The 2011 Heartland Championship was the sixth edition of the Heartland Championship, New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition, since it was reorganised in 2006. The teams represented the 12 amateur rugby unions.
For 2011, the competition did away with the two-round system of previous years. The tournament's round robin stage saw the 12 teams play 8 games. The top four teams in the table at the end of the 8 weeks played off for the Meads Cup while the next four teams contested the Lochore Cup.
The winner of the Meads Cup received automatic promotion to the Championship, replacing the seventh-placed team in the Championship, which was relegated to the Heartland Championship.
Teams
The 2011 Heartland Championship is being contested by the following teams: Province Super Rugby partner Hometown Buller Crusaders Westport East Coast Hurricanes Ruatoria Horowhenua-Kapiti Hurricanes Levin King Country Chiefs Te Kūiti, 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
Table Qualified for Meads Cup Qualified for Lochore Cup
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts1Wanganui8701364117+2477352North Otago8710265149+1155353East Coast8602189198−93274Mid Canterbury8503180143+376265Buller8503188131+576266South Canterbury8404239187+526227Thames Valley8413229181+483218Poverty Bay8314184226−425199West Coast8215144216−7231310Wairarapa Bush8107156231−754811King Country8107150281−1311512Horowhenua-Kapiti810798326−22815
Results
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Finals
Lochore Cup Semi-finals
Final
Meads Cup Semi-finals
Final
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 2011 ITM Cup