2010 Heartland Championship

2010 Heartland Championship
Defending champions (2009)	Whanganui - Meads Cup
	North Otago - Lochore Cup
	Pool Stage
Duration	28 August - 16 October
Round One	Matches played: 30
Round Two	Matches played: 18
	Semifinals
Date	23 October
	Grand Finals
Date	30 October
Champions (2010)	North Otago - Meads Cup
	Wairarapa-Bush - Lochore Cup

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

The winning teams were Whanganui in the Meads Cup, and Wairarapa-Bush in the Lochore Cup.^[1]^[2]

Round one[]

Pool A[]

	Qualified for Meads Cup
	Qualified for Lochore Cup

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	Wanganui	5	5	0	159	76	83	23	8	15	3	0	23
2	South Canterbury	5	4	1	107	76	31	9	7	2	0	1	17
3	Thames Valley	5	3	2	102	76	26	10	9	1	1	2	15
4	Horowhenua-Kapiti	5	1	4	97	121	-24	12	15	-3	1	1	6
5	King Country	5	1	4	76	119	-43	9	15	-6	0	2	6
5	West Coast	4	1	4	77	150	-73	10	19	-9	0	0	4

Top Point Scorers[]

Top Point Scorers
Player	Team	Total	Details
Player	Team	Total	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop Goals
	Thames Valley	54	1	5	13	0
	South Canterbury	53	0	16	7	0
	Wanganui	49	1	13	6	0
	Horowhenua-Kapiti	48	6	6	2	0
	West Coast	25	0	5	5	0
Tanner Vili	King Country	24	0	3	6	0
	Wanganui	20	4	0	0	0
	Wanganui	20	4	0	0	0
	West Coast	20	4	0	0	0
	King Country	15	3	0	0	0
Tevita Latu	South Canterbury	15	3	0	0	0
	Wanganui	15	3	0	0	0

Week 1[]

28 August 2010
2:00

(BP) Thames Valley	36 – 18	West Coast
Try: , , , Barton Thompson Con: (2) Pen: (4)	Report	Try: , Con: Pen: (2)

Paeroa

28 August 2010
2:30

King Country	17 – 12	Horowhenua-Kapiti (BP)
Try: (2) Con: Tanner Vili (2) Pen: Tanner Vili	Report	Try: , Con:

Te Kuiti

28 August 2010
2:30

Wanganui	13 – 6	South Canterbury (BP)
Try: Con: Pen: (2)	Report	Pen: (2)

Wanganui

Week 2[]

4 September 2010
2:30

Horowhenua-Kapiti	16 – 30	Wanganui (BP)
Try: Con: Pen: (2),	Report	Try: (2), , , Con: Pen:

Levin

4 September 2010
2:30

West Coast	13 – 8	King Country (BP)
Try: Con: Pen: (2)	Report	Try: Pen:

Greymouth

4 September 2010
2:30

South Canterbury	13 – 9	Thames Valley (BP)
Try: Tevita Latu Con: Pen: (2)	Report	Pen: (3)

Timaru

Week 3[]

11 September 2010
2:00

Thames Valley	14 – 5	King Country
Try: Pen: (2) Drop:	Report	Try:

Paeroa

11 September 2010
2:30

(BP) Wanganui	41 – 15	West Coast
Try: , , , , , Con: (4) Pen:	Report	Try: Brad Houston, Con: Pen:

Wanganui

11 September 2010
2:30

South Canterbury	34 – 13	Horowhenua-Kapiti
Try: , , Con: (2) Pen: (5)	Report	Try: Con: Pen: (2)

Timaru

Week 4[]

18 September 2010
1:45

Horowhenua-Kapiti	17 – 26	Thames Valley
Try: , Con: (2) Pen:	Report	Try: , , Con: Pen: (3)

Foxton

18 September 2010
2:30

King Country	22 – 52	Wanganui (BP)
Try: , , Con: Tanner Vili (2) Pen: Tanner Vili	Report	Try: (3), (2), , , Con: (6)

Taupo

18 September 2010
2:30

West Coast	17 – 26	South Canterbury
Try: , , Brad Houston Con:	Report	Try: , Con: (2) Pen: (4)

