2020 Mitre 10 Cup

2020 Mitre 10 Cup season
2020 Mitre 10 Cup season
Countries	New Zealand
Date	11 September – 28 November
Champions	Tasman
Runners-up	Auckland
Promoted	Hawke's Bay
Relegated	North Harbour
Matches played	76
Tries scored	496 ; (average 6.5 per match)
Top point scorer	Bryn Gatland (North Harbour); 119 points
Top try scorer	Salesi Rayasi (Auckland); 14 tries
Official website
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The 2020 Mitre 10 Cup season was the fifteenth season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition since it turned professional in 2006. The regular season began on September 11, when North Harbour hosted Canterbury. It involved the top fourteen rugby unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the Mitre 10 Cup and it was the fifth season under the lead sponsor. The winner of the Championship, Hawke's Bay was promoted to the Premiership, the seventh placed Premiership team, North Harbour was relegated to the Championship.

Format

The

coin toss.^[2] This seeding format was implemented since the beginning of the 2006 competition

.

The competition included a promotion-relegation process with the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership, replacing the seventh-placed team in the Premiership which was relegated to the Championship for the following year. The regular season consisted of two types of matches. The internal division matches were when each team played the other six unions in their division once, home or away. The cross-division matches were when each team played four teams from the other division, thus missing out on three teams, each from the opposite division. Each union played home or away games against teams from the other division, making a total of ten competition games for each union.^[3] The finals format allowed the top four teams from each division move on to the semi-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 hosted the third division winner, and the first division winner hosted the fourth division winner. The final was hosted by the top remaining seed.^[4]

Standings

Source: Mitre 10 Cup standings 2020^[5]

Premiership Division
#	Team	GP	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	PTS
1	Auckland	10	7	0	3	299	198	+101	6	2	36
2	Tasman	10	7	0	3	288	202	+86	5	0	33
3	Bay of Plenty	10	6	0	4	268	258	+10	5	2	31
4	Waikato	10	6	0	4	257	230	+27	4	1	29

5	Canterbury	10	5	0	5	251	224	+27	5	4	29
6	Wellington	10	5	0	5	289	248	+41	7	2	29

7	North Harbour	10	5	0	5	276	226	+50	4	3	27

Championship Division
#	Team	GP	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	PTS
1	RS – Hawke's Bay	10	7	0	3	264	209	+55	6	2	36
2	Otago	10	6	0	4	244	247	–3	5	1	30
3	Northland	10	5	0	5	221	262	–41	3	1	24
4	Taranaki	10	4	0	6	263	265	–2	4	4	24

5	Southland	10	3	0	7	144	193	–49	1	3	16
6	Counties Manukau	10	3	0	7	208	331	–123	2	0	14
7	Manawatu	10	1	0	9	198	377	–179	4	1	9

