1989 National Provincial Championship
The 1989 season was the fourteenth year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Auckland were the winners of Division 1.
Division 1
[edit]The following table gives the final standings:[1]
| Relegated to Division Two |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Auckland
|
10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 348 | 87 | +261 | 38 |
| 2 |  Canterbury
|
10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 287 | 168 | +119 | 34 |
| 3 |  North Harbour
|
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 272 | 164 | +108 | 31 |
| 4 |  Waikato
|
10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 335 | 124 | +211 | 29 |
| 5 |  Otago
|
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 243 | 161 | +82 | 21 |
| 6 |  Bay of Plenty
|
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 198 | 231 | -33 | 18 |
| 7 |  Wellington
|
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 169 | 245 | -76 | 17 |
| 8 |  North Auckland
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 195 | 255 | -60 | 15 |
| 9 |  Counties
|
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 139 | 319 | -180 | 13 |
| 10 |  Taranaki
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 156 | 372 | -216 | 9 |
| 11 |  Hawke's Bay
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 140 | 345 | -205 | 4 |
Division 2
[edit]The following table gives the final standings:[2]
| Relegated to Division Three |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Southland
|
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 80 | +115 | 25 |
| 2 |  Manawatu
|
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 220 | 65 | +155 | 25 |
| 3 |  King Country
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 137 | 108 | +29 | 22 |
| 4 |  Marlborough
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 144 | -35 | 17 |
| 5 |  Wairarapa Bush
|
7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 132 | -33 | 12 |
| 6 |  Poverty Bay
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 151 | -64 | 9 |
| 7 |  Mid Canterbury
|
7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 92 | 199 | -107 | 7 |
| 8 |  Thames Valley
|
7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 123 | -60 | 4 |
Division 3
[edit]The following table gives the final standings:[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wanganui
|
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 73 | +200 | 28 |
| 2 |  South Canterbury
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 276 | 76 | +200 | 22 |
| 3 |  Horowhenua
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 159 | 103 | +56 | 21 |
| 4 |  Nelson Bays
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 136 | -36 | 17 |
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|
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 145 | -55 | 17 |
| 6 |  East Coast
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 203 | -135 | 8 |
| 7 |  North Otago
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 158 | -94 | 7 |
| 8 |  West Coast
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 64 | 200 | -136 | 2 |
Promotion/relegation
[edit]Division Two winner Southland were promoted to Division One to replace Hawke's Bay who were relegated. Division Three winner Wanganui were elevated to Division Two to replace Thames Valley who were relegated.[2]
Referencees
[edit]- ^ NPC Results 1976-2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-08)
- ^ a b c "Results". The Press. 2 October 1989. p. 31.