2007 Air New Zealand Cup

2007 Air New Zealand Cup
Countries  New Zealand
Date 26 July - 20 October
Champions Auckland
Runners-up Wellington
Matches played 77
Top point scorer Jimmy Gopperth (155)
Top try scorer Brent Ward (8)
2006
2008

The 2007 Air New Zealand Cup was a provincial rugby union competition involving 14 teams from New Zealand. Matches started on Thursday 26 July 2007, and the Final, in which Auckland defeated Wellington, was held on Saturday 20 October.

This season was the second of the expanded competition, which succeeded the First Division of the National Provincial Championship. There were some major changes to the competition from that of the 2006 season. The original Rounds One (initial pool play) and Two (Top Six and Repechage phases) were scrapped. Instead, there was a 10-week round robin in which every team will miss out on playing 3 teams in the competition. This was followed by the quarterfinals, semifinal and the final as in 2006.

Standings

The top eight teams in pool play advanced to the Quarter Final.

Clinched home quarterfinal berth
Clinched quarterfinal berth
Pos Name Pld W D L F A +/- BP1 BP2 Pts
1 Auckland 101000371145+2268048
2 Canterbury 10901351135+2166042
3 Wellington 10802354172+1826139
4 Hawke's Bay 10703254221+335134
5 Waikato 10604289231+583128
6 Southland 10604231203+281126
7 Otago 10514213275-811124
8 Taranaki 10406218234-163423
9 North Harbour 10424222267-452022
10 Northland 10316206214-81419
11 Tasman 10208184262-590412
12 Manawatu 10217158331-1731011
13 Bay of Plenty 10109154297-143239
14 Counties Manukau 10019130348-218002

Table notes

NB:

Point scorers

Points Player Province
155 James Gopperth Wellington
149 Stephen Brett Canterbury
122 Matt Berquist Hawke's Bay
120 Stephen Donald Waikato
115 Jack McPhee North Harbour
110 Isa Nacewa Auckland
101 Brent Ward Auckland

Try scorers

Tries Player Province
8 Brent Ward Auckland
7 Shannon Paku Wellington
6 Jason Shoemark Hawke's Bay
6 Zac Guildford Hawke's Bay
6 Shayne Austin Taranaki
6 Lachie Munro Auckland
6 Scott Hamilton Canterbury

Fixtures and results

Dates
Week 1 2629 July
Week 2 25 August
Week 3 912 August
Week 4 1619 August
Week 5 2326 August
Week 6 30 August 2 September
Week 7 69 September
Week 8 1316 September
Week 9 2023 September
Week 10 2730 September

Week 1

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Time Venue Crowd
Manawatu 1541 Waikato (1BP) 26 July 2007 7.05 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North
Wellington (1BP) 687 Otago 27 July 2007 7.35 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 11,592
Taranaki 2917 Tasman 27 July 2007 7.35 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
Northland 2727 North Harbour 28 July 2007 2.35 ITM Stadium, Whangarei
Auckland (1BP) 395 Counties 28 July 2007 5.30 Eden Park, Auckland
Canterbury (1BP) 343 Bay of Plenty 28 July 2007 7.35 Jade Stadium, Christchurch
Southland 1341 Hawke's Bay (1BP) 29 July 2007 2.35 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill

Week 2

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Venue
2 August 7.05 Tasman 33 Manawatu 10 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
3 August 7.35 Bay of Plenty 3 Auckland (1BP) 41 Blue Chip Stadium, Mount Maunganui
3 August 7.35 Otago 23 Northland (1BP) 20 Carisbrook, Dunedin
4 August 2.35 Hawke's Bay 8 Wellington (1BP) 6 McLean Park, Napier
4 August 5.30 Waikato 22 Southland 11 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
4 August 7.35 North Harbour (Ranfurly Shield) 19 Taranaki (1BP) 13 North Harbour Stadium, Albany
5 August 2.35 Counties Manukau 13 Canterbury (1BP) 52 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland

Week 3

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd
9 August 7.05 Bay of Plenty (1BP) 17 Northland 24 Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
10 August 7.35 Counties Manukau 13 North Harbour 13 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
10 August 7.35 Tasman 23 Hawke's Bay (1BP) 17 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
11 August 2.35 Wellington (1BP) 37 Manawatu 7 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 14,081
11 August 5.30 Auckland (1BP) 47 Waikato 26 Eden Park, Auckland
11 August 7.30 Otago 7 Canterbury 27 Carisbrook, Dunedin
12 August 2.35 Taranaki (1BP) 20 Southland 25 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth

Week 4

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Venue
16 August 7.05 Northland 9 Tasman (1BP) 3 ITM Stadium, Whangarei
17 August 7.35 Waikato (1BP) 30 Counties Manukau 8 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
17 August 7.35 Hawke's Bay (1BP) 35 North Harbour 25 McLean Park, Napier
18 August 2.35 Southland 19 Auckland (1BP) 44 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
18 August 5.30 Taranaki (1BP) 15 Otago 18 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
18 August 7.30 Canterbury (1BP) 41 Wellington 23 AMI Stadium, Christchurch
19 August 2.35 Manawatu (1BP) 30 Bay of Plenty 18 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North

