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The Heartland Championship is the second tier of provincial rugby in New Zealand, behind the ITM Cup. There are 12 teams playing in the competition. They play 8 of the other teams, after which the top 4 teams play off for the Meads Cup and the next 4 teams in the table play off for the Lochore Cup. The winner of the Meads Cup could gain promotion to the ITM Cup Championship competition. |
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| South Canterbury | 8 | 7 | 1 | 346 | 162 | 7 | 35 | |
| Mid Canterbury | 8 | 7 | 1 | 295 | 230 | 6 | 34 | |
| Wanganui | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 318 | 185 | 7 | 33 |
| Wairarapa Bush | 8 | 4 | 4 | 238 | 192 | 7 | 23 | |
| Horowhenua Kapiti | 8 | 4 | 4 | 263 | 261 | 7 | 23 | |
| Buller | 8 | 4 | 4 | 200 | 187 | 5 | 21 | |
| King Country | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 245 | 192 | 3 | 21 |
| North Otago | 8 | 4 | 4 | 189 | 252 | 4 | 20 | |
| West Coast | 8 | 3 | 5 | 184 | 208 | 4 | 16 | |
| Thames Valley | 8 | 3 | 5 | 206 | 255 | 4 | 16 | |
| Poverty Bay | 8 | 1 | 7 | 229 | 333 | 6 | 10 | |
| East Coast | 8 | 8 | 112 | 368 | 2 | 2 | ||
2015 Fixtures and results
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August 22 August 29 September 5 September 12 September 19 September 26 October 3 October 10 Semi-Finals October 17 October 17 Finals October 24 October 24 |
Buller East Coast Horowhenua Kapiti Mid Canterbury North Otago Thames Valley King Country Poverty Bay South Canterbury Wairarapa Bush Wanganui West Coast Buller Horowhenua Kapiti Mid Canterbury North Otago South Canterbury Thames Valley East Coast King Country Poverty Bay Wairarapa Bush Wanganui West Coast Buller Horowhenua Kapiti Mid Canterbury South Canterbury Wanganui West Coast East Coast King Country North Otago Poverty Bay Thames Valley Wairarapa Bush Buller East Coast Mid Canterbury South Canterbury Wanganui West Coast Horowhenua Kapiti King Country North Otago Poverty Bay Thames Valley Wairarapa Bush Lochore Cup Horowhenua Kapiti Buller Meads Cup South Canterbury Mid Canterbury Lochore Cup King Country Meads Cup South Canterbury |
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King Country Poverty Bay Wanganui South Canterbury West Coast Wairarapa Bush Horowhenua Kapiti Thames Valley East Coast North Otago Mid Canterbury Buller Wairarapa Bush Poverty Bay King Country Wanganui West Coast East Coast Horowhenua Kapiti Thames Valley North Otago South Canterbury Buller Mid Canterbury Poverty Bay North Otago East Coast Thames Valley King Country Wairarapa Bush West Coast South Canterbury Buller Mid Canterbury Wanganui Horowhenua Kapiti Thames Valley Wairarapa Bush Horowhenua Kapiti North Otago Poverty Bay King Country Buller East Coast Mid Canterbury South Canterbury West Coast Wanganui North Otago King Country Wairarapa Bush Wanganui North Otago Wanganui |
Westport Ruatoria Levin Ashburton Oamaru Paeroa Te Kuiti Gisborne Timaru Masterton Wanganui Greymouth Westport Waikanae Ashburton Oamaru Timaru Paeroa Ruatoria Taupo Gisborne Masterton Wanganui Greymouth Westport Levin Ashburton Timaru Wanganui Greymouth Ruatoria Te Kuiti Oamaru Gisborne Paeroa Masterton Westport Ruatoria Ashburton Timaru Wanganui Greymouth Levin Taupo Oamaru Gisborne Paeroa Masterton Levin Westport Timaru Ashburton Te Kuiti Timaru |
32 15 34 34 17 9 34 37 57 16 28 21 13 54 25 10 40 50 20 47 23 26 35 26 36 26 50 35 17 36 10 14 35 27 27 33 25 5 43 58 55 22 31 60 36 19 29 35 12 6 25 11 47 11 |
20 60 39 17 16 36 28 43 5 18 30 7 14 26 17 40 24 13 24 12 30 35 9 36 14 22 32 19 17 33 22 42 34 38 47 19 17 45 47 21 23 36 44 14 39 62 17 57 57 20 21 26 34 28 |
NB: Wairarapa Bush finish above Horowhenua Kapiti and Buller finish above King Country because they both won their respective matches against the other team that was equal in points with them.