2014 Heartland Championship

2014 Heartland Championship
Final positions
Date	23 August 2014 (2014-08-23)–26 October 2014 (2014-10-26)^[1]
Countries	New Zealand
Champions	Mid Canterbury (Meads Cup) Wanganui (Lochore Cup)
Runner-up	Buller (Meads Cup) North Otago (Lochore Cup)
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The 2014 Heartland Championship was the ninth edition of the Heartland Championship, a rugby union competition involving the twelve amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The tournament involved a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams played eight games each and then the top four advanced to the Meads Cup semifinals, while fifth to eighth advanced to the Lochore Cup semifinals. In both of these knockout stages the top seeds (first and fifth) played at home against the lowest seeds (fourth and eighth), the second highest seeds (second and sixth) played at home against the third highest seeds (third and seventh) and the final had the higher seed play at home against the lower seed.

Teams

Locations of teams in the 2014 Heartland Championship

The 2014 Heartland Championship will be contested by the following teams.

Team	Super Rugby partner	Hometown	Home stadium	Capacity^[2]
Buller	Crusaders	Westport	Victoria Square	5,000
East Coast	Hurricanes	Ruatoria	Whakarua Park	3,000
Horowhenua-Kapiti	Hurricanes	Levin	Levin Domain	6,500
King Country	Chiefs	Taupo	Owen Delany Park	20,000
Mid Canterbury	Crusaders	Ashburton	Ashburton Showgrounds	5,000
North Otago	Highlanders	Oamaru	Whitestone Contracting Stadium	7,000
Poverty Bay	Hurricanes	Gisborne	More FM Rugby Park	18,000
South Canterbury	Crusaders	Timaru	Alpine Energy Stadium	12,000
Thames Valley	Chiefs	Paeroa	Paeroa Domain	3,000
Wairarapa Bush	Hurricanes	Masterton	Trust House Memorial Park	10,000
Wanganui	Hurricanes	Wanganui	Cooks Gardens	15,000
West Coast	Crusaders	Greymouth	Rugby Park	6,000

Pre-season

Two Heartland Championship teams, Thames Valley and Mid Canterbury, challenged Counties Manukau for the Ranfurly Shield in two matches that took place in at Counties Manukau's home ground, ECOLight Stadium in Pukekohe.^[1]^[3]

	2 July 2014	Counties Manukau	68 – 0	Thames Valley	ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe
	18:00 (NZST)	Try: Page (3) Vaipulu (2) Hancy Pulu Ropati Graham Penalty try Con: Page (6/10) Pen: Page (2/2)	Report	Cards: MacDonald

	9 July 2014	Counties Manukau	46 – 10	Mid Canterbury	ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe
	18:00 (NZST)	Try: Hyatt (2) Page Vaipulu Tu'ugafasi Pulu Muirhead Con: Page (4/6) Pen: Page (1/1)	Report	Try: Sharpe Con: Williams Pen: Williams

Standings

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
1	Buller	8	8	0	0	282	145	+137	5	0	37
2	Poverty Bay	8	5	1	2	231	168	+63	5	1	28
3	Mid Canterbury	8	5	1	2	258	139	+119	3	1	26
4	Horowhenua-Kapiti	8	5	2	1	169	121	+48	1	1	26
5	King Country	8	5	0	3	196	176	+20	3	2	25
6	South Canterbury	8	4	0	4	202	165	+37	4	1	21
7	North Otago	8	4	0	4	174	155	19	1	2	20
8	Wanganui	8	3	0	5	203	194	+9	3	2	17
9	Thames Valley	8	3	1	4	139	135	+2	0	3	17
10	West Coast	8	2	0	6	163	232	-69	2	3	13
11	Wairarapa Bush	8	1	1	6	151	238	-87	2	1	9
12	East Coast	8	0	0	8	67	367	-300	0	0	0

	Meads Cup, Heartland Championship and ITM Cup Championship qualification
	Lochore Cup qualification

In the case of a two-team tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:

(1) the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces; then
(2) highest point difference; then
(3) most tries scored; then
(4) a coin toss.

In the caseof a three-team or more tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:

(1) the province with the most wins against other tied provinces in the Round Robin; then

(2) if two teams remain tied they shall be ranked according to the criteria listed above, but if more than two teams remain tied, they shall be ranked according to criteria (2) to (4) only.

