Follow @RedefinedRugby SEMI FINALS Weekend 2013 Coming up this week The head-to-heads below are from the Heartland Championship, which kicked off in 2006. MID CANTERBURY v WEST COAST Saturday 19 October, 2.30pm at Ashburton Showgrounds, Ashburton Played: 4, 2006-12 | Mid Canterbury wins: 3 | West Coast wins: 1 Last match: Mid Canterbury 29…
Follow @RedefinedRugby ROUND 6 WINNERS Three teams share Heartland lead Mid Canterbury, Wairarapa Bush and West Coast sit atop the Pink Batts Heartland championship after six rounds of play. Mid Canterbury travelled away to claim a 32-17 win over King Country in the latest round while West Coast proved too strong for Thames Valley at…
Follow @RedefinedRugby Week 5 Preview 3 Teams equal so how is the Tie Broken ? When 3 or more teams are tied (as is the case for Wairarapa Bush, Mid Canterbury and West Coast) the tied Provincial Union with the most competition points against the other tied Provincial Unions in the Round Robin shall have…
Follow @RedefinedRugby ROUND 4 WINNERS Mid Canterbury and Thames Valley can no longer boast an unbeaten record after falling to North Otago and King Country respectively. There was only one point in it at half-time in Oamaru, in favour of the visitors. But Mike Mullins will be proud of his side, which edged home 19-18…
Follow @RedefinedRugby Coming up this week Week 4 should see some movements and after the Penalty handed down to the East Coast it opens the doors to the top teams to maybe pull away from the chasing pack The head-to-heads below are from the Heartland Championship, which kicked off in 2006. BULLER 10th…
Follow @RedefinedRugby Round 3 Winners Mid Canterbury extended its lead in the Pink Batts Heartland championship on Saturday when beating closest rival Wairarapa Bush 29-23 at Ashburton. Mid Canterbury had to come from behind, however, as they were down 9-17 at half-time. However, two tries to wing Dwayne Burrowes and good goal-kicking from Murray Williams,…
Follow @RedefinedRugby Coming up this week Round 3 of the 2013 Heartland Championship The head-to-heads below are from the Heartland Championship, which kicked off in 2006. EAST COAST v NORTH OTAGO Sat 7 September, 2.30pm, Whakarua Park, Ruatoria Played: 7, 2006-2012 | East Coast wins: 2 | North Otago wins: 5 Last match:…
Follow @RedefinedRugby A changing of the guard appears underway in the Pink Batts Heartland Championship. Wanganui and North Otago, two of the perennial strong sides in the competition suffered their second losses on Saturday. Wanganui went down to Buller 11-15 while South Canterbury beat North Otago 21-15. The early pace setters are Mid Canterbury, who…
Follow @RedefinedRugby Coming up this week The head-to-heads below are from the Heartland Championship, which kicked off in 2006. The kickoff time for the Buller v Wanganui match has been brought forward to 2.00pm to ensure that Wanganui makes their flight out of Hokitika post-match. BULLER v WANGANUI Sat 31 August, 2.00pm, Victoria…
Follow @RedefinedRugby Round One Winners It was a day of upsets on the opening day of the Pink Batts Heartland Championship today. Perennial hard nuts Wanganui were beaten 17-16 by King Country while Wairarapa Bush beat North Otago 20-18. And East Coast were pushed all the way by Horowhenua Kapiti before taking a 25-24 win.…
Follow @RedefinedRugby Two legends of the game – Sir Brian Lochore and Sir Colin Meads – have kicked off the Pink Batts Heartland Championship season for 2013. Sir Brian and Sir Colin, who have lent their names to the championship’s key trophies, were guests of honour at the official season launch at Waikanae Rugby Football Club this…
October 25, 2012 6:47 STRIKE POWER: Wanganui will be looking to backs like Simon Dibben to score tries against East Coast on Saturday. PHOTO/FILE There will be real pressure on Wanganui, the most successful union in the seven-year history of Heartland rugby, to beat Ngati Porou East Coast in Saturday’s Meads Cup final in Ruatoria.…
13/10/2012 East Coast finished on top of the Heartland championship at the end of the regular season and will play North Otago in next week’s Meads Cup semi-finals. EAST COAST vs NTH OTAGO WANGANUI vs WAIRARAPA BUSH Wanganui, who finished on the same points as East Coast, but who lost the game between the two,…
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