1998 National Provincial Championship Results
New Zealand's provincial rugby competition

The 1998 NPC, the Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship, had 3 Divisions with 10 teams in Division 1, 8 teams in Division 2 and 8 teams in Division 3.

The Central Vikings team was a merger of the Manawatu and Hawke's Bay unions. It disbanded at the end of the 1998 season and both unions were represented in 1999.

There was no promotion or relegation made between Division 1 & Division 2 at the end of the competition. 

1998 National Provincial Championship
Division 1

NPC
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Otago 9 7 2 411 184 7 35
Waikato 9 7 2 341 185 5 33
Canterbury 9 6 3 335 228 9 33
Taranaki 9 6 3 214 171 2 26
Counties Manukau 9 4 4 1 258 264 7 25
Wellington 9 4 4 1 229 284 3 21
North Harbour 9 4 5 203 234 4 20
Auckland 9 4 5 237 261 4 20
Southland 9 2 7 127 372 0 8
Northland 9 0 9 156 350 5 5


1998 NPC Division 1 Fixtures and Results

August 14

August 15

  

  

August 16


August 21

August 22

  

  

August 23

   

August 28

August 29

  

  

August 30

  

September 4

September 5

  

  

September 6

  

September 11

September12

  

  

September 13

   

September 18

September 19

  

  

September 20

  

September 25

September 26

  

  

September 27

   

October 2

October 3

  

   

October 4

  

October 9

October 10

  

   

October 11

  

   

October 17

  

  

October 25

Canterbury

Waikato

Southland

Northland

Taranaki

  

Northland

Taranaki

North Harbour

Canterbury

Counties Manukau

  

Otago

Wellington

Southland

Auckland

North Harbour

   

Northland

Waikato

Otago

Auckland

Wellington

    

North Harbour

Wellington

Canterbury

Auckland

Counties Manukau

  

Taranaki

Wellington

Waikato

Southland

Otago

  

Otago

Waikato

Southland

Canterbury

Counties Manukau

  

Northland

Waikato

Otago

Counties Manukau

Auckland

  

Taranaki

Wellington 

Southland

Canterbury

North Harbour

  

Semi-Finals

Waikato

Otago

Final

Otago

v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v

  

  

v

v

 

v

Otago

Auckland

Wellington

Counties Manukau

North Harbour

  

Auckland

Otago

Wellington

Southland

Waikato

  

Waikato

Canterbury

Northland

Taranaki

Counties Manukau

  

North Harbour

Southland

Counties Manukau

Canterbury

Taranaki

   

Southland

Waikato

Northland

Otago

Taranaki

   

Canterbury

Auckland

North Harbour

Counties Manukau

Northland

  

Wellington

Northland

Taranaki

North Harbour

Auckland

   

Taranaki

Canterbury

Southland

Wellington

North Harbour

   

Waikato

Northland

Auckland

Counties Manukau

Otago

  

  

Canterbury

Taranaki

  

Waikato

Christchurch

Hamilton

Invercargill

Whangarei

New Plymouth

  

Whangarei

New Plymouth

Albany

Christchurch

Pukekohe

  

Dunedin

Wellington

Invercargill

Auckland

Albany

  

Whangarei

Hamilton

Dunedin

Auckland

Wellington

  

Albany

Wellington

Christchurch

Auckland

Pukekohe

  

New Plymouth

Wellington

Hamilton

Invercargill

Dunedin

   

Dunedin

Hamilton

Invercargill

Christchurch

Pukekohe

  

Whangarei

Hamilton

Dunedin

Pukekohe

Auckland

   

New Plymouth

Wellington

Invercargill

Christchurch

Albany

  

  

Hamilton

Dunedin

  

Dunedin

23

24

13

17

24

  

22

21

19

52

8

  

12

28

13

16

35

  

13

95

47

17

29

  

33

42

40

41

19

  

6

16

39

17

84

  

82

63

14

31

45

  

20

29

60

29

12

  

16

35

22

42

8

  

  

32

61

  

49

41

23

12

23

9

  

39

27

28

12

23

  

36

40

8

31

29

  

16

7

25

50

18

  

19

29

17

19

25

  

34

27

22

31

10

  

10

22

48

28

29

  

25

23

10

29

32

  

3

27

33

49

39

   

   

13

12

  

20

1998 National Provincial Championship
Division 2

NPC
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Central Vikings 8 8 0 363 88 7 39
Bay Of Plenty 8 5 3 189 124 2 22
Marlborough 8 4 3 1 185 197 4 22
Nelson Bays 8 4 3 1 163 171 2 20
Thames Valley 8 4 4 150 201 3 19
Wanganui 8 4 4 140 135 2 18
King Country 8 1 7 125 226 4 8
Wairarapa Bush 8 1 7 126 287 2 6


1998 NPC Division 2 Fixtures and Results

August 22

  

  

  

  

August 29

  

  

  

  

September 5

  

  

  

  

September 12

  

  

  

  

September 19

  

  

  

  

September 26

  

  

  

  

October 3

  

  

  

  

October 10

  

  

  

  

  

October 16

October 18


October 23

Thames Valley

King Country

Central Vikings

Bay Of Plenty

  

Wairarapa Bush

King Country

Central Vikings

Bay Of Plenty

  

Wanganui

Wairarapa Bush

Thames Valley

Marlborough

  

Wanganui

Nelson Bays

Marlborough

Bay Of Plenty

  

