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.

A map of NZRU provincial boundaries

National representative teams

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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