2000 National Provincial Championship Results
New Zealand's provincial rugby competition

The 2000 NPC, the Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship, had 3 Divisions with 10 teams in Division 1, 9 teams in Division 2 and 8 teams in Division 3.

The winner of the 2nd Division was automatically promoted for the following year.

This allowed for a change to a 11 team Division 1 the following year.

2000 National Provincial Championship
Division 1

NPC
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Canterbury 9 8 1 307 155 6 38
Auckland 9 8 1 270 147 4 36
Wellington 9 6 3 249 190 6 30
Taranaki 9 5 4 195 260 3 23
North Harbour 9 5 4 197 161 3 23
Northland 9 4 5 217 256 6 22
Waikato 9 4 5 251 235 5 21
Otago 9 3 6 203 182 6 18
Counties Manukau 9 1 8 213 329 5 9
Southland 9 1 8 175 358 2 6


2000 NPC Division 1 Fixtures and Results

August 11

August 12

  

  

August 13

  

August 18

August 19

  

  

August 20

 

August 25

August 26

  

  

August 27

  

September 1

September 2

  

  

September 3

  

September 8

September 9

  

  

September 10

  

September 15

September 16

  

  

September 17

  

September 22

September 23

  

  

September 24

  

September 29

September 30

  

  

October 1

  

October 6

October 7

 

  

October 8

  

  

October 14

October 15

  

October22

Wellington

Southland

North Harbour

Auckland

Otago

   

Canterbury

Waikato

Southland

Otago

Counties Manukau

   

Taranaki

Southland

North Harbour

Canterbury

Wellington

    

Auckland

Wellington

Waikato

Otago

Northland

   

Wellington

Waikato

Taranaki

Otago

Southland

  

Northland

Taranaki

North Harbour

Canterbury

Counties Manukau

  

Northland

Waikato

Otago

Auckland

Counties Manukau

  

Northland

Waikato 

Southland

Canterbury

Taranaki

    

Canterbury

Wellington

North Harbour

Auckland

Counties Manukau

  

Semi-Finals

Auckland

Canterbury

Final

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


v

v

v

v

v


v

v

v

v

v

  

  

v

v

 

v


Canterbury

Northland

Counties Manukau

Taranaki

Waikato

  

North Harbour

Northland

Taranaki

Wellington

Auckland

  

Waikato

Auckland

Otago

Counties Manukau

Northland

  

Canterbury

Taranaki

Southland

Counties Manukau

North Harbour

  

Auckland

North Harbour

Canterbury

Northland

Counties Manukau

  

Auckland

Otago

Wellington

Southland

Waikato

  

Taranaki

Canterbury

Southland

North Harbour

Wellington

   

Counties Manukau

Auckland

Wellington

Otago

North Harbour

  

Northland

Waikato

Southland

Otago

Taranaki

  

  

Wellington

Taranaki

  

Wellington

Wellington

Invercargill

Albany

Auckland

Dunedin

  

Christchurch

Hamilton

Invercargill

Dunedin

Pukekohe

  

New Plymouth

Invercargill

Albany

Christchurch

Wellington

 

Auckland

Wellington

Hamilton

Dunedin

Whangarei

  

Wellington

Hamilton

New Plymouth

Dunedin

Invercargill

  

Whangarei

New Plymouth

Albany

Christchurch

Pukekohe

  

Whangarei

Hamilton

Dunedin

Auckland

Pukekohe

  

Whangarei

Hamilton

Invercargill

Christchurch

New Plymouth

  

Christchurch

Wellington

Albany

Auckland

Pukekohe

  

  

Auckland

Christchurch

  

Christchurch

27

25

58

42

14

  

31

52

24

6

17

  

30

16

18

30

24

  

26

41

44

22

15

  

19

24

9

42

26

  

12

18

24

71

32

  

27

18

54

28

29

  

46

13

21

29

13

  

28

48

41

50

46

 

 

23

31

 

 29

20

41

15

14

29

  

3

14

27

10

24

  

18

28

14

16

30

  

29

13

36

13

21

   

24

11

43

10

24

  

24

16

7

8

30

  

23

36

5

18

45

  

17

24

28

26

3

  

22

23

14

9

48

 

 

48

23

 

 34

2000 National Provincial Championship
Division 2

NPC
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Bay Of Plenty 8 7 1 237 154 4 32
Hawke's Bay 8 6 2 227 163 4 28
Nelson Bays 8 5 3 263 162 8 28
King Country 8 5 3 240 224 5 25
Marlborough 8 5 3 191 202 4 24
Wanganui 8 4 4 150 156 3 19
Manawatu 8 2 6 153 210 3 11
Thames Valley 8 1 7 145 218 4 8
Mid Canterbury 8 1 7 145 262 3 7


2000 NPC Division 2 Fixtures and Results

August 12

  

  

  

 

August 19

  

  

  

  

August 26

  

  

  

  

September 2

  

  

  

  

September 9

  

  

  

  

September 16

  

  

  

  

September 23

  

  

  

  

September 30

  

  

  

  

October 7

  

  

  

  

  

October 14

October 15


October 21


Wanganui

Nelson Bays

Mid Canterbury

Hawke's Bay

   

Thames Valley

Marlborough

King Country

Hawke's Bay

    

Wanganui

Mid Canterbury

Manawatu

Bay Of Plenty

  

Wanganui

Manawatu

King Country

Bay Of Plenty

  

Thames Valley

Nelson Bays

Marlborough

Manawatu

    

Mid Canterbury

Marlborough

Hawke's Bay

Bay Of Plenty

   

