1982 National Provincial Championship

The 1982 season was the seventh year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Auckland were the winners of Division 1.

Division 1

The following table gives the final standings:[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Auckland 10 8 0 2 214 105 +109 16
2 Canterbury 10 7 1 2 219 132 +87 15
3 Counties 10 7 1 7 171 113 +58 15
4 Waikato 10 7 0 3 180 156 +24 14
5 Manawatu 10 6 0 4 214 134 +80 12
6 Wellington 10 4 1 5 181 189 -8 9
7 Hawke's Bay 10 4 0 6 167 150 +17 8
8 Wairarapa Bush 10 3 1 6 99 219 -120 7
9 North Auckland 10 3 0 7 140 157 -17 6
10 Otago 10 2 0 8 137 237 -100 4
11 Bay of Plenty 10 2 0 8 99 222 -123 4

Promotion/relegation

Division Two North winner Taranaki challenged Bay of Plenty for promotion. Bay of Plenty won 23 points to 4 and so remained in Division One for the 1983 season.[2]

Referencees

  1. ^ NPC Results 1976-2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-08)
  2. ^ "Bay too good for Taranaki". The Press. 4 October 1982. p. 30.