Heartland Championship - news
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Heartland Fixtures 2020 (scores will be updated after each weekend)
Date Time Home team Away team Venue Result Sat 5 Sep 2.00pm North Otago Otago Country Twizel 41 - 38 Sat 5 Sep 2.30pm South Canterbury Mid Canterbury Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru 31 - 31 Sun 6 Sep 2.30pm Hawke's Bay Academy King Country Park Island, Napier 48 - 5 Sat 12 Sep 12.00pm Hawke's Bay Development Ngāti Porou East Coast Tremain Field, Napier 85 - 24 Sat 12 Sep 2.30pm North Otago South Canterbury Whitestone Contacting Stadium, Oamaru 30 - 7 Sat 12 Sep 2.00pm Mid Canterbury Buller Hanmer Springs 41 - 17 Sat 19 Sep 2.30pm King Country BoP Development Te Kuiti 19 - 39 Sat 19 Sep 2.30pm Poverty Bay Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby Park, Gisborne 34 - 21 Sat 19 Sep 2.30pm Mid Canterbury North Otago Ashburton 30 -7 Sat 19 Sep 2.30pm South Canterbury Buller Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru 78 - 10 Sat 19 Sep 3.00pm Horowhenua-Kapiti Wairarapa Bush Ōtaki Domain 8 - 43 Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Ngāti Porou East Coast Poverty Bay Whakarua Park, Ruatoria 16 - 42 Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Hawke's Bay Development Wanganui Napier 36 - 12 Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Horowhenua-Kapiti Central Hawke's Bay Playford Park, Levin 59 - 12 Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Wairarapa Bush King Country Memorial Park, Masterton 22 - 18 Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm North Otago Mid Canterbury Whitestone Contacting Stadium, Oamaru 17 - 35 Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Buller South Canterbury Westport 28 - 66 Fri 2 Oct 4.30pm Bay of Plenty Toa (Dev) Thames Valley Thunder (U23) Rotorua 88 - 10 Sat 3 Oct 2.30pm Ngāti Porou East Coast King Country Princess St Reserve, Ōpōtiki 22 - 34 Sat 3 Oct 2.30pm Horowhenua-Kapiti Wanganui Shannon Domain, Shannon 7 - 36 Sat 3 Oct 2.30pm Wairarapa Bush Poverty Bay Napier 46 - 26 Sat 3 Oct 2.30pm South Canterbury North Otago Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru 37 - 29 Sat 10 Oct 2.30pm King Country Wanganui Taumarunui 16 - 11 Sat 10 Oct 2.30pm Wairarapa Bush Horowhenua-Kapiti Memorial Park, Masterton 47 - 24 Sat 17 Oct 2.30pm Ngāti Porou East Coast Northland Development George Nepia Memorial Park, Rangitukia 19 - 43 Sat 17 Oct 2.30pm Wanganui Wairarapa Bush Cooks Gardens, Wanganui 29 - 8 Sat 24 Oct 2.15pm Poverty Bay Wanganui McLean Park, Napier curtain raiser Magpies v Turbos -
@Stargazer Any idea which of these matches will be granted first-class status by NZRU - or have been?
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Highlights of the Ngāti Porou East Coast vs Northland Development game was on Sky last night (Mainfreight Rugby). Replayed again tonight at 6 pm.
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This was the Poverty Bay squad that played, today. IWL's younger brother in the starting line-up.
I was hoping they'd upload a highlights video on YT because this game was televised, but so far, nothing. Maybe the highlights will first be shown on Mainfreight Rugby.
Anyway, it was a game of two halves. The final score was
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Poverty Bay 38 - 41 Wanganui
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@ARHS From what I've read on the websites/FB pages of these provinces, most matches against other Heartland provinces were first-class games, while those against development or academy teams were not. There may be some exceptions though.
@Stargazer great thanks
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Two Queen's Birthday matches have been announced. There may be more.
- Ngati Porou East Coast v Poverty Bay - Saturday 5 June 2021, k/o 2pm, Whakarua Park, Ruatoria
- Wairarapa Bush v Hawke's Bay Saracens - Monday 7 June 2021, k/o 2pm, Memorial Park, Masterton
The three Heartland provinces have announced their Queen's Birthday squads (to be reduced to a matchday squad):
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Two Queen's Birthday matches have been announced. There may be more.
- Ngati Porou East Coast v Poverty Bay - Saturday 5 June 2021, k/o 2pm, Whakarua Park, Ruatoria
- Wairarapa Bush v Hawke's Bay Saracens - Monday 7 June 2021, k/o 2pm, Memorial Park, Masterton
The three Heartland provinces have announced their Queen's Birthday squads (to be reduced to a matchday squad):
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@stargazer I notice Guildfords in the bush squad
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@mikey07 Yes, he's back playing for Greytown, the old club and province his dad and uncle played for. Zac also played for Greytown and Wai-Bush in 2016.
@stargazer yeah I know I remember watching him on main freight rugby.
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I notice Tolo Fahamokioa who has had runs for both Hawkes Bay and Wellington is down amongst the unavailable list for Bush.
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@mikey07 He also turned out for Waikato last season as well so perhaps going to the Bush is not such a large falling of stocks as first appears!
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I notice Tolo Fahamokioa who has had runs for both Hawkes Bay and Wellington is down amongst the unavailable list for Bush.
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Poor form signing Guildford again. I believe people deserve second chances and can change but his behaviour hasn't.
@yeetyaah You can also look at this from another angle. He has been doing really good work for the community (mental health & suicide prevention), esp for Maori men. Playing for Wai-Bush is another way for him to give back to the community he's part of. He's still a good player and he'll be good for the team. They'll be getting more out of this, than he does.
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@yeetyaah You can also look at this from another angle. He has been doing really good work for the community (mental health & suicide prevention), esp for Maori men. Playing for Wai-Bush is another way for him to give back to the community he's part of. He's still a good player and he'll be good for the team. They'll be getting more out of this, than he does.
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@stargazer cool and I'm glad to see that. But rugby obviously isn't doing favours for his mental health. He's had chances and wasted them. No way he deserves to represent a region in rugby.
@yeetyaah I think it's wrong to discus someone's personal mental health problems on this forum, so I won't respond to that, but I think the people at Wai-Bush will be at a better position to judge whether he deserves to represent them, than we do.
