2005 National Provincial Championship

The National Provincial Championship, or NPC, was the predecessor to the current ITM Cup, Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship in New Zealand rugby. 2005 was the 30th and final year of the National Provincial Championship, Auckland were the winners of Division 1, Hawke's Bay were the winners of Division 2, while Wairarapa Bush were the winners of Division 3.

Standings

Division 1 Standings

2005 Air New Zealand NPC Division 1
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Canterbury 9 7 1 1 234 138 +94 25 14 4 1 35
2 Auckland 9 7 0 2 290 219 +71 32 28 5 0 33
3 North Harbour 9 6 1 2 280 158 +122 34 16 6 0 32
4 Otago 9 6 0 3 218 145 +73 24 16 3 1 28
5 Wellington 9 5 0 4 268 204 +64 32 22 4 2 26
6 Southland 9 4 0 5 200 256 –56 20 31 1 2 19
7 Waikato 9 4 0 5 203 199 +4 23 20 1 1 18
8 Bay of Plenty 9 3 0 6 188 241 -53 23 25 3 2 17
9 Taranaki 9 2 0 7 164 215 -51 20 20 2 3 13
10 Northland 9 0 0 9 97 367 -270 11 52 0 1 1

Division 2 Standings

2005 Air New Zealand NPC Division 2
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Hawke's Bay 8 8 0 0 362 117 +245 54 16 8 0 40
2 Counties Manukau 8 7 0 1 320 162 +158 44 18 7 0 35
3 Nelson Bays 8 5 0 3 289 192 +97 39 29 3 0 23
4 North Otago 8 4 0 4 285 228 +67 36 32 4 2 22
5 Marlborough 8 4 0 4 201 183 +18 26 23 3 1 20
6 Manawatu 8 3 0 5 155 200 -45 20 27 2 1 15
7 Wanganui 8 2 0 6 156 197 -41 20 24 3 2 13
8 Poverty Bay 8 3 0 5 161 298 -137 20 30 1 0 13
9 East Coast 8 0 0 8 71 423 -362 8 62 0 0 0

Division 3 Standings

2005 Air New Zealand NPC Division 3
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Wairarapa Bush 7 6 0 1 257 94 +163 37 10 6 1 31
2 Horowhenua-Kapiti 7 6 0 1 189 123 +66 29 15 4 0 28
3 King Country 7 5 0 2 220 107 +113 30 14 3 2 25
4 Buller 7 5 0 2 153 149 +4 17 19 2 0 22
5 Mid Canterbury 7 2 0 5 108 149 -41 9 18 1 2 11
6 Thames Valley 7 2 0 5 131 185 -54 13 24 1 1 10
7 South Canterbury 7 2 0 5 98 191 -93 13 25 1 1 10
8 West Coast 7 0 0 7 79 237 -158 11 34 0 2 2

Division 1 Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Division 1 Semi Finals

Division 1 Grand Final

Division 2 Results

Round 1

Bye: Marlborough

Round 2

Bye: East Coast

Round 3

Bye: Wanganui

Round 4

Bye: Poverty Bay

Round 5

Bye: Nelson Bays

Round 6

Bye: Manawatu

Round 7

Bye: Counties Manukau

Round 8

Bye: North Otago

Round 9

Bye: Hawke's Bay

Division 2 Semi Finals

Division 2 NPC Grand Final

References

The 2006 New Zealand Rugby Almanack, Edited by Clive Akers and Geoff Miller

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