2014 ITM Cup cross-over matches confirmed

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The cross-over matches between ITM Cup Premiership and ITM Cup Championship teams in the 2014 season of ITM Cup have been confirmed.Next year’s competition retains the nine week Round Robin, with semifinals and Finals making up the 11-week competition.  The rounds also include some mid-week fixtures to be played on Wednesdays.Provincial Union representatives met recently to make their picks for opposition in cross-over matches between Premiership and Championship teams. The selections will see the following fixtures played during the season, however when they will be played will not be confirmed until the draw is released in February 2014. ITM Cup kicks off on Thursday 14 August in 2014. Confirmed crossover matches for 2014 ITM Cup 1)    The Automatic crossover matches already determined by the 2013 finishing order (host province listed first) are: North Harbour v Canterbury Northland v Wellington Manawatu v Auckland Southland v Counties Manukau Otago v Waikato Hawke’s Bay v Taranaki Bay of Plenty v Tasman The three other crossover games (per team) have been picked by the provinces as follows: 2) 1st round of picks: Championship teams picked a Premiership team, in reverse seeding order (eg, 14th to 8th), for a home Championship match: North Harbour v Waikato Northland v Taranaki Manawatu v Counties Manukau Southland v Tasman Otago v Canterbury Hawke’s Bay v Wellington Bay of Plenty v Auckland 3)    2nd round of picks: Premiership teams picked a Championship team, in seeding order (eg 1st to 7th), for a home Premiership match: Canterbury v Southland Wellington v North Harbour Auckland v Northland Counties Manukau v Otago Waikato v Manawatu Taranaki v Bay of Plenty Tasman v Hawke’s Bay 4)    Final round of picks: Championship teams picked a Premiership team, in seeding order (eg. 8th to 14th), for an away Championship match (note the second team hosts the match): Waikato v Bay of Plenty Counties Manukau v Hawke’s Bay Tasman v Otago Taranaki v Southland Wellington v Manawatu Canterbury v Northland Auckland v North Harbour

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