The 2012 Heartland Championship was the seventh season of the Heartland Championship, New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition, since its reorganisation in 2006, involving the 12 amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The format was the same as in 2011. 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 contested the Lochore Cup.

Teams

The 2012 Heartland Championship was contested by the following teams: Team 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

Pos. Team Pld W D L For Against +/− BP1 BP2 Pts 1 East Coast 8 7 0 1 230 177 +53 3 0 31 2 Wanganui 8 7 0 1 237 133 +104 3 0 31 3 Wairarapa Bush 8 6 0 2 219 130 +89 2 2 28 4 North Otago 8 5 0 3 195 194 +1 4 1 25 5 Buller 8 5 0 3 205 180 +25 3 2 25 6 South Canterbury 8 5 0 3 265 227 +38 3 1 21 7 Mid Canterbury 8 3 0 5 158 162 −4 2 3 17 8 Poverty Bay 8 3 0 5 212 247 −35 4 1 17 9 West Coast 8 2 0 6 140 185 −45 1 3 12 10 Thames Valley 8 2 0 6 203 263 −60 1 2 11 11 King Country 8 1 0 7 178 230 −52 2 3 9 12 Horowhenua-Kapiti 8 2 0 6 124 238 −114 1 0 9

Results

The fixtures were released on 28 March 2012.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Finals

Semifinals

Meads Cup

Lochore Cup

Finals

Meads Cup

Lochore Cup

Statistics

Top 10 points scorersPlayerTeamTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop goalsTotalGlen Walters Wairarapa Bush213220102Liam EdwardsSouth Canterbury5208089Marty BanksBuller21514082David HarrisonThames Valley11017076Mark DavisWanganui11411169Joel SempleEast Coast21111065Kurt StrachanKing Country189048Scott Leighton Poverty Bay0137047Hamish BuickNorth Otago078038Josh HamiltonHorowhenua-Kapiti076032

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 2012 ITM Cup

References