List of New Zealand rugby union teams
This is the list of the main first-class rugby union teams in New Zealand, including national teams, Super Rugby teams, ITM Cup teams, and Heartland Championship teams. The list does not include women's teams, local club or school teams, inactive teams, such as the North and South Island teams, or non-geographic representative teams, such as the New Zealand Universities, Marist, or Barbarians sides.
National representative teams
- New Zealand
- Junior All Blacks
- New Zealand Maori
- All Blacks Sevens
- New Zealand U-20
- The Heartland XV
- New Zealand Schools
Super Rugby teams
North Island unions
Team | Formed | Division | Changes |
---|---|---|---|
Auckland | 1883 | ITM Cup | |
Bay of Plenty | 1911 | ITM Cup | |
Bush | 1890 - 1971 | merged with Wairarapa in 1971 | |
Central Vikings | 1997-1998 | ||
Counties Manukau | 1955 | ITM Cup | |
East Coast | 1922 | Heartland Championship | |
Hawke's Bay | 1884 | ITM Cup | |
Horowhenua-Kapiti | 1893 | Heartland Championship | |
King Country | 1922 | Heartland Championship | |
Manawhenua | 1924-1933 | short-term merger of Horowhenua and Manawatu | |
Manawatu | 1886 | ITM Cup | |
North Harbour | 1985 | ITM Cup | |
Northland | 1920 | ITM Cup | Formerly North Auckland 1920-1994 |
Poverty Bay | 1890 | Heartland Championship | |
Taranaki | 1885 | ITM Cup | |
Thames Valley | 1921 | Heartland Championship | |
Waikato | 1921 | ITM Cup | Formerly South Auckland 1909-1921 |
Wairarapa | 1886 - 1971 | merged with Bush in 1971 | |
Wairarapa Bush | 1971 | Heartland Championship | Merger with Wairarapa and Bush |
Wanganui | 1888 | Heartland Championship | |
Wellington | 1879 | ITM Cup | |
South Island unions
Team | Formed | Division | Changes |
---|---|---|---|
Buller | 1894 | Heartland Championship | |
Canterbury | 1879 | ITM Cup | |
Mid Canterbury | 1904 | Heartland Championship | Formerly Asburton County 1927-1952 |
Golden Bay-Motueka | 1920-1967 | merged with Nelson in 1967 | |
Marlborough | 1888-2005 | ||
Nelson | 1885-1967 | merged with Golden Bay-Motueka in 1967 | |
Nelson Bays | 1968-2005 | Merger of Golden Bay-Motueka and Nelson | |
North Otago | 1904 | Heartland Championship | |
Otago | 1881 | ITM Cup | |
South Canterbury | 1888 | Heartland Championship | |
Southland | 1887 | ITM Cup | |
Tasman | 2006 | ITM Cup | Merger of Marlborough and Nelson Bays |
West Coast | 1890 | Heartland Championship | |
See also
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