2016 Heartland Championship

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2016 Heartland Championship
Date 27 August 2016 (2016-08-27)–29 October 2016 (2016-10-29)[1]
Countries New Zealand New Zealand
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The 2016 Heartland Championship, known as the 2016 Mitre 10 Heartland Championship for sponsorship reasions,[2] will be the eleventh edition of the Heartland Championship, a rugby union competition involving the twelve amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The tournament will involve a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams play eight games each and then the top four advance to the Meads Cup semifinals, while fifth to eighth advance to the Lochore Cup semifinals. In both of these knockout stages the top seeds (first and fifth) play at home against the lowest seeds (fourth and eighth), the second highest seeds (second and sixth) play at home against the third highest seeds (third and seventh) and the final will have the higher seed play at home against the lower seed.

Law changes

The New Zealand Rugby Union decided to implement new law changes for the Heartland Championship this season. These law changes involve a new points scoring system:[3]

  • 8 pts for a penalty try (no conversion kick required);
  • 6 pts for a try;
  • 2 pts for a penalty, conversion or drop goal.

Teams

Locations of teams in the 2014 Heartland Championship

The 2016 Heartland Championship will be contested by the following teams.

Team Super Rugby partner Hometown Home stadium Capacity[4]
Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller Crusaders Westport Victoria Square 5,000
Ecoast.png East Coast Hurricanes Ruatoria Whakarua Park 3,000
Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti Hurricanes Levin Levin Domain 6,500
Kcountry.png King Country Chiefs Taupo Owen Delany Park 20,000
20px Mid Canterbury Crusaders Ashburton Ashburton Showgrounds 5,000
20px North Otago Highlanders Oamaru Whitestone Contracting Stadium 7,000
Povertybay.png Poverty Bay Hurricanes Gisborne More FM Rugby Park 18,000
20px South Canterbury Crusaders Timaru Alpine Energy Stadium 12,000
20px Thames Valley Chiefs Paeroa Paeroa Domain 3,000
20px Wairarapa Bush Hurricanes Masterton Trust House Memorial Park 10,000
20px Wanganui Hurricanes Wanganui Cooks Gardens 15,000
20px West Coast Crusaders Greymouth Rugby Park 6,000

Ranfurly Shield challenges

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Main article: Ranfurly Shield 2010–19 § 2016

Three Heartland Championship teams, Thames Valley, King Country and Wanganui will challenge Waikato for the coveted Ranfurly Shield.[5] Thames Valley last challenged for the Ranfurly Shield in 2014 against Counties Manukau (losing 68–0),[6] whereas both King Country and Wanganui last challenged for it in 2012 against Taranaki (losing 67–16 and 51–7, respectively).[7][8]

Standings

Pos. Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
2 Ecoast.png East Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
3 Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
4 Kcountry.png King Country 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
5 18px Mid Canterbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
6 18px North Otago 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
7 Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
8 18px South Canterbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
9 18px Thames Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
10 18px Wairarapa Bush 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
11 18px Wanganui 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
12 18px West Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0
Meads Cup qualification
Lochore Cup qualification

In the case of a two-team tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:

  • (1) the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces; then
  • (2) highest point difference; then
  • (3) most tries scored; then
  • (4) a coin toss.

In the caseof a three-team or more tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:

  • (1) the province with the most wins against other tied provinces in the Round Robin; then
  • (2) if two teams remain tied they shall be ranked according to the criteria listed above, but if more than two teams remain tied, they shall be ranked according to criteria (2) to (4) only.

Regular season

The schedule of fixtures was confirmed on 1 March 2016.[1]

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Finals

Semifinals

Meads Cup
Lochore Cup

Finals

Meads Cup
Lochore Cup

See also

References

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  4. ↑ "2013 Pink Batts Heartland Championship Media Guide". AllBlacks.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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External links

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