Round by round

Team	Points by round								Total	Average
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Average
Buller
East Coast
Horowhenua-Kapiti
King Country
Mid Canterbury
North Otago
Poverty Bay
South Canterbury
Thames Valley
Wairarapa Bush
Wanganui
West Coast

Offensive	Defensive

Team progression by round – 2014 Heartland Championship
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Buller
East Coast
Horowhenua-Kapiti
King Country
Mid Canterbury
North Otago
Poverty Bay
South Canterbury
Thames Valley
Wairarapa Bush
Wanganui
West Coast
The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall division log position in brackets.
Key:	win	draw	loss

Points scorers

Overall points scorers
Player	Team	Total	Details
Player	Team	Total	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop goals
		0	0	0	0	0

Updated: 10 June 2014

Regular season

The schedule of fixtures was released on 3 April 2014.^[1]

Round 1

	23 August 2014	King Country	32-13	Wairarapa Bush	Owen Delany Park, Taupo
	14:00 (NZST)

	23 August 2014	Mid Canterbury	52-27	West Coast	Ashburton Showgrounds, Ashburton
	14:30 (NZST)

	23 August 2014	Poverty Bay	52-12	East Coast	More FM Rugby Park, Gisborne
	14:30 (NZST)

	23 August 2014	South Canterbury	31-18	Wanganui	Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru
	14:30 (NZST)

	23 August 2014	Buller	17-9	North Otago	Victoria Square, Westport
	14:30 (NZST)

	23 August 2014	Horowhenua-Kapiti	19-19	Thames Valley	Horowhenua Community Trust Levin Domain, Levin
	14:30 (NZST)

Round 2

	30 August 2014	Wairarapa Bush	23-23	Mid Canterbury	Trust House Memorial Park, Masterton
	13:30 (NZST)

	30 August 2014	Thames Valley	15-10	King Country	Boyd Park, Te Aroha
	14:00 (NZST)

	30 August 2014	Wanganui	23-34	Horowhenua-Kapiti	Cooks Gardens, Wanganui
	14:30 (NZST)

	30 August 2014	West Coast	15-49	South Canterbury	Rugby Park, Greymouth
	14:30 (NZST)

	30 August 2014	East Coast	6-62	Buller	Whakarua Park, Ruatoria
	14:30 (NZST)

	30 August 2014	North Otago	43-34	Poverty Bay	Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru
	14:30 (NZST)

Round 3

	6 September 2014	South Canterbury	43-16	Wairarapa Bush	Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru
	13:30 (NZST)

	6 September 2014	Thames Valley	20-15	Mid Canterbury	Paeroa Domain, Paeroa
	14:00 (NZST)

	6 September 2014	Wanganui	20-15	North Otago	Cooks Gardens, Wanganui
	14:30 (NZST)

	6 September 2014	Horowhenua-Kapiti	37-10	East Coast	Horowhenua Community Trust Levin Domain, Levin
	14:30 (NZST)

	6 September 2014	King Country	29-53	Buller	Rugby Park, Te Kuiti
	14:30 (NZST)

	6 September 2014	Poverty Bay	29-20	West Coast	More FM Rugby Park, Gisborne
	14:30 (NZST)

Round 4

	13 September 2014	Buller	19-10	South Canterbury	Victoria Square, Westport
	14:30 (NZST)

	13 September 2014	East Coast	8-21	Thames Valley	Whakarua Park, Ruatoria
	14:30 (NZST)

	13 September 2014	Mid Canterbury	30-14	Wanganui	Ashburton Showgrounds, Ashburton
	14:30 (NZST)

	13 September 2014	North Otago	14-17	King Country	Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru
	14:30 (NZST)

	13 September 2014	Wairarapa Bush	10-23	Poverty Bay	Trust House Memorial Park, Masterton
	14:30 (NZST)

	13 September 2014	West Coast	17-19	Horowhenua-Kapiti	Rugby Park, Greymouth
	14:30 (NZST)

Round 5

	20 September 2014	Thames Valley	15-19	North Otago	Paeroa Domain, Paeroa
	14:00 (NZST)

	20 September 2014	Wanganui	44-7	East Coast	Cooks Gardens, Wanganui
	14:30 (NZST)

	20 September 2014	Horowhenua-Kapiti	12-9	Wairarapa Bush	Horowhenua Community Trust Levin Domain, Levin
	14:30 (NZST)

	20 September 2014	King Country	15-10	West Coast	Owen Delany Park, Taupo
	14:30 (NZST)

	20 September 2014	Mid Canterbury	19-29	Buller	Ashburton Showgrounds, Ashburton
	14:30 (NZST)

	20 September 2014	South Canterbury	32-28	Poverty Bay	Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru
	14:30 (NZST)

