Heartland Championship

Follow @RedefinedRugby We continue our reviews on all 12 Heartland Teams we now look at Horowhenua-Kapiti and King Country       HOROWHENUA-KAPITI -   2013 finish: 11th After finishing at the tail of the field the previous two years Horowhenua-Kapiti improved one position but would have finished a lot higher had it not been for six defeats by seven

Follow @RedefinedRugby Today we begin our reviews on all 12 Heartland Teams we begin with Buller and the East Coast   BULLER - http://bullerrugby.co.nz 2013 finish: Lochore Cup runners-up After winning the Lochore in 2012 and finishing second to South Canterbury last season Buller’s co-coaches, with the bulk of the squad again available, have positive

Follow @RedefinedRugby John (JB) Phillips looks at the success of the Pink Batts Heartland Championship which enters its ninth season this year and the role Wanganui has played in the development of the competition. For the first seven years of the Heartland competition, which has embraced the 12 second and third division

Follow @RedefinedRugby HAWKE’S Bay Development were too big, too strong and too fast for Poverty Bay in Wairoa on Saturday. The Magpies, featuring six players with ITM Cup experience and four Gisborne players in their starting line-up — Andrew Gardner, Jody Allen, Tane McGuire and Ted Walters — won 56-12. But there was

Follow @RedefinedRugby OBM captain Murray “Muzza” Hewson was confirmed as captain of the 2014 Poverty Bay Heartland Championship squad last Tuesday. But Bay coach Mutu Ngarimu is still keeping his cards close to his chest in regard to loan players. “We have some exciting loan players in the pipeline but until they’ve completed