2016 Mitre 10 Cup

2016 Mitre 10 Cup season
Countries	New Zealand
Date	18 August – 29 October 2016
Official website
mitre10cup.co.nz
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The 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season will be the eleventh year running since the competition reconstruction in 2006 and the sixth under the new Premiership and Championship format. For the Mitre 10 Cup competition it will involve the top 14 provincial unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition is known as the Mitre 10 Cup and it will be currently the first season under the sponsor. Including the defunct National Provincial Championship, this is the 20th season of New Zealand's premier domestic competition.

Competition format

Covering 11 weeks, with nine weeks of competition and two weeks for the semifinals and finals, the schedule features a total of 76 matches. The 14 teams are grouped and divided into two divisions of seven teams, labeled the Premiership Division and the Championship Division. They are based on their on-field finishing positions following the previous year, teams finishing 1-7 will form the Premiership, teams finishing 8-14 will form the Championship. Including a promotion/relegation process between the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership replacing the seventh placed team in the Premiership which will be relegated to the Championship for the following year.^[1] The regular season consists of two types of matches:

Internal Division Matches – Each team plays the other six teams in the same division once, home or away.
Cross Division Matches – Each team plays four teams from the other division, thus missing out on three teams (each from the opposite division). Each team plays home or away games against teams from the other division, making a total of ten competition games for each team.

The top four teams of each division, will move on to the finals. The top two division winners, based on table points, received a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the second division winner hosts the third division winner, and the first division winner hosts the fourth division winner. The final is hosted by the top remaining seed.^[2]

There is also the Ranfurly Shield. It is automatically contested when the holder of the shield plays at home in any round (excluding semis and final).

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Premiership Division
1	Canterbury	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Auckland	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Tasman	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Taranaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Counties Manukau	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Waikato	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Hawke's Bay	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Championship Division
1	Manawatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Wellington	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Otago	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bay of Plenty	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
5	North Harbour	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Southland	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Northland	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: mitre10cup.co.nz

Legend:

	Qualified for Division Finals.
	Relegated to Championship for 2017
	Relegated to Heartland Championship for 2017
	Ranfurly Shield holders.

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TF = Tries For, TA = Tries Against, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points

Points breakdown:

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

The Overall Standings classification system:^[3]

Four Division Winners/Leaders in log points order
The remaining three teams in log points order
When teams are level on log points, they are sorted by:
- the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces
- highest overall points difference
- highest number of tries scored
- highest number of points scored
- a coin toss

Round-by-round

Team	Points by Round									Total	Average
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total	Average
Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Canterbury
Counties Manukau
Hawke's Bay
Manawatu
North Harbour
Northland
Otago
Southland
Taranaki
Tasman
Waikato
Wellington

Offensive	Defensive

Team	Tries by Round									Total	Average
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total	Average
Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Canterbury
Counties Manukau
Hawke's Bay
Manawatu
North Harbour
Northland
Otago
Southland
Taranaki
Tasman
Waikato
Wellington

Offensive	Defensive

Team Progression – 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season
Premiership
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
Auckland
Canterbury
Counties Manukau
Hawke's Bay
Taranaki
Tasman
Waikato
Championship
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
Bay of Plenty
Manawatu
North Harbour
Northland
Otago
Southland
Wellington
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	bye

Points Scorers

Overall Points Scorers
Player	Team	Total	Details
Player	Team	Total	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop Goals

Updated: to 20 January 2016

Regular Season

The results of the season were as follows:

