Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union
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| Full name | Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union |
| Emblem | Shield |
| Colours | Red |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Sport | Rugby union |
| League | Heartland Championship |
| Ground | Rugby Park |
| Official website | [1] |
The Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union, which governs rugby union within the Gisborne region surrounding Poverty Bay in New Zealand, was formed in 1890.
The Poverty Bay team play from Rugby Park, Gisborne and are the inaugural holders of the Lochore Cup, the secondary cup competition within the Heartland Championship.
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[edit] Championships
Poverty Bay won the 3rd division of New Zealand's former domestic competition, the National Provincial Championship, in 1987 and 2004, and also lifted the first Lochore Cup in 2006.
[edit] Heartland Championship placings
| Heartland Championship Results[1] | ||||||||||||
| Year | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | PF | PA | Diff | BP | Points | Place | Playoffs | |
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| 2006 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 243 | 194 | +49 | 4 | 24 | 7th | beat Buller 36-10, beat King Country 46-34 (Lochore Cup) | |
[edit] Ranfurly Shield
Poverty Bay have never held the Ranfurly Shield.
[edit] Poverty Bay in Super Rugby
Poverty Bay along with Wellington, Taranaki, Wairarapa Bush, Wanganui, East Coast, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu and Horowhenua-Kapiti make up the Hurricanes Super 14 franchise.
[edit] All Blacks
There have had 6 players selected for the All Blacks whilst playing their club rugby in the Poverty Bay.
- J.L Collins
- B.B.J Fitzpatrick
- I.A Kirkpatrick
- L.G Knight
- R.M Parkinson
- R.A White
[edit] Clubs
East Coast Rugby Football Union is made up of 12 clubs:
- GMC Pirates
- Horouta
- Horouta Sports Club
- HSOB
- Ngatapa
- OBM
- Pirates Sports Club
- Rangatira Sports Club
- Tahora
- Waikoha
- Whatatutu
- Young Maori Party