Round 6

	27 September 2014	Buller	19-12	Horowhenua-Kapiti	Victoria Square, Westport
	14:30 (NZST)

	27 September 2014	East Coast	12-67	Mid Canterbury	Whakarua Park, Ruatoria
	14:30 (NZST)

	27 September 2014	Poverty Bay	35-29	King Country	More FM Rugby Park, Gisborne
	14:30 (NZST)

	27 September 2014	North Otago	22-19	South Canterbury	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	14:30 (NZST)

	27 September 2014	Wairarapa Bush	20-18	Thames Valley	Trust House Memorial Park, Masterton
	14:00 (NZST)

	27 September 2014	West Coast	23-17	Wanganui	Rugby Park, Greymouth
	13:00 (NZST)

Round 7

	4 October 2014	Buller	29-24	West Coast	Victoria Square, Westport
	14:30 (NZST)

	4 October 2014	East Coast	7-34	King Country	Whakarua Park, Ruatoria
	14:30 (NZST)

	4 October 2014	Horowhenua-Kapiti	23-11	South Canterbury	Horowhenua Community Trust Levin Domain, Levin
	14:00 (NZST)

	4 October 2014	Mid Canterbury	28-7	North Otago	Ashburton Showgrounds, Ashburton
	14:30 (NZST)

	4 October 2014	Thames Valley	9-17	Poverty Bay	Paeroa Domain, Paeroa
	14:30 (NZST)

	4 October 2014	Wanganui	38-24	Wairarapa Bush	Cooks Gardens, Wanganui
	14:30 (NZST)

Round 8

	11 October 2014	King Country	30-29	Wanganui	Rugby Park, Te Kuiti
	14:30 (NZST)

	11 October 2014	North Otago	45-5	East Coast	Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru
	14:30 (NZST)

	11 October 2014	Poverty Bay	13-13	Horowhenua-Kapiti	More FM Rugby Park, Gisborne
	14:30 (NZST)

	11 October 2014	South Canterbury	7-24	Mid Canterbury	Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru
	14:30 (NZST)

	11 October 2014	Wairarapa Bush	36-49	Buller	Trust House Memorial Park, Masterton
	14:30 (NZST)

	11 October 2014	West Coast	27-22	Thames Valley	Rugby Park, Greymouth
	14:30 (NZST)

Finals

Meads Cup semi-finals			Meads Cup final


1	Buller	22

4	Horowhenua-Kapiti	15
			1	Buller	13

			3	Mid Canterbury	36
2	Poverty Bay	22

3	Mid Canterbury	29

Lochore Cup semi-finals			Lochore Cup final


5	King Country	6

8	Wanganui	37
			7	North Otago	12

			8	Wanganui	16
6	South Canterbury	12

7	North Otago	16

Semifinals

Meads Cup

	18 October 2014	Buller	22-15	Horowhenua-Kapiti	Victoria Square, Westport
	TBC (NZST)

	18 October 2014	Poverty Bay	22-29	Mid Canterbury	More FM Rugby Park, Gisborne
	TBC (NZST)

Lochore Cup

	18 October 2014	King Country	6-37	Wanganui	Template:Rugby Park, Te Kuiti
	TBC (NZST)

	18 October 2014	South Canterbury	12-16	North Otago	Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru
	TBC (NZST)

Finals

Meads Cup

	25 October 2014	Buller	13-36	Mid Canterbury	Victoria Square, Westport
	TBC (NZST)

Lochore Cup

	26 October 2014	North Otago	12-14	Wanganui	Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru
	TBC (NZST)

References

1 2 3 "Pink Batts Heartland Championship 2014 draw released". Heartland Championship. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
↑ "2013 Pink Batts Heartland Championship Media Guide". AllBlacks.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
↑ "First Ranfurly Shield matches confirmed for 2014". ITM Cup. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

Heartland Championship

Teams	Buller East Coast Horowhenua-Kapiti King Country Mid Canterbury North Otago Poverty Bay South Canterbury Thames Valley Wairarapa Bush Wanganui West Coast

Seasons	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Cups	Meads Cup Lochore Cup

Predecessor	National Provincial Championship

Rugby union in New Zealand

Governing body

New Zealand Rugby Union

National teams

Men's	New Zealand Junior All Blacks Māori All Blacks Heartland XV Schoolboys Sevens U-20 Defunct: U-21 U-19

Women's	New Zealand Sevens

Competitions

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2014 Heartland Championship

Teams

Pre-season

Standings

Round by round

Points scorers

Regular season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Finals

Semifinals

Finals

See also

References