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2008 Air New Zealand Cup

The 2008 Air New Zealand Cup was a provincial rugby union competition involving 14 teams from New Zealand. Matches started on Thursday 31 July 2008, and continued until the final on 25 October 2008.

2008 Air New Zealand Cup
Countries New Zealand
Date31 July - 25 October
Champions Canterbury
Runners-up Wellington
Matches played77
Attendance530,226
(average 6,886 per match)
Top point scorer Blair Stewart (105)
Top try scorer Hosea Gear (14)
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This season was the third of the expanded competition, which succeeded the First Division of the National Provincial Championship. It started with a 10-week round robin in which every team missed out on playing 3 teams in the competition. This was followed by a knockout playoff involving 8 teams, made up of quarterfinals, semifinals and the final.

On 11 August 2008 the New Zealand Rugby Union initially announced that Tasman and Northland would both be relegated from the Air New Zealand Cup after the completion of the 2008 season. Both teams failed to meet criteria which included financial stability, population, player training and development, playing history, and administration. This decision was reversed towards the end of the 2008 season, with Tasman and Northland remaining in the competition for two more years.[1]

Canterbury won their sixth national provincial title by defeating Wellington 7–6 at Westpac Stadium, Wellington. It was the third consecutive season that Wellington have finished runners-up.

Standings edit

Qualified for the quarterfinals

The top eight teams in pool play advanced to the Quarter Finals.

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP1 BP2 Pts
1   Wellington 10 9 0 1 353 161 +192 8 0 44
2   Canterbury 10 9 0 1 270 101 +169 5 1 42
3   Hawke's Bay 10 7 0 3 265 183 +82 5 1 34
4   Bay of Plenty 10 6 0 4 185 152 +33 2 3 28
5   Southland 10 6 0 4 225 249 −24 3 1 25
6   Waikato 10 4 1 5 258 235 +23 5 2 25
7   Tasman 10 4 1 5 188 200 −12 2 3 23
8   Taranaki 10 4 1 5 201 209 −8 3 2 23
9   Northland 10 4 0 6 212 227 −15 3 3 22
10   Otago 10 4 1 5 207 231 −24 2 2 22
11   Auckland 10 5 0 5 149 193 −44 2 0 22
12   North Harbour 10 3 0 7 225 285 −61 3 4 19
13   Counties-Manukau 10 2 1 7 140 317 −177 1 2 13
14   Manawatu 10 1 1 8 149 283 −134 2 1 9

Table notes edit

  • Pos = Table Position
  • Pld = Played
  • W = Win (Worth 4 points)
  • D = Draw (Worth 2 points)
  • L = Loss (Worth 0 points)
  • PF = For (Total points scored)
  • PA = Against (Total points scored against)
  • PD = Points difference
  • BP1 = Bonus Point (1 Bonus Point will be awarded to any team that scores 4 tries or more regardless of win/loss/draw.)
  • BP2 = Bonus Point (1 Bonus Point will be awarded to the losing side if the loss is by 7 points or less.)
  • Pts = Progressive points tally

NB:

  • It is possible to receive 2 bonus points in a loss.
  • In the event of a tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:[2]
  1. The winner of the last match between the two provinces if played this season then,
  2. Highest points differential then,
  3. Most tries scored then,
  4. A coin toss.

Points Scorers edit

Player Team Pts
1 Blair Stewart   Southland 105
2 Matt Berquist   Hawke's Bay 97
3 Mike Delany   Bay of Plenty 93
4 Willie Ripia   Taranaki 93
5 Jimmy Gopperth   North Harbour 90

Try Scorers edit

Player Team Tries
1 Hosea Gear   Wellington 14
2 Zac Guildford   Hawke's Bay 8
3= James Paterson   Canterbury 7
3= Lote Raikabula   Manawatu 7
3= Karne Hesketh   Otago 7
3= Paul Perez   Taranaki 7

Attendances edit

Team Played Highest Lowest Total Average
1   Wellington 7 15,242 6,260 80,546 11,507
2   Canterbury 7 10,065 7,000 58,565 8,366
3   Bay of Plenty 6 13,500 6,300 51,900 8,650
4   Auckland 5 16,000 6,540 47,040 9,408
5   Waikato 5 12,000 7,100 45,600 9,120
6   Hawke's Bay 6 10,866 4,000 41,893 6,982
7   Southland 5 9,000 7,000 37,482 7,496
8   Manawatu 5 8,000 4,000 31,000 6,200
9   Northland 5 14,200 3,000 31,600 6,320
10   Taranaki 5 6,500 4,000 28,000 5,600
11   Tasman 5 6,700 2,500 22,800 4,560
12   North Harbour 5 5,700 2,500 19,400 3,880
13   Otago 5 5,000 2,000 18,500 3,700
14   Counties-Manukau 5 6,500 800 16,850 3,370
Total 76 16,000 800 530,226 6,977

