Women's Provincial Championship

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Women's Provincial Championship
Sport Rugby union
Founded 1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Owner(s) New Zealand Rugby Union
No. of teams 9
Country New Zealand
Most recent champion(s) Auckland Storm (15th Title)
Most titles Auckland Storm (15 Titles)
TV partner(s) Sky Sport
Related competitions JJ Stewart Trophy
ITM Cup

The Women's Provincial Championship, or WPC, is the highest level domestic women's rugby competition in New Zealand. This contest is held annually from late August to early November and managed by the New Zealand Rugby Union, or NZRU.[1] The competition was first introduced in 1999, with a total of fourteen teams competing initially. The number of teams increased to eighteen in the year 2000, but has decreased to as few as six teams, with nine currently featured.[2] The Auckland Storm are the current holders of the JJ Stewart Trophy, the women’s equivalent of the Ranfurly Shield.[3]

Competition Format

All teams are required to face each other at least once, with the top four teams in the championship proceeding to the semi-finals. From 2011 to 2014, the semi-finals round was eliminated and the top two teams in the championship automatically qualified for the finals. In 2015, the semi-finals round was reintroduced.

Teams

Finals

Season Winner Score Runner Up Semi Finalist 1 Semi Finalist 2 League Leader
2006[12] Wellington 11 - 10 Auckland Otago Hawke's Bay Otago
2007[13] Auckland 13 - 12 Otago Wellington Canterbury Auckland
2008[14] Auckland 13 - 12 Canterbury Hawke's Bay Manawatu Auckland
2009[15] Auckland 24 - 20 Canterbury Hawke's Bay Wellington Canterbury
2011[16] Auckland 34 - 8 Wellington Auckland
2012[17] Auckland 38 - 12 Canterbury Auckland
2013[18] Auckland 20 - 10 Canterbury Canterbury
2014[19] Auckland 28 - 14 Waikato Auckland
2015[20] Auckland 39 - 9 Wellington Waikato Counties Manukau Auckland

Past Champions

Season Winner Runner Up
1999[21] Auckland Wellinton
2000 Auckland Otago
2001 Auckland Wellington
2002 Auckland Wellington
2003 Auckland Wellington
2004 Auckland Canterbury
2005 Auckland Canterbury
2006[22] Wellington Auckland
2007 Auckland Otago
2008[23] Auckland Hawks Bay
2009[24] Auckland Canterbury
2011[25] Auckland Wellington
2012[26] Auckland Canterbury
2013[27] Auckland Canterbury
2014[28] Auckland Waikato
2015 Auckland Wellington

Total Wins

Team Championships Runners-up Losing Semi-finalists
Auckland 15 1 0
Wellington 1 6 2
Canterbury 0 5 1
Otago 0 2 1
Hawks Bay 0 1 3
Waikato 0 1 1
Counties Manukau 0 0 1
Manawatu 0 0 1

Notes and references

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