Round 1

	18 August 2016	North Harbour	v	Counties Manukau	QBE Stadium, Albany
	19:35 NZST

	19 August 2016	Northland	v	Manawatu	Toll Stadium, Whangarei
	19:35 NZST

	20 August 2016	Bay of Plenty	v	Taranaki	Tauranga Domain, Tauranga
	14:35 NZST

	20 August 2016	Hawke's Bay	v	Wellington	McLean Park, Napier
	17:35 NZST

	20 August 2016	Canterbury	v	Auckland	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
	19:35 NZST

	21 August 2016	Southland	v	Otago	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
	14:35 NZST

	21 August 2016	Tasman	v	Waikato	Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
	16:35 NZST

Round 2

	25 August 2016	Otago	v	Wellington	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	19:35 NZST

	26 August 2016	Manawatu	v	Southland	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
	17:45 NZST

	26 August 2016	Auckland	v	Northland	Eden Park, Auckland
	19:45 NZST

	27 August 2016	Waikato	v	North Harbour	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	14:35 NZST		Ranfurly Shield

	27 August 2016	Taranaki	v	Hawke's Bay	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
	16:35 NZST

	28 August 2016	Canterbury	v	Tasman	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
	14:35 NZST

	28 August 2016	Counties Manukau	v	Bay of Plenty	ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe
	16:35 NZST

Round 3

	31 August 2016	Otago	v	Northland	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	19:35 NZST

	1 September 2016	Hawke's Bay	v	Counties Manukau	McLean Park, Napier
	19:35 NZST

	2 September 2016	Southland	v	Auckland	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
	19:35 NZST

	3 September 2016	Tasman	v	Taranaki	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
	14:35 NZST

	3 September 2016	Wellington	v	North Harbour	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	17:35 NZST

	3 September 2016	Northland	v	Canterbury	Toll Stadium, Whangarei
	19:35 NZST

	4 September 2016	Bay of Plenty	v	Otago	Tauranga Domain, Tauranga
	14:35 NZST

	4 September 2016	Waikato	v	Manawatu	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	16:35 NZST

Round 4

	7 September 2016	Hawke's Bay	v	Auckland	McLean Park, Napier
	19:35 NZST

	8 September 2016	Taranaki	v	Southland	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
	19:35 NZST

	9 September 2016	Bay of Plenty	v	Northland	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
	17:45 NZST

	9 September 2016	Counties Manukau	v	Wellington	ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe
	19:35 NZST

	10 September 2016	North Harbour	v	Manawatu	QBE Stadium, Albany
	14:35 NZST

	10 September 2016	Otago	v	Tasman	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	16:35 NZST

	11 September 2016	Canterbury	v	Hawke's Bay	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
	14:35 NZST

	11 September 2016	Auckland	v	Waikato	Eden Park, Auckland
	16:35 NZST

Round 5

	14 September 2016	Counties Manukau	v	Taranaki	ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe
	19:35 NZST

	15 September 2016	Southland	v	Hawke's Bay	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
	19:35 NZST

	16 September 2016	Tasman	v	Northland	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
	17:45 NZST

	16 September 2016	Wellington	v	Bay of Plenty	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	19:35 NZST

	17 September 2016	Otago	v	North Harbour	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	14:35 NZST

	17 September 2016	Manawatu	v	Canterbury	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
	16:35 NZST

	18 September 2016	Auckland	v	Counties Manukau	Eden Park, Auckland
	14:35 NZST

	18 September 2016	Waikato	v	Taranaki	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	16:35 NZST

Round 6

	21 September 2016	Southland	v	Bay of Plenty	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
	19:35 NZST

	22 September 2016	Northland	v	Wellington	Toll Stadium, Whangarei
	19:35 NZST

	23 September 2016	Counties Manukau	v	Waikato	ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe
	19:35 NZST

	24 September 2016	Canterbury	v	Otago	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
	14:35 NZST

	24 September 2016	Taranaki	v	Manawatu	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
	17:35 NZST

	24 September 2016	Hawke's Bay	v	Tasman	McLean Park, Napier
	19:35 NZST

	25 September 2016	North Harbour	v	Southland	QBE Stadium, Albany
	14:35 NZST

	25 September 2016	Bay of Plenty	v	Auckland	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
