2014 Heartland Championship

The 2014 Heartland Championship was the ninth edition of the Heartland Championship, a rugby union competition involving the twelve amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The tournament involved a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams played eight games each and then the top four advanced to the Meads Cup semifinals, while fifth to eighth advanced to the Lochore Cup semifinals. In both of these knockout stages the top seeds (first and fifth) played at home against the lowest seeds (fourth and eighth), the second highest seeds (second and sixth) played at home against the third highest seeds (third and seventh) and the final had the higher seed play at home against the lower seed.

Teams

The 2014 Heartland Championship was contested by the following teams: Team Super Rugby partner Hometown Home stadium Capacity"2013 Pink Batts Heartland Championship Media Guide" . AllBlacks.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.BullerCrusadersWestportVictoria Square5,000East CoastHurricanesRuatoriaWhakarua Park3,000Horowhenua-KapitiHurricanesLevinLevin Domain6,500King CountryChiefsTaupōOwen Delany Park20,000Mid CanterburyCrusadersAshburtonAshburton Showgrounds5,000North OtagoHighlandersOamaruWhitestone Contracting Stadium7,000Poverty BayHurricanesGisborneMore FM Rugby Park18,000South CanterburyCrusadersTimaruFraser Park12,000Thames ValleyChiefsPaeroaPaeroa Domain3,000Wairarapa BushHurricanesMasterton Trust House Memorial Park10,000WanganuiHurricanesWanganuiCooks Gardens15,000West CoastCrusadersGreymouth Rugby Park6,000

Pre-season Two Heartland Championship teams – Thames Valley and Mid Canterbury – challenged Counties Manukau for the Ranfurly Shield in two matches that took place in at Counties Manukau's home ground, ECOLight Stadium in Pukekohe."First Ranfurly Shield matches confirmed for 2014" . ITM Cup. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

Standings Team 1 Buller 8 8 0 0 282 145 +137 5 0 37 2 Poverty Bay 8 5 1 2 231 168 +63 5 1 28 3 Mid Canterbury 8 5 1 2 258 139 +119 3 1 26 4 Horowhenua-Kapiti 8 5 2 1 169 121 +48 1 1 26 5 King Country 8 5 0 3 196 176 +20 3 2 25 6 South Canterbury 8 4 0 4 202 165 +37 4 1 21 7 North Otago 8 4 0 4 174 155 +19 1 2 20 8 Wanganui 8 3 0 5 203 194 +9 3 2 17 9 Thames Valley 8 3 1 4 139 135 +2 0 3 17 10 West Coast 8 2 0 6 163 232 −69 2 3 13 11 Wairarapa Bush 8 1 1 6 151 238 −87 2 1 9 12 East Coast 8 0 0 8 67 367 −300 0 0 0

Meads Cup, Heartland Championship and ITM Cup Championship 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 case of 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 released on 3 April 2014.

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

2014 Heartland Championship

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