2008 Heartland Championship The 2008 Heartland Championship was a provincial rugby union competition involving 12 teams from New Zealand split into two pools. Matches started on Saturday 23 August 2008 and ended with the final on 25 October . The 2008 season was to be the last in its current format. On 11 August 2008 the New Zealand Rugby Union announced that Tasman and Northland would be the two teams relegated from the Air New Zealand Cup after the completion of the 2008 season. Both teams failed to meet criteria which included financial stability , population, player training and development , playing history, and administration. This might have meant that the Tasman union would have been split into its constituent Nelson Bays and Marlborough unions, and that the Heartland Championship would have needed to accommodate three further teams. On 26 September 2008 the New Zealand Rugby Union rescinded this decision.Wanganui won the Meads Cup and Poverty Bay won the Lochore Cup . Each team has reached the respective cup final in all three years of the Heartland Championship. Poverty Bay has won each Lochore Cup, while 2008 was Wanganui's first Meads Cup championship.Standings The 12 teams were split into two pools, with the top 3 from each pool after 5 rounds advancing to the Meads Cup round, whilst the bottom 3 from each pool played for the Lochore Cup.Pool A Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP1 BP2 Pts 1 North Otago 5 4 0 1 123 75 +48 2 0 18 2 West Coast 5 3 0 2 110 87 +23 2 2 16 3 Buller 5 3 1 1 83 82 +1 0 1 15 4 Horowhenua-Kapiti 5 1 2 2 107 125 -18 3 0 11 5 Wairarapa Bush 5 1 0 4 116 147 -31 3 3 10 6 South Canterbury 5 1 1 3 93 116 -23 1 1 8
Pool B Table notes Pos = Table Position Pld = Played W = Win D = Draw L = Loss PF = For PA = Against PD = Points difference BP1 = Bonus Point BP2 = Bonus Point Pts = Progressive points tally NB: It is possible to receive 2 bonus points in a loss. 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. Fixtures and results Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 This was the first time Buller had beaten Wairarapa Bush at Masterton in the history of the two unions' meetings.Round 4 Round 5 Buller wins the 2008 Rundle Cup Meads and Lochore Cups Standings Lochore Cup Pool Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP1 BP2 Pts 1 Poverty Bay 8 4 0 4 196 121 +75 3 0 23 2 Horowhenua-Kapiti 8 3 2 3 234 174 +60 5 0 21 3 Wairarapa Bush 8 3 0 5 202 194 +8 4 3 19 4 South Canterbury 8 3 1 4 181 167 +14 2 2 19 5 Thames Valley 8 1 0 7 97 255 -158 0 0 4 6 East Coast 8 0 0 8 50 306 -356 0 0 0
Meads Cup Pool Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP1 BP2 Pts 1 Wanganui 8 8 0 0 353 78 +275 7 0 39 2 Mid Canterbury 8 7 0 1 225 129 +96 5 0 33 3 North Otago 8 5 0 3 169 117 +52 3 1 24 4 West Coast 8 3 0 5 122 146 -24 2 3 21 5 Buller 8 4 1 3 135 164 -29 0 1 19 6 King Country 8 3 0 5 157 172 -15 3 1 16
Fixtures and results Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Knockout stage Lochore Cup Semifinals Final Meads Cup Semifinals Final
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