Lochore Cup

The Lochore Cup is a New Zealand rugby union trophy named after famed Wairarapa Bush and All Blacks player and coach Brian Lochore. It is contested during the Heartland Championship. It was first awarded in 2006, when the Heartland Championship format was introduced.

Competition

Regular season

At present, all 12 teams play 8 games over 8 weeks before the finals. Once finished, the teams placed 5-8 advance to the Lochore Cup finals. The top 4 teams play for the Meads Cup. Previously, a pool system was used between 2006 and 2010 to determine who played for the Cups. In 2021, due to a delay in the start of the competition caused by COVID-19, the semifinal round for both Cups was scrapped, and the Lochore Cup was instead contested between the teams that finished third and fourth respectively in the regular season.

Finals

The Lochore Cup winner is determined in four-team single-elimination tournament. The semifinal matchups are seeded 1-4 and 2-3, with the higher seed receiving home field advantage. The highest remaining seed hosts the Lochore Cup final.

Winners
Year Lochore Cup Winner Final score Runner up
2006 [1] Poverty Bay46-34King Country
2007 [2] Poverty Bay38-35South Canterbury
2008 Poverty Bay26-5Horowhenua-Kapiti
2009 North Otago21-13West Coast
2010 [3] Wairarapa Bush15-9Buller [4]
2011 [5] Poverty Bay49-22South Canterbury [6]
2012 [7] Buller [8] [9]31-28South Canterbury
2013 South Canterbury [10]17-10Buller
2014 Wanganui [11] [12]14-12North Otago
2015 [13] King Country47-34North Otago
2016 [14] North Otago [15] [16]44-22King Country
2017 [17] Mid Canterbury [18]47-15West Coast [19]
2018 [20] Horowhenua-Kapiti [21]26-23Wairarapa Bush [22]
2019 [23] South Canterbury[24] [25]23-19West Coast
2020No competition held due to COVID-19
2021 [26] Wanganui [27]22-16North Otago
2022 [28] East Coast [29] [30] [31]25-20Mid Canterbury
2023 [32] West Coast23-20 Poverty Bay

See also

References
  1. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/heartland-2006/
  2. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/heartland-2007/
  3. https://www.globalrugbyresults.com/2010HeartlandChampionship.html
  4. https://bullerrugby.co.nz/wp2/2010/12/31/year-by-year-our-history-2010/
  5. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/heartland-2011/
  6. https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/sport/5752219/Total-focus-on-Lochore-Cup-final
  7. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/heartland-2012/
  8. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/119323/buller-triumph-in-lochore-cup
  9. https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/sport/7870497/Minnows-deny-SC-a-taste-of-glory
  10. https://africa.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15331877/south-canterbury-lift-lochore-cup
  11. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/victorious-butcher-boys-lift-lochore-cup/3NOYL6GFWI2MQ6BIKWBSONF4LQ/
  12. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/2014/10/26/wanganui-2014-lochore-cup-champions/
  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RuyuO8Nm50
  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcD2wpl_N74
  15. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/2016/10/29/north-otago-claim-lochore-cup/
  16. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/85871764/underdogs-north-otago-bite-rams-in-the-lochore-cup-final
  17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNuyuKqYUDo
  18. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/2017/10/28/lochore-cup-final-preview-mid-canterbury-v-west-coast/
  19. https://westcoastrfu.com/wp/2017/10/29/2017-lochore-cup-rugby-final-report/
  20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlelwa7DofA
  21. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/2018/10/28/horowhenua-kapiti-claim-lochore-cup-in-tight-finish/
  22. https://waibush.co.nz/wp/2018/10/20/wairarapa-bush-reach-lochore-cup-final/
  23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpoRWdl6LS0
  24. https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/116962880/south-canterbury-win-lochore-cup-final-against-west-coast
  25. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/2019/10/27/south-canterbury-claim-lochore-cup/
  26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3Tl09AFw8
  27. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/11/heartland-rugby-whanganui-stage-second-half-comeback-to-claim-lochore-cup-over-north-otago.html
  28. https://www.provincial.rugby/videos/bunnings-heartland-2022-final-highlights-east-coast-v-mid-canterbury/
  29. https://rugbyheartland.co.nz/wp/2022/10/23/ngati-porou-east-coast-win-lochore-cup-final/
  30. https://www.allblacks.com/news/ngati-porou-east-coast-win-lochore-cup-final/
  31. "Meads Cup and Lochore Cup finals: Team Lists".
  32. https://www.allblacks.com/news/west-coast-wins-first-national-title/
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