2012 Heartland Championship

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2012 Heartland Championship
Date 25 August 2012 (2012-08-25)–28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)
Countries New Zealand New Zealand
Final positions
Champions Ecoast.png East Coast
Runner-up File:Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) 15px Glen Walters (102)
Most tries 15px Liam Edwards (5)
15px Saul Chase (5)
2011
2013

The 2012 Heartland Championship is the 7th provincial rugby union competition, since the 2006 reconstruction, involving the 12 amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The 2012 season will follow the style of 2011. The tournaments' round robin stage will see the 12 teams play 8 games. 1st to 4th on the ladder at the end of the 8 weeks will play off for the Meads Cup, while 5th to 8th will play off for the Lochore Cup.

2012 Heartland Championship Teams

The 2012 Heartland Championship is being contested by the following teams:

Team Super Rugby Partner Hometown
Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller Crusaders Westport
Ecoast.png East Coast Hurricanes Ruatoria
Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti Hurricanes Levin
Kcountry.png King Country Chiefs Taupo
File:Mcantab.png Mid Canterbury Crusaders Ashburton
File:Northotago.png North Otago Highlanders Oamaru
Povertybay.png Poverty Bay Hurricanes Gisborne
File:Scantab.png South Canterbury Crusaders Timaru
File:Thamesvalley.png Thames Valley Chiefs Paeroa
File:Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush Hurricanes Masterton
File:Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui Hurricanes Wanganui
File:Wcoast.png West Coast Crusaders Greymouth

2012 Heartland Championship Table

Qualified for Meads Cup
Qualified for Lochore Cup
Pos. Team Pld W D L For Against +/- BP1 BP2 Pts
1 Ecoast.png East Coast 8 7 0 1 230 177 +53 3 0 31
2 File:Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui 8 7 0 1 237 133 +104 3 0 31
3 File:Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush 8 6 0 2 219 130 +89 2 2 28
4 File:Northotago.png North Otago 8 5 0 3 195 194 +1 4 1 25
5 Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 8 5 0 3 205 180 +25 3 2 25
6 File:Scantab.png South Canterbury 8 5 0 3 265 227 +38 3 1 21
7 File:Mcantab.png Mid Canterbury 8 3 0 5 158 162 -4 2 3 17
8 Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 8 3 0 5 212 247 -35 4 1 17
9 File:Wcoast.png West Coast 8 2 0 6 140 185 -45 1 3 12
10 File:Thamesvalley.png Thames Valley 8 2 0 6 203 263 -60 1 2 11
11 Kcountry.png King Country 8 1 0 7 178 230 -52 2 3 9
12 Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti 8 2 0 6 124 238 -114 1 0 9
  • 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 event of a three-team or more tie on points the rankings 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.

Individual Points Scorers

correct as of 29 September 2012

Round Robin

The following fixtures were released on 28 March 2012.[1]

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

References

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