2007 Heartland Championship

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2007 Heartland Championship
Date18 August 2007 (2007-08-18)–18 October 2007 (2007-10-18)
Countries Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Final positions
Champions North Otago (Meads Cup)
Poverty Bay (Lochore Cup)
Runner-up Wanganui (Meads Cup)
South Canterbury (Lochore Cup)
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The 2007 Heartland Championship was the second season of the Heartland Championship, the primary provincial rugby union championship in New Zealand played between 18 August and 18 October 2007. [1] As in the inaugural competition, the 2006 Heartland Championship, 12 teams were involved.

Contents

North Otago won the Meads Cup, [2] beating Whanganui in the final, [3] while Poverty Bay repeated as Lochore Cup champions, [4] overcoming a half-time deficit of 16 points to beat South Canterbury. [5] [4]

Round 1

Standings

The top three places in each pool, highlighted in green, advanced to the Meads Cup. The remaining teams entered the Lochore Cup.

Pool A

PosNamePldWDLFA+/−BPPts
1 Mid Canterbury 530212292+30315
2 Wairarapa Bush 530214067+73315
3 King Country 53028866+22214
4 West Coast 530291114−23113
5 Thames Valley 520389118−29210
6 Horowhenua-Kapiti 510491164−7304

Pool B

PosNamePldWDLFA+/−BPPts
1 North Otago 550018559+126323
2 Buller 5401112104+8117
3 Wanganui 530211186+25315
4 Poverty Bay 520310199+2210
5 South Canterbury 510449105−5615
6 East Coast 500541146−10511

Results

Week 1

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
AAugust 1814:30 Mid Canterbury 7 Thames Valley 13
AAugust 1814:30 Horowhenua-Kapiti 13 King Country 34
AAugust 1814:30 Wairarapa Bush 46 West Coast 0
BAugust 1814:30 North Otago 51 Buller 20
BAugust 1814:30 South Canterbury 7 Poverty Bay 24
BAugust 1814:30 Wanganui 28 East Coast 0

Week 2

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
AAugust 2514:30 Thames Valley 5 Wairarapa Bush 41
AAugust 2514:30 King Country 22 Mid Canterbury 14
AAugust 2514:30 Horowhenua-Kapiti 17 West Coast 31
BAugust 2514:30 Wanganui 15 Buller 19
BAugust 2514:30 South Canterbury 9 East Coast 5
BAugust 2514:30 Poverty Bay 11 North Otago 31

Week 3

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
ASeptember 114:30 West Coast 34 Thames Valley 17
ASeptember 114:30 Mid Canterbury 42 Horowhenua-Kapiti 20
ASeptember 114:30 Wairarapa Bush 16 King Country 8
BSeptember 114:30 East Coast 7 Buller 38
BSeptember 114:30 North Otago 26 South Canterbury 7
BSeptember 114:30 Wanganui 22 Poverty Bay 20

Week 4

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
ASeptember 814:30 Horowhenua-Kapiti 18 Wairarapa Bush 12
ASeptember 814:30 King Country 13 Thames Valley 9
ASeptember 814:30 Mid Canterbury 23 West Coast 12
BSeptember 814:30 South Canterbury 8 Wanganui 30
BSeptember 814:30 North Otago 38 East Coast 5
BSeptember 814:30 Poverty Bay 13 Buller 15

Week 5

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
ASeptember 1514:30 Thames Valley 45 Horowhenua-Kapiti 23
ASeptember 1514:30 Wairarapa Bush 25 Mid Canterbury 36
ASeptember 1514:30 West Coast 14 King Country 11
BSeptember 1514:30 East Coast 24 Poverty Bay 33
BSeptember 1514:30 Buller 20 South Canterbury 18
BSeptember 1514:30 Wanganui 16 North Otago 39

Round 2

Standings

Meads Cup Pool

PosNamePldWDLFA+/−BPPts
1 North Otago 8602266104+162529
2 Mid Canterbury 8602213151+62428
3 Wanganui 8503206135+71626
4 Wairarapa Bush 8503196131+65323
5 Buller 8503171186−15222
6 King Country 8305117178−61214

Lochore Cup Pool

PosNamePldWDLFA+/−BPPts
1 Poverty Bay 8503193162+31424
2 South Canterbury 8404139173−34319
3 West Coast 8404155192−37117
4 Thames Valley 8206147215−68412
5 East Coast 8206130210−70311
6 Horowhenua-Kapiti 8107164260−9626

Results

Week 6

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
MSeptember 2214:00 Buller 17 Wairarapa Bush 24
MSeptember 2214:30 Mid Canterbury 21 Wanganui 19
MSeptember 2214:30 North Otago 52 King Country 5
LSeptember 2214:30 West Coast 29 East Coast 15
LSeptember 2214:30 Poverty Bay 30 Horowhenua-Kapiti 19
LSeptember 2214:30 Thames Valley 22 South Canterbury 28

Week 7

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
MSeptember 2914:30 Mid Canterbury 45 Buller 18
MSeptember 2914:30 King Country 11 Wanganui|36
MSeptember 2914:30 Wairarapa Bush 15 North Otago 7
LSeptember 2914:30 East Coast 31 Horowhenua-Kapiti 22
LSeptember 2914:30 Poverty Bay 26 Thames Valley 23
LSeptember 2914:30 South Canterbury 27 West Coast 14

Week 8

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
MOctober 614:30 Buller 24 King Country 13
MOctober 614:30 North Otago 22 Mid Canterbury 25
MOctober 614:30 Wanganui 40 Wairarapa Bush 17
LOctober 614:30 Horowhenua-Kapiti 32 South Canterbury 35
LOctober 614:30 Thames Valley 13 East Coast 43
LOctober 614:30 West Coast 21 Poverty Bay 36

Semifinals

Meads Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
October 1316:05 North Otago 30 Wairarapa Bush 13
October 1313:35 Mid Canterbury 0 Wanganui 18

Lochore Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
October 1314:30 Poverty Bay 65 Thames Valley 3
October 1314:30 South Canterbury 31 West Coast 23

Finals

Meads Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
October 2016:05 North Otago 25 Wanganui 8

Lochore Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
October 2013:35 Poverty Bay 38 South Canterbury 35

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Heartland Championship Fixtures/Results (2007)". New Zealand All Blacks rugby team official website, New Zealand Rugby Football Union. New Zealand Rugby. Archived from the original on 12 August 2007.
  2. ↑ "Old Golds have work cut out against Wanganui". The Otago Times. 26 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Meads Cup Final - North Otago v Wanganui, 20 October 2007". Rob Jefferies/PHOTOSPORT.
  4. 1 2 "PBRFU Season – 2007". Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union. 30 December 2007.
  5. ↑ "WEST COAST RFU – 2007". West Coast RFU.
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