1986 National Provincial Championship

The 1986 season was the eleventh year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Wellington were the winners of Division 1.

Division 1

The following table gives the final standings:[1]

Relegated to Division Two
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wellington 10 10 0 0 274 131 +143 40
2 Auckland 10 9 0 1 308 85 +223 36
3 Canterbury 10 7 1 2 282 153 +129 31
4 Otago 10 6 0 4 199 187 +12 25
5 Bay of Plenty 10 5 0 5 179 214 -35 22
6 Counties 10 4 0 6 147 234 -87 16
7 Taranaki 10 3 0 7 189 205 -16 15
8 North Auckland 10 3 0 7 147 176 -29 13
9 Wairarapa Bush 10 3 0 7 123 241 -118 13
10 Manawatu 10 2 1 7 176 225 -49 12
11 Southland 10 2 0 8 166 339 -173 8

Division 2

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Relegated to Division Three
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Waikato 7 7 0 0 218 59 +159 28
2 North Harbour 7 6 0 1 172 58 -114 25
3 Wanganui 7 5 0 2 153 80 +73 21
4 Hawke's Bay 7 4 0 3 200 111 +89 17
5 Mid Canterbury 7 4 0 3 76 138 -62 13
6 Marlborough 7 2 0 5 93 181 -88 8
7 King Country 7 1 0 6 571 173 -398 5
8 Buller 7 0 0 7 502 219 -283 1

Division 3

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 South Canterbury 7 7 0 0 161 68 +93 28
2 East Coast 7 5 0 2 92 74 +18 21
3 Horowhenua 7 4 0 3 139 94 +45 18
4 Thames Valley 7 3 0 4 88 95 -7 15
5 Poverty Bay 7 3 0 4 118 116 +2 14
6 West Coast 7 3 0 4 78 122 -44 14
7 Nelson Bays 7 2 0 5 70 121 -51 10
8 North Otago 7 1 0 6 82 136 -54 6

Promotion/relegation

Division Two winner Waikato won their playoff match with North Harbour to be promoted to Division One to replace Southland who were relegated.[3] Division Three winner South Canterbury were elevated to Division Two to replace Buller who were relegated.

Referencees

  1. ^ NPC Results 1976-2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-08)
  2. ^ a b "Provincial tables". The Press. 8 October 1986. p. 32.
  3. ^ "Dramatic Waikato return". The Press. 29 September 1986. p. 17.