Heartland Championship
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The Heartland Championship is a New Zealand provincial rugby union competition featuring amateur and semi-professional teams from smaller unions outside the main professional tiers.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rugby union competition
ⓘ
sports league ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Heartland Championship (NZ rugby union) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel |
amateur
ⓘ
semi-professional ⓘ |
| competitionScope | unions outside main professional tiers ⓘ |
| confersTitle |
Lochore Cup champion
ⓘ
Meads Cup champion ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| governingBody | New Zealand Rugby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Lochore Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meads Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | men's competition ⓘ |
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| includesTeam |
Buller rugby union team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Coast rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ Horowhenua-Kapiti rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ King Country rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ Mid Canterbury rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ North Otago rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ Poverty Bay rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ South Canterbury rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ Thames Valley rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ Wairarapa-Bush rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ Wanganui rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast rugby union team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Brian Lochore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colin Meads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 12 ⓘ |
| organiser | New Zealand Rugby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantType | provincial rugby union team ⓘ |
| promotionRelegationRelation | no direct promotion to NPC ⓘ |
| region | New Zealand provincial unions ⓘ |
| replaced | National Provincial Championship second and third divisions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rules | World Rugby Laws of the Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | annual ⓘ |
| seasonFormat | round-robin followed by playoffs ⓘ |
| sponsorType | title sponsors vary by season ⓘ |
| sport | rugby union ⓘ |
| televisionCoverage | Sky Sport New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tier | below National Provincial Championship ⓘ |
| typicalSeasonEnd | October ⓘ |
| typicalSeasonStart | August ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nzrugby.co.nz ⓘ |
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