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2015 Heartland Championship

2015 Heartland Championship
Date 22 August 2015 (2015-08-22)–25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
Countries New Zealand New Zealand
Final positions
Champions Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui (Meads Cup)
Kcountry.png King Country (Lochore Cup)
Runner-up Scantab.png South Canterbury (Meads Cup)
Northotago.png North Otago (Lochore Cup)
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Meads Cup qualification
Lochore Cup qualification

The 2015 Heartland Championship, the tenth edition of the Heartland Championship since the 2006 reconstruction of the National Provincial Championship, was a rugby union competition involving the twelve semi-professional rugby unions in New Zealand. The tournament involved a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams played eight games each and then the top four advanced to the Meads Cup semifinals, while fifth to eighth advanced to the Lochore Cup semifinals. In both of these knockout stages the top seeds (first and fifth) played at home against the lowest seeds (fourth and eighth), the second highest seeds (second and sixth) played at home against the third highest seeds (third and seventh) and the final had the higher seed playing at home against the lower seed.

The 2015 Heartland Championship was contested by the following teams.

In the case of a two-team tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:

In the caseof a three-team or more tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:


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