2004 National Provincial Championship

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The National Provincial Championship, or NPC, was the predecessor to the current Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship in New Zealand rugby. 2004 was the 29th year of the National Provincial Championship, Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, Nelson Bays were the winners of Division 2, while Poverty Bay were the winners of Division 3.

Standings[]

Division 1 Standings[]

2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington 9 7 1 1 313 154 +159 38 17 4 1 35
2 CanterburyColours.png Canterbury 9 6 1 2 346 207 +139 40 25 4 2 32
3 Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty 9 7 0 2 241 221 +20 25 25 3 1 32
4 Mooloo.png Waikato 9 6 0 3 294 215 +79 37 22 5 1 30
5 TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki 9 6 0 3 332 257 +75 43 31 4 1 29
6 NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour 9 4 1 4 246 200 +46 28 23 5 4 27
7 Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland 9 4 0 5 265 287 -22 34 34 5 3 24
8 Otagorugby.png Otago 9 2 1 6 183 261 -78 17 31 1 1 12
9 SouthlandRugby.png Southland 9 1 0 8 174 338 -164 21 40 1 0 5
10 NLTaniwha.png Northland 9 0 0 9 182 436 -254 21 56 0 1 1

Division 2 Standings[]

2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship Second Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Nelson bays rugby.png Nelson Bays 8 7 1 0 270 145 +125 37 15 6 0 36
2 Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay 8 7 0 1 383 127 +256 56 12 6 1 35
3 CountiesAirNZ.png Counties Manukau 8 6 1 1 301 215 +86 39 28 5 0 31
4 Northotago.png Northotago.png North Otago 8 5 0 3 335 245 +90 45 33 5 1 26
5 Marlborough rugby.png Marlborough Rugby Colours.png Marlborough 8 3 0 5 206 233 -27 22 32 2 1 15
6 ManawatuTurbosColours.png Manawatu 8 3 0 5 187 219 -32 24 32 2 0 14
7 Whanganuicolors.png Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui 8 3 0 5 193 227 -34 27 29 4 1 12*
8 Ecoast.png Ecoast.png East Coast 8 1 0 7 183 209 -26 24 26 1 3 7*
9 Thamesvalley.png Thamesvalley.png Thames Valley 8 0 0 8 72 510 -438 9 72 0 0 0
  • = Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui lost five points and Ecoast.png East Coast lost one bonus point for player eligibility breaches i.e. the points gained in the match of the breach.

Division 3 Standings[]

2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship Third Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Povertybay.png Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 7 5 0 2 227 119 +108 30 14 5 2 27
2 Wbush.png Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush 7 5 1 1 176 120 +56 24 14 4 0 26
3 Mcantab.png Mcantab.png Mid Canterbury 7 5 0 2 185 126 +59 22 18 2 1 23
4 Hkapiti.png Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti 7 4 1 2 209 171 +38 31 23 4 0 22
5 Kcountry.png Kcountry.png King Country 7 3 1 3 161 144 +17 20 18 1 1 16
6 Scantab.png Scantab.png South Canterbury 7 2 1 4 119 150 -31 15 19 1 1 12
7 Wcoast.png Wcoast.png West Coast 7 2 0 5 130 267 -137 18 37 2 0 10
8 Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 7 0 0 7 92 202 -110 10 27 0 3 3

2004 Results[]

Division One[]

Week 1[]

13 August 2004 Wellington 34 – 27 Canterbury {{{stadium}}}  
14 August 2004 Otago 40 – 24 Northland {{{stadium}}}  
14 August 2004 Taranaki 33 – 29 North Harbour {{{stadium}}}  
14 August 2004 Waikato 52 – 23 Southland {{{stadium}}}  
15 August 2004 Auckland (RS) 28 – 33 Bay of Plenty {{{stadium}}}  

Week 2[]

20 August 2004 Southland 16 – 48 Taranaki {{{stadium}}}  
21 August 2004 Canterbury 43 – 43 North Harbour {{{stadium}}}  
21 August 2004 Northland 29 – 37 Auckland {{{stadium}}}  
21 August 2004 Otago 16 – 16 Wellington {{{stadium}}}  
22 August 2004 Bay of Plenty (RS) 26 – 20 Waikato {{{stadium}}}  

Week 3[]

