2004 National Provincial Championship

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The National Provincial Championship, or NPC, was the predecessor to the current Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship in New Zealand rugby. 2004 was the 29th year of the National Provincial Championship, Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, Nelson Bays were the winners of Division 2, while Poverty Bay were the winners of Division 3.

Standings[edit]

Division 1 Standings[edit]

2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Wellington 9 7 1 1 313 154 +159 38 17 4 1 35
2 Canterbury 9 6 1 2 346 207 +139 40 25 4 2 32
3 Bay of Plenty 9 7 0 2 241 221 +20 25 25 3 1 32
4 Waikato 9 6 0 3 294 215 +79 37 22 5 1 30
5 Taranaki 9 6 0 3 332 257 +75 43 31 4 1 29
6 North Harbour 9 4 1 4 246 200 +46 28 23 5 4 27
7 Auckland 9 4 0 5 265 287 -22 34 34 5 3 24
8 Otago 9 2 1 6 183 261 -78 17 31 1 1 12
9 Southland 9 1 0 8 174 338 -164 21 40 1 0 5
10 Northland 9 0 0 9 182 436 -254 21 56 0 1 1

Division 2 Standings[edit]

2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship Second Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Nelson Bays 8 7 1 0 270 145 +125 37 15 6 0 36
2 Hawke's Bay 8 7 0 1 383 127 +256 56 12 6 1 35
3 Counties Manukau 8 6 1 1 301 215 +86 39 28 5 0 31
4 North Otago 8 5 0 3 335 245 +90 45 33 5 1 26
5 Marlborough 8 3 0 5 206 233 -27 22 32 2 1 15
6 Manawatu 8 3 0 5 187 219 -32 24 32 2 0 14
7 Wanganui 8 3 0 5 193 227 -34 27 29 4 1 12*
8 East Coast 8 1 0 7 183 209 -26 24 26 1 3 7*
9 Thames Valley 8 0 0 8 72 510 -438 9 72 0 0 0
  • = Wanganui lost five points and East Coast lost one bonus point for player eligibility breaches i.e. the points gained in the match of the breach.

Division 3 Standings[edit]

2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship Third Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Poverty Bay 7 5 0 2 227 119 +108 30 14 5 2 27
2 Wairarapa Bush 7 5 1 1 176 120 +56 24 14 4 0 26
3 Mid Canterbury 7 5 0 2 185 126 +59 22 18 2 1 23
4 Horowhenua-Kapiti 7 4 1 2 209 171 +38 31 23 4 0 22
5 King Country 7 3 1 3 161 144 +17 20 18 1 1 16
6 South Canterbury 7 2 1 4 119 150 -31 15 19 1 1 12
7 West Coast 7 2 0 5 130 267 -137 18 37 2 0 10
8 Buller 7 0 0 7 92 202 -110 10 27 0 3 3

2004 results[edit]

Division One[edit]

Week 1[edit]

13 August 2004 Wellington 34 – 27 Canterbury  


14 August 2004 Otago 40 – 24 Northland  


14 August 2004 Taranaki 33 – 29 North Harbour  


14 August 2004 Waikato 52 – 23 Southland  


15 August 2004 Auckland (RS) 28 – 33 Bay of Plenty  

Week 2[edit]

20 August 2004 Southland 16 – 48 Taranaki  


21 August 2004 Canterbury 43 – 43 North Harbour  


21 August 2004 Northland 29 – 37 Auckland  


21 August 2004 Otago 16 – 16 Wellington  


22 August 2004 Bay of Plenty (RS) 26 – 20 Waikato  

Week 3[edit]

27 August 2004 Canterbury 42 – 7 Otago  


28 August 2004 Waikato 59 – 11 Auckland  


28 August 2004 Southland 54 – 26 Northland  


28 August 2004 Taranaki 58 – 14 Bay of Plenty  


29 August 2004 North Harbour 16 – 18 Wellington  

Week 4[edit]

3 September 2004 Wellington 37 – 17 Waikato  


4 September 2004 Auckland 32 – 34 North Harbour  


4 September 2004 Otago 27 – 10 Southland  


4 September 2004 Northland 11 – 62 Taranaki  


5 September 2004 Bay of Plenty (RS) 26 – 33 Canterbury  

Week 5[edit]

10 September 2004 North Harbour 35 – 16 Southland  


11 September 2004 Bay of Plenty 44 – 16 Otago  


11 September 2004 Waikato 41 – 21 Northland  


11 September 2004 Wellington 27 – 21 Auckland  


12 September 2004 Taranaki 30 – 23 Canterbury  

Week 6[edit]

17 September 2004 Otago 27 – 39 Waikato  


18 September 2004 Bay of Plenty 17 – 13 Wellington  


18 September 2004 Auckland 51 – 22 Taranaki  


18 September 2004 Canterbury (RS) 52 – 13 Southland  


19 September 2004 Northland 16 – 40 North Harbour  

Week 7[edit]

24 September 2004 Waikato 15 – 30 Canterbury  


25 September 2004 Northland 24 – 29 Bay of Plenty  


25 September 2004 Wellington 73 – 28 Taranaki  


25 September 2004 North Harbour 20 – 3 Otago  


26 September 2004 Southland 22 – 30 Auckland  

Week 8[edit]

1 October 2004 Taranaki 31 – 14 Otago  


2 October 2004 Wellington 65 – 12 Northland  


2 October 2004 Bay of Plenty 38 – 20 Southland  


2 October 2004 Auckland 20 – 28 Canterbury  


3 October 2004 Waikato 25 – 20 North Harbour  

Week 9[edit]

8 October 2004 Auckland 35 – 33 Otago  


9 October 2004 Taranaki 20 – 26 Waikato  


9 October 2004 Canterbury (RS) 68 – 19 Northland  


9 October 2004 Southland 0 – 30 Wellington  


10 October 2004 North Harbour 9 – 14 Bay of Plenty  

Semi-finals[edit]

15 October 2004 Wellington 28 – 16 Waikato  


16 October 2004 Canterbury 44 – 12 Bay of Plenty  

2004 Division One Grand Final[edit]

23 October 2004 Wellington 27 – 40 Canterbury  

Ranfurly Shield[edit]

As the holders of the Ranfurly Shield from the end of 2003, Auckland were the Ranfurly Shield holders in 2004 and started with its first defence against Poverty Bay in Auckland. Auckland won this match and defended it successfully once and lost its third defence of the season to Bay of Plenty. With the unions first ever Ranfurly Shield win, Bay of Plenty won its first ever defence of the shield before losing it to Canterbury who successfully defeated its following challengers to keep the shield for the summer of 2004 and into the 2005 season.

Auckland (15th Ranfurly Shield reign)

  • July 28, 2004 - Auckland v Poverty Bay (won 116-3)
  • August 1, 2004 - Auckland v Counties Manukau (won 100-15)
  • August 15, 2004 - Auckland v Bay of Plenty (lost 28-33)

Bay of Plenty (1st Ranfurly Shield reign)

  • August 22, 2004 - Bay of Plenty v Waikato (won 26-20)
  • September 5, 2004 - Bay of Plenty v Canterbury (lost 26-33)

Canterbury (11th Ranfurly Shield reign)

  • September 18, 2004 - Canterbury v Southland (won 52-13)
  • October 9, 2004 - Canterbury v Northland (won 68-19)

References[edit]

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