Heartland Championship 2024

[Bovidae]

Round 8
East Coast 45 - 32 Wairarapa Bush
Mid Canterbury 47 - 24 Poverty Bay
North Otago 55 - 14 Buller
Thames Valley 35 - 41 Horowhenua Kapiti
West Coast 38 - 43 South Canterbury
Whanganui 17 - 34 King Country

KC win the Bill Osborne Taonga back again.

Semis
Meads Cup
Whanganui v Thames Valley
South Canterbury v Mid Canterbury

Lochore Cup
King Country v East Coast
Horowhenua Kapiti v West Coast

[Grooter]

a great day to be a Ashburton resident the South Canterbury streak is over!

[Bovidae]

@Grooter A last minute penalty I see. They all count!

Meads Cup
Whanganui 15 - 38 Thames Valley
South Canterbury 16 - 17 Mid Canterbury

Lochore Cup
King Country 34 - 29 East Coast
Horowhenua Kapiti 51 - 52 West Coast

[Gunner]

Not very often you see 1st and 2nd ranked teams both lose semi finals.

Means it’s a good healthy competition IMO.

[Bovidae]

@Gunner Yes, it is good. TV got upset last week by H-K so would have finished 2nd with the win. They'll get the home final now.

[Bovidae]

[Bovidae]

[Bovidae]

Hika Elliot amongst them.

[NTA]

Is there a livestream anywhere of today's Meads Cup final?

[Bovidae]

@NTA I don't think so.

HT score
Thames Valley 20 - 8 Mid Canterbury

[Bovidae]

Fulltime:

Thames Valley 37 - 29 Mid Canterbury

[Yeetyaah]

Helluva game at Boyd Park. Stoked to be able to get to a Heartland grand final. Great vibe in the crowd.

[NTA]

The good Guys win!

Would have been a great day to be there with a mate of mine who lives in TA

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah Good stuff. I did see a guy in the crowd wearing a Waikato jersey.

[Yeetyaah]

@Bovidae haha not me but also spotted him

[Dan54]

By geez I enjoyed that game. Good on the Swamp Foxes!

[Gunner]

KC up by 5, 3 and a half minutes to go and they try running it from their own 22, only to knock it on.

Madness

[Gunner]

Drama.

WC score with 30 seconds to play to lock it up at 34 all, the kick from a handy angle hits the upright, so extra time it is.

[Gunner]

Gee what a game.

Congrats King Country