Wanganui

Thames Valley

King Country

Bay Of Plenty

    

Thames Valley

Nelson Bays

Mid Canterbury

Manawatu

    

Nelson Bays

Marlborough

Thames Valley

Hawke's Bay

  

Semi-Finals

Hawkes Bay

Bay Of Plenty

Final

Bay Of Plenty

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


Bay Of Plenty

King Country

Manawatu

Marlborough

  

Manawatu

Mid Canterbury

Wanganui

Nelson Bays

  

Thames Valley

King Country

Marlborough

Hawke's Bay

  

Nelson Bays

Hawke's Bay

Marlborough

Thames Valley

  

Mid Canterbury

Bay Of Plenty

Wanganui

King Country

  

Nelson Bays

Thames Valley

Wanganui

King Country

  

Mid Canterbury

Nelson Bays

Hawke's Bay

Manawatu

  

Hawke's Bay

Marlborough

Bay Of Plenty

Wanganui

  

Manawatu

Bay Of Plenty

King Country

Mid Canterbury

  

  

Nelson Bays

King Country

  

Nelson Bays

Wanganui

Nelson

Ashburton

Napier


Paeroa

Blenheim

Te Kuiti

Napier

  

Wanganui

Ashburton

Palmerston North

  

  

Wanganui

Palmerston North

Taupo

Tauranga  

  

Thames

Nelson

Blenheim

Palmerston North

  

Ashburton

Blenheim

Napier

Rotorua

  

Wanganui

Paeroa

Te Kuiti 

Rotorua

 

Paeroa

Nelson

Ashburton

Palmerston North

  

Nelson

Blenheim

Paeroa

Napier

  

  

Napier

Tauranga

  

Tauranga

16

27

18

54

  

15

17

28

33

  

26

13

18

19

  

14

11

39

30

   

27

20

22

22

  

26

22

35

38

  

22

3

20

26

  

8

38

9

6

  

46

32

33

22

  

  

16

48

  

16

19

17

38

20

  

23

8

27

27

  

17

30

22

8


10

32

33

21

  

17

26

0

29

  

51

21

23

35

  

19

44

31

13

  

12

21

55

22

  

22

24

42

35

 

 

43

30

 

12

At the conclusion of the competition a promotion/relegation match was played between the winner of Division 2 and the 2nd to last placed team from Division 1.

October 28    Bay Of Plenty  v  Hawkes Bay    Rotorua     32 v  12



2000 National Provincial Championship
Division 3

NPC
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
North Otago 8 6 1 1 250 125 4 30
East Coast 8 6 1 1 222 169 4 30
Wairarapa Bush 8 6 2 210 116 3 27
Poverty Bush 8 5 3 257 152 7 27
South Canterbury 8 3 5 133 133 5 17
Horowhenua Kapiti 8 1 6 1 129 203 4 13
Buller 8 2 5 1 128 227 2 8
West Coast 8 1 7 120 304 1 5

2000 NPC Division 3 Fixtures and Results

August 19

  

  

  

  

August 26

  

  

  

  

September 2

  

  

  

  

September 9

  

  

  

  

September 16

  

  

  

  

September 23

  

  

  

  

September 30

  

  

  

  

October 7

  

  

  

  

  

October 14

  

  

October 21

West Coast

North Otago

Horowhenua Kapiti

East Coast

  

West Coast

Wairarapa Bush

North Otago

Buller

  

Wairarapa Bush

Poverty Bay

Horowhenua Kapiti

Buller

  

Wairarapa Bush

South Canterbury

Poverty Bay

North Otago

    

Wairarapa Bush

South Canterbury

Poverty Bay

Horowhenua Kapiti

  

West Coast

Poverty Bay

East Coast

Buller

  

South Canterbury

Horowhenua Kapiti

East Coast

Buller

  

West Coast

South Canterbury

North Otago

East Coast

  

Semi-Finals

North Otago

East Coast

Final

North 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


Poverty Bay

Wairarapa Bush

Buller

South Canterbury

  

South Canterbury

Poverty Bay

East Coast

Horowhenua Kapiti

  

North Otago

West Coast

South Canterbury

East Coast

    

West Coast

East Coast

Buller

Horowhenua Kapiti

  

Buller

North Otago

East Coast

West Coast

  

North Otago

Horowhenua Kapiti

Wairarapa Bush

South Canterbury

  

Poverty Bay

Wairarapa Bush

West Coast

North Otago

  

Buller

Wairarapa Bush

Poverty Bay

Horowhenua Kapiti

  

  

Poverty Bay

Wairarapa Bush

  

East Coast

Greymouth

Oamaru

Levin

Ruatoria

  

Greymouth

Masterton

Oamaru

Westport

  

Masterton

Gisborne

Levin

Westport

 

Masterton

Timaru

Gisborne

Oamaru

  

Masterton

Timaru

Gisborne

Levin

  

Greymouth

Gisborne

Ruatoria

Westport

  

Timaru

Levin

Ruatoria

Westport

  

Greymouth

Timaru

Oamaru

Auckland

 

 

Oamaru

Ruatoria

  

Oamaru

6

15

24

20

  

20

16

26

21

  

14

60

13

12

  

43

12

35

35

  

39

13

28

28

  

23

37

33

10

  

25

7

32

16

  

10

5

46

31

  

  

53

18


21

51

20

24

14

  

15

12

26

14

  

19

13

16

44

  

6

6

3

10

 

19

9

30

15

  

52

13

20

37

  

27

24

27

24

  

23

24

7

30

  

  

32

17

 

25

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