2007 Heartland Championship

The 2007 Heartland Championship was the primary provincial rugby union championship in New Zealand played between August 18 and October 18, 2007.[1] As in the inaugural competition, the 2006 Heartland Championship, 12 teams were involved.

North Otago won the Meads Cup,[2] beating Whanganui in the final,[3] while Poverty Bay repeated as Lochore Cup champions,[4] overcoming a half-time deficit of 16 points to beat South Canterbury.[5][4]

Round 1

Standings

The top three places in each pool, highlighted in gray, advanced to the Meads Cup. The remaining teams entered the Lochore Cup.

Pool A

PosNamePldWDLFA+/-BPPts
1Mid Canterbury530212292+30315
2Wairarapa Bush530214067+73315
3King Country53028866+22214
4West Coast530291114-23113
5Thames Valley520389118-29210
6Horowhenua-Kapiti510491164-7304

Pool B

PosNamePldWDLFA+/-BPPts
1North Otago550018559+126323
2Buller5401112104+8117
3Wanganui530211186+25315
4Poverty Bay520310199+2210
5South Canterbury510449105-5615
6East Coast500541146-10511

Week 1

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
AAugust 1814:30Mid Canterbury7Thames Valley13
AAugust 1814:30Horowhenua-Kapiti13King Country34
AAugust 1814:30Wairarapa Bush46West Coast0
BAugust 1814:30North Otago51Buller20
BAugust 1814:30South Canterbury7Poverty Bay24
BAugust 1814:30Wanganui28East Coast0

Week 2

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
AAugust 2514:30Thames Valley5Wairarapa Bush41
AAugust 2514:30King Country22Mid Canterbury14
AAugust 2514:30Horowhenua-Kapiti17West Coast31
BAugust 2514:30Wanganui15Buller19
BAugust 2514:30South Canterbury9East Coast5
BAugust 2514:30Poverty Bay11North Otago31

Week 3

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
ASeptember 114:30West Coast34Thames Valley17
ASeptember 114:30Mid Canterbury42Horowhenua-Kapiti20
ASeptember 114:30Wairarapa Bush16King Country8
BSeptember 114:30East Coast7Buller38
BSeptember 114:30North Otago26South Canterbury7
BSeptember 114:30Wanganui22Poverty Bay20

Week 4

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
ASeptember 814:30Horowhenua-Kapiti18Wairarapa Bush12
ASeptember 814:30King Country13Thames Valley9
ASeptember 814:30Mid Canterbury23West Coast12
BSeptember 814:30South Canterbury8Wanganui30
BSeptember 814:30North Otago38East Coast5
BSeptember 814:30Poverty Bay13Buller15

Week 5

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
ASeptember 1514:30Thames Valley45Horowhenua-Kapiti23
ASeptember 1514:30Wairarapa Bush25Mid Canterbury36
ASeptember 1514:30West Coast14King Country11
BSeptember 1514:30East Coast24Poverty Bay33
BSeptember 1514:30Buller20South Canterbury18
BSeptember 1514:30Wanganui16North Otago39

Round 2

Standings

Meads Cup Pool

PosNamePldWDLFA+/-BPPts
1North Otago8602266104+162529
2Mid Canterbury8602213151+62428
3Wanganui8503206135+71626
4Wairarapa Bush8503196131+65323
5Buller8503171186-15222
6King Country8305117178-61214

Lochore Cup Pool

PosNamePldWDLFA+/-BPPts
1Poverty Bay8503193162+31424
2South Canterbury8404139173-34319
3West Coast8404155192-37117
4Thames Valley8206147215-68412
5East Coast8206130210-70311
6Horowhenua-Kapiti8107164260-9626

Fixtures and Results

Week 6

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
MSeptember 2214:00Buller17Wairarapa Bush24
MSeptember 2214:30Mid Canterbury21Wanganui19
MSeptember 2214:30North Otago52King Country5
LSeptember 2214:30West Coast29East Coast15
LSeptember 2214:30Poverty Bay30Horowhenua-Kapiti19
LSeptember 2214:30Thames Valley22South Canterbury28

Week 7

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
MSeptember 2914:30Mid Canterbury45Buller18
MSeptember 2914:30King Country11Wanganui|36
MSeptember 2914:30Wairarapa Bush15North Otago7
LSeptember 2914:30East Coast31Horowhenua-Kapiti22
LSeptember 2914:30Poverty Bay26Thames Valley23
LSeptember 2914:30South Canterbury27West Coast14

Week 8

PoolDateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
MOctober 614:30Buller24King Country13
MOctober 614:30North Otago22Mid Canterbury25
MOctober 614:30Wanganui40Wairarapa Bush17
LOctober 614:30Horowhenua-Kapiti32South Canterbury35
LOctober 614:30Thames Valley13East Coast43
LOctober 614:30West Coast21Poverty Bay36

Semifinals

Fixtures and Results

Meads Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
October 1316:05North Otago30Wairarapa Bush13
October 1313:35Mid Canterbury0Wanganui18

Lochore Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
October 1314:30Poverty Bay65Thames Valley3
October 1314:30South Canterbury31West Coast23

Finals

Fixtures and Results

Meads Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
October 2016:05North Otago25Wanganui8

Lochore Cup

DateTimeHome teamScoreAway teamScore
October 2013:35Poverty Bay38South Canterbury35

References

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