Heartland Championship 2024

[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

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Bovidae]

The Heartland XV will play a New Zealand Māori Selection on October 29, followed by the New Zealand Barbarians on November 2 in Whanganui.

Here is the Māori XV Selection squad. It looks to include a number of young players, and many from the Heartland competition.

[Bovidae]

Teams: