2023 Heartland Championship

The Heartland Championship is the second tier of provincial rugby in New Zealand, behind the Bunnings NPC.

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 Bunnings NPC Championship competition.

2023 Heartland Championship

Heartland Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
South Canterbury 8 8 341 180 8 40
Whanganui 8 6 2 264 156 8 32
Thames Valley 8 6 2 246 220 7 31
East Coast 8 5 3 222 183 7 27
North Otago 8 4 4 259 226 6 22
Wairarapa Bush 8 4 4 190 246 6 22
West Coast 8 4 4 218 212 5 21
Poverty Bay 8 2 6 229 249 8 16
Mid Canterbury 8 2 6 221 245 8 16
King Country 8 3 5 175 248 4 16
Buller 8 2 6 165 242 7 15
Horowhenua Kapiti 8 2 6 176 297 3 11

  


2023 Fixtures and results

August 12

  

  

  

  

   

   

August 19

  

  

  

  

  

  

August 26

  

  

  

  

  

  

September 2

  

  

  

  

  

  

September 9

  

  

 

  

  

  

September 16

  

  

  

  

  

  

September 23

  

  

  

  

  

  

September 30

Mid Canterbury

Poverty Bay

South Canterbury

Wairarapa Bush

Whanganui

West Coast

  

East Coast

Buller

Horowhenua Kapiti

King Country

North Otago

Thames Valley

  

East Coast

South Canterbury

King Country

Mid Canterbury

Wairarapa Bush

West Coast

  

Horowhenua Kapiti

Buller

North Otago

Whanganui

Poverty Bay

Thames Valley

  

East Coast

Horowhenua Kapiti

Mid Canterbury

North Otago

South Canterbury

Wairarapa Bush

  

Buller

King Country

Whanganui

West Coast

Poverty Bay

Thames Valley

    

East Coast

South Canterbury

Horowhenua

North Otago

Wairarapa Bush

Buller

  

Poverty Bay

Mid Canterbury

King Country

Thames Valley

Whanganui

West Coast

v

v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v

v


v

v

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v

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v

v

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v

v

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v

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v

v

v

v

v

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v

v

v

v

v

v

North Otago

Buller

Horowhenua Kapiti

East Coast

Thames Valley

King Country

  

Mid Canterbury

Whanganui

West Coast

South Canterbury

Wairarapa Bush

Poverty Bay

  

North Otago

Buller

Whanganui

Horowhenua Kapiti

Poverty Bay

Thames Valley

   

Wairarapa Bush

East Coast

South Canterbury

West Coast

Mid Canterbury

King Country

  

Poverty Bay

Buller

Thames Valley

Whanganui

West Coast

King Country

  

Wairarapa Bush

Horowhenua Kapiti

East Coast

Mid Canterbury

North Otago

South Canterbury

  

King Country

Mid Canterbury

Poverty Bay

Thames Valley

Whanganui

West Coast

  

South Canterbury

Wairarapa Bush

Buller

East Coast

Horowhenua Kapiti

North Otago

Ashburton

Gisborne 

Waimate

Masterton

Whanganui

Greymouth

  

Ruatoria

Westport

Levin

Taupo

Oamaru

Te Aroha 

  

Ruatoria

Geraldine

Taumarunui

Ashburton

Masterton

Greymouth

  

Levin

Westport

Oamaru

Whanganui

Gisborne

Thames

  

Ruatoria

Levin

Ashburton

Oamaru

Fairlie

Masterton

  

Westport

Te Kuiti

Whanganui

Greymouth

Gisborne

Whangamata

  

Ruatoria

Christchurch

Levin

Maheno

Masterton

Christchurch

  

Patutahi 

Ashburton

Taupo

Waihi

Whanganui

Greymouth

24

52

48

32

33

40

  

19

5

28

21

50

24

  

38

56

23

43

30

22

    

22

21

22

36

20

27

  

31

33

31

19

39

35

  

27

31

40

32

43

31

  

29

50

17

34

18

29

  

31

28

33

31

55

27

43

33

14

31

36

9

  

8

13

48

45

3

17

  

29

0

17

14

24

30

  

19

24

26

12

23

21

  

11

22

34

34

26

26

  

20

27

24

29

50

36

  

11

35

31

33

36

11

  

41

33

28

26

19

12

Semi-Finals

Lochore Cup

October 7

  

Meads Cup

October 7


 North Otago

Wairarapa Bush


Whanganui

South Canterbury


v

v


v

v


 Poverty Bay

West Coast

  

Thames Valley

East Coast


Oamaru

Masterton

  

Whanganui

Pleasant Point

35

27

38

34

40

33

3

17

Finals

Lochore Cup

October 15

  

Meads Cup

October 14


 West Coast

 


South Canterbury


v

 

 

v


 Poverty Bay

 

 

Whanganui


Greymouth

  

 

Temuka

23

 

40

20

  

30

 

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