Rugby team
The Ngati Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union (NPEC) is a constituent union in the New Zealand Rugby Union located on the East Coast of the North Island. Its provincial team plays in the Heartland Championship and its home ground is Whakarua Park , 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 .
History
The Ngati Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union was formed in 1922 when they split from the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union .
Ngati Porou East Coast won the 2012 Heartland Championship Meads Cup defeating Wanganui 29–27 at Whakarua Park on 27 October 2012., In the 2022 Heartland Championship the team won the Lochore Cup beating Mid Canterbury by 25 to 20. They become the 6th team to have won both the Meads Cup and the Lochore Cup.
The team is renowned for losing 54 consecutive games over eight years. 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 in October 2021.
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 National Provincial Championship
Ngati Porou East Coast won the NPC 3rd Division twice. Firstly in 1999 defeating Poverty Bay 18–15 in the final at Ruatoria. Secondly and more impressively, defeating North Otago the following year 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
Overall Season standing: Champions 2000 NPC 3rd Division
Round
Comp
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Week 1
NPC
20
14
Week 2
NPC
26
26
Week 3
NPC
12
44
Week 4
NPC
12
6
Week 5
NPC
33
20
Week 6
NPC
28
30
Week 7
NPC
33
27
Week 8
NPC
31
30
Semi Final
NPC
18
17
Final
NPC
21
25
Overall Season standing: Champions Heartland Championship
Heartland Championship placings
Heartland Championship Results
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
8
20
8th
No
—
2022
8
4
0
4
155
242
−87
2
18
7th
Lochore Cup Won 37-30 against Horowhenua-Kapiti
Won 25-20 against Mid Canterbury
2023
8
5
0
3
222
183
+39
7
27
4th
Meads Cup Lost 17-34 to South Canterbury
—
2024
8
4
0
4
212
236
-24
4
20
7th
Lochore Cup Lost 31-34 to King Country
—
Round
Comp
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Week 1
NPC
23
16
Week 2
NPC
37
9
Week 3
NPC
20
18
Week 4
NPC
13
20
Week 5
NPC
25
17
Week 6
NPC
38
53
Week 7
NPC
56
24
Week 8
NPC
14
24
Semi Final
NPC
26
15
Final
NPC
29
27
Overall Season standing: Champions Ranfurly Shield
Ngati Porou East Coast has challenged for the Ranfurly Shield eight times losing heavily on each occasion.
Matches
All Blacks
Six All Blacks have played rugby for East Coast:
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.
References
"East Coast comeback overwhelms Whanganui" . October 27, 2012. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-29."Bunnings Heartland 2022 | FINAL Highlights | East Coast v Mid Canterbury" . allblacks.com . October 23, 2022."Nonu inspires East Coast to drought-breaking win" . NZ Herald . October 16, 2021."Stuff" . www.stuff.co.nz ."Standings (2006–present)" . Heartland Championship . Retrieved 13 April 2016."Fixtures and Results (2006–present)" . Heartland Championship . Retrieved 13 April 2016."Finalists found in Lochore and Meads Cups" . Newshub . 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016."2010 Lochore and Mead Cups finals wrap" . Heartland Championship . 31 October 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
External links
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Mitre 10 Cup teams
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Stadiums
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Competitions
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