Greymouth

Week 5[]

25 September 2010
2:30

South Canterbury	28 – 24	King Country (BP)
Try: Tevita Latu (2), Con: (2) Pen: (3)	Report	Try: , Con: Tanner Vili Pen: Tanner Vili (4)

Timaru

25 September 2010
2:30

(BP) Horowhenua-Kapiti	39 - 14	West Coast
Try: (4), , Con: (3) Pen:	Report	Try: (2) Con: (2)

Paraparaumu

25 September 2010
2:30

Wanganui	23 - 17	Thames Valley
Try: (2), Con: Pen: (2)	Report	Try: , Con: (2) Pen:

Wanganui

Pool B[]

	Qualified for Meads Cup
	Qualified for Lochore Cup

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	Mid Canterbury	5	4	1	150	85	65	21	10	11	4	1	21
2	North Otago	5	4	1	243	80	163	33	9	24	4	0	20
3	Poverty Bay	5	4	1	187	82	105	27	8	19	2	0	18
4	Wairarapa Bush	5	2	3	99	151	-52	10	19	-9	1	0	9
5	Buller	5	1	4	79	127	-48	8	16	-8	0	1	5
6	East Coast	5	0	5	44	277	-233	4	41	-37	0	0	0

Top Point Scorers[]

Top Point Scorers
Player	Team	Total	Details
Player	Team	Total	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop Goals
	Poverty Bay	58	2	18	4	0
	Wairarapa Bush	54	1	8	11	0
Ben Patston	North Otago	51	0	15	7	0
John Stewart	Poverty Bay	45	9	0	0	0
	North Otago	40	8	0	0	0
Andrew Stephens	Buller	37	0	5	9	0
	Mid Canterbury	36	0	12	4	0
	Mid Canterbury	30	6	0	0	0
Billy Guyton	North Otago	27	0	9	3	0
	North Otago	20	4	0	0	0

Week 1[]

28 August 2010
2:00

(BP) Mid Canterbury	20 - 25	Poverty Bay
Try: , Con: (2) Pen: (2)	Report	Try: , John Stewart (2) Con: (2) Pen: (2)

Ashburton

28 August 2010
2:30

(BP) Buller	16 - 23	Wairarapa Bush
Try: Con: Andrew Stephens Pen: Andrew Stephens (3)	Report	Try: Pen: (6)

Westport

28 August 2010
2:30

East Coast	3 - 116	North Otago (BP)
Pen:	Report	Try: (5), (3), (2), (2), , , , , Con: Ben Patston (9), Billy Guyton (5) Pen: Ben Patston

Ruatoria

Week 2[]

4 September 2010
2:30

Wairarapa Bush	17 - 30	Mid Canterbury (BP)
Try: , Con: (2) Pen:	Report	Try: (2), , Tim Perry Con: (2) Pen: (2)

Masterton

4 September 2010
2:30

(BP) North Otago	44 - 20	Buller
Try: (2), , , , Con: Ben Patston (2), Billy Guyton (2) Pen: Ben Patston (2)	Report	Try: , Con: Andrew Stephens, Pen: Andrew Stephens (2)

Oamaru

4 September 2010
2:30

(BP) Poverty Bay	71 - 3	East Coast
Try: John Stewart (3), , , , , , , , Con: (8)	Report	Pen:

Gisborne

Week 3[]

11 September 2010
2:00

East Coast	7 - 18	Buller
Try: Con:	Report	Try: , Con: Andrew Stephens Pen: Andrew Stephens (2)

Ruatoria

11 September 2010
2:30

(BP) Poverty Bay	62 - 6	Wairarapa Bush
Try: John Stewart (3), (2), , , , Con: (7) Pen:	Report	Pen: (2)

Gisborne

11 September 2010
2:30

(BP) Mid Canterbury	29 - 14	North Otago
Try: (3), Con: (3) Pen:	Report	Try: Pen: Ben Patston (3)

Ashburton

Week 4[]

