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2010 Heartland Championship

Amateur rugby union competition in New Zealand

Field	Value
name	2010 Heartland Championship
date	–
countries	New Zealand New Zealand
champion_other	North Otago (Meads Cup)
Wairarapa Bush (Lochore Cup)
runnerup_other	Wanganui (Meads Cup)
Buller (Lochore Cup)
preceded by	2009
succeeded by	2011

Wairarapa Bush (Lochore Cup) Buller (Lochore Cup)

The 2010 Heartland Championship was the fifth edition of the New Zealand provincial rugby union competition, since the 2006 reconstruction. The teams represented the 12 amateur rugby unions.

In Round 1, the teams were split into two pools of 6 teams in a round-robin format (30 games, from 30 August to 25 September).

In Round 2, the first three teams in each pool of Round 1 competed for the Meads Cup, the others competed for the Lochore Cup. Each team met the teams from the other pool of Round 1 in a round-robin format (18 games, from 2 October to 16 October). The first four teams in Round 2 went on to the semifinals, the winners of which went on to the grand final on 31 October.

The winning teams were North Otago in the Meads Cup, and Wairarapa-Bush in the Lochore Cup.

Round 1

Pool A

	Qualified for Lochore Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	Wanganui	5	5	0	159	76	83	23	8	15	3	0	23
2	South Canterbury	5	4	1	107	76	31	9	7	2	0	1	17
3	Thames Valley	5	3	2	102	76	26	10	9	1	1	2	15
4	Horowhenua-Kapiti	5	1	4	97	121	−24	12	15	−3	1	1	6
5	King Country	5	1	4	76	119	−43	9	15	−6	0	2	6
6	West Coast	4	1	4	77	150	−73	10	19	−9	0	0	4

Week 1

Alan McLean, Barton Thompson

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Glen Townsend

Rob Sherson Taukorea Moeke (2), Shaun McDonough, Ace Malo, Johnny Mow

Hamish Westgarth

Week 5

Pool B

	Qualified for Lochore Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	Mid Canterbury	5	4	1	150	85	65	21	10	11	4	1	21
2	North Otago	5	4	1	243	80	163	33	9	24	4	0	20
3	Poverty Bay	5	4	1	187	82	105	27	8	19	2	0	18
4	Wairarapa Bush	5	2	3	99	151	−52	10	19	−9	1	0	9
5	Buller	5	1	4	79	127	−48	8	16	−8	0	1	5
6	East Coast	5	0	5	44	277	−233	4	41	−37	0	0	0

Week 1

Sione Pangata (3), Kasanova Soane (2), Hamish McKenzie (2), Dave Simpson, Palanapa Mafi, Josh Collier, Kilifi Fangupo, Ekeroma Sefo

Week 2

Richard Catherwood, Tim Perry

Faaitu Tuamoheloa, Josh Collier, Hamish McKenzie, Luke Herden Rory Kennedy

Whaimotu Craft-Chemis, Pomare Samupo, Mario Counsell, Lennon Carrington, Karl Gemmell-Clarke, Colin Hovell, Lloyd Gabriel, Kahu Tamatea

Week 3

Stan Williams (2), Whaimotu Craft-Chemis, Colin Hovell, Lloyd Gabriel, Murray Hewson

Week 4

Hayden Dwyer, Nick McKain, Emorio Ludoviko

Josh Collier, Dylan Winter, Greg Zampach

Week 5

Mark Grieve-Dunn, Kody Nordqvist, Vesi Luatua, Vinnie Booiman

Statistics

Player	Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Total
Kahu Tamatea	Poverty Bay	2	18	4	58
David Harrison	Thames Valley	1	5	13	54
Jeremy Te Huia	Wairarapa Bush	1	8	11	54
Jason Merrett	South Canterbury	0	16	7	53
Ben Patston	North Otago	0	15	7	51
Mark Davis	Wanganui	1	13	6	49
Josh Hamilton	Horowhenua-Kapiti	6	6	2	48
John Stewart	Poverty Bay	9	0	0	45
Luke Herden	North Otago	8	0	0	40
Andrew Stephens	Buller	0	5	9	37

Round 2

Meads Cup Pool

	Qualified for semifinals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	Wanganui	6	6	0	209	110	99	30	13	17	4	0	28
2	Mid Canterbury	6	5	1	179	94	85	23	10	13	4	1	25
3	North Otago	6	5	1	286	94	192	40	11	29	5	0	25
4	Poverty Bay	6	4	2	221	132	89	32	15	17	3	0	19
5	South Canterbury	6	4	2	121	119	2	11	14	−3	0	1	17
6	Thames Valley	6	3	3	111	105	6	10	11	−1	1	2	15

Week 6

Cole Baldwin (2), Ace Malo, Denning Tyrell, Adam Roe Whaimotu Craft-Chemis, Tevita Maka, Pomare Samupo

Week 7

Week 8

Lochore Cup Pool

	Qualified for semifinals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	King Country	6	2	4	122	128	−6	15	15	0	1	2	11
2	Wairarapa Bush	6	2	4	129	186	−57	13	23	−10	2	1	11
3	Buller	6	2	4	102	138	−36	9	17	−8	0	1	9
4	West Coast	6	2	4	112	180	−68	14	22	−8	1	0	9
5	Horowhenua-Kapiti	6	1	5	108	144	−36	13	16	−3	1	1	6
6	East Coast	6	0	6	53	323	−270	4	47	−43	0	0	0

Week 6

Mana Faraimo Sam Hannah, Simon Bourke

Rob Sherson (2), Lolohea Loco, Jared Murrell

Week 7

Week 8

Finals

Lochore Cup

The 2010 Lochore Cup semi-finals began with controversy when West Coast Rugby Football Union were effectively expelled from the competition:

"West Coast, with three wins and two bonus points, had gained sufficient championship points to qualify for the Lochore Cup semi-finals but the team’s endeavors were ruined when the [New Zealand Rugby Union

Wairarapa Bush and Buller progressed to the final by beating King Country and Horowhenua-Kapiti respectively.

The Lochore Cup was won by Wairarapa Bush beating Buller 15-9 in the final.

Meads Cup

The [Meads Cup semi-finals were won by North Otago and Whanganui, defeating Mid-Canterbury and Poverty Bay respectively.

In the final of the Meads Cup, North Otago won the game 39–18 over Whanganui in the match on 30 October at Whitestone Contracting Stadium.

References

"Heartland Championship (2010)".
"West Coast RFU – 2010".
"Wairarapa Bush Rugby Union: 2010".
(1 November 2010). "Rugby: Old Golds stack up silverware". [[Otago Daily Times]].
"Heartland Rugby, Meads Cup Final - North Otago v Wanganui, 30 October 2010".

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