{"id":3124,"date":"2015-10-11T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2015-10-12T12:32:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T23:32:40","slug":"pink-batts-heartland-championship-2015-semifinals-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2015\/10\/11\/pink-batts-heartland-championship-2015-semifinals-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Batts Heartland Championship 2015 semifinals confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedefinedRugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow @RedefinedRugby<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2015\/10\/10\/wairarapa-bush-squeak-into-meads-cup-play-offs\/sfs171015f1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?fit=850%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"850,316\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sfs171015f1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?fit=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?fit=640%2C238&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3122\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?resize=640%2C238&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"sfs171015f1\" width=\"640\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?resize=600%2C223&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?resize=250%2C93&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?resize=150%2C56&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>The teams to play in the Pink Batts Heartland Championship semifinals next weekend (17 October) have been confirmed following the last round of round robin on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The semifinal fixtures \u2013 all of which will take place next Saturday 17 October &#8211; are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Meads Cup semifinal 1: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">South Canterbury (1) vs Wairarapa Bush (4)<br \/>\nVenue: Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Kick-off:\u00a0 2:30pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Meads Cup semifinal 2: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mid Canterbury (2) vs Wanganui (3)<br \/>\nVenue: Ashburton Showground, Ashburton<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Kick-off:\u00a0 2:30pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Lochore Cup semifinal 1: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Horowhenua Kapiti (1) vs North Otago (4)<br \/>\nVenue: Levin Domain, Levin<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Kick-off:\u00a0 2:30pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Lochore Cup semifinal 2: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Buller (2) vs King Country (3)<br \/>\nVenue: Victoria Square, Westport<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Kick-off:\u00a0 2:30pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Note kick off times are subject to change following confirmation of team travel arrangements.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RugbyRedefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/fb_follow.jpg?resize=196%2C117\" alt=\"fb_follow\" width=\"196\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17721 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/rhladrr.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"rhladrr\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow @RedefinedRugby The teams to play in the Pink Batts Heartland Championship semifinals next weekend (17 October) have been confirmed following the last round of round robin on Saturday. The semifinal fixtures \u2013 all of which will take place next Saturday 17 October &#8211; are: Meads Cup semifinal 1: South Canterbury (1) vs Wairarapa Bush&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Pink Batts Heartland Championship 2015 semifinals confirmed\r\nhttp:\/\/wp.me\/p4wlzH-Oo","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heartland-championship","category-rugbyheartland-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sfs171015f1.jpg?fit=850%2C316&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4wlzH-Oo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1867,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2014\/10\/13\/pink-batts-heartland-championship-semifinals-confirmed\/","url_meta":{"origin":3124,"position":0},"title":"Pink Batts Heartland Championship semifinals confirmed","author":"admin_hland","date":"October 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby Pink Batts Heartland Championship semifinals confirmed The contenders for this year\u2019s Meads Cup and Lochore Cup have been confirmed following the last round of the regular season. 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King Country and Wairarapa Bush get the season underway at Taupo\u2019s Owen Delaney Park in Week 1 on 23 August 2014. 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