Standings progression

Premiership
Team	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10
Auckland	5 (1st)	5 (6th)	10 (3rd)	14 (2nd)	19 (2nd)	24 (1st)	25 (3rd)	30 (1st)	34 (1st)	36 (1st)
Bay of Plenty	2 (5th)	6 (4th)	6 (6th)	7 (6th)	7 (7th)	12 (7th)	17 (6th)	21 (5th)	26 (4th)	31 (3rd)
Canterbury	5 (4th)	6 (3rd)	7 (5th)	12 (5th)	17 (4th)	18 (5th)	18 (5th)	19 (7th)	24 (6th)	29 (5th)
North Harbour	0 (7th)	0 (7th)	1 (7th)	6 (7th)	11 (6th)	12 (6th)	16 (7th)	20 (6th)	25 (5th)	27 (7th)
Tasman	5 (3rd)	10 (1st)	15 (1st)	15 (1st)	20 (1st)	20 (3rd)	25 (2nd)	29 (2nd)	29 (2nd)	33 (2nd)
Waikato	5 (2nd)	10 (2nd)	10 (4th)	14 (3rd)	19 (3rd)	23 (2nd)	27 (1st)	27 (3rd)	29 (3rd)	29 (4th)
Wellington	1 (6th)	6 (5th)	11 (2nd)	13 (4th)	15 (5th)	19 (4th)	24 (4th)	24 (4th)	24 (7th)	29 (6th)
Championship
Team	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10
Counties Manukau	0 (5th)	0 (7th)	0 (7th)	5 (6th)	5 (6th)	5 (6th)	5 (6th)	10 (6th)	10 (6th)	14 (6th)
Hawke's Bay	1 (4th)	6 (2nd)	10 (1st)	15 (1st)	15 (2nd)	20 (1st)	25 (1st)	26 (2nd)	31 (1st)	36 (1st)
Manawatu	0 (6th)	1 (6th)	1 (6th)	3 (7th)	3 (7th)	4 (7th)	4 (7th)	9 (7th)	9 (7th)	9 (7th)
Northland	5 (1st)	5 (4th)	9 (5th)	14 (2nd)	18 (1st)	18 (3rd)	18 (3rd)	18 (3rd)	19 (4th)	24 (3rd)
Otago	0 (7th)	5 (5th)	10 (2nd)	10 (4th)	15 (3rd)	20 (2nd)	25 (2nd)	29 (1st)	29 (2nd)	30 (2nd)
Southland	4 (3rd)	5 (3rd)	9 (3rd)	10 (3rd)	11 (4th)	11 (5th)	11 (5th)	11 (5th)	16 (5th)	16 (5th)
Taranaki	5 (2nd)	9 (1st)	9 (4th)	9 (5th)	10 (5th)	14 (4th)	15 (4th)	17 (4th)	22 (3rd)	24 (4th)
The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season. For each week, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall division log position in brackets.
Key:	win	draw	loss	bye

Regular season

The 2020 Mitre 10 Cup played across ten weeks. The competition started on Friday, September 11, with North Harbour taking on Canterbury at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland.^[6]

Week 1

	11 September 2020	North Harbour	29–43	Canterbury	North Harbour Stadium, Albany
	19:05 NZST	Try: Ngarohi McGarvey-Black 29' Walter Fifita 75' Con: Bryn Gatland (2/2) 30', 76' Pen: Bryn Gatland (5/5) 4', 12', 15', 36', 40'	Report	Try: Codie Taylor 9', 63' Rameka Poihipi 27' Cullen Grace 37' Isaiah Punivai 59' George Bridge 79' Con: Brett Cameron (3/3) 10', 28', 38' Richie Mo'unga (2/3) 60', 80' Pen: Brett Cameron (1/2) 44'	Referee: New Zealand )

	12 September 2020	Waikato	53–28	Wellington	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	14:05 NZST	Try: Xavier Roe 16' Fletcher Smith 18' Adam Thomson 50' Damian McKenzie 67' Luke Jacobson 74' Con: Damian McKenzie (5/5) 17', 19', 51', 68', 75' Pen: Damian McKenzie (6/7) 11', 14', 24', 46', 62', 80'	Report	Try: Julian Savea 6' Vaea Fifita 29' Connor Garden-Bachop 40' Ardie Savea 53' Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop (4/4) 7', 30', 41', 54'	Referee: New Zealand )

	12 September 2020	Otago	6–38	Auckland	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	16:35 NZST	Pen: Josh Ioane (2/3) 4', 20' Cards: Liam Coltman 61' to 71' Jack Regan 70' Sio Tomkinson 80'	Report	Try: Penalty try 48' Con: Harry Plummer (4/4) 9', 34', 36', 42' Pen: Harry Plummer (1/1) 17'	Referee: New Zealand )

	12 September 2020	Counties Manukau	24–41	Tasman	Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe
	19:05 NZST	Try: Potu Leavasa Jr. 30' Dalton Papalii 36' Viliami Taulani 79' Con: Baden Kerr (3/3) 31', 37', 80' Pen: Baden Kerr (1/1) 9'	Report	Try: Mitchell Hunt (2/3) 58', 68'	Referee: New Zealand )

