2019 Heartland Championship
The 2019 Heartland Championship, known as the 2019 Mitre 10 Heartland Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the 14th edition of the Heartland Championship, a rugby union competition involving the twelve amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The tournament includes a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams played eight games each and then the top four advance to the Meads Cup semifinals, while fifth to eighth advance to the Lochore Cup semifinals. In both of these knockout stages the top seeds play at home against the lowest seeds, the second highest seeds play at home against the third highest seeds and the final will feature the higher seed play at home against the lower seed.
Teams
The 2019 Heartland Championship is being contested by the following teams.Standings
| Meads Cup qualification | |
| Lochore Cup qualification |
In the case of a two-team tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:
- the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces; then
- highest point difference; then
- most tries scored; then
- a coin toss.
- the province with the most wins against other tied provinces in the Round Robin; then
- if two teams remain tied they shall be ranked according to the criteria listed above, but if more than two teams remain tied, they shall be ranked according to criteria to only.
Regular season