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The East Coast Rugby Football Union is a constituent union in the New Zealand Rugby Union. It is located on the East Coast of the North Island, based in Ruatoria. It is the smallest Union in New Zealand in the sense of player numbers and population base. Due to the high number of players from the Ngati Porou iwi, the team is nicknamed Ngati Porou East Coast. 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ...
The Heartland Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the AA Rewards Heartland Championship,[1] is an amateur domestic rugby union competition in New Zealand. ...
The East Coast team play from Whakarua Park, Ruatoria and in the 2006 season are in Pool A of the Heartland Championship. They are seeded 4th qualifiers for the Championship as they finished 9rd in the 2nd division. The town of Ruatoria is located in the East Coast region of New Zealands North Island. ...
The Heartland Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the AA Rewards Heartland Championship,[1] is an amateur domestic rugby union competition in New Zealand. ...
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History
The East Coast Rugby Football Union was formed in 1922 when they spilt from the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union. 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union was formed in 1890. ...
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Ranfurly Shield East Coast has never held the Ranfurly Shield. The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log of Wood, is perhaps the most prestigious trophy in New Zealands domestic rugby union competition. ...
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East Coast in Super Rugby East Coast along with Wellington, Taranaki, Wairarapa Bush, Wanganui, Poverty Bay, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu and Horowhenua-Kapiti make up the Hurricanes Super 14 franchise. The Wellington Rugby Union is part of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union for the Wellington region. ...
Taranaki Rugby Football Union (TRFU) is the governing body of Rugby in the New Zealand province of Taranaki. ...
The Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union was formed in 1971 with the amalgamation of the Wairarapa Rugby Football Union and Bush Rugby Football Union. ...
The Wanganui Rugby Football Union was formed in 1888. ...
The Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union was formed in 1890. ...
The Hawkes Bay Rugby Union (HBRU) is a governing body of rugby union in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand. ...
Manawatu Rugby Union (MRU) is the governing body of Rugby in the Manawatu rugby province. ...
The Horowhenua-Kapiti Rugby Football Union was formed in 1893. ...
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The current Super 14 logo The Super 14 is a rugby union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ...
[edit] Wellington Hurricanes rugby team logo (fair use) This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
Wellington Hurricanes rugby team logo (fair use) This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
Reputation The team is reknown for its fight and determination to play hard, as was exhibited in 1999 and 2000 when it won the then Air New Zealand NPC Third Division. Much to the nation's surprise, the Ngati Porou East Coast team, upon their first promotion to the then Air New Zealand NPC Second Division, found itself in the final against Hawke's Bay (2001). However, East Coast was unsuccessful, eventually losing by 6 points. [edit]
All Blacks There have had 2 players selected for the All Blacks whilst playing their club rugby in the East Coast. First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 The international rugby union team of New Zealand are...
[edit] George Nepia (1905/1908? - 1986) was a famous Maori rugby and rugby league player. ...
Clubs East Coast Rugby Football Union is made up of 11 clubs: - Hicks Bay
- Hikurangi Sports Club
- Horuta Maori
- Ruatoria City Sports Club
- Ruatoria United
- Tokarangi
- Tokomara Bay United
- TVC
- Uawa Sports
- Waupu
- Waima
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Championships East Coast won the 3rd division in 1999 and 2000 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
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Heartland Championship placings | Heartland Championship Results[1] | | Year | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | PF | PA | Diff | BP | Points | Place | Playoffs | | 2006 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 108 | 255 | -147 | 2 | 6 | 11th | | [edit]
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