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2006 Heartland Championship
Date19 August 2006 (2006-08-19)–21 October 2006 (2006-10-21)
CountriesNew Zealand New Zealand
Final positions
ChampionsWairarapa Bush (Meads Cup)
Poverty Bay (Lochore Cup)
Runner-upWanganui (Meads Cup)
King Country (Lochore Cup)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
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

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Standings

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

Pool A

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Qualified for Meads Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L For Against +/− BP Pts
1 Wairarapa Bush 5 5 0 0 111 74 +37 1 21
2 North Otago 5 4 0 1 200 74 +126 4 20
3 Mid Canterbury 5 2 0 3 92 98 −6 2 10
4 Buller 5 2 0 3 93 125 −32 1 9
5 East Coast 5 1 0 4 64 125 −61 2 6
6 West Coast 5 1 0 4 81 145 −64 2 6

Pool B

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Qualified for Meads Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L For Against +/− BP Pts
1 Wanganui 5 4 1 0 186 79 +107 3 21
2 South Canterbury 5 3 0 2 77 76 +1 2 14
3 Horowhenua-Kapiti 5 2 1 2 98 133 −35 2 12
4 Poverty Bay 5 2 0 3 123 140 −17 2 10
5 Thames Valley 5 2 0 3 85 126 −41 2 10
6 King Country 5 0 2 3 77 92 −15 2 6
  • Pos = Table position
  • Pld = Played
  • W = Win (Worth 4 points)
  • D = Draw (Worth 2 points)
  • L = Loss (Worth 0 points)
  • For = For (total points scored)
  • Against = Against (total points scored against)
  • +/− = Points difference (total points scored minus total points against)
  • BP = Bonus points (teams can score additional bonus points by certain scenarios: one bonus point will be awarded to any team that scores four tries or more regardless of win/loss/draw, and another bonus point will be awarded to the losing side if the loss is by seven points or less. It is possible to receive two bonus points in a loss.)
  • Pts = Progressive points tally

Results

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Week 1

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19 August 2006 East Coast 7–25 Mid Canterbury Ruatoria
19 August 2006 Wairarapa Bush 31–13 Buller Masterton
19 August 2006 North Otago 67–3 West Coast Oamaru
19 August 2006 Wanganui 65–18 Thames Valley Wanganui
19 August 2006 Horowhenua-Kapiti 23–23 King Country Levin
19 August 2006 Poverty Bay 22–30 South Canterbury Gisborne

Week 2

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26 August 2006 Thames Valley 19–21 Poverty Bay Paeroa
26 August 2006 Horowhenua-Kapiti 20–12 South Canterbury Levin
26 August 2006 King Country 23–23 Wanganui Te Kūiti
26 August 2006 Mid Canterbury 16–28 North Otago Ashburton
26 August 2006 Buller 28–18 East Coast Westport
26 August 2006 Wairarapa Bush 31–18 West Coast Masterton

Week 3

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2 September 2006 East Coast 6–10 Wairarapa Bush Ruatoria
2 September 2006 West Coast 24–9 Mid Canterbury Greymouth
2 September 2006 North Otago 37–24 Buller Oamaru
2 September 2006 South Canterbury 16–13 Thames Valley Timaru
2 September 2006 Wanganui 46–3 Horowhenua-Kapiti Wanganui
2 September 2006 Poverty Bay 19–18 King Country Gisborne

Week 4

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9 September 2006 Horowhenua-Kapiti 32–31 Poverty Bay Levin
9 September 2006 King Country 3–13 Thames Valley Taupō
9 September 2006 Wanganui 11–5 South Canterbury Wanganui
9 September 2006 Wairarapa Bush 19–18 North Otago Masterton
9 September 2006 Buller 19–23 Mid Canterbury Westport
9 September 2006 East Coast 22–20 West Coast Ruatoria

