2014 ITM Cup

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2014 ITM Cup season
Countries New Zealand New Zealand
Date 14 August – 25 October 2014
Champions Taranaki
Runners-up Tasman
Promoted Manawatu
Relegated Wellington
Matches played 76
Tries scored 448 (average 5.895 per match)
Top point scorer Marty Banks (Tasman)
175 points
Top try scorer Ryan Tongia (Hawke's Bay)
10 tries
Official website
www.itmcup.co.nz
2013
2015

The 2014 ITM Cup season was the ninth year running since the competition reconstruction in 2006 and the fourth under the new Premiership and Championship format. For the ITM Cup competition it involved the top 14 provincial unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the ITM Cup and it was currently the fifth season under the new sponsor. Including the defunct National Provincial Championship, this is the 38th season of New Zealand's premier domestic competition. The regular season matches took place every Thursday to Sunday from 14 August until 24 August and then every Wednesday to Sunday from 27 August until 12 October – followed by the semi-finals that culminated in the final on 25 October.

The 2014 season saw Tasman enter the Premiership division for the first time, having replaced the relegated Bay of Plenty.[1] Tasman achieved seven victories in their inaugural division, and finished runners-up following the regular season.

Competition format

Covering 11 weeks, the schedule features a total of 76 matches. The 14 teams are grouped and divided into two divisions of seven teams, labeled the Premiership Division and the Championship Division. They are based on their on-field finishing positions following the previous year, teams finishing 1-7 will form the Premiership, teams finishing 8-14 will form the Championship. Including a promotion/relegation process between the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership replacing the seventh placed team in the Premiership which will be relegated to the Championship for the following year.[2] The regular season consists of two types of matches:

  • Internal Division Matches – Each team plays the other six teams in the same division once, home or away.
  • Cross Division Matches – Each team plays four teams from the other division, thus missing out on three teams (each from the opposite division). Each team plays home or away games against teams from the other division, making a total of ten competition games for each team.

The top four teams of each division, will move on to the finals. The top two division winners, based on table points, received a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the second division winner hosts the third division winner, and the first division winner hosts the fourth division winner. The final is hosted by the top remaining seed.[3]

There is also the Ranfurly Shield. It is automatically contested when the holder of the shield plays at home in any round (excluding semis and final).

Standings

Premiership Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki 10 7 1 2 321 197 +124 39 19 7 1 38
2 TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman 10 7 1 2 326 194 +132 37 22 6 2 38
3 14px Canterbury 10 7 0 3 337 205 +132 40 22 4 2 34
4 Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland 10 6 1 3 288 225 +63 30 28 4 0 30
5 CountiesAirNZ.png Counties Manukau 10 5 1 4 251 192 +59 32 21 4 2 28
6 14px Waikato 10 4 0 6 220 321 –101 26 39 3 2 21
7 Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington 10 1 0 9 214 381 –167 24 49 1 2 7
Championship Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 14px Manawatu 10 8 0 2 260 208 +52 27 21 3 0 35
2 Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay 13px 10 5 1 4 253 213 +40 31 22 4 2 28
3 NLTaniwha.png Northland 10 5 0 5 276 284 -8 29 34 3 2 25
4 SouthlandRugby.png Southland 10 4 1 5 228 301 –73 25 33 1 0 19
5 NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour 10 3 0 7 214 306 –92 25 30 3 3 18
6 14px Otago 10 3 0 7 228 279 –51 23 37 1 2 15
7 Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty 10 2 0 8 202 312 –110 26 36 3 2 13

Source: itmcup.co.nz

Legend:

     Qualified for Division Finals.
     Relegated to Championship for 2015
17px Ranfurly Shield holders.
  • Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TF = Tries For, TA = Tries Against, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points

Points breakdown:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

The Overall Standings classification system:[4]

  • Four Division Winners/Leaders in log points order
  • The remaining three teams in log points order
  • When teams are level on log points, they are sorted by:
    • the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces
    • highest overall points difference
    • highest number of tries scored
    • highest number of points scored
    • a coin toss