18 September 2010
2:30

Buller	12 - 32	Mid Canterbury (BP)
Try: , Con: Andrew Stephens	Report	Try: , Tim Perry, , , Con: (2) Pen:

Westport

18 September 2010
2:30

(BP) Wairarapa Bush	33 - 14	East Coast
Try: (2), , , Con: (4)	Report	Try: Pen: (2) Drop:

Masterton

18 September 2010
2:30

(BP) North Otago	40 - 8	Poverty Bay
Try: , , , , Con: Ben Patston (3) Pen: Ben Patston (3)	Report	Try: John Stewart Pen:

Oamaru

Week 5[]

25 September 2010
2:30

(BP) Mid Canterbury	39 - 17	East Coast
Try: (2), , , , Con: (3) Pen:	Report	Try: , Con: (2) Pen:

Ashburton

25 September 2010
2:30

Poverty Bay	21 - 13	Buller
Try: , , Con: Tim Gardner (2),	Report	Try: Con: Andrew Stephens Pen: Andrew Stephens (2)

Gisborne

25 September 2010
2:30

Wairarapa Bush	20 - 29	North Otago (BP)
Try: , Con: (2) Pen: (2)	Report	Try: (2), , Con: Billy Guyton (2), Ben Patston Pen: Billy Guyton

Masterton

Round two[]

Meads Cup Pool[]

	Qualified for Semifinals

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	Wanganui	6	6	0	209	110	99	30	13	17	4	0	28
2	Mid Canterbury	6	5	1	179	94	85	23	10	13	4	1	25
3	North Otago	6	5	1	286	94	192	40	11	29	5	0	25
4	Poverty Bay	6	4	2	221	132	89	32	15	17	3	0	19
5	South Canterbury	6	4	2	121	119	2	11	14	-3	0	1	17
6	Thames Valley	6	3	3	111	105	6	10	11	-1	1	2	15

Top Point Scorers[]

Top Point Scorers
Player	Team	Total	Details
Player	Team	Total	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop Goals
	Thames Valley	54	1	5	13	0
	South Canterbury	53	0	16	7	0
	Wanganui	49	1	13	6	0
	Horowhenua-Kapiti	48	6	6	2	0
	West Coast	25	0	5	5	0
Tanner Vili	King Country	24	0	3	6	0
	Wanganui	20	4	0	0	0
	Wanganui	20	4	0	0	0
	West Coast	20	4	0	0	0
	King Country	15	3	0	0	0
Tevita Latu	South Canterbury	15	3	0	0	0
	Wanganui	15	3	0	0	0

Week 6[]

2 October 2010
2:30

(BP) Wanganui	50 - 34	Poverty Bay (BP)
Try: (2), (2), , Denning Tyrell, Con: (6) Pen:	Report	Try: (2), , , Con: , Tim Gardner (2) Pen:

Wanganui

2 October 2010
2:30

Mid Canterbury	29 - 9	Thames Valley
Try: , Con: (2) Pen: (5)	Report	Pen: (3)

Ashburton

2 October 2010
2:30

(BP) North Otago	43 - 14	South Canterbury
Try: Billy Guyton (3), (2), , Con: Ben Patston (4)	Report	Try: , Con: (2)

Oamaru

Week 7[]

9 October 2010
2:30

North Otago	21 - 16	Wanganui

Oamaru

9 October 2010
2:30

Mid Canterbury	13 - 15	South Canterbury

Ashburton

9 October 2010
2:30

Poverty Bay	45 - 18	Thames Valley

Gisborne

Week 8[]

16 October 2010
2:00

Thames Valley	26 - 38	North Otago

Oamaru

16 October 2010
2:30

South Canterbury	14 - 16	Poverty Bay

Timaru

16 October 2010
2:30

Wanganui	29 - 3	Mid Canterbury

Wanganui

Lochore Cup Pool[]

	Qualified for Semifinals

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	King Country	6	2	4	122	128	-6	15	15	0	1	2	11
2	Wairarapa Bush	6	2	4	129	186	-57	13	23	-10	2	1	11
3	Buller	6	2	4	102	138	-36	9	17	-8	0	1	9
4	West Coast	6	2	4	112	180	-68	14	22	-8	1	0	9
5	Horowhenua-Kapiti	6	1	5	108	144	-36	13	16	-3	1	1	6
6	East Coast	6	0	6	53	323	-270	4	47	-43	0	0	0

