2007 rugby union competition in New Zealand
2007 Air New Zealand Cup |
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Countries | New Zealand |
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Date | 26 July – 20 October |
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Champions | Auckland |
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Runners-up | Wellington |
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Matches played | 77 |
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Top point scorer | Jimmy Gopperth (155) |
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Top try scorer | Brent Ward (8) |
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The 2007 National Provincial Championship was the second season of the National Provincial Championship (known as the Air New Zealand Cup for sponsorship reasons), a provincial rugby union competition involving 14 teams from New Zealand. Matches started on 26 July 2007, and the Final, in which Auckland defeated Wellington, was held on 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 (initial pool play) and Two (Top Six and Repechage phases) 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.
Unless otherwise noted the information is sourced from here:[1]
Standings
The top eight teams in pool play advanced to the quarterfinals.
Pos | Name | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/− | TB | LB | 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:
Secured home quarterfinal berth
Secured away quarterfinal berth
- Abbreviations:
- Pld = games played
- W = games won
- D = games drawn
- L = games lost
- F = points for
- A = points against
- +/− = points difference
- TB = try bonus points (1 bonus point is awarded to any team that scores 4 tries or more regardless of win/loss/draw)
- LB = losing bonus points (1 bonus point is awarded to the losing side if the loss is by 7 points or under)
- Pts = tournament points.
- 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
Week | Dates |
1 | 26–29 July |
2 | 2–5 August |
3 | 9–12 August |
4 | 16–19 August |
5 | 23–26 August |
6 | 30 August – 2 September |
7 | 6–9 September |
8 | 13–16 September |
9 | 20–23 September |
10 | 27–30 September |
Week 1
Manawatu Sports Stadium, Palmerston North |
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 11,592 |
Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth |
Northland | 27–27 | North Harbour |
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Auckland | 39–5 | Counties Manukau |
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Canterbury | 34–3 | Bay of Plenty |
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Southland | 13–41 | Hawke's Bay |
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Week 2
Bay of Plenty | 3–41 | Auckland |
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Counties Manukau | 13–52 | Canterbury |
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Week 3
Bay of Plenty | 17–24 | Northland |
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Counties Manukau | 13–13 | North Harbour |
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Week 4
Waikato | 30–8 | Counties Manukau |
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Hawke's Bay | 35–25 | North Harbour |
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Canterbury | 41–23 | Wellington |
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Manawatu | 30–18 | Bay of Plenty |
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Week 5
Counties Manukau | 14–38 | Hawke's Bay |
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Week 6
Counties Manukau | 18–33 | Wellington |
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1 September 2007 2:30 NZST |
1 September 2007 5:30 NZST |
1 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
2 September 2007 2:35 NZST |
North Harbour | 34–16 | Manawatu |
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Week 7
6 September 2007 7:05 NZST |
Southland | 47–10 | Counties Manukau |
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7 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
7 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
Taranaki | 36–19 | Bay of Plenty |
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8 September 2007 2:30 NZST |
8 September 2007 5:30 NZST |
8 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
Wellington | 39–14 | North Harbour |
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9 September 2007 2:35 NZST |
Week 8
13 September 2007 7:05 NZST |
14 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
14 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
Hawke's Bay | 35–29 | Northland |
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15 September 2007 2:30 NZST |
Manawatu | 31–18 | Counties Manukau |
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15 September 2007 5:30 NZST |
15 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
16 September 2007 2:35 NZST |
Northland | 20–10 | Counties Manukau |
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Week 9
20 September 2007 7:05 NZST |
21 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
21 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
22 September 2007 2:30 NZST |
22 September 2007 5:30 NZST |
22 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
North Harbour | 42–24 | Bay of Plenty |
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23 September 2007 2:35 NZST |
Northland | 20–10 | Counties Manukau |
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Week 10
27 September 2007 7:05 NZST |
28 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
North Harbour | 19–17 | Southland |
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28 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
Bay of Plenty | 13–16 | Wellington |
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29 September 2007 2:30 NZST |
29 September 2007 5:30 NZST |
29 September 2007 7:35 NZST |
30 September 2007 2:35 NZST |
Counties Manukau | 21–45 | Taranaki |
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Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | | Final |
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| October 5 – Wellington | | | | | |
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| Wellington | 45 |
| October 13 – Christchurch |
| Southland | 3 | |
| Canterbury | 21 |
| October 6 – Christchurch |
| | Wellington | 26 | |
| Canterbury | 44 |
| | October 20 – Auckland |
| Otago | 6 | |
| Auckland | 23 |
| October 6 – Auckland |
| | Wellington | 14 |
| Auckland | 30 |
| October 14 – Auckland | |
| Taranaki | 10 | |
| Auckland | 38 |
| October 7 – Napier |
| | Hawke's Bay | 3 | |
| Hawke's Bay | 38 |
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| Waikato | 35 | |
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Canterbury | 21–26 | Wellington |
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Final
Statistics
Point scorers
Try scorers
See also
References
- ^ "2007 Air New Zealand Cup Results". Global Rugby Results. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Glory for all-conquering Auckland". ESPN. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
National Provincial Championship (2006–present)
Seasons | |
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Unions | - Auckland
- Bay of Plenty
- Canterbury
- Counties Manukau
- Hawke's Bay
- Manawatu
- North Harbour
- Northland
- Otago
- Southland
- Taranaki
- Tasman
- Waikato
- Wellington
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Other | - Honours
- Rugby Cup
- Ranfurly Shield
- Wooden Spoon
- Inter-union trophies
- Duane Monkley medal
- Media
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Stadium | |
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New Zealand Rugby Union |