Round-by-round

Team Points by Round Total Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland 9 48 35 7 16 16 31 30 27 12 32 7 22 35 60 19 56 51 288 225 28.8 22.5
Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty 23 34 27 56 3 41 48 43 12 27 17 36 27 30 33 16 12 29 202 312 20.2 31.2
14px Canterbury 48 9 58 27 48 3 23 16 46 12 28 20 50 57 10 38 26 23 337 205 33.7 20.5
CountiesAirNZ.png Counties Manukau 9 9 29 25 21 27 10 26 21 26 20 28 55 7 24 10 62 34 251 192 25.1 19.2
Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay 15 35 29 26 27 21 21 23 41 0 36 17 25 28 39 43 20 20 253 213 25.3 21.3
14px Manawatu 28 23 7 35 27 21 55 37 13 24 41 20 22 20 29 3 38 25 260 208 26 20.8
NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour 14 28 21 25 16 22 14 21 24 13 7 32 57 49 27 58 34 58 214 306 21.4 30.6
NLTaniwha.png Northland 23 28 35 5 3 48 23 21 74 59 20 31 30 27 58 27 10 38 276 284 27.6 28.4
14px Otago 28 14 25 29 33 22 16 23 23 81 38 7 24 32 16 33 25 38 228 279 22.8 27.9
SouthlandRugby.png Southland 34 23 25 21 22 33 19 41 36 34 34 79 28 26 10 24 20 20 228 301 22.8 30.1
TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki 9 9 26 29 87 20 41 19 31 30 31 20 35 22 38 22 23 26 321 197 32.1 19.7
TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman 35 15 56 27 16 16 23 16 30 31 80 34 32 24 38 10 16 21 326 194 32.6 19.4
14px Waikato 37 25 27 58 39 62 16 23 26 21 7 38 20 22 19 60 29 12 220 321 22 32.1
Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington 25 37 5 35 21 27 30 31 12 46 20 42 7 55 36 74 58 34 214 381 21.4 38.1
Offensive Defensive
Team Tries by Round Total Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland 0 6 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 4 1 1 4 9 3 6 7 30 28 3 2.8
Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty 2 3 4 7 0 6 6 5 2 2 2 5 3 3 5 1 2 4 26 36 2.6 3.6
14px Canterbury 6 0 8 2 6 0 2 1 7 2 3 2 5 7 1 5 2 3 40 22 4 2.2
CountiesAirNZ.png Counties Manukau 0 0 4 3 2 4 1 2 3 4 2 3 7 1 4 1 9 3 32 21 3.2 2.1
Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay 2 4 3 2 4 2 2 2 6 0 5 2 3 3 5 5 1 2 31 22 3.1 2.2
14px Manawatu 3 2 1 4 2 2 5 5 1 2 5 2 1 1 4 0 5 3 27 21 2.7 2.1
NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 4 7 6 4 6 4 6 25 30 2.5 3
NLTaniwha.png Northland 2 3 5 1 0 6 2 2 8 7 2 4 3 3 6 4 1 4 29 34 2.9 3.4
14px Otago 3 2 3 4 3 3 1 2 2 11 4 1 3 4 1 5 3 5 23 37 2.3 3.7
SouthlandRugby.png Southland 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 6 5 3 4 10 3 2 1 4 2 1 25 33 2.5 3.3
TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki 0 0 2 3 12 2 6 3 3 3 4 2 4 1 5 3 3 2 39 19 3.9 1.9
TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman 4 2 7 4 1 1 2 1 3 3 10 4 4 3 5 1 1 3 37 22 3.7 2.2
14px Waikato 6 3 3 8 3 7 1 2 4 3 1 4 1 1 3 9 4 2 26 39 2.6 3.9
Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington 3 6 1 5 2 2 3 3 2 7 2 5 1 7 4 10 6 4 24 49 2.4 4.9
Offensive Defensive
Team Progression – 2014 ITM Cup season
Premiership
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki 2
(5th)
3
(6th)
13
(2nd)
18
(2nd)
22
(2nd)
27
(2nd)
32
(1st)
37
(1st)
38
(1st)
TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman 5
(2nd)
10
(2nd)
12
(3rd)
16
(3rd)
17
(3rd)
27
(3rd)
32
(2nd)
37
(2nd)
38
(2nd)
14px Canterbury 5
(1st)
10
(1st)
15
(1st)
19
(1st)
24
(1st)
28
(1st)
30
(3rd)
30
(3rd)
34
(3rd)
Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland 0
(7th)
5
(4th)
7
(6th)
11
(4th)
15
(4th)
20
(4th)
20
(4th)
25
(4th)
30
(4th)
CountiesAirNZ.png Counties Manukau 2
(4th)
7
(3rd)
8
(5th)
8
(6th)
9
(6th)
9
(6th)
14
(6th)
19
(5th)
28
(5th)
14px Waikato 5
(3rd)
5
(5th)
9
(4th)
10
(5th)
15
(5th)
15
(5th)
16
(5th)
16
(6th)
21
(6th)
Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington 0
(6th)
0
(7th)
1
(7th)
2
(7th)
2
(7th)
2
(7th)
2
(7th)
2
(7th)
7
(7th)
Championship
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
14px Manawatu 4
(3rd)
4
(5th)
8
(4th)
16
(1st)
16
(1st)
21
(1st)
25
(1st)
30
(1st)
35
(1st)
Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay 0
(7th)
4
(4th)
9
(2nd)
10
(3rd)
15
(3rd)
20
(2nd)
21
(2nd)
26
(2nd)
28
(2nd)
NLTaniwha.png Northland 1
(4th)
6
(2nd)
6
(5th)
10
(4th)
16
(2nd)
16
(3rd)
20
(3rd)
25
(3rd)
25
(3rd)
SouthlandRugby.png Southland 4
(2nd)
8
(1st)
8
(3rd)
8
(5th)
13
(4th)
13
(5th)
17
(4th)
17
(4th)
19
(4th)
NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour 0
(6th)
1
(6th)
2
(6th)
3
(7th)
7
(7th)
7
(7th)
16
(5th)
17
(5th)
18
(5th)
14px Otago 4
(1st)
5
(3rd)
9
(1st)
10
(2nd)
10
(5th)
15
(4th)
15
(6th)
15
(6th)
15
(6th)
Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty 0
(5th)
1
(7th)
1
(7th)
7
(6th)
7
(6th)
7
(6th)
8
(7th)
13
(7th)
13
(7th)

