2007 Air New Zealand Cup
The 2007 Air New Zealand Cup was a provincial rugby union competition involving 14 teams from New Zealand. Matches started on Thursday 26 July 2007, and the Final, in which Auckland defeated Wellington, was held on Saturday 20 October.
This season was the second of the expanded competition, which succeeded the First Division of the National Provincial Championship. There were some major changes to the competition from that of the 2006 season. The original Rounds One and Two were scrapped. Instead, there was a 10-week round robin in which every team will miss out on playing 3 teams in the competition. This was followed by the quarterfinals, semifinal and the final as in 2006.
Standings
The top eight teams in pool play advanced to the Quarter Final.| Clinched home quarterfinal berth | |
| Clinched quarterfinal berth |
| Pos | Name | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | BP1 | BP2 | Pts |
| 1 | Auckland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 371 | 145 | +226 | 8 | 0 | 48 |
| 2 | Canterbury | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 351 | 135 | +216 | 6 | 0 | 42 |
| 3 | Wellington | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 354 | 172 | +182 | 6 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Hawke's Bay | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 254 | 221 | +33 | 5 | 1 | 34 |
| 5 | Waikato | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 289 | 231 | +58 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| 6 | Southland | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 231 | 203 | +28 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Otago | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 213 | 275 | -81 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Taranaki | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 218 | 234 | -16 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | North Harbour | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 222 | 267 | -45 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Northland | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 206 | 214 | -8 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | Tasman | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 184 | 262 | -59 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | Manawatu | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 158 | 331 | -173 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Bay of Plenty | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 154 | 297 | -143 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | Counties Manukau | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 130 | 348 | -218 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Table notes
- Pos = Table Position
- Pld = Played
- W = Win
- D = Draw
- L = Loss
- F = For
- A = Against
- +/- = Points difference
- BP1 = Bonus Point
- BP2 = Bonus Point
- Pts = Progressive points tally
- It is possible to receive 2 bonus points in a loss.
- NB In the event of a tie on points, the higher ranked team is decided on the basis of who won when they met in pool play. If they remain tied, then it is decided by points differential.
Point scorers
Try scorers
Fixtures and results
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