Top Point Scorers[]

Top Point Scorers
Player	Team	Total	Details
Player	Team	Total	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop Goals
	Thames Valley	54	1	5	13	0
	South Canterbury	53	0	16	7	0
	Wanganui	49	1	13	6	0
	Horowhenua-Kapiti	48	6	6	2	0
	West Coast	25	0	5	5	0
Tanner Vili	King Country	24	0	3	6	0
	Wanganui	20	4	0	0	0
	Wanganui	20	4	0	0	0
	West Coast	20	4	0	0	0
	King Country	15	3	0	0	0
Tevita Latu	South Canterbury	15	3	0	0	0
	Wanganui	15	3	0	0	0

Week 6[]

2 October 2010
2:30

(BP) Wairarapa Bush	30 - 35	West Coast (BP)
Try: (2), Con: (3) Pen: (3)	Report	Try: , Brad Houston, , Con: (3) Pen: (3)

Masterton

2 October 2010
2:30

(BP) King Country	45 - 9	East Coast
Try: (2), (2), , Con: Tanner Vili (5), Pen: Tanner Vili	Report	Pen: (3)

Taupo

2 October 2010
2:30

Horowhenua-Kapiti	11 - 23	Buller
Try: Pen: Drop:	Report	Try: Pen: Andrew Stephens (6)

Levin

Week 7[]

9 October 2010
2:30

Horowhenua-Kapiti	31 - 17	Wairarapa Bush

Levin

9 October 2010
2:30

King Country	44 - 5	Buller

Te Kuiti

9 October 2010
2:30

West Coast	33 - 18	East Coast

Greymouth

Week 8[]

16 October 2010
2:30

Wairarapa Bush	22 - 43	King Country

Masterton

16 October 2010
2:30

East Coast	25 - 28	Horowhenua-Kapiti

Ruatoria

16 October 2010
2:30

Buller	20 - 11	West Coast

Westport

Finals[]

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^[3]

The Meads Cup semi-finals were won by North Otago and Whanganui, defeating Mid-Canterbury and Poverty Bay respectively.^[2] In the Lochore Cup, Wairarapa Bush and Buller progressed to the final by beating King Country and Horowhenua-Kapiti respectively.^[2]

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]

The 2010 Lochore Cup was won 15–9 by Wairarapa Bush in the game against Buller.^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Some Heartland Championship and Women's NPC archive and history information". Club Rugby.
^ ^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.
^ "West Coast RFU – 2010". West Coast Rugby Union.
^ Rae, Sally (1 November 2010). "Rugby: Old Golds stack up silverware". Otago Daily Times.
^ "Heartland Rugby, Meads Cup Final - North Otago v Wanganui, 30 October 2010". Photosport.
^ "Wairarapa Bush Rugby Union: 2010". Wairarapa Bush Rugby Union.

External links[]

[club-1] "Some Heartland Championship and Women's NPC archive and history information". Club Rugby.

[NZRU-2] "Heartland Championship (2010)". New Zealand All Blacks rugby team official website, New Zealand Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010.

[WCRFU-3] "West Coast RFU – 2010". West Coast Rugby Union.

[ODT-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.

[6] "Wairarapa Bush Rugby Union: 2010". Wairarapa Bush Rugby Union.

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2010 Heartland Championship

Defending champions (2009)	Whanganui - Meads Cup^[1]
Defending champions (2009)	North Otago - Lochore Cup^[1]
Pool Stage
Duration	28 August - 16 October
Round One	Matches played: 30
Round Two	Matches played: 18
Semifinals
Date	23 October
Grand Finals
Date	30 October
Champions (2010)	North Otago - Meads Cup^[1]
Champions (2010)	Wairarapa-Bush - Lochore Cup^[1]

v t 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 2016 2019
Cups	Meads Cup Lochore Cup
Predecessor	National Provincial Championship (1976–2005)