Week 5

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd
23 August 7:05 Counties Manukau 14 Hawke's Bay (1BP) 38 Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
24 August 7:35 Southland 24 Northland 16 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Auckland 22 Taranaki 13 Eden Park, Auckland
25 August 2:30 Bay of Plenty (1BP) 25 Otago 29 Blue Chip Stadium, Mt Maunganui
25 August 5:30 Wellington (1BP) 38 Tasman 25 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 11,000
25 August 7:35 North Harbour (Ranfurly Shield) 7 Waikato (1BP) 52 North Harbour Stadium, Albany
26 August 7:35 Canterbury (1BP) 64 Manawatu 10 AMI Stadium, Christchurch

Week 6

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Venue
30 August 7:05 Hawke's Bay 11 Auckland (1 BP) 38 McLean Park, Napier
31 August 7:35 Counties Manukau 18 Wellington 33 Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
31 August 7:35 Otago 20 Southland 26 Carisbrook, Dunedin
1 September 2:30 Tasman (1 BP) 26 Bay of Plenty (1 BP) 33 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
1 September 5:30 Northland (1 BP) 20 Taranaki (1 BP) 22 ITM Stadium, Whangarei
1 September 7:35 Waikato (Ranfurly Shield) 20 Canterbury (1 BP) 33 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
2 September 2:35 North Harbour (1 BP) 34 Manawatu 16 North Harbour Stadium, Albany

Week 7

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd
6 September 7:05 Southland (1BP) 47 Counties Manukau 10 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
7 September 7:35 Canterbury (Ranfurly Shield) (1BP) 44 Hawke's Bay 6 AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Taranaki (1BP) 36 Bay of Plenty 19 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
8 September 2:30 Tasman (1BP) 23 Waikato 25 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
8 September 5:30 Northland 25 Auckland (1BP) 33 ITM Stadium, Whangarei
8 September 7:35 Wellington (1BP) 39 North Harbour 14 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 8,300
9 September 2:35 Manawatu 25 Otago 25 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North

Week 8

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Venue
13 September 7:05 Taranaki (1BP) 13 Canterbury 20 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
14 September 7:35 Waikato 27 Wellington (1BP) 41 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
14 September 7:35 Hawke's Bay (1BP) 35 Northland (2BP) 29 McLean Park, Napier
15 September 2:30 Manawatu 31 Counties Manukau 18 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North
15 September 5:30 Auckland (1BP) 49 Tasman 7 Eden Park, Auckland
15 September 7:35 Otago 31 North Harbour 22 Carisbrook, Dunedin
16 September 2:35 Bay of Plenty 0 Southland 19 Blue Chip Stadium, Mount Maunganui

Week 9

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd
20 September 7:05 Wellington (1 BP) 53 Taranaki 12 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9,025
21 September 7:35 Tasman (1 BP) 14 Canterbury 21 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
21 September 7.35 Auckland (1 BP) 32 Otago 21 Eden Park, Auckland
22 September 2:30 Southland 30 Manawatu 11 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
22 September 5:30 Hawke's Bay (1 BP) 30 Waikato (1 BP) 26 McLean Park, Napier
22 September 7:35 North Harbour (1BP) 42 Bay of Plenty (1BP) 24 North Harbour Stadium, Albany
23 September 2:35 Northland 20 Counties Manukau 10 ITM Stadium, Whangarei

Week 10

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Venue
27 September 7:05 Otago (1 BP) 32 Tasman 13 Carisbrook, Dunedin
28 September 7:35 North Harbour 19 Southland (1 BP) 17 North Harbour Stadium, Albany
28 September 7:35 Bay of Plenty (1BP) 13 Wellington 16 Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
29 September 2:30 Waikato 20 Northland (1 BP) 16 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
29 September 5:30 Manawatu 3 Hawke's Bay 31 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North
29 September 7:35 Canterbury (Ranfurly Shield) 15 Auckland 26 AMI Stadium, Christchurch
30 September 2:35 Counties Manukau 21 Taranaki (1BP) 45 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
October 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington        
 Wellington  45
October 13 – AMI Stadium, Christchurch
 Southland  3  
 Canterbury  21
October 6 – AMI Stadium, Christchurch
     Wellington  26  
 Canterbury  44
October 20 – Eden Park, Auckland
 Otago  6  
 Auckland  23
October 6 – Eden Park, Auckland    
   Wellington  14
 Auckland  30
October 14 – Eden Park, Auckland
 Taranaki  10  
 Auckland  38
October 7 – McLean Park, Napier
     Hawke's Bay  3  
 Hawke's Bay  38
 Waikato  35  
 

Quarter finals

Seed Home team Score Seed Away team Score Crowd
1 Auckland 30 8 Taranaki 10
2 Canterbury 44 7 Otago 6
3 Wellington 45 6 Southland 3 9,277
4 Hawke's Bay 38 5 Waikato 35

Semi-finals

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Crowd
13 October 19:35 Canterbury 21 Wellington 26 17,641 [1]
14 October 19:35 Auckland 38 Hawke's Bay 3

Final

Date Time Home team Score Away team Score Crowd
20 October 19:35 Auckland 23 Wellington 14 16,000

See also

References