	13 September 2020	Northland	43–26	Manawatu	Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei
	14:05 NZST	Try: Dan Hawkins (1/1) 7'	Report	Try: Sam Stewart 9' James Tofa 19' Con: Ben Wyness (2/2) 10', 20' Pen: Ben Wyness (4/5) 4', 13', 54', 65' Cards: Nehe Milner-Skudder 68' to 78'	Referee: New Zealand )

	13 September 2020	Taranaki	36–29	Bay of Plenty	TET Stadium & Events Centre, Inglewood
	14:05 NZST	Try: Penalty try 38' Jordie Barrett 70' Con: Jordie Barrett (3/4) 4', 26', 53' Pen: Jordie Barrett (1/2) 29'	Report	Try: Fa'asiu Fuatai 76' Con: Dan Hollinshead (2/3) 12', 22' Otere Black (1/1) 77' Pen: Otere Black (1/1) 47' Cards: Aaron Carroll 38' to 48'	Referee: New Zealand )

	13 September 2020	Southland	16–10	Hawke's Bay	Rugby Park, Invercargill
	16:35 NZST	Try: Greg Pleasants-Tate 45', 50' Con: Scott Eade (0/2) Pen: Scott Eade (2/3) 7', 13'	Report	Try: Ash Dixon 20', 40' Con: Lincoln McClutchie (0/2)	Referee: New Zealand )

Week 2

	18 September 2020	Tasman	54–21	Northland	Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
	19:05 NZST	Try: Mitchell Hunt (5/6) 20', 28', 46', 49', 53' Tim O'Malley (2/2) 60', 75'	Report	Try: Kara Pryor 40' Harrison Levien 54' Lua Li 67' Con: Wiseguy Faiane (3/3) 40', 55', 68'	Referee: New Zealand )

	19 September 2020	Waikato	41–19	North Harbour	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	14:05 NZST	Try: Xavier Roe 10', 21' Quinn Tupaea 15' Mitch Jacobson 30' Damian McKenzie 45' Valynce Crosby-Te Whare 80' Con: Damian McKenzie (4/6) 11', 22', 31', 46' Pen: Damian McKenzie (1/2) 37'	Report	Try: Luteru Tolai 34' Jacob Pierce 40' Lewis Gjaltema 72' Con: Bryn Gatland (2/3) 35', 73'	Referee: New Zealand )

	19 September 2020	Canterbury	22–23	Taranaki – RS	Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
	16:35 NZST	Try: Oliver Jager 42' Richie Mo'unga 56' Andrew Knewstubb 71' Con: Richie Mo'unga (2/3) 57', 72' Pen: Richie Mo'unga (1/1) 22'	Report	Try: Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens 6', 27' Tupou Vaa'i 10' Con: Jordie Barrett (1/3) 28' Pen: Jordie Barrett (2/3) 3', 75'	Referee: New Zealand )

	19 September 2020	Bay of Plenty	17–14	Southland	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
	19:05 NZST	Try: Fa'asiu Fuatai 11' Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi 39' Con: Otere Black (2/2) 12', 40' Pen: Dan Hollinshead (0/1) Otere Black (1/2) 55'	Report	Try: Amanaki Nicole 26' Greg Pleasants-Tate 35' Con: Scott Eade (2/2) 27', 36' Cards: Greg Pleasants-Tate 60' to 70'	Referee: New Zealand )

	20 September 2020	Hawke's Bay	31–17	Counties Manukau	McLean Park, Napier
	14:05 NZST	Try: Penalty try 23' Lolagi Visinia 33' Devan Flanders 67' Con: Lincoln McClutchie (2/3) 8', 34' Caleb Makene (0/1) Pen: Lincoln McClutchie (0/1) Caleb Makene (0/1)	Report	Try: Samuel Slade 15' to 25' Matiaha Martin 23' to 33'	Referee: New Zealand )

	20 September 2020	Manawatu	25–36	Otago	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
	14:05 NZST	Try: Jamie Booth 16' Aaron Smith 67', 75' Micaiah Torrance-Read 79' Con: Ben Wyness (0/1) Stewart Cruden (1/3) 68' Pen: Ben Wyness (1/2) 8' