:30Wairarapa Bush25North Otago19

Lochore Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
14 October14:30Poverty Bay36Buller10
14 October14:00Thames Valley15King Country17

Finals

Results

Lochore Cup

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Wanganui face tough tests in battle for Meads Cup . The New Zealand Herald . NZPA . 24 September 2006.
  2. Web site: TDIH: November 1 2006 – NEW ZEALAND HEARTLAND XV – New Zealand Rugby Museum All Blacks Palmerston North . New Zealand Rugby Museum.
  3. Web site: Meads Cup Final - Wanganui v Wairarapa Bush (October 21, 2006) . Marty Melville/Getty Images.

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