2014 Heartland Championship

The 2014 Heartland Championship was the ninth edition of the Heartland Championship, a rugby union competition involving the twelve amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The tournament involved a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams played eight games each and then 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 had the higher seed play at home against the lower seed.

2014 Heartland Championship
Date23 August 2014 (2014-08-23)–26 October 2014 (2014-10-26)[1]
Countries New Zealand
Final positions
Champions Mid Canterbury (Meads Cup)
Wanganui (Lochore Cup)
Runner-up Buller (Meads Cup)
North Otago (Lochore Cup)
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Teams
Locations of teams in the 2014 Heartland Championship

The 2014 Heartland Championship will be contested by the following teams.

Team Super Rugby partner Hometown Home stadium Capacity[2]
Buller Crusaders Westport Victoria Square 5,000
East Coast Hurricanes Ruatoria Whakarua Park 3,000
Horowhenua-Kapiti Hurricanes Levin Levin Domain 6,500
King Country Chiefs Taupo Owen Delany Park 20,000
Mid Canterbury Crusaders Ashburton Ashburton Showgrounds 5,000
North Otago Highlanders Oamaru Whitestone Contracting Stadium 7,000
Poverty Bay Hurricanes Gisborne More FM Rugby Park 18,000
South Canterbury Crusaders Timaru Alpine Energy Stadium 12,000
Thames Valley Chiefs Paeroa Paeroa Domain 3,000
Wairarapa Bush Hurricanes Masterton Trust House Memorial Park 10,000
Wanganui Hurricanes Wanganui Cooks Gardens 15,000
West Coast Crusaders Greymouth Rugby Park 6,000

Pre-season

Two Heartland Championship teams, Thames Valley and Mid Canterbury, challenged Counties Manukau for the Ranfurly Shield in two matches that took place in at Counties Manukau's home ground, ECOLight Stadium in Pukekohe.[1][3]

Standings
Pos. Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Buller 8800282145+1375037
2 Poverty Bay 8512231168+635128
3 Mid Canterbury 8512258139+1193126
4 Horowhenua-Kapiti 8521169121+481126
5 King Country 8503196176+203225
6 South Canterbury 8404202165+374121
7 North Otago 8404174155191220
8 Wanganui 8305203194+93217
9 Thames Valley 8314139135+20317
10 West Coast 8206163232-692313
11 Wairarapa Bush 8116151238-87219
12 East Coast 800867367-300000
Meads Cup, Heartland Championship and ITM Cup Championship qualification
Lochore Cup qualification

In the case of a two-team tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:

  • (1) the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces; then
  • (2) highest point difference; then
  • (3) most tries scored; then
  • (4) a coin toss.

In the caseof a three-team or more tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:

  • (1) the province with the most wins against other tied provinces in the Round Robin; then
  • (2) if two teams remain tied they shall be ranked according to the criteria listed above, but if more than two teams remain tied, they shall be ranked according to criteria (2) to (4) only.

Round by round
Team Points by round Total Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Buller
East Coast
Horowhenua-Kapiti
King Country
Mid Canterbury
North Otago
Poverty Bay
South Canterbury
Thames Valley
Wairarapa Bush
Wanganui
West Coast
Offensive Defensive
Team progression by round – 2014 Heartland Championship
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Buller
East Coast
Horowhenua-Kapiti
King Country
Mid Canterbury
North Otago
Poverty Bay
South Canterbury
Thames Valley
Wairarapa Bush
Wanganui
West Coast
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

Points scorers

Updated: 10 June 2014

Regular season

The schedule of fixtures was released on 3 April 2014.[1]

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Finals

Semifinals
Meads Cup
Lochore Cup

Finals
Meads Cup
Lochore Cup

See also

References
  1. "Pink Batts Heartland Championship 2014 draw released". Heartland Championship. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. "2013 Pink Batts Heartland Championship Media Guide". AllBlacks.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. "First Ranfurly Shield matches confirmed for 2014" Archived 2014-09-04 at the Wayback Machine. ITM Cup. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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