RugbyHeartland News

Heartland Championship province East Coast RFU has been fined $5,000 and will lose two bonus points (the East Coast’s only points) from the 2015 Pink Batts Heartland Championship, after the Union admitted breaching the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) Player Eligibility Regulations. A NZRU panel consisting of Nigel Hampton QC (Chair),

Follow @RedefinedRugby We look at Week Ten and the FINALS the 2015 Heartland Championship MEADS CUP South Canterbury host Wanganui in Timaru to decide the 2015 Meads Cup and Heartland Championship. South Canterbury have been breaking records all season while Wanganui have returned to the top flight after their 2014 Lochore Cup win

Follow @RedefinedRugby New Zealand Heartland XV squad named The New Zealand Heartland XV squad for 2015 has been selected ahead of a three-match campaign starting in November. The matches, to be played at venues in the North Island between 7–13 November, will see the team first play New Zealand Marist for the McCrae

Follow @RedefinedRugby SO CLOSE: Wairarapa Bush first five-eighth Tim Priest could not quite kick his team to an upset victory over South Canterbury in the Meads Cup semifinal in Timaru on Saturday Having dominated the Pink Batts Heartland Championship from the second round onwards, South Canterbury had to work overtime to finish

Follow @RedefinedRugby South Canterbury will host Wanganui in the final of the Meads Cup section of the Pink Batts Heartland competition next weekend South Canterbury beat Wairarapa Bush 25-21 in Timaru on Saturday while Wanganui caused an upset with a 26-11 win over the champions from the last two seasons, Mid Canterbury