Buller Rugby Union

HEARTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP 2025

BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE HEARTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP
DRAW 2025

All details are subject to change, home team listed first.
(BOT) Bill Osborne Taonga challenge match

Sat 02 Aug, 1:00 pm A West Coast Buller RU Pre-Season 68 - 07
Sat 09 Aug, 12:30 pm A Tasman Development XV Buller RU Pre-Season 48 - 07
Sat 16 Aug, 2:30 pm A Horowhenua Kapiti Buller RU Heartland Championship 59 - 14
Sat 23 Aug, 2:30 pm H Whanganui Buller RU Heartland Championship 24 - 51
Sat 30 Aug, 2:30 pm H South Canterbury Buller RU Heartland Championship 24 - 64
Sat 06 Sep, 2:30 pm A Poverty Bay Buller RU Heartland Championship 38 - 03
Sat 13 Sep, 2:30 pm H Thames Valley Buller RU Heartland Championship 05 - 40
Sat 20 Sep, 2:30 pm A Wairarapa Bush Buller RU Heartland Championship 73 - 27
Sat 27 Sep, 2:30 pm H East Coast Buller RU Heartland Championship 21 - 19
Sat 04 Oct, 2:30 pm A West Coast Buller RU Heartland Championship 34 - 11

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2025 Heartland StandingsTeamPWLDBptsFA+/-Pts
1 MC Mid Canterbury88--836818618240
2 MC South Canterbury *(35 - 34)853-92972395829*
3 MC Thames Valley *(34 - 35)853-933517216329*
4 MC Wairarapa-Bush 853-82902266428
5 LC Whanganui *(39 - 21)853-62582203826*
6 LC North Otago *(21 - 39)853-6279290-1126*
7 LC Poverty Bay844-9249247225
8 LC Horowhenua-Kapiti844-52422212121
9 King Country826-52592342515
10 West Coast **844-826820365 *9
11 Buller817-3129378-2497
12 Ngati Porou East Coast8-8-1112470-3581
** WEST COAST have received a 15 competition point sanction for the current season, because of player eligibility . “Based on the information available to NZR , the importance of the eligibility rules to the integrity of the competition, and previous breaches by the Union in 2010 and 2018, NZR have imposed a financial penalty of $5,000 and a 15 competition point sanction for the current season. The West Coast Union has accepted this.”
*TIEBREAKERS:
1. Head to head result.
2. *Points differential.
3. Tries scored.
4. Points scored.
5. Coin toss.