	16:35 NZST

Round 7

	28 September 2016	Waikato	v	Canterbury	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	19:35 NZST

	29 September 2016	Tasman	v	Counties Manukau	Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
	19:35 NZST

	30 September 2016	Wellington	v	Southland	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	19:35 NZST

	1 October 2016	North Harbour	v	Bay of Plenty	QBE Stadium, Albany
	14:35 NZST

	1 October 2016	Manawatu	v	Hawke's Bay	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
	17:35 NZST

	1 October 2016	Auckland	v	Otago	Eden Park, Auckland
	19:35 NZST

	2 October 2016	Taranaki	v	Canterbury	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
	14:35 NZST

	2 October 2016	Northland	v	Waikato	Toll Stadium, Whangarei
	16:35 NZST

Round 8

	5 October 2016	Manawatu	v	Wellington	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
	19:35 NZST

	6 October 2016	Auckland	v	Tasman	Eden Park, Auckland
	19:35 NZST

	7 October 2016	Canterbury	v	North Harbour	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
	19:35 NZST

	8 October 2016	Southland	v	Northland	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
	14:35 NZST

	8 October 2016	Otago	v	Counties Manukau	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	17:35 NZST

	8 October 2016	Waikato	v	Hawke's Bay	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	19:35 NZST

	9 October 2016	Wellington	v	Taranaki	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
	14:35 NZST

	9 October 2016	Bay of Plenty	v	Manawatu	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
	16:35 NZST

Round 9

	12 October 2016	North Harbour	v	Tasman	QBE Stadium, Albany
	19:35 NZST

	13 October 2016	Taranaki	v	Auckland	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
	19:35 NZST

	14 October 2016	Manawatu	v	Otago	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
	19:35 NZST

	15 October 2016	Counties Manukau	v	Canterbury	ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe
	14:35 NZST

	15 October 2016	Hawke's Bay	v	Bay of Plenty	McLean Park, Napier
	17:35 NZST

	15 October 2016	Wellington	v	Waikato	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	19:35 NZST

	16 October 2016	Tasman	v	Southland	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
	14:35 NZST

	16 October 2016	Northland	v	North Harbour	Toll Stadium, Whangarei
	16:35 NZST

Finals

	Semi-finals					Final

	Semi-finals					Final

Semi-finals

21 October 2016
19:35 NZST

Team 2	v	Team 3

tbd

22 October 2016
14:05 NZST

Team 1	v	Team 4

tbd

22 October 2016
16:35 NZST

Team 2	v	Team 3

tbd

23 October 2016
14:35 NZST

Team 1	v	Team 4

tbd

Finals

28 October 2016
19:35 NZST

Higher ranked semi-final winner	v	Lower ranked semi-final winner

tbd

29 October 2016
19:35 NZST

Higher ranked semi-final winner	v	Lower ranked semi-final winner

tbd

References

↑ "2010 ITM Cup Competition Structures", Manawatu Rugby Union. Retrieved on 7 August 2010.
↑ "ITM Cup Finals schedule". allblacks.com. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
↑ "2013 Competition Regulations Handbook" (pdf). NZRPA. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

Preceded by 2015 ITM Cup	Mitre 10 Cup 2016 TBD	Succeeded by 2017 Mitre 10 Cup

Mitre 10 Cup

Current teams	Auckland Bay of Plenty Canterbury Counties Manukau Hawke's Bay Manawatu North Harbour Northland Otago Southland Taranaki Tasman Waikato Wellington

Grounds	AMI Stadium Baypark Stadium ECOLight Stadium Eden Park FMG Stadium Forsyth Barr Stadium Lansdowne Park McLean Park QBE Stadium Rotorua International Stadium Rugby Park Stadium Tauranga Domain Toll Stadium Trafalgar Park Waikato Stadium Westpac Stadium Yarrow Stadium

Air New Zealand Cup seasons	2006 2007 2008 2009

ITM Cup seasons	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Mitre 10 Cup seasons	2016

Winners	2006: Waikato 2007: Auckland 2008: Canterbury 2009: Canterbury 2010: Canterbury 2011: Canterbury 2012: Canterbury 2013: Canterbury 2014: Taranaki 2015: Canterbury

Honours	Mitre 10 Cup Ranfurly Shield Wooden Spoon

NZRFU Champions Trophy

Rugby union in New Zealand

Governing body

New Zealand Rugby Union

National teams

Men's	New Zealand Sevens U-20 Schoolboys Defunct: U-21 U-19

Women's	New Zealand Sevens

Other notable teams

Competitions

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2016 Mitre 10 Cup

Competition format

Standings

Round-by-round

Points Scorers

Regular Season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Finals

Semi-finals

Finals

See also

References