Fixtures and results edit

Round 1 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
  Northland 18–10   Waikato 31 July 2008 Homeworld Stadium, Whangarei 3,000
  Tasman (1 BP) 7–8   Bay of Plenty 31 July 2008 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim 2,500
  Wellington (1 BP) 30–6   Hawke's Bay 1 August 2008 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7,148
  Taranaki 20–13   North Harbour (1 BP) 1 August 2008 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth 6,300
  Canterbury (1 BP) 24–25   Manawatu 2 August 2008 AMI Stadium, Christchurch 7,500
  Southland (1 BP) 23–25   Otago 2 August 2008 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill 7,500
  Counties-Manukau 17–6   Auckland 3 August 2008 Growers Stadium, Pukekohe 6,500

Round 2 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
  North Harbour (1 BP) 27–30   Wellington (1 BP) 7 August 2008 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 3,500
  Manawatu 5–18   Southland 8 August 2008 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North 7,000
  Waikato (1 BP) 14–16   Tasman 8 August 2008 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 7,100
  Otago (1 BP) 13–20   Canterbury 9 August 2008 Carisbrook, Dunedin 5,000
  Bay of Plenty (1 BP) 45–3   Counties-Manukau 9 August 2008 International Stadium, Rotorua 6,300
  Hawke's Bay (1 BP) 43–31   Northland 9 August 2008 McLean Park, Napier 4,000
  Auckland   22–6   Taranaki 10 August 2008 Eden Park, Auckland 9,500

Round 3 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
 Manawatu (1 BP) 38–38   Waikato (1 BP) 14 August 2008 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North 4,000
  Otago 23–18   Northland (1 BP) 15 August 2008 Carisbrook, Dunedin 3,500
  Wellington (1 BP) 64–7   Counties-Manukau 15 August 2008 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 6,260
  Bay of Plenty (1 BP) 38–31   North Harbour (2 BP) 16 August 2008 Baypark Stadium, Mount Maunganui 9,200
  Hawke's Bay (1 BP) 16–20   Southland 16 August 2008 McLean Park, Napier 5,600
  Canterbury (1 BP) 34–3   Auckland 16 August 2008 AMI Stadium, Christchurch 9,000
  Tasman 33–23   Taranaki 17 August 2008 Trafalgar Park, Nelson 5,600

Round 4 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
 Counties-Manukau 8–22   Otago 21 August 2008 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 1,000
  Northland (1 BP) 10–15   Bay of Plenty 22 August 2008 Homeworld Stadium, Whangarei 14,200
  Southland 7–26   Wellington (1 BP) 22 August 2008 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill 7,500
  Auckland   25–3   Manawatu 23 August 2008 Eden Park, Auckland 7,500
 Tasman 6–41   Hawke's Bay (1 BP) 23 August 2008 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim 3,500
  Taranaki 0–14   Canterbury 23 August 2008 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth 6,400
  North Harbour 15–10   Waikato (1 BP) 24 August 2008 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 3,800

Round 5 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
  Southland (1 BP) 31–8   Counties-Manukau 28 August 2008 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill 7,000
  Taranaki (1 BP) 39–21   Northland 29 August 2008 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth 4,000
  Otago 10–19   Hawke's Bay 29 August 2008 Carisbrook, Dunedin 4,500
  Wellington (1 BP) 48–12   Bay of Plenty 30 August 2008 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 15,242
  Manawatu (1 BP) 17–20   North Harbour 30 August 2008 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North 7,000
  Waikato (1 BP) 34–13   Auckland 30 August 2008 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 9,500
  Canterbury (1 BP) 44–15   Tasman 31 August 2008 AMI Stadium, Christchurch 8,000

Round 6 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
  Hawke's Bay 18–14   Taranaki (1 BP) 4 September 2008 McLean Park, Napier 6,300
  Bay of Plenty (1 BP) 31–20   Otago 5 September 2008 Baypark Stadium, Mount Maunganui 13,500
  Manawatu 13–36   Wellington (1 BP) 5 September 2008 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North 8,000
  Auckland   13–9   Southland 6 September 2008 Eden Park, Auckland 7,500
  Northland 10–31   Tasman (1BP) 6 September 2008 Homeworld Stadium, Whangarei 6,000
  North Harbour 9–36   Canterbury (1BP) 6 September 2008 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 3,900
  Waikato 20–15   Counties-Manukau (1 BP) 7 September 2008 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 12,000

