2016 Mitre 10 Cup

2016 Mitre 10 Cup season
Countries New Zealand New Zealand
Date 18 August – 29 October 2016
Official website
www.itmcup.co.nz
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The 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season will be the eleventh year running since the competition reconstruction in 2006 and the sixth under the new Premiership and Championship format. For the Mitre 10 Cup competition it will involve the top 14 provincial unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition is known as the Mitre 10 Cup and it will be currently the first season under the sponsor. Including the defunct National Provincial Championship, this is the 20th season of New Zealand's premier domestic competition.

Competition format

Covering 11 weeks, with nine weeks of competition and two weeks for the semifinals and finals, the schedule features a total of 76 matches. The 14 teams are grouped and divided into two divisions of seven teams, labeled the Premiership Division and the Championship Division. They are based on their on-field finishing positions following the previous year, teams finishing 1-7 will form the Premiership, teams finishing 8-14 will form the Championship. Including a promotion/relegation process between the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership replacing the seventh placed team in the Premiership which will be relegated to the Championship for the following year.[1] The regular season consists of two types of matches:

The top four teams of each division, will move on to the finals. The top two division winners, based on table points, received a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the second division winner hosts the third division winner, and the first division winner hosts the fourth division winner. The final is hosted by the top remaining seed.[2]

There is also the Ranfurly Shield. It is automatically contested when the holder of the shield plays at home in any round (excluding semis and final).

Standings

Premiership Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Canterbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Auckland 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Tasman 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Taranaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Counties Manukau 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Waikato 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hawke's Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
Championship Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Manawatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Wellington 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Otago 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bay of Plenty 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
5 North Harbour 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Southland 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Northland 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: mitre10cup.co.nz

Legend:

     Qualified for Division Finals.
     Relegated to Championship for 2017
Ranfurly Shield holders.
  • Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TF = Tries For, TA = Tries Against, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points

Points breakdown:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

The Overall Standings classification system:[3]

  • Four Division Winners/Leaders in log points order
  • The remaining three teams in log points order
  • When teams are level on log points, they are sorted by:
    • the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces
    • highest overall points difference
    • highest number of tries scored
    • highest number of points scored
    • a coin toss

Round-by-round

Team Points by Round Total Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Canterbury
Counties Manukau
Hawke's Bay
Manawatu
North Harbour
Northland
Otago
Southland
Taranaki
Tasman
Waikato
Wellington
Offensive Defensive
Team Tries by Round Total Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Canterbury
Counties Manukau
Hawke's Bay
Manawatu
North Harbour
Northland
Otago
Southland
Taranaki
Tasman
Waikato
Wellington
Offensive Defensive
Team Progression – 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season
Premiership
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
Auckland
Canterbury
Counties Manukau
Hawke's Bay
Taranaki
Tasman
Waikato
Championship
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
Bay of Plenty
Manawatu
North Harbour
Northland
Otago
Southland
Wellington

The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season.
For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall division log position in brackets.
Key: win draw loss bye

Points Scorers

Updated: to 20 January 2016

Finals

Semi-finals Final
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals Final
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals

October 2016
NZST
Team 2 v Team 3
October 2016
NZST
Team 1 v Team 4
October 2016
NZST
Team 2 v Team 3
October 2016
NZST
Team 1 v Team 4

Finals

28 October 2016
19:35 NZST
Higher ranked semi-final winner v Lower ranked semi-final winner
29 October 2016
19:35 NZST
Higher ranked semi-final winner v Lower ranked semi-final winner

References

  1. ↑ "2010 ITM Cup Competition Structures", Manawatu Rugby Union. Retrieved on 7 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "ITM Cup Finals schedule". allblacks.com. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "2013 Competition Regulations Handbook" (pdf). NZRPA. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
Preceded by
2015 ITM Cup		 Mitre 10 Cup
2016
TBD 		Succeeded by
2017 Mitre 10 Cup
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