The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season.
For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall division log position in brackets.
Key: win draw loss bye

Points Scorers

Updated: to 25 October 2014

Regular Season

The results of the season were as follows:[5]

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Finals

Semi-finals

17 October 2014
19:35 NZST
Hawke's BayHawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png 26–21 NLTaniwha.png Northland
Try: Richard Buckman Try 31'
Robbie Fruean Try 46'
Con: Ihaia West Kick 32'47' (2/2)
Pen: Ihaia West Kick 7'15'54'65' (4/4)
Report Try: Jone Macilai-Tori Try 27'
Dan Pryor Try 57'
Namatahi Waa Try 75'
Con: Daniel Hawkins (0/3)
Pen: Daniel Hawkins Kick 5'51' (2/2)
McLean Park, Napier
Referee: New Zealand Shane McDermott

18 October 2014
14:05 NZST
Manawatu14px 23–18 SouthlandRugby.png Southland
Try: Nehe Milner-Skudder Try 15'
Callum Gibbins Try 48'
Con: Otere Black Kick 16'49' (2/2)
Pen: Otere Black Kick 9'35'44' (3/4)
Report Try: Elliot Dixon Try 52'
Keanu Kahukura Try 77'
Con: Lima Sopoaga Kick 53' (1/2)
Pen: Lima Sopoaga Kick 18'42' (2/2)
Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
Referee: New Zealand Ben O'Keeffe

18 October 2014
16:35 NZST
TaranakiTaranakiRugby.png 49–30
(a.e.t.)
Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland
Try: Rhys Marshall Try 4'
Mitchell Crosswell Try 7'
James Marshall Try 28'
Waisake Naholo Try 81'
Blade Thomson Try 84'
Jackson Ormond Try 90'
Con: Codey Rei Kick 5'8'29' (3/3)
Marty McKenzie Kick 82'91' (2/3)
Pen: Codey Rei Kick 34'50'71' (3/5)
Marty McKenzie (0/1)
Report Try: Gareth Anscombe Try 9'
George Moala Try 19'64'
Con: Gareth Anscombe Kick 10'20'65' (3/3)
Pen: Gareth Anscombe Kick 13'22'33' (3/5)
Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
Referee: New Zealand Mike Fraser

18 October 2014
19:05 NZST
TasmanTasmanMakosRugbyColours.png 26–6 14px Canterbury
Try: James Lowe Try 2'
Jimmy Cowan Try 39'
Con: Marty Banks Kick 3'40' (2/2)
Pen: Marty Banks Kick 32'44'56'71' (4/7)
Report Pen: Tom Taylor Kick 28'35' (2/2)
Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Referee: New Zealand Nick Briant

Finals

24 October 2014
19:35 NZST
Manawatu14px 32–24 Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay
Try: Kayne Hammington Try 43'
Nehe Milner-Skudder Try 54'
Jason Emery Try 75'
Nathan Tudreu Try 79'
Con: Otere Black Kick 44'55' (2/2)
Jade Te Rure Kick 76' (1/1)
Nick Crosswell (0/1)
Pen: Otere Black Kick 11'32' (2/3)
Report Try: Ihaia West Try 15'
Shannan Chase Try 24'66'
Con: Ihaia West Kick 16'25'68' (3/3)
Pen: Ihaia West Kick 50' (1/2)
Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
Referee: New Zealand Garratt Williamson

25 October 2014
19:35 NZST
TaranakiTaranakiRugby.png 36–32 TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman
Try: Rhys Marshall Try 31'
Charlie Ngatai Try 42'54'
Con: Codey Rei Kick 32'43'55' (3/3)
Pen: Codey Rei Kick 4'7'39'57'74' (5/5)
Report Try: Kieron Fonotia Try 18'
Billy Guyton Try 64'79'
Peter Samu Try 72'
Con: Marty Banks Kick 19'65'72' (3/4)
Pen: Marty Banks Kick 38'47' (2/5)
Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
Referee: New Zealand Glen Jackson

See also

References

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  2. "2010 ITM Cup Competition Structures", Manawatu Rugby Union. Retrieved on 7 August 2010.
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Preceded by ITM Cup
2014
Taranaki
Succeeded by
2015 ITM Cup