Heartland Championship

Follow @RedefinedRugby Mid Canterbury extended their unbeaten run to three matches with a 25-17 victory over King Country at the Ashburton Showgrounds in blustery conditions on Saturday. Coach Grant Keenan fielded a side with five changes from the team that took a last-gasp 30-28 win over Wanganui in game two, but managed

Follow @RedefinedRugby PLUNDERING: Wanganui No 8 Malakai Volau gets set to run over the top of North Otago first-five Ben Palmer during the 40-10 rout in Oamaru on Saturday. PHOTO/BRAYDEN LINDSAY OAMARU MAIL WANGANUI-NO-8-MALAKAI-VOLAU STEELFORM Wanganui have secured perhaps their most emphatic victory in three seasons of the Pink Batts Heartland Championship

Follow @RedefinedRugby SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 Mid Canterbury gained a jump on the field with a 25-17 win over King Country in Ashburton on Saturday. With closest rivals North Otago and Poverty Bay suffering losses, it left Wairarapa Bush and Wanganui at the head of the chasing bunch. Mid Canterbury are on 13

Follow @RedefinedRugby This week we introduce a new Stat that could get some people talking. We have calculated every Heartland Result since 2006 and have developed a Rankings Table , same as WORLD RUGBY (IRB) use to rank Test Country Rankings. So here we can see the possible Rankings for our Heartland Teams

Follow @RedefinedRugby We look at Week Three of the 2015 Heartland Championship and Mid Canterbury are the early front-runners after their get out of jail victory 30-28 last week against Wanganui at Cooks Gardens. We highlight though this week our Match of the Round , North Otago host Wanganui a repeat of last seasons Lochore