So there we go , Wanganui are your 2016 Meads Cup Champions this season and retain the Heartland Championship crown , while North Otago sort their revenge on last years defeat by King Country to wrestle the Lochore Cup off the Rams in Te Kuiti.
James Lash ends the season as top points score on 124 Pts ( Buller Record) and the young Te Rangatira Waitokia from Wanganui wins the Top Try Scorer race on 12 tries for the season.
Th overall stats for the season are as follows:
| FINAL STATS Average Per Round | Per Game | ||||
| Tries | 433 | 43.30 | 8.02 | ||
| Conversions | 283 | 28.30 | 5.24 | ||
| Penalties | 52 | 5.20 | 0.96 | ||
| Drop Goals | 1 | 0.10 | 0.02 | ||
| Penalty Try (conversions) | 5 | 0.50 | 0.09 | ||
| Total Points per game (54 games) | 60.74 | ||||
The Current Scoring Stats are as follows: (collated by RugbyHeartland.co.nz)
| 2016 Mitre10 Heartland Championship FINAL OVERALL Scoring Stats | ||||||
| Tries | Province |
James Lash of Buller ended the 2016 Mitre10 Heartland Championship Points Table on 124pts a new season record for Buller (Photo by Kerry Marshall/Getty Images) |
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| Te.Rangatira.Waitokia | 12 | Wanganui | ||||
| James Lash | 8 | Buller | ||||
| Anthony Tailua | 8 | Buller | ||||
| Jarred Percival | 8 | Mid.Canterbury | ||||
| Ratu Daurua | 8 | Poverty Bay | ||||
| Simon Lilicama | 7 | North Otago | ||||
| Setafano Sauqaqa | 7 | Buller | ||||
| Shay Tucker | 6 | North Otago | ||||
| Penalty Try | 6 | ~~~~~~ | ||||
| Michael Nabuliwaqe | 6 | Wanganui | ||||
| James Hemara | 6 | King Country | ||||
| Gavin Thornbury | 6 | Wanganui | ||||
| Dean Church | 6 | King Country | ||||
| Cameron Hayton | 6 | Wairarapa.Bush | ||||
| Siosiua Moala | 5 | Poverty Bay | ||||
| Mike Lynch | 5 | Mid Canterbury | ||||
| Max Morris | 5 | Sth Canterbury | ||||
| Matthew Vocea | 5 | North Otago | Player | Pts | Province | |
| Malakai Volau | 5 | Wanganui | James Lash | 124 | Buller | |
| Lonii Fisiioi | 5 | East Coast | Jarred Percival | 104 | Mid Canterbury | |
| John Koko | 5 | King Country | Isaia Vuki | 76 | Poverty Bay | |
| Jody Allen | 5 | Poverty Bay | James Lash | 76 | Buller | |
| Erenimo Tau | 5 | West Coast | Te Rangatira Waitokia | 72 | Wanganui | |
| Eddie Cranston | 5 | Wairarapa Bush | Josh Casey | 64 | North Otago | |
| Blake Hohaia | 5 | Wanganui | Isaia Vuki | 64 | Poverty Bay | |
| Zac Guildford | 4 | Wairarapa Bush | Zayn Tipping | 62 | King Country | |
| Troy Tauwhare | 4 | West Coast | Jarred Percival | 56 | Mid Canterbury | |
| Kalavini Leatigaga | 4 | Sth Canterbury | Zayn Tipping | 56 | King Country | |
| Junior Faavae | 4 | Sth Canterbury | 208 More players on 48pts or less | |||
| Hayden Wisnewski | 4 | Thames Valley | ||||
| Warwick Lahmert | 3 | Horo-Kapiti | Conversions | Province | ||
| Viliame Rogavatu | 3 | Sth Canterbury | James Lash | 32 | Buller | |
| Todd Doolan | 3 | East Coast | Jarred Percival | 27 | Mid Canterbury | |
| Timoci Nabakeke | 3 | Mid Canterbury | Isaia Vuki | 26 | Poverty Bay | |
| Seta Koroitamana | 3 | Mid Canterbury | Josh Casey | 22 | North Otago | |
| Scott Cameron | 3 | Horo-Kapiti | Zayn Tipping | 19 | King Country | |
| Sam Mason | 3 | King Country | Dane Whale | 18 | Wanganui | |
| Ralph Darling | 3 | North Otago | Zac Southen | 15 | Sth Canterbury | |
| Raitube Vasurakuta | 3 | Sth Canterbury | Tim Priest | 13 | Wairarapa Bush | |
| Rahiri Johnson | 3 | Horo-Kapiti | Todd Doolan | 12 | East Coast | |
| Nick Strachan | 3 | Sth Canterbury | Nik Cumming | 12 | West Coast | |
| Nick Annear | 3 | Sth Canterbury | Craig Clare | 11 | Wanganui | |
| Murray Hewson | 3 | Poverty Bay | Warwick Lahmert | 11 | Horo-Kapiti | |
| Marene Mapusage | 3 | North Otago | Steve Crosbie | 10 | Wanganui | |
| Maleli Sau | 3 | Mid Canterbury | Willie Wright | 10 | Sth Canterbury | |
| Lemi Masoe | 3 | North Otago | Andy Humberstone | 9 | Wairarapa Bush | |
| Kieran Coll | 3 | Sth Canterbury | Moss Doran | 5 | Thames Valley | |
| Kameli Kuruyabaki | 3 | Wanganui | Perry Hayman | 5 | Horo-Kapiti | |
| Joshua Tuidriva | 3 | Buller | 13 More players on 4 conversions or less | |||
| Josh Casey | 3 | North Otago | ||||
| Jordan Stewart | 3 | Mid Canterbury | Penalties | Province | ||
| John Ika | 3 | Wairarapa Bush | Zayn Tipping | 9 | King Country | |
| John Dyer | 3 | Sth Canterbury | Isaia Vuki | 6 | Poverty Bay | |
| Jamie Hughes | 3 | Wanganui | Tim Priest | 6 | Wairarapa Bush | |
| Glen Walters | 3 | Wairarapa Bush | James Lash | 5 | Buller | |
| Everard Reid | 3 | Poverty Bay | Perry Hayman | 4 | Horo-Kapiti | |
| Dan McIntyre | 3 | Poverty Bay | Tyrone Davies | 3 | North Otago | |
| Dan Hytongue | 3 | Buller | Warwick Lahmert | 3 | Horo-Kapiti | |
| Craig Clare | 3 | Wanganui | 10 More players on 2 penalties or less | |||
| Brendon Rigden | 3 | Mid Canterbury | ||||
| Ben Bonner | 3 | Thames Valley | Drop Goals | Province | ||
| 128 More players on 2 tries or less | James Lash | 1 | Buller | |||
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