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The Heartland Championship is the second tier of provincial rugby in New Zealand, behind the Bunnings NPC. There were12 teams playing in the competition. They played 8 of the other teams, after which the top 4 teams played off for the Meads Cup and the next 4 teams in the table played off for the Lochore Cup. The winner of the Meads Cup could gain promotion to the Bunnings NPC Championship competition. The week before the start of the competition, New Zealand went into a lockdown due to Covid-19 and all rugby was postponed. A new draw and dates was made for when rugby was restarted 4 weeks later. |
Due to the interrupted season the finals were abbreviated also. The Meads Cup final was played between the top two teams on the table.
The Lochore Cup was played between teams ranked 3 & 4 on the table.
A finals match was also played between teams ranked 5 & 6 on the table.
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| South Canterbury | 8 | 8 | 365 | 124 | 8 | 40 | ||
| Thames Valley | 8 | 7 | 1 | 291 | 148 | 5 | 33 | |
| Whanganui | 8 | 6 | 2 | 286 | 149 | 6 | 30 | |
| North Otago | 8 | 5 | 3 | 220 | 198 | 5 | 25 | |
| Poverty Bay | 8 | 4 | 4 | 263 | 223 | 8 | 24 | |
| Mid Canterbury | 8 | 5 | 3 | 226 | 209 | 4 | 24 | |
| Horowhenua Kapiti | 8 | 5 | 3 | 214 | 197 | 4 | 24 | |
| East Coast | 8 | 3 | 5 | 237 | 248 | 8 | 20 | |
| West Coast | 8 | 3 | 5 | 181 | 219 | 4 | 16 | |
| Wairarapa Bush | 8 | 2 | 6 | 139 | 249 | 2 | 10 | |
| Buller | 8 | 8 | 126 | 320 | 2 | 2 | ||
| King Country | 8 | 8 | 113 | 367 | 1 | 1 | ||
2021 Fixtures and results
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September 18
September 25
October 2
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6 |
King Country West Coast Buller North Otago Wairarapa Bush Whanganui
East Coast Horowhenua Kapiti King Country Mid Canterbury Poverty Bay South Canterbury Horowhenua Kapiti Mid Canterbury Poverty Bay South Canterbury Thames Valley Whanganui Buller East Coast King Country North Otago West Coast Wairarapa Bush
Thames Valley East Coast North Otago Poverty Bay Wairarapa Bush Whanganui
Buller Horowhenua Kapiti King Country Mid Canterbury South Canterbury West Coast Buller Poverty Bay Horowhenua Kapiti South Canterbury Thames Valley Whanganui Mid Canterbury North Otago Poverty Bay Thames Valley Wairarapa Bush West Coast |
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Mid Canterbury Horowhenua Kapiti South Canterbury East Coast Thames Valley Poverty Bay
Thames Valley North Otago West Coast Whanganui Buller Wairarapa Bush East Coast North Otago West Coast King Country Buller Wairarapa Bush
Horowhenua Kapiti South Canterbury Whanganui Poverty Bay Thames Valley Mid Canterbury
Mid Canterbury Buller South Canterbury King Country West Coast Horowhenua Kapiti North Otago Thames Valley Wairarapa Bush Poverty Bay Whanganui East Coast
West Coast East Coast Wairarapa Bush Mid Canterbury King Country North Otago
Buller King Country Horowhenua Kapiti Whanganui East Coast South Canterbury |
Te Kuiti Greymouth Westport Oamaru Masterton Whanganui
Ruatoria Levin Taupo Ashburton Gisborne Timaru
Otaki Ashburton Gisborne Timaru Te Aroha Whanganui
Westport Ruatoria Taupo Oamaru Greymouth Masterton
Te Aroha Ruatoria Oamaru Gisborne Masterton Whanganui
Westport Levin Te Kuiti Ashburton Timaru Greymouth
Westport Gisborne Levin Timaru Te Aroha Whanganui Ashburton Oamaru Gisborne Whanganui Masterton Greymouth |
25 21 13 39 10 65
19 25 17 24 76 61
38 20 34 72 30 22
12 12 13 12 8 18
52 50 27 50 19 40
29 11 12 22 28 39
14 28 37 43 50 45
22 36 34 27 19 19 |
53 28 48 31 42 12
35 17 34 17 14 17 31 32 20 0 15 18
27 34 48 10 27 28
35 26 33 26 18 15
45 28 24 19 14 34
22 31 14 22 15 12
3 5 33 35 29 46 |
Finals
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Meads Cup | |||||||
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November 14 |
South Canterbury |
v |
Thames Valley |
Timaru |
35 |
16 | |
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Lochore Cup | |||||||
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November 14 |
Whanganui |
v |
North Otago |
Whanganui |
22 |
16 | |
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5 v 6 Final | |||||||
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November 14 |
Poverty Bay |
v |
Mid Canterbury |
Gisborne |
33 |
26 |