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Ngati Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Ngati Porou East Coast
Founded1921
LocationRuatoria
Ground(s)Whakarua Park (Capacity: 3,000)
ChairmanNew Zealand Val Morrison
Coach(es)New Zealand Hosea Gear
League(s)Heartland Championship
20218th
Team kit
Official website
www.npec.co.nz

The Ngati Porou 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 often referred to as Ngati Porou East Coast.

The Ngati Porou East Coast team home ground is Whakarua Park, Ruatoria. Ngati Porou East Coast were holders of the Meads Cup, defeating Wanganui 29–27 at Whakarua Park on 27 October 2012.[1]

History

The Ngati Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union was formed in 1922 when they split from the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union.

Ranfurly Shield

Ngati Porou East Coast has challenged for the Ranfurly Shield eight times losing heavily on each occasion.

Matches

1953 Wellington Wellington Lions colours.png 42–0 Ecoast.png East Coast Wellington
1968 Hawke's Bay Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png 31–0 Ecoast.png East Coast Napier
1981 Waikato Waikato colours, Air NZ Cup.png 54–0 Ecoast.png East Coast Hamilton
1987 Auckland Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png 72–0 Ecoast.png East Coast Auckland
1997 Auckland Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png 115–6 Ecoast.png East Coast Ruatoria
2002 Canterbury CanterburyColours.png 51–6 Ecoast.png East Coast Christchurch
2013 Waikato Waikato colours, Air NZ Cup.png 65–10 Ecoast.png East Coast Ruatoria
2021 Hawke's Bay Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png 93–5 Ecoast.png East Coast Napier

Ngati Porou East Coast in Super Rugby

Ngati Porou East Coast along with Wellington, Wairarapa Bush, Wanganui, Poverty Bay, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu and Horowhenua-Kapiti make up the Hurricanes Super Rugby region.

Reputation

The team is renowned for losing 54 consecutive games.

However former all blacks Ma’a Nonu and Hosea Gear were involved in the side when they broke that drought in a 50-26 win over Buller.

All Blacks

They have had 6 players play for the All Blacks who have played rugby for the East Coast.

Clubs

Ngati Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union is made up of 9 clubs:

  • Hicks Bay
  • Hikurangi Sports Club
  • Ruatoria City Sports Club
  • Tawhiti
  • Tokararangi
  • Tokomaru Bay United
  • Tihirau Victory Club (TVC)
  • Uawa Sports
  • Waiapu

Championships

Ngati Porou East Coast won the NPC 3rd Division twice, first in 1999 defeating Poverty Bay 18–15 in the final at Ruatoria and secondly and more impressively, defeating North Otago in front of their home crowd at Oamaru in a come-from-behind 25–21 victory to record back to back NPC 3rd Division Championships.

1999 NPC 3rd Division

Round Comp Home team Score Away team Score
Week 1 NPC Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 18 Ecoast.png East Coast 36
Week 2 NPC Wcoast.png West Coast 41 Ecoast.png East Coast 13
Week 3 NPC Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush 15 Ecoast.png East Coast 31
Week 4 NPC Ecoast.png East Coast 10 Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 15
Week 5 NPC Ecoast.png East Coast 30 Northotago.png North Otago 9
Week 6 NPC Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti 20 Ecoast.png East Coast 14
Week 7 NPC Ecoast.png East Coast 74 Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 8
Week 8 NPC Ecoast.png East Coast 18 Scantab.png South Canterbury 6
Semi Final NPC Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti 20 Ecoast.png East Coast 21
Final NPC Ecoast.png East Coast 18 Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 15
  • Overall Season standing: Champions

2000 NPC 3rd Division

Round Comp Home team Score Away team Score
Week 1 NPC Ecoast.png East Coast 20 Scantab.png South Canterbury 14
Week 2 NPC Northotago.png North Otago 26 Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 26
Week 3 NPC Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 12 Ecoast.png East Coast 44
Week 4 NPC Scantab.png South Canterbury 12 Ecoast.png East Coast 6
Week 5 NPC Ecoast.png East Coast 33 Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush 20
Week 6 NPC Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 28 Ecoast.png East Coast 30
Week 7 NPC Ecoast.png East Coast 33 Wcoast.png West Coast 27
Week 8 NPC Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 31 Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti 30
Semi Final NPC Ecoast.png East Coast 18 Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush 17
Final NPC Northotago.png North Otago 21 Ecoast.png East Coast 25
  • Overall Season standing: Champions

2012 Heartland Championship

Round Comp Home team Score Away team Score
Week 1 NPC Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 23 Wcoast.png West Coast 16
Week 2 NPC Scantab.png South Canterbury 37 Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 9
Week 3 NPC Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 20 Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 18
Week 4 NPC Mcantab.png Mid Canterbury 13 Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 20
Week 5 NPC Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 25 Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui 17
Week 6 NPC Thamesvalley.png Thames Valley 38 Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 53
Week 7 NPC Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 56 Kcountry.png King Country 24
Week 8 NPC Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 14 Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 24
Semi Final NPC Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 26 Northotago.png North Otago 15
Final NPC Ecoast.png Ngati Porou East Coast 29 Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui 27
  • Overall Season standing: Champions

Heartland Championship placings

Heartland Championship Results[2][3][4][5]
Year Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts Place Playoffs
Qual Semifinal Final
2006 8 1 0 7 111 244 −133 2 6 11th No —
2007 8 2 0 6 130 210 −70 3 11 11th No —
2008 8 0 0 8 50 306 −256 0 0 12th No —
2009 8 1 0 7 87 337 −250 0 4 11th No —
2010 8 0 0 8 96 384 −288 1 1 12th No —
2011 8 6 0 2 189 198 −9 3 27 3rd Meads Cup Won 23–17 against North Otago Lost 10–30 to Wanganui
2012 8 7 0 1 230 177 +53 3 31 1st Meads Cup Won 26–15 against North Otago Won 29–27 against Wanganui
2013 8 2 0 6 173 225 −52 5 13 10th No —
2014 8 0 0 8 67 367 −300 0 0 12th No —
2015 8 0 0 8 112 368 −256 2 2 12th No —
2016 8 0 0 8 166 458 −292 3 3 12th No —
2017 8 0 0 8 98 353 −255 0 0 12th No —
2018 8 0 0 8 99 447 −348 2 2 12th No —
2019 8 0 0 8 153 319 −166 0 0 12th No —
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- no competition held due to covid-19
2021 8 3 0 5 242 258 −16 0 0 8th No —

References

  1. ^ "East Coast comeback overwhelms Whanganui". October 27, 2012. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  2. ^ "Standings (2006–present)". Heartland Championship. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Fixtures and Results (2006–present)". Heartland Championship. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Finalists found in Lochore and Meads Cups". Newshub. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. ^ "2010 Lochore and Mead Cups finals wrap". Heartland Championship. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

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