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The 2010 Heartland Championship was competed for by 12 teams. They were split into 2 pools of 6 teams each. Each team played each of the other teams in the pool once and at the end of these matches the top 3 teams in each pool combined to play in the Meads Cup. The other 3 teams in each pool combined to play in the Lochore Cup. Each team then played the other 3 teams that they had not already played. Following this the top 4 teams in each competition played semi-finals and a final. |
| Meads Cup | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| North Otago | 8 | 7 | 1 | 345 | 136 | 6 | 34 | |
| Wanganui | 8 | 7 | 1 | 254 | 134 | 6 | 34 | |
| Poverty Bay | 8 | 6 | 2 | 282 | 164 | 4 | 28 | |
| Mid Canterbury | 8 | 5 | 3 | 195 | 138 | 6 | 26 | |
| South Canterbury | 8 | 5 | 3 | 150 | 148 | 2 | 22 | |
| Thames Valley | 8 | 3 | 5 | 155 | 188 | 3 | 15 | |
| Lochore Cup | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| King Country | 8 | 4 | 4 | 209 | 155 | 5 | 21 | |
| Horowhenua Kapiti | 8 | 3 | 5 | 167 | 186 | 3 | 15 | |
| Buller | 8 | 3 | 5 | 127 | 193 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wairarapa Bush | 8 | 2 | 6 | 168 | 260 | 2 | 10 | |
| West Coast | 8 | 3 | 5 | 156 | 218 | 1 | 9 | |
| East Coast | 8 | 0 | 8 | 96 | 384 | 1 | 1 | |
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August 28 September 4 September 11 September 18 September 25 |
Mid Canterbury Thames Valley East Coast Buller King Country Wanganui Horowhenua Kapiti West Coast South Canterbury Wairarapa Bush North Otago Poverty Bay East Coast Thames Valley Wanganui Poverty Bay Mid Canterbury South Canterbury Horowhenua Kapiti Buller Wairarapa Bush North Otago King Country West Coast Mid Canterbury South Canterbury Horowhenua Kapiti Wanganui Poverty Bay Wairarapa Bush |
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Poverty Bay West Coast North Otago Wairarapa Bush Horowhenua Kapiti South Canterbury Wanganui King Country Thames Valley Mid Canterbury Buller East Coast Buller King Country West Coast Wairarapa Bush North Otago Horowhenua Kapiti Thames Valley Mid Canterbury East Coast Poverty Bay Wanganui South Canterbury East Coast King Country West Coast Thames Valley Buller North Otago |
Ashburton Paeroa Ruatoria Westport Te Kuiti Wanganui Levin Greymouth Timaru Masterton Oamaru Gisborne Ruatoria Paeroa Wanganui Gisborne Ashburton Timaru Foxton Westport Masterton Oamaru Taupo Greymouth Ashburton Timaru Paraparaumu Wanganui Gisborne Masterton |
20 36 3 16 17 13 16 13 13 17 44 71 7 14 41 62 29 34 17 12 33 40 22 17 39 28 39 23 21 20 |
25 18 116 23 12 6 30 8 9 30 20 3 18 5 15 6 14 13 26 32 14 8 52 26 17 24 14 17 13 29 |
Tables after 1st Round of Pool play. The top 3 teams from each pool play for the Meads Cup. The other 3 teams from each Pool play for the Lochore Cup.
| Pool A | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Wanganui | 5 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 76 | 3 | 23 | |
| South Canterbury | 5 | 4 | 1 | 107 | 76 | 1 | 17 | |
| Thames Valley | 5 | 3 | 2 | 102 | 76 | 3 | 15 | |
| Horowhenua Kapiti | 5 | 1 | 4 | 97 | 121 | 2 | 6 | |
| King Country | 5 | 1 | 4 | 76 | 119 | 2 | 6 | |
| West Coast | 5 | 1 | 4 | 77 | 150 | 0 | 4 | |
| Pool B | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Mid Canterbury | 5 | 4 | 1 | 150 | 85 | 5 | 21 | |
| North Otago | 5 | 4 | 1 | 243 | 80 | 4 | 20 | |
| Poverty Bay | 5 | 4 | 1 | 187 | 82 | 2 | 18 | |
| Wairarapa Bush | 5 | 2 | 3 | 99 | 151 | 1 | 9 | |
| Buller | 5 | 1 | 4 | 79 | 127 | 1 | 5 | |
| East Coast | 5 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 277 | 0 | 0 | |
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October 2 October 9 October 16 |
Wanganui Mid Canterbury North Otago Wairarapa Bush King Country Horowhenua Kapiti North Otago Mid Canterbury Poverty Bay Horowhenua Kapiti King Country West Coast Thames Valley South Canterbury Wairarapa Bush East Coast Buller Wanganui |
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Poverty Bay Thames Valley South Canterbury West Coast East Coast Buller Wanganui South Canterbury Thames Valley Wairarapa Bush Buller East Coast North Otago Poverty Bay King Country Horowhenua Kapiti West Coast Mid Canterbury |
Wanganui Ashburton Oamaru Masterton Taupo Levin Oamaru Ashburton Gisborne Levin Te Kuiti Greymouth Paeroa Timaru Masterton Ruatoria Westport Wanganui |
50 29 43 30 46 11 21 13 45 31 44 33 26 14 22 25 20 29 |
34 9 14 35 9 23 16 15 18 17 5 18 38 16 43 28 11 3 |
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October 23 October 30 |
Semi-Finals Wanganui North Otago Final North Otago |
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Poverty Bay Mid Canterbury Wanganui |
Wanganui Oamaru Oamaru |
31 40 39 |
24 24 18 |
North Otago win the 2010 Meads Cup
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October 23 October 30 |
Semi-Finals King Country Hrowhenua Kapiti Final Buller |
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Wairarapa Bush Buller Wairarapa Bush |
Te Kuiti Levin Westport |
17 14 9 |
21 19 15 |
Wairarapa Bush win the 2010 Lochore Cup