Heartland Championship

WEEK 2 DATE Home vs Away Ground Town 23rd Aug. Buller vs Whanganui Victoria Square Westport 23rd Aug. Ngāti Porou East Coast vs West Coast Whakarua Park Ruatoria 23rd Aug. Mid Canterbury vs Horowhenua Kāpiti Ashburton Showgrounds Ashburton 23rd Aug. King Country vs Poverty Bay Rugby Park Te Kuiti 23rd Aug. North Otago vs Wairarapa-Bush TBC Oamaru 23rd Aug. South Canterbury vs Thames Valley Fraser Park Timaru

Heartland Championship - Week One Preview DATE Home Kick off Away Ground Town 16th Aug. Thames Valley 1pm Mid Canterbury Waihi RFC Waihi 16th Aug. Whanganui 1.30pm North Otago Cooks Garden Whanganui 16th Aug. Wairarapa-Bush 1.30pm South Canterbury Trust House Memorial Park Masterton 16th Aug. Horowhenua Kāpiti 2.05pm Buller Levin Domain Levin 16th Aug. Poverty Bay 2.30pm Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby Park Gisborne 16th Aug. West Coast 2.30pm King Country John Sturgeon Park Greymouth Our Preview on SPORTNATION HEAD to HEAD Stats

March 27th, 2025 Gisborne, NZ – The Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union is proud to announce Paoraian Manuel-Harman as the new Head Coach of the Turanga Heartland team ahead of the 2025 campaign. Newly appointed Head Coach Paoraian Manuel-Harman stands in front of the under-construction Rugby Park A familiar face to local rugby, Manuel-Harman

BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE HEARTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW 2025 All details are subject to change, home team listed first. (BOT) = Bill Osborne Taonga challenge match Download - Full Draw Click Here Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship draw announced Provincial bragging rights are back up for grabs when the Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship kicks off for 10 weeks of exciting

MEDIA RELEASE – CEO RESIGNS 04 March 2025 Media Release: 31 years of service coming to an end. On behalf of the West Coast Rugby Union, we have accepted Chief Executive Mike Connor’s resignation after 31 years of service to the rugby union. Mike was appointed as Chief Executive in 1994 and 31