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2010 Heartland Championship

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2010 Heartland Championship
Date28 August 2010 (2010-08-28)–31 October 2010 (2010-10-31)
CountriesNew Zealand New Zealand
Final positions
ChampionsNorth Otago (Meads Cup)
Wairarapa Bush (Lochore Cup)
Runner-upWanganui (Meads Cup)
Buller (Lochore Cup)
2009
2011

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.

In Round 1, 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 2, the first three teams in each pool of Round 1 competed for the Meads Cup, the others competed for the Lochore Cup. Each team met the teams from the other pool of Round 1 in a round-robin format (18 games, from 2 October to 16 October). The first four teams in Round 2 went on to the semifinals, the winners of which went on to the grand final on 31 October.

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

Round 1

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Pool A

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Qualified for Meads Cup
Qualified for Lochore Cup
Pos 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

Week 1

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28 August 2010
14:30
Wanganui13–6South Canterbury (BP)
Try: Sam Scown
Con: Mark Davis
Pen: Mark Davis (2)
ReportPen: Jason Merrett (2)
Wanganui

Week 2

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Week 3

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Week 4

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Week 5

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Pool B

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Qualified for Meads Cup
Qualified for Lochore Cup
Pos 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

Week 1

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28 August 2010
14:30
(BP) Buller16–23Wairarapa Bush
Try: Joseph Bradley
Con: Andrew Stephens
Pen: Andrew Stephens (3)
ReportTry: Sam Mitchell
Pen: Jeremy Te Huia (6)
Westport

Week 2

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4 September 2010
14:30
(BP) North Otago44–20Buller
Try: Tevita Fifita (2),
Faaitu Tuamoheloa, Josh Collier,
Hamish McKenzie, Luke Herden
Con: Ben Patston (2), Billy Guyton (2)
Pen: Ben Patston (2)
ReportTry: Pene Navainabalu,
Rory Kennedy
Con: Andrew Stephens, Ricki Jacobs
Pen: Andrew Stephens (2)
Oamaru

Week 3

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11 September 2010
14:00
East Coast7–18Buller
Try: Verdon Bartlett
Con: Lance Maaka
ReportTry: Brad Mackenzie, Joseph Bradley
Con: Andrew Stephens
Pen: Andrew Stephens (2)
Ruatoria


11 September 2010
14:30
(BP) Mid Canterbury29–14North Otago
Try: Chris Crichton (3), Vesi Luatua
Con: Davey Maw (3)
Pen: Davey Maw
ReportTry: Rangi Hepi
Pen: Ben Patston (3)
Ashburton

Week 4

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Week 5

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25 September 2010
14:30
Poverty Bay21–13Buller
Try: Tom Teaeki, Murray Hewson, Whaimotu Craft-Chemis
Con: Tim Gardner (2), Kahu Tamatea
ReportTry: Phillip Rossiter
Con: Andrew Stephens
Pen: Andrew Stephens (2)
Gisborne

Statistics

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Pool stage top point scorers
Player Team Tries Conversions Penalties Drop goals Total
Kahu Tamatea Poverty Bay 2 18 4 0 58
David Harrison Thames Valley 1 5 13 0 54
Jeremy Te Huia Wairarapa Bush 1 8 11 0 54
Jason Merrett South Canterbury 0 16 7 0 53
Ben Patston North Otago 0 15 7 0 51
Mark Davis Wanganui 1 13 6 0 49
Josh Hamilton Horowhenua-Kapiti 6 6 2 0 48
John Stewart Poverty Bay 9 0 0 0 45
Luke Herden North Otago 8 0 0 0 40
Andrew Stephens Buller 0 5 9 0 37

Round 2

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Meads Cup Pool

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Qualified for semifinals
Pos 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

Week 6

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Week 7

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9 October 2010
14:30
North Otago21–16Wanganui
Oamaru

9 October 2010
14:30
Mid Canterbury13–15South Canterbury
Ashburton

9 October 2010
14:30
Poverty Bay45–18Thames Valley
Gisborne

Week 8

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16 October 2010
14:00
Thames Valley26–38North Otago
Oamaru

16 October 2010
14:30
South Canterbury14–16Poverty Bay
Timaru

16 October 2010
14:30
Wanganui29–3Mid Canterbury
Wanganui

Lochore Cup Pool

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Qualified for semifinals
Pos 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

Week 6

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2 October 2010
14:30
Horowhenua-Kapiti11–23Buller
Try: Josh Hamilton
Pen: Sam Gibson
Drop: Josh Hamilton
ReportTry: Brad MacKenzie
Pen: Andrew Stephens (6)
Levin

Week 7

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9 October 2010
14:30
Horowhenua-Kapiti31–17Wairarapa Bush
Levin

9 October 2010
14:30
King Country44–5Buller
Te Kūiti

9 October 2010
14:30
West Coast33–18East Coast
Greymouth

Week 8

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16 October 2010
14:30
Wairarapa Bush22–43King Country
Masterton

16 October 2010
14:30
East Coast25–28Horowhenua-Kapiti
Ruatoria

16 October 2010
14:30
Buller20–11West Coast
Westport

Finals

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Lochore Cup

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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[2]

The 2010 Lochore Cup was won 15–9 by Wairarapa Bush in the game against Buller.[3]

Meads Cup

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The Meads Cup semi-finals were won by North Otago and Whanganui, defeating Mid-Canterbury and Poverty Bay respectively.[1] In the Lochore Cup, Wairarapa Bush and Buller progressed to the final by beating King Country and Horowhenua-Kapiti respectively.[1]

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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "West Coast RFU – 2010". West Coast Rugby Union.
  3. ^ "Wairarapa Bush Rugby Union: 2010". Wairarapa Bush 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.
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