2013 Heartland Championship

The 2013 Heartland Championship, the eighth edition of the Heartland Championship since the 2006 reconstruction, was 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 2013 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 8 October 2014. Buller Crusaders Westport Victoria Square 5,000 East Coast Hurricanes Ruatoria Whakarua Park 3,000 Horowhenua-Kapiti Hurricanes Levin Levin Domain 6,500 King Country Chiefs Taupō Owen Delany Park 20,000 Mid Canterbury Crusaders Ashburton Ashburton Showgrounds 5,000 North Otago Highlanders Oamaru Whitestone Contracting Stadium 7,000 Poverty Bay Hurricanes Gisborne More FM Rugby Park 18,000 South Canterbury Crusaders Timaru Fraser Park 12,000 Thames Valley Chiefs Paeroa Paeroa Domain 3,000 Wairarapa Bush Hurricanes Masterton Trust House Memorial Park 10,000 Wanganui Hurricanes Wanganui Cooks Gardens 15,000 West Coast Crusaders Greymouth Rugby Park 6,000

Pre-season Two Heartland Championship teams – Horowhenua-Kapiti and East Coast – challenged Waikato for the Ranfurly Shield in two matches that took place in at Whakarua Park, Ruatoria and Campbell Park, Morrinsville.

Standings Team 1 Mid Canterbury 8 7 0 1 232 131 +101 4 1 33 2 North Otago 8 6 0 2 216 159 +57 3 2 29 3 Wairarapa Bush 8 6 0 2 203 144 +59 3 1 28 4 West Coast 8 6 0 2 190 173 +17 4 0 28 5 South Canterbury 8 4 0 4 246 202 +44 3 4 23 6 Wanganui 8 4 0 4 171 160 +11 2 3 21 7 Buller 8 4 0 4 147 149 −2 2 2 20 8 Thames Valley 8 4 0 4 153 200 −37 0 1 17 9 King Country 8 3 0 5 163 211 −48 1 2 15 10 East Coast 8 2 0 6 173 225 −52 3 2 13 11 Horowhenua-Kapiti 8 1 0 7 141 182 −41 0 6 10 12 Poverty Bay 8 1 0 7 141 240 −99 0 2 6

Meads Cup and Heartland Championship Lochore Cup qualification

In the case of two teams being tied 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 three or more teams being tied 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.

Finals

2013 Heartland Championship

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