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Mid Canterbury Rugby Football Union
The Mid Canterbury Rugby Football Union (MCRFU) is a rugby province in the South Island of New Zealand. History The Mid Canterbury Rugby Football Union was formed in 1904 as Ashburton Country, first as a sub-union of the South Canterbury Rugby Football Union and then of the Canterbury Rugby Football Union. The union gained full status in 1927, and changed its name to Mid Canterbury in 1952. Clubs Mid Canterbury Rugby Football Union is made up of 9 clubs: * Allenton * Celtic * Collegiate * Hampstead * Methven * Mount Somers * Rakaia * Southern * Tinwald Provincial representative rugby The Mid Canterbury team play from Ashburton Showgrounds, Ashburton, New Zealand, Ashburton. National Provincial Championship (NPC) In the NPC Mid Canterbury won: * the 2nd division South Island in 1980 National Provincial Championship, 1980 and 1983 National Provincial Championship, 1983 * the 3rd division in 1994 National Provincial Championship, 1994 and 1998 National Provincial Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newshub (New Zealand)
''Newshub'' (stylised as Newshub.) was a New Zealand news service that operated from 1989 to 2024 and served as the local news division of Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand until its closure. The division, known as ''3 News'' until 2016, had produced news bulletins and current affairs programming for the television channel Three from its inception. It also operated a news website and on radio stations run by MediaWorks between 2016 and 2021. The Newshub brand was launched in February 2016 as part of the division's transition to digital journalism. MediaWorks sold Three and Newshub to US multimedia company Discovery, Inc., with the acquisition completed in December 2020. On 28 February 2024, it was announced that Newshub would shut down on 5 July 2024. On 10 April 2024, the closure was confirmed by Warner Bros. Discovery, with Newshub winding down on 5 July 2024. Media company Stuff was commissioned to produced a new nightly bulletin, named ThreeNews. History ''3 News'' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Heartland Championship
The 2015 Heartland Championship, the tenth edition of the Heartland Championship since the 2006 reconstruction of the National Provincial Championship, was a rugby union competition involving the twelve semi-professional 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 playing at home against the lower seed. Teams The 2015 Heartland Championship was contested by the following teams. Standings 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 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buller Rugby Football Union
The Buller Rugby Union (BRU) is a rugby union province based in the town of Westport, New Zealand. The Buller provincial boundary also includes other notable towns such as Reefton, Karamea, Granity, Charleston, Punakaiki and Murchison (Murchison RFC currently compete in the Tasman provincial Union competition). History Buller was formed in 1894. Historically Buller were a strong provincial Union particularly in the pre-1960 amateur era when it would compete on a more level footing with the larger and more famous provincial sides such as Canterbury and Wellington. However, with population increases in the city-based provinces and the formation of the National Provincial Championship (NPC) in 1976 Buller began to struggle as players moved to bigger unions to further their rugby and work careers. Buller played in both the second and third divisions of the former NPC. With the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) restructuring of provincial rugby competitions taking effect in 2006, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union
The Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union within the Gisborne district, in the area surrounding Poverty Bay on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The men's representative team play from Rugby Park, Gisborne, and currently compete in the Heartland Championship. History The Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union was established in 1890 by four clubs in the Gisborne area — Gisborne, Turanganui, Poverty Bay and Waerenga-a-Hika — with the union's inaugural first-class match being held against Hawke's Bay the same year. Since then, the union has played against every other existent union in New Zealand as well as an array of overseas touring sides, including but not limited to Australia, England, South Africa and Japan, against whom Poverty Bay drew in 1974. In 1981, Rugby Park was the scene of clashes between pro-tour supporters and anti-tour protesters prior to a match against the touring South African side. Poverty Bay ultimately lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast Rugby Football Union
