1987 National Provincial Championship

The 1987 season was the twelfth 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]

Relegated to Division Two
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Auckland 10 10 0 0 375 90 +285 40
2 Wellington 10 9 0 1 286 163 +122 36
3 Otago 10 6 0 4 176 150 +26 27
4 Bay of Plenty 10 6 0 4 257 228 +29 26
5 Canterbury 10 5 0 5 201 183 +18 22
6 Waikato 10 4 1 5 201 227 -26 19
7 Counties 10 4 0 6 186 244 -58 19
8 North Auckland 10 4 0 6 180 206 -26 18
9 Manawatu 10 3 0 7 211 273 -62 14
10 Taranaki 10 2 0 8 128 302 -174 9
11 Wairarapa Bush 10 1 1 8 123 258 -135 9

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 North Harbour 7 7 0 0 237 65 +172 28
2 Hawke's Bay 7 5 0 2 196 144 +52 21
3 Marlborough 7 5 0 2 156 92 +64 20
4 Southland 7 4 0 3 212 124 +88 18
5 King Country 7 2 0 5 89 159 -70 9
6 South Canterbury 7 2 0 5 126 200 -74 9
7 Mid Canterbury 7 2 0 5 71 202 -131 8
8 Wanganui 7 1 0 6 62 163 -101 4

Promotion/relegation

Division Two winner North Harbour won their playoff match with Hawke's Bay to be promoted to Division One to replace Wairarapa Bush who were relegated.[3] Division Three winner Poverty Bay were elevated to Division Two to replace Wanganui who were relegated.

Referencees

  1. ^ NPC Results 1976-2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-08)
  2. ^ "Sports results". The Press. 5 October 1987. p. 27.
  3. ^ "Wellington wraps up season by blitzing rival". The Press. 5 October 1987. p. 44.