The 2010 Heartland Championship was the fifth edition of the New Zealand provincial rugby union competition, since the 2006 reconstruction. The teams represented the 12 amateur rugby unions.

In Round 1, the teams were split into two pools of 6 teams in a round-robin format (30 games, from 30 August to 25 September).

In Round 2, the first three teams in each pool of Round 1 competed for the Meads Cup, the others competed for the Lochore Cup. Each team met the teams from the other pool of Round 1 in a round-robin format (18 games, from 2 October to 16 October). The first four teams in Round 2 went on to the semifinals, the winners of which went on to the grand final on 31 October.

The winning teams were North Otago in the Meads Cup, and Wairarapa-Bush in the Lochore Cup.

Round 1 Pool A Qualified for Meads Cup Qualified for Lochore Cup PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTATDBP1BP2Pts1Wanganui550015976832381530232South Canterbury5401107763197201173Thames Valley53021027626109112154Horowhenua-Kapiti510497121−241215−31165King Country510476119−43915−60266West Coast410477150−731019−9004

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Pool B Qualified for Meads Cup Qualified for Lochore Cup PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTATDBP1BP2Pts1Mid Canterbury5401150856521101141212North Otago5401243801633392440203Poverty Bay5401187821052781920184Wairarapa Bush520399151−521019−91095Buller510479127−48816−80156East Coast500544277−233441−37000

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Statistics + Pool stage top point scorersPlayerTeamTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop goalsTotalKahu TamateaPoverty Bay2184058David HarrisonThames Valley1513054Jeremy Te HuiaWairarapa Bush1811054Jason MerrettSouth Canterbury0167053Ben PatstonNorth Otago0157051Mark DavisWanganui1136049Josh HamiltonHorowhenua-Kapiti662048John StewartPoverty Bay900045Luke HerdenNorth Otago800040Andrew StephensBuller059037

Round 2 Meads Cup Pool Qualified for semifinals PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTATDBP1BP2Pts1Wanganui66002091109930131740282Mid Canterbury6501179948523101341253North Otago65012869419240112950254Poverty Bay64022211328932151730195South Canterbury640212111921114−301176Thames Valley630311110561011−11215

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Lochore Cup Pool Qualified for semifinals PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTATDBP1BP2Pts1King Country6204122128−61515012112Wairarapa Bush6204129186−571323−1021113Buller6204102138−36917−80194West Coast6204112180−681422−81095Horowhenua-Kapiti6105108144−361316−31166East Coast600653323−270447−43000

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Finals

Lochore Cup

The 2010 Lochore Cup semi-finals began with controversy when West Coast Rugby Football Union were effectively expelled from the competition:

Wairarapa Bush and Buller progressed to the final by beating King Country and Horowhenua-Kapiti respectively.

The Lochore Cup was won by Wairarapa Bush beating Buller 15-9 in the final.

Meads Cup

The Meads Cup semi-finals were won by North Otago and Whanganui, defeating Mid-Canterbury and Poverty Bay respectively.

In the final of the Meads Cup, North Otago won the game 39–18 over Whanganui in the match on 30 October at Whitestone Contracting Stadium.

See also

Hanan Shield competed for by Mid Canterbury, North Otago and South Canterbury Rundle Cup played between Buller and West Coast New Zealand Heartland XV Ranfurly Shield 2010–2019 2010 ITM Cup

References

External links https://web.archive.org/web/20081022184449/http://allblacks.com/index.cfm?layout=heartLandFixtures https://web.archive.org/web/20081022184715/http://allblacks.com/index.cfm?layout=heartLandStandings http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/itm-cup-heartland-championship/heartland-championship/