The West Coast Rugby Football Union, formed in 1890, is the official governing body for rugby union in the Westland County, Hokitika Borough and Greymouth Borough districts, located in the West Coast provincial region of New Zealand, and is affiliated to the New Zealand Rugby Football Union. The West Coast RFU provincial representative team, a founding member of the National Provincial Championship, is based in Greymouth. It plays home matches at John Sturgeon Park (known as Rugby Park until 2018). In 2015, West Coast celebrated its 125th Jubilee. Clubs West Coast Rugby Football Union is made up of six clubs: * Blaketown RFC * Grey Valley RC * Kiwi RFC * Greymouth Marist RFC * South Westland RFC * Wests RFC Provincial representative rugby National Provincial Championship (NPC) From 1976 to 2005 the West Coast provincial team played in the second and third divisions of the National Provincial Championship. West Coast did not win a Provincial Championship title in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Heartland Championship
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: Table 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 See also * Hanan Shield competed for by Mid Canterbury, North Otago and South Canterbury * Rundle Cup played between Buller a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Heartland Championship
The 2011 Heartland Championship was the sixth edition of the Heartland Championship, New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition, since it was reorganised in 2006. The teams represented the 12 amateur rugby unions. For 2011, the competition did away with the two-round system of previous years. 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 teams contested the Lochore Cup. The winner of the Meads Cup received automatic promotion to the Championship, replacing the seventh-placed team in the Championship, which was relegated to the Heartland Championship. Teams The 2011 Heartland Championship is being contested by the following teams: Table Results Week 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Week 2 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Week 3 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Week 4 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Week 5 ---- ---- --- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Heartland Championship
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 Week 1 ---- ---- Week 2 ---- ---- Week 3 ---- ---- Week 4 ---- ---- Week 5 ---- ---- Pool B Week 1 ---- ---- Week 2 ---- ---- Week 3 ---- ---- Week 4 ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Heartland Championship
The 2009 Heartland Championship was the fourth Heartland Championship, a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand involving the country's 12 amateur rugby unions, since it was reorganised in 2006. The round-robin ran from 29 August to 17 October with 30 games in round one and 18 games in round two for a total of 48 games being played through the round-robin, after which the teams went into the playoffs. In the playoffs, the top four teams from each pool in round two went on to semifinals, and then a grand final for each pool was played on 31 October. Wanganui won their second consecutive Meads Cup, each coming by defeating Mid Canterbury in the final. Wanganui was a Meads Cup finalist in each of the first four years of the Heartland Championship. North Otago defeated West Coast in the Lochore Cup final. North Otago became the first team to win both the Meads Cup (2007) and the Lochore Cup. This was West Coast's first finals appearance in any provincial championship. Poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Otago Rugby Football Union
The North Otago Rugby Football Union (NORFU) is a New Zealand rugby union province based in Oamaru and compete in the Heartland Championship. They are one of the strongest teams in The Heartland Championship, winning the Meads Cup section of the competition in its second year, 2007 as well as 2010. Their home ground is Whitestone Contracting Stadium, formerly Centennial Park. History The ''North Otago Rugby Football Union'' was formed in 1904 but didn't join the New Zealand Rugby Football Union until 1927. In 1930 North Otago played the All Blacks at the Oamaru Showgrounds before the All Blacks first test against the British and Irish Lions, however North Otago lost 6–34. Provincial representative rugby 1946 saw the first Hanan Shield fixture with a 6–9 loss against South Canterbury. 1962 saw the province record a fantastic win over Australia 14–13 and another win against Southland 19-8 but then a narrow loss to Otago 14–11. In 1965 North Otago produced some magic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Heartland Championship
The 2008 Heartland Championship was the third season of the Heartland Championship, a provincial rugby union competition involving 12 teams from New Zealand split into two pools. Matches started on Saturday 23 August 2008 and ended with the final on 25 October. The 2008 season was to be the last in its current format. On 11 August 2008 the New Zealand Rugby Union announced that Tasman and Northland would be the two teams relegated from the Air New Zealand Cup after the completion of the 2008 season. Both teams failed to meet criteria which included financial stability, population, player training and development, playing history, and administration. This might have meant that the Tasman union would have been split into its constituent Nelson Bays and Marlborough unions, and that the Heartland Championship would have needed to accommodate three further teams. On 26 September 2008 the New Zealand Rugby Union rescinded this decision. Wanganui won the Meads Cup and Poverty Bay wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
