2004 National Provincial Championship

The National Provincial Championship, or NPC, was the predecessor to the current Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship in New Zealand rugby. 2004 was the 29th year of the National Provincial Championship, Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, Nelson Bays were the winners of Division 2, while Poverty Bay were the winners of Division 3.

Standings

Division 1 Standings

2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Wellington 9 7 1 1 313 154 +159 38 17 4 1 35
2 Canterbury 9 6 1 2 346 207 +139 40 25 4 2 32
3 Bay of Plenty 9 7 0 2 241 221 +20 25 25 3 1 32
4 Waikato 9 6 0 3 294 215 +79 37 22 5 1 30
5 Taranaki 9 6 0 3 332 257 +75 43 31 4 1 29
6 North Harbour 9 4 1 4 246 200 +46 28 23 5 4 27
7 Auckland 9 4 0 5 265 287 -22 34 34 5 3 24
8 Otago 9 2 1 6 183 261 -78 17 31 1 1 12
9 Southland 9 1 0 8 174 338 -164 21 40 1 0 5
10 Northland 9 0 0 9 182 436 -254 21 56 0 1 1

Division 2 Standings

2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship Second Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Nelson Bays 8 7 1 0 270 145 +125 37 15 6 0 36
2 Hawke's Bay 8 7 0 1 383 127 +256 56 12 6 1 35
3 Counties Manukau 8 6 1 1 301 215 +86 39 28 5 0 31
4 North Otago 8 5 0 3 335 245 +90 45 33 5 1 26
5 Marlborough 8 3 0 5 206 233 -27 22 32 2 1 15
6 Manawatu 8 3 0 5 187 219 -32 24 32 2 0 14
7 Wanganui 8 3 0 5 193 227 -34 27 29 4 1 12*
8 East Coast 8 1 0 7 183 209 -26 24 26 1 3 7*
9 Thames Valley 8 0 0 8 72 510 -438 9 72 0 0 0

Division 3 Standings

2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship Third Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Poverty Bay 7 5 0 2 227 119 +108 30 14 5 2 27
2 Wairarapa Bush 7 5 1 1 176 120 +56 24 14 4 0 26
3 Mid Canterbury 7 5 0 2 185 126 +59 22 18 2 1 23
4 Horowhenua-Kapiti 7 4 1 2 209 171 +38 31 23 4 0 22
5 King Country 7 3 1 3 161 144 +17 20 18 1 1 16
6 South Canterbury 7 2 1 4 119 150 -31 15 19 1 1 12
7 West Coast 7 2 0 5 130 267 -137 18 37 2 0 10
8 Buller 7 0 0 7 92 202 -110 10 27 0 3 3

2004 Results

Division One

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Semi Finals

2004 Division One Grand Final

Ranfurly Shield

As the holders of the Ranfurly Shield from the end of 2003, Auckland were the Ranfurly Shield holders in 2004 and started with its first defence against Poverty Bay in Auckland. Auckland won this match and defended it successfully once and lost its third defence of the season to Bay of Plenty. With the unions first ever Ranfurly Shield win, Bay of Plenty won its first ever defence of the shield before losing it to Canterbury who successfully defeated its following challengers to keep the shield for the summer of 2004 and into the 2005 season.

Auckland (15th Ranfurly Shield reign)

Bay of Plenty (1st Ranfurly Shield reign)

Canterbury (11th Ranfurly Shield reign)

References

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