2022 Heartland Championship

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2022 Heartland Championship
Date20 August 2022 (2022-08-20)–22 October 2022 (2022-10-22)
Countries Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Final positions
Champions South Canterbury (Meads Cup)
East Coast (Lochore Cup)
Runner-up Whanganui (Meads Cup)
Mid Canterbury (Lochore Cup)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
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The 2022 Heartland Championship, was the 16th edition of the Heartland Championship, a rugby union competition involving the twelve amateur provincial unions in New Zealand.

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The tournament began with a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams played eight games each, from which 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 featured the higher seed playing at home against the lower seed.

Teams

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Locations of teams in the 2016 Heartland Championship

The 2022 Heartland Championship was contested by the following teams:

TeamSuper Rugby partnerHome ground(s)
Buller Crusaders Westport
East Coast Hurricanes Ruatoria
Horowhenua-Kapiti Hurricanes Levin
King Country Chiefs Taupō
Mid Canterbury Crusaders Ashburton
North Otago Highlanders Oamaru
Poverty Bay Hurricanes Gisborne
South Canterbury Crusaders Timaru
Thames Valley Chiefs Paeroa
Wairarapa Bush Hurricanes Masterton
Wanganui Hurricanes Wanganui
West Coast Crusaders Greymouth

Regular season standings

In the regular season, South Canterbury topped the standings with 39 points after winning all eight games. [1]

Pos.TeamPldWDLPFPAPDTBLBPts
1 South Canterbury 8800368122+2467039
2 Whanganui 8701352142+2107136
3 Thames Valley 8503247189+585227
4 King Country 8503218201+173225
5 North Otago 8404315201+1145223
6 Horowhenua-Kapiti 8404218298−803120
7 East Coast 8404155242−872018
8 Mid Canterbury 8305214249−354218
9 Buller 8305216386−1705017
10 Poverty Bay 8305183242−593116
11 Wairarapa Bush 8206199297−983213
12 West Coast 8008185301−116437
Meads Cup qualification
Lochore Cup qualification

Finals

In the Meads Cup the top placegetter plays at their home ground against the fourth team while the second placed team plays at home against the third. In the Lochore Cup the fifth placegetter plays at their home ground against the eighth team while the sixth placed team plays at home against the seventh. The winning semi-finalists then meet in the respective finals for each Cup, played at the home-ground of the team ranked highest in the regular season.

Meads Cup

In the 2022 season South Canterbury set a record for the most points (491), tries (69) and conversions (46). They were a class above the opposition winning their semi-final 76–9 over King Country and the final by 47–36 over Whanganui. [2] [3] [4]

The 47 points scored by South Canterbury in the final was also a record as was Sam Briggs individual total of 22.

Lochore Cup

North Otago finished the regular season 5th and therefore top qualifier for the Lochore Cup. However, they lost at home 15–31 to Mid Canterbury in their semi-final. East Coast upset Horowhenua-Kapiti 37–30 at Levin.

East Coast then beat Mid Canterbury by 25–20 in the final. It was the first Lochore Cup title for East Coast. They become the 6th team to have won both the Meads Cup and the Lochore Cup. [5]

Bill Osborne Taonga

Poverty Bay was awarded the Bill Osborne Taonga through being the 5th ranked team in the 2021 regular season, earning the right to defend it in the 2022 season. They successfully defended the Taonga against Wairarapa Bush but then lost it to Ngati Porou East Coast who defended it twice.

Ian Kirkpatrick Medal

Since 2022, the Heartland Championship Player of the Year award has been awarded a medal named after former All Blacks captain Ian Kirkpatrick. The winner of the Medal for 2022 was Sam Parkes (East Coast). Other finalists were Siu Kakala (South Canterbury) and Semi Vodosese (Whanganui). [6]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Heartland FIXTURES 2022 - RUGBY HEARTLAND". rugbyheartland.co.nz. May 18, 2022.
  2. ↑ "South Canterbury reaching unparalleled heights in 2022". 29 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "South Canterbury create Heartland history". allblacks.com. August 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bunnings Heartland 2022 | FINAL Highlights | South Canterbury v Whanganui". October 21, 2022 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Bunnings Heartland 2022 | FINAL Highlights | East Coast v Mid Canterbury". allblacks.com. October 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ruahei Demant and World Cup winning Black Ferns shine at the ASB Rugby Awards". New Zealand Rugby (Press release). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
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