Round 7 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
  Taranaki 14–3   Manawatu 11 September 2008 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth 4,800
  Bay of Plenty (1 BP) 20–25   Auckland 12 September 2008 International Stadium, Rotorua 8,000
  Northland (1 BP) 3–5   Canterbury 12 September 2008 Homeworld Stadium, Whangarei 4,200
  Tasman 21–21   Otago 13 September 2008 Trafalgar Park, Nelson 6,700
  Southland (1BP) 43–7   North Harbour 13 September 2008 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill 6,482
  Wellington (1BP) 45–33   Waikato (1 BP) 13 September 2008 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 13,122
  Counties-Manukau 14–45   Hawke's Bay (1 BP) 14 September 2008 Growers Stadium, Pukekohe 4,850

Round 8 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
  Canterbury (1 BP) 37–20   Bay of Plenty 18 September 2008 AMI Stadium, Christchurch 9,500
  Tasman (1 BP) 3–6   Southland 19 September 2008 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim 4,500
  Otago (2BP) 27–31   Taranaki (1BP) 19 September 2008 Carisbrook, Dunedin 2,000
  Counties-Manukau (1BP) 27–14   Manawatu 20 September 2008 Growers Stadium, Pukekohe 3,700
  Hawke's Bay (1BP) 24–15   Waikato 20 September 2008 McLean Park, Napier 7,800
  Auckland  
0–27 		  Wellington (1BP) 20 September 2008 Eden Park, Auckland 16,000
  North Harbour (1BP) 24–35   Northland (1BP) 21 September 2008 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 2,500

Round 9 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
  Bay of Plenty 24–22   Southland (1BP) 25 September 2008 Baypark Stadium, Mount Maunganui 8,100
  Waikato (1 BP) 39–10   Otago 26 September 2008 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 8,500
  Taranaki 13–13   Counties-Manukau 26 September 2008 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth 6,500
  North Harbour (1BP) 22–29   Auckland (1BP) 27 September 2008 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 5,700
  Wellington   26–20   Tasman (1BP) 27 September 2008 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 14,143
  Canterbury (1BP) 31–7   Hawke's Bay 27 September 2008 AMI Stadium, Christchurch 10,065
  Northland (1 BP) 45–24   Manawatu (1 BP) 28 September 2008 Homeworld Stadium, Whangarei 4,200

Round 10 edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Attendance
  Waikato (1BP) 45–41   Taranaki (2BP) 2 October 2008 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 8,500
  Southland 6–25   Canterbury 3 October 2008 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill 9,000
  Hawke's Bay (1BP) 46–12   Bay of Plenty 3 October 2008 McLean Park, Napier 7,327
  Manawatu 7–36   Tasman (1BP) 4 October 2008 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North 5,000
  Counties-Manukau (1BP) 28–57   North Harbour (1 BP) 4 October 2008 (1BP) Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 800
  Otago (1BP) 36–21   Wellington 4 October 2008 Carisbrook, Dunedin 3,500
  Auckland 13–21   Northland 5 October 2008 Eden Park, Auckland 6,540

Knockout stage edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 October - AMI Stadium, Christchurch
 
 
  Canterbury48
 
18 October – AMI Stadium, Christchurch
 
  Tasman10
 
  Canterbury31
 
12 October - McLean Park, Napier
 
  Hawke's Bay21
 
  Hawke's Bay31
 
25 October – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
 
  Waikato28
 
  Canterbury7
 
11 October - Westpac Stadium, Wellington
 
  Wellington6
 
  Wellington50
 
17 October – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
 
  Taranaki30
 
  Wellington28
 
11 October - Baypark Stadium, Mount Maunganui
 
  Southland19
 
  Bay of Plenty11
 
 
  Southland45
 

Quarterfinals edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Crowd
  Canterbury 48–10   Tasman 10 October 2008 AMI Stadium, Christchurch 7,500
  Wellington 50–30   Taranaki 11 October 2008 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 13,164
  Bay of Plenty 11–45   Southland 11 October 2008 Baypark Stadium, Mount Maunganui 6,800
  Hawke's Bay 31–28   Waikato 12 October 2008 McLean Park, Napier 10,866

Semifinals edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Crowd
  Wellington 28–19   Southland 17 October 2008 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 11,517
  Canterbury 31–21   Hawke's Bay 18 October 2008 AMI Stadium, Christchurch 7,000

Final edit

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Crowd
  Wellington 6–7   Canterbury 25 October 2008 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 21,237

See also edit

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ Johnstone, Duncan (27 September 2008). "Northland and Tasman saved from axe". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Competitions review: new competitions information summary" (PDF). New Zealand Rugby Union. 2 June 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
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