2025 Heartland Championship
WEEK 1
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
16th Aug.
Thames Valley
34 vs 50
Mid CanterburyWaihi RFCWaihi
16th Aug.
Whanganui
39 vs 21
North OtagoCooks GardenWhanganui
16th Aug.
Wairarapa-Bush
29 vs 50
South CanterburyTrust House Memorial ParkMasterton
16th Aug.
Horowhenua Kāpiti
59 vs 14
BullerLevin DomainLevin
16th Aug.
Poverty Bay
18 vs 8
Ngāti Porou East CoastRugby ParkGisborne
16th Aug.
West Coast
38 vs 18
King CountryJohn Sturgeon ParkGreymouth
WEEK 2
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
23rd Aug.
Ngāti Porou East Coast
21 vs 80
West CoastWhakarua ParkRuatoria
23rd Aug.
Mid Canterbury
40 vs 27
Horowhenua KāpitiAshburton ShowgroundsAshburton
23rd Aug.
King Country
47 vs 26
Poverty BayRugby ParkTe Kuiti
23rd Aug.
North Otago
29 vs 56
Wairarapa-BushA&P ShowgroundsOamaru
23rd Aug.
Buller
24 vs 51
WhanganuiVictoria SquareWestport
23rd Aug.
South Canterbury
35 vs 34
Thames ValleyFraser ParkTimaru
WEEK 3
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
30th Aug.
Ngāti Porou East Coast
19 vs 48
North OtagoWhakarua ParkRuatoria
30th Aug.
Wairarapa-Bush
33 vs 36
Mid CanterburyTrust House Memorial ParkMasterton
30th Aug.
Buller
24 vs 64
South CanterburyVictoria SquareWestport
30th Aug.
Horowhenua Kāpiti
19 vs 26
Poverty BayLevin DomainLevin
30th Aug.
Thames Valley
24 vs 20
King CountryBoyd ParkTe Aroha
30th Aug.
Whanganui
19 vs 38
West CoastCooks GardenWhanganui
WEEK 4
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
6th Sept.
Mid Canterbury
82 vs 07
Ngāti Porou East CoastAshburton ShowgroundsAshburton
6th Sept.
Poverty Bay
38 vs 03
BullerRugby ParkGisborne
6th Sept.
West Coast
14 vs 24
Wairarapa-BushJohn Sturgeon ParkGreymouth
6th Sept.
King Country
36 vs 46
Horowhenua Kāpiti(BOT) Rugby ParkTe Kuiti
6th Sept.
North Otago
45 vs 36
Thames ValleyA&P ShowgroundsOamaru
6th Sept.
South Canterbury
35 vs 24
WhanganuiFraser ParkTimaru
WEEK 5
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
13th Sept.
Ngāti Porou East Coast
19 vs 64
WhanganuiWhakarua ParkRuatoria
13th Sept.
Buller
05 vs 40
Thames ValleyVictoria SquareWestport
13th Sept.
Horowhenua Kāpiti
27 vs 26
West Coast(BOT) Levin DomainLevin
13th Sept.
North Otago
59 vs 33
Poverty BayA&P ShowgroundsOamaru
13th Sept.
South Canterbury
18 vs 34
Mid CanterburyFraser ParkTimaru
13th Sept.
King Country
24 vs 25
Wairarapa-Bush5.30pm Owen Delany ParkTaupō
WEEK 6
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
20th Sept.
Poverty Bay
41 vs 35
South CanterburyRugby ParkGisborne
20th Sept.
Wairarapa-Bush
73 vs 27
BullerTrust House Memorial ParkMasterton
20th Sept.
West Coast
31 vs 38
North OtagoJohn Sturgeon ParkGreymouth
20th Sept.
Thames Valley
84 vs 05
Ngāti Porou East CoastCoromandel RFCCoromandel
20th Sept.
Mid Canterbury
32 vs 17
King CountryAshburton ShowgroundsAshburton
20th Sept.
Whanganui
27 vs 21
Horowhenua KāpitiCooks GardenWhanganui
WEEK 7
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
27th Sept.
Poverty Bay
43 vs 47
Mid CanterburyRugby ParkGisborne
27th Sept.
Horowhenua Kāpiti
22 vs 21
Wairarapa-BushLevin DomainLevin
27th Sept.
North Otago
32 vs 29
South CanterburyA&P ShowgroundsOamaru
27th Sept.
Buller
21 vs 19
Ngāti Porou East CoastVictoria SquareWestport
27th Sept.
King Country
24 vs 29
WhanganuiTaumarunui DomainTaumarunui
27th Sept.
Thames Valley
45 vs 07
West CoastCentennial ParkPaeroa
WEEK 8
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
4th Oct.
Wairarapa-Bush
29 vs 24
Poverty BayTrust House Memorial ParkMasterton
4th Oct.
Mid Canterbury
47 vs 07
North OtagoAshburton ShowgroundsAshburton
4th Oct.
South Canterbury
31 vs 21
Horowhenua KāpitiFraser ParkTimaru
4th Oct.
Whanganui
05 vs 38
Thames ValleyCooks GardenWhanganui
4th Oct.
West Coast
34 vs 11
BullerJohn Sturgeon ParkGreymouth
4th Oct.
Ngāti Porou East Coast
14 vs 73
King CountryWhakarua ParkRuatoria
WEEK 9 – Semi Finals
LOCHORE CUP SEMI FINALS
DATE
Home
v
Away
Ground
Town
11th Oct.
Whanganui
v
Horowhenua KāpitiCooks GardenWhanganui
11th Oct.
North Otago
v
Poverty BayA&P ShowgroundsOamaru
MEADS CUP SEMI FINALS
11th Oct.
Mid Canterbury
v
Wairarapa-BushAshburton ShowgroundsAshburton
11th Oct.
South Canterbury
v
Thames ValleyFraser ParkTimaru
MEADS CUP FINAL
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
18/19th Oct.
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LOCHORE CUP FINAL
DATE
Home
vs
Away
Ground
Town
18/19th Oct.
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*Date subject to Operational and Broadcasting logistics
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