Week 5

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Pool Date Time Home team Score Away team Score
A 16 September 14:30 Mid Canterbury (1 BP) 19 Wairarapa Bush 20
A 16 September 14:30 North Otago (1 BP) 50 East Coast 12
A 16 September 14:35 West Coast (1 BP) 16 Buller 17
B 16 September 14:30 South Canterbury 14 King Country (1 BP) 10
B 16 September 14:30 Thames Valley 22 Horowhenua-Kapiti (1 BP) 21
B 16 September 14:30 Poverty Bay (1 BP) 30 Wanganui (1 BP) 41

Round 2

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Standings

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Meads Cup Pool

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Pos Name Pld W D L F A +/− BP Pts
1 Wanganui 8 7 1 0 123 67 +56 5 35
2 Wairarapa Bush 8 7 0 1 100 56 +44 3 31
3 North Otago 8 6 0 2 132 80 +52 7 31
4 Mid Canterbury 8 4 0 4 63 80 −17 3 19
5 South Canterbury 8 3 0 5 28 102 −74 2 14
6 Horowhenua-Kapiti 8 2 1 5 65 126 −61 3 13

Lochore Cup Pool

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Pos Name Pld W D L F A +/− BP Pts
1 Poverty Bay 8 5 0 3 120 54 +66 4 24
2 Thames Valley 8 4 0 4 107 51 +56 5 21
3 King Country 8 3 2 3 81 40 +41 4 20
4 Buller 8 3 0 5 46 57 −11 2 14
5 East Coast 8 1 0 7 44 130 −86 2 6
6 West Coast 8 1 0 7 55 121 −66 2 6

Results

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Week 6

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Pool Date Time Home team Score Away team Score
MC 23 September 14:30 Wanganui (1 BP) 46 Mid Canterbury 8
MC 23 September 14:30 Wairarapa Bush 31 Horowhenua-Kapiti 11
MC 23 September 14:30 North Otago (1 BP) 36 South Canterbury 6
LC 23 September 14:30 Thames Valley (1 BP) 51 West Coast 16
LC 23 September 14:30 Poverty Bay 33 East Coast 15
LC 23 September 14:30 Buller (1 BP) 6 King Country 11

Week 7

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Pool Date Time Home team Score Away team Score
MC 30 September 14:30 Mid Canterbury (1 BP) 36 Horowhenua-Kapiti (1 BP) 29
MC 30 September 14:30 North Otago (1 BP) 37 Wanganui (1 BP) 49
MC 30 September 14:30 Wairarapa Bush (1 BP) 47 South Canterbury 17
LC 30 September 14:30 East Coast 17 Thames Valley (1 BP) 40
LC 30 September 14:30 Buller 22 Poverty Bay (1 BP) 30
MC 30 September 14:30 West Coast 22 King Country (1 BP) 32

Week 8

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Pool Date Time Home team Score Away team Score
MC 7 October 14:30 Wanganui 28 Wairarapa Bush (1 BP) 22
MC 7 October 14:30 Horowhenua-Kapiti 25 North Otago (1 BP) 59
MC 7 October 14:30 South Canterbury 5 Mid Canterbury 19
LC 7 October 14:00 Thames Valley (1 BP) 16 Buller 18
LC 7 October 14:30 Poverty Bay (1 BP) 57 West Coast 17
LC 7 October 14:30 King Country (1 BP) 38 East Coast 12

Semifinals

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Results

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Meads Cup

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Date Time Home team Score Away team Score
14 October 16:35 Wanganui 30 Mid Canterbury 17
14 October 14:30 Wairarapa Bush 25 North Otago 19

Lochore Cup

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Date Time Home team Score Away team Score
14 October 14:30 Poverty Bay 36 Buller 10
14 October 14:00 Thames Valley 15 King Country 17

Finals

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Results

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Meads Cup

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Date Time Home team Score Away team Score
21 October 16:30 Wanganui 14 Wairarapa Bush 16

Lochore Cup

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Date Time Home team Score Away team Score
21 October 14:15 Poverty Bay 46 King Country 34

See also

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References

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