The National Provincial Championship, or NPC, was the predecessor to the current Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship in New Zealand rugby. 2004 was the 29th year of the National Provincial Championship, Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, Nelson Bays were the winners of Division 2, while Poverty Bay were the winners of Division 3.
2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship First Division | ||||||||||||||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wellington | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 313 | 154 | +159 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 35 | |
2 | Canterbury | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 346 | 207 | +139 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 32 | |
3 | Bay of Plenty | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 241 | 221 | +20 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 32 | |
4 | Waikato | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 294 | 215 | +79 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 30 | |
5 | Taranaki | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 332 | 257 | +75 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 29 | |
6 | North Harbour | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 246 | 200 | +46 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 27 | |
7 | Auckland | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 265 | 287 | -22 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 24 | |
8 | Otago | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 183 | 261 | -78 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
9 | Southland | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 174 | 338 | -164 | 21 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
10 | Northland | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 182 | 436 | -254 | 21 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship Second Division | ||||||||||||||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nelson Bays | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 270 | 145 | +125 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 36 | |
2 | Hawke's Bay | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 383 | 127 | +256 | 56 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 35 | |
3 | Counties Manukau | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 301 | 215 | +86 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 31 | |
4 | North Otago | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 335 | 245 | +90 | 45 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 26 | |
5 | Marlborough | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 233 | -27 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
6 | Manawatu | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 187 | 219 | -32 | 24 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
7 | Wanganui | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 193 | 227 | -34 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 12* | |
8 | East Coast | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 183 | 209 | -26 | 24 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 7* | |
9 | Thames Valley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 72 | 510 | -438 | 9 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship Third Division | ||||||||||||||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Poverty Bay | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 227 | 119 | +108 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 27 | |
2 | Wairarapa Bush | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 120 | +56 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 26 | |
3 | Mid Canterbury | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 126 | +59 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 23 | |
4 | Horowhenua-Kapiti | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 171 | +38 | 31 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 22 | |
5 | King Country | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 161 | 144 | +17 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
6 | South Canterbury | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 119 | 150 | -31 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
7 | West Coast | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 130 | 267 | -137 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
8 | Buller | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 92 | 202 | -110 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
13 August 2004 | Wellington | 34 – 27 | Canterbury | |||
14 August 2004 | Otago | 40 – 24 | Northland | |||
14 August 2004 | Taranaki | 33 – 29 | North Harbour | |||
14 August 2004 | Waikato | 52 – 23 | Southland | |||
15 August 2004 | Auckland (RS) | 28 – 33 | Bay of Plenty | |||
20 August 2004 | Southland | 16 – 48 | Taranaki | |||
21 August 2004 | Canterbury | 43 – 43 | North Harbour | |||
21 August 2004 | Northland | 29 – 37 | Auckland | |||
21 August 2004 | Otago | 16 – 16 | Wellington | |||
22 August 2004 | Bay of Plenty (RS) | 26 – 20 | Waikato | |||
27 August 2004 | Canterbury | 42 – 7 | Otago | |||
28 August 2004 | Waikato | 59 – 11 | Auckland | |||
28 August 2004 | Southland | 54 – 26 | Northland | |||
28 August 2004 | Taranaki | 58 – 14 | Bay of Plenty | |||
29 August 2004 | North Harbour | 16 – 18 | Wellington | |||
3 September 2004 | Wellington | 37 – 17 | Waikato | |||
4 September 2004 | Auckland | 32 – 34 | North Harbour | |||
4 September 2004 | Otago | 27 – 10 | Southland | |||
4 September 2004 | Northland | 11 – 62 | Taranaki | |||
5 September 2004 | Bay of Plenty (RS) | 26 – 33 | Canterbury | |||
10 September 2004 | North Harbour | 35 – 16 | Southland | |||
11 September 2004 | Bay of Plenty | 44 – 16 | Otago | |||
11 September 2004 | Waikato | 41 – 21 | Northland | |||
11 September 2004 | Wellington | 27 – 21 | Auckland | |||
12 September 2004 | Taranaki | 30 – 23 | Canterbury | |||
17 September 2004 | Otago | 27 – 39 | Waikato | |||
18 September 2004 | Bay of Plenty | 17 – 13 | Wellington | |||
18 September 2004 | Auckland | 51 – 22 | Taranaki | |||
18 September 2004 | Canterbury (RS) | 52 – 13 | Southland | |||
19 September 2004 | Northland | 16 – 40 | North Harbour | |||
24 September 2004 | Waikato | 15 – 30 | Canterbury | |||
25 September 2004 | Northland | 24 – 29 | Bay of Plenty | |||
25 September 2004 | Wellington | 73 – 28 | Taranaki | |||
25 September 2004 | North Harbour | 20 – 3 | Otago | |||
26 September 2004 | Southland | 22 – 30 | Auckland | |||
1 October 2004 | Taranaki | 31 – 14 | Otago | |||
2 October 2004 | Wellington | 65 – 12 | Northland | |||
2 October 2004 | Bay of Plenty | 38 – 20 | Southland | |||
2 October 2004 | Auckland | 20 – 28 | Canterbury | |||
3 October 2004 | Waikato | 25 – 20 | North Harbour | |||
8 October 2004 | Auckland | 35 – 33 | Otago | |||
9 October 2004 | Taranaki | 20 – 26 | Waikato | |||
9 October 2004 | Canterbury (RS) | 68 – 19 | Northland | |||
9 October 2004 | Southland | 0 – 30 | Wellington | |||
10 October 2004 | North Harbour | 9 – 14 | Bay of Plenty | |||
15 October 2004 | Wellington | 28 – 16 | Waikato | |||
16 October 2004 | Canterbury | 44 – 12 | Bay of Plenty | |||
23 October 2004 | Wellington | 27 – 40 | Canterbury | |||
As the holders of the Ranfurly Shield from the end of 2003, Auckland were the Ranfurly Shield holders in 2004 and started with its first defence against Poverty Bay in Auckland. Auckland won this match and defended it successfully once and lost its third defence of the season to Bay of Plenty. With the unions first ever Ranfurly Shield win, Bay of Plenty won its first ever defence of the shield before losing it to Canterbury who successfully defeated its following challengers to keep the shield for the summer of 2004 and into the 2005 season.
Auckland (15th Ranfurly Shield reign)
Bay of Plenty (1st Ranfurly Shield reign)
Canterbury (11th Ranfurly Shield reign)