New Zealand Heartland Championship unions
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amateur rugby union competition participants
provincial rugby union
semi-professional rugby union competition participants
New Zealand Heartland Championship unions are the amateur and semi-professional provincial rugby unions in New Zealand that compete below the main professional tiers, forming the player base for the Heartland XV representative team.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amateur rugby union competition participants
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provincial rugby union ⓘ semi-professional rugby union competition participants ⓘ |
| ageCategory | senior ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Heartland unions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| amateurStatus | many players unpaid or modestly compensated ⓘ |
| below | Bunnings NPC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competition | Heartland Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | national provincial competition ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | below top professional provincial tier ⓘ |
| competitionStructureRole | second tier of provincial unions below fully professional unions ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| formsPlayerBaseFor | Heartland XV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | primarily men ⓘ |
| geographicScope | smaller provincial and rural regions of New Zealand ⓘ |
| governanceLevel | sub-national ⓘ |
| governingBody | New Zealand Rugby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | continuation of traditional smaller New Zealand provincial unions in national competition ⓘ |
| includesUnion |
Buller Rugby Football Union
GENERATED
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East Coast Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ Horowhenua-Kapiti Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ King Country Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ Mid Canterbury Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ North Otago Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ South Canterbury Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ Thames Valley Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ Wanganui Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ West Coast Rugby Football Union GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf | New Zealand domestic rugby structure ⓘ |
| playerBase | club rugby players from Heartland provinces ⓘ |
| playerPathwayRole | development pathway for provincial and Super Rugby levels ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | provide competitive rugby for non-NPC provinces ⓘ |
| professionalStatus |
amateur
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semi-professional ⓘ |
| regionType | provincial unions ⓘ |
| representativeTeam | Heartland XV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | New Zealand domestic rugby season ⓘ |
| sport | rugby union ⓘ |
| talentIdentificationRole | selection base for Heartland XV ⓘ |
| tier | sub-elite ⓘ |
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