Wairarapa Bush

Nelson Bays

King Country

Central Vikings

  

Wanganui

Wairarapa Bush

Thames Valley

King Country

  

Wanganui

Nelson Bays

Marlborough

Bay Of Plenty

  

Thames Valley

Nelson Bays

Marlborough

Central Vikings

   

Semi-Finals

Central Vikings

Bay Of Plenty

Final

Central Vikings

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

  

v

v

v

v

 

 

v

v

   

v

Wanganui

Nelson Bays

Wairarapa Bush

Marlborough

  

Nelson Bays

Wanganui

Marlborough

Thames Valley

  

Nelson Bays

King Country

Central Vikings

Bay Of Plenty

  

Thames Valley

Central Vikings

Wairarapa Bush

King Country

  

Bay Of Plenty

Marlborough

Thames Valley

Wanganui

  

Bay Of Plenty

Central Vikings

Nelson Bays

Marlborough

  

Wairarapa Bush

King Country

Thames Valley

Central Vikings

  

Wairarapa Bush

Bay Of Plenty

Wanganui

King Country

  

  

Nelson Bays

Marlborough

  

Bay Of Plenty

Te Aroha

 

Palmerston North

  

  

Masterton

Taumarunui

Napier

 

  

Wanganui

Masterton

 

Blenheim


Wanganui

Nelson

Blenheim

 

 

Masterton

Nelson

Te Kuiti

Palmerston North

  

Wanganui

Masterton

  

  

  

Wanganui

Nelson

Blenheim

 

 

Paeroa

Nelson

Blenheim

Napier

 

 

Palmerston North

  

  

Napier

20

17

79

23

  

15

17

43

24

  

18

25

5

25

  

34

18

35

34

  

15

21

14

25

  

3

3

24

37

   

22

28

29

19

 

28

26

26

29

 

  

23

35

  

33

16

22

12

5

 

22

23

11

14

  

6

5

52

12

  

10

34

22

0

  

41

21

22

12

 

24

55

20

33

  

17

27

27

36

  

17

15

12

8

  

  

20

3

  

18


1998 National Provincial Championship
Division 3

NPC
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
North Otago 8 7 1 263 143 6 34
Mid Canterbury 8 7 1 314 112 4 32
South Canterbury 8 5 3 143 112 2 22
Horowhenua Kapiti 8 4 4 210 177 6 22
Poverty Bay 8 4 4 245 211 5 21
East Coast 8 4 4 139 164 4 20
West Coast 8 1 7 100 376 2 6
Buller 8 0 8 111 259 0 0

1998 NPC Division 3 Fixtures and Results

August 22

  

  

  

  

August 29

  

  

  

  

September 5

  

  

  

  

September 12

  

  

  

  

September 19

  

  

  

  

September 26

  

  

  

  

October 3

   

   

   

   

October 10

  

  

  

  

  

October 17

October 18

  

October 24

West Coast

North Otago

Horowhenua Kapiti

East Coast

  

Poverty Bay

Mid Canterbury

Horowhenua Kapiti

Buller

   

West Coast

South Canterbury

North Otago

East Coast

 

South Canterbury

Horowhenua Kapiti

East Coast

Buller

  

South Canterbury

Poverty Bay

Mid Canterbury

Horowhenua Kapiti

  

West Coast

North Otago

Mid Canterbury

Buller

  

West Coast

Poverty Bay

East Coast

Buller

  

South Canterbury

Poverty Bay

North Otago

Mid Canterbury

  

Semi-Finals

North Otago

Mid Canterbury

Final

Mid Canterbury

v

v

v

v

  

v

v

v

v

  

v

v

v

v

 

v

v

v

v

   

v

v

v

v

   

v

v

v

v

   

v

v

v

v

  

v 

v

v

v

 

  

v

v


v

Mid Canterbury

Poverty Bay

Buller 

South Canterbury

  

West Coast

North Otago

South Canterbury

East Coast

  

Buller

Mid Canterbury

Poverty Bay

Horowhenua Kapiti

 

Poverty Bay

Mid Canterbury

West Coast

North Otago

  

North Otago

East Coast

Buller

West Coast

  

South Canterbury

East Coast

Poverty Bay

Horowhenua Kapiti

  

North Otago

Horowhenua Kapiti

Mid Canterbury

South Canterbury

  

East Coast

Buller

Horowhenua Kapiti

West Coast

  

  

Horowhenua Kapiti

South Canterbury

  

Horowhenua Kapiti

Greymouth

Oamaru

Levin

Ruatoria

  

Gisborne

Ashburton

Levin

Westport

  

Greymouth

Timaru

Oamaru

Tolaga Bay

  

Timaru

Levin

Ruatoria

Westport

  

Timaru

Gisborne

Ashburton

Levin

  

Greymouth

Oamaru

Ashburton

Westport

  

Greymouth

Gisborne

Ruatoria

Westport

  

Timaru

Gisborne

Oamaru

Ashburton

  

  

Oamaru

Ashburton

  

Ashburton

10

68

32

29

  

74

20

8

12

  

30

23

36

19

  

6

19

35

17

 

3

29

55

54

  

9

17

23

7

  

9

25

5

15

  

27

32

34

90

  

  

26

52

  

18

61

25

13

23

  

0

19

23

25

  

15

9

27

10

  

15

25

25

36

  

21

13

5

15

  

15

15

18

16

  

32

44

31

23

  

8

21

27

13

  

  

36

17

  

13
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