27 August 2004 Canterbury 42 – 7 Otago {{{stadium}}}  
28 August 2004 Waikato 59 – 11 Auckland {{{stadium}}}  
28 August 2004 Southland 54 – 26 Northland {{{stadium}}}  
28 August 2004 Taranaki 58 – 14 Bay of Plenty {{{stadium}}}  
29 August 2004 North Harbour 16 – 18 Wellington {{{stadium}}}  

Week 4[]

3 September 2004 Wellington 37 – 17 Waikato {{{stadium}}}  
4 September 2004 Auckland 32 – 34 North Harbour {{{stadium}}}  
4 September 2004 Otago 27 – 10 Southland {{{stadium}}}  
4 September 2004 Northland 11 – 62 Taranaki {{{stadium}}}  
5 September 2004 Bay of Plenty (RS) 26 – 33 Canterbury {{{stadium}}}  

Week 5[]

10 September 2004 North Harbour 35 – 16 Southland {{{stadium}}}  
11 September 2004 Bay of Plenty 44 – 16 Otago {{{stadium}}}  
11 September 2004 Waikato 41 – 21 Northland {{{stadium}}}  
11 September 2004 Wellington 27 – 21 Auckland {{{stadium}}}  
12 September 2004 Taranaki 30 – 23 Canterbury {{{stadium}}}  

Week 6[]

17 September 2004 Otago 27 – 39 Waikato {{{stadium}}}  
18 September 2004 Bay of Plenty 17 – 13 Wellington {{{stadium}}}  
18 September 2004 Auckland 51 – 22 Taranaki {{{stadium}}}  
18 September 2004 Canterbury (RS) 52 – 13 Southland {{{stadium}}}  
19 September 2004 Northland 16 – 40 North Harbour {{{stadium}}}  

Week 7[]

24 September 2004 Waikato 15 – 30 Canterbury {{{stadium}}}  
25 September 2004 Northland 24 – 29 Bay of Plenty {{{stadium}}}  
25 September 2004 Wellington 73 – 28 Taranaki {{{stadium}}}  
25 September 2004 North Harbour 20 – 3 Otago {{{stadium}}}  
26 September 2004 Southland 22 – 30 Auckland {{{stadium}}}  

Week 8[]

1 October 2004 Taranaki 31 – 14 Otago {{{stadium}}}  
2 October 2004 Wellington 65 – 12 Northland {{{stadium}}}  
2 October 2004 Bay of Plenty 38 – 20 Southland {{{stadium}}}  
2 October 2004 Auckland 20 – 28 Canterbury {{{stadium}}}  
3 October 2004 Waikato 25 – 20 North Harbour {{{stadium}}}  

Week 9[]

8 October 2004 Auckland 35 – 33 Otago {{{stadium}}}  
9 October 2004 Taranaki 20 – 26 Waikato {{{stadium}}}  
9 October 2004 Canterbury (RS) 68 – 19 Northland {{{stadium}}}  
9 October 2004 Southland 0 – 30 Wellington {{{stadium}}}  
10 October 2004 North Harbour 9 – 14 Bay of Plenty {{{stadium}}}  

Semi Finals[]

15 October 2004 Wellington 28 – 16 Waikato {{{stadium}}}  
16 October 2004 Canterbury 44 – 12 Bay of Plenty {{{stadium}}}  

2004 Division One Grand Final[]

23 October 2004 Wellington 27 – 40 Canterbury {{{stadium}}}  

Ranfurly Shield[]

As the holders of the Ranfurly Shield from the end of 2003, Auckland were the Ranfurly Shield holders in 2004 and started with its first defence against Poverty Bay in Auckland. Auckland won this match and defended it successfully once and lost its third defence of the season to Bay of Plenty. With the unions first ever Ranfurly Shield win, Bay of Plenty won its first ever defence of the shield before losing it to Canterbury who successfully defeated its following challengers to keep the shield for the summer of 2004 and into the 2005 season.

Auckland (15th Ranfurly Shield reign)

  • July 28, 2004 - Auckland v Poverty Bay (won 116-3)
  • August 1, 2004 - Auckland v Counties Manukau (won 100-15)
  • August 15, 2004 - Auckland v Bay of Plenty (lost 28-33)

Bay of Plenty (1st Ranfurly Shield reign)

  • August 22, 2004 - Bay of Plenty v Waikato (won 26-20)
  • September 5, 2004 - Bay of Plenty v Canterbury (lost 26-33)

Canterbury (11th Ranfurly Shield reign)

  • September 18, 2004 - Canterbury v Southland (won 52-13)
  • October 9, 2004 - Canterbury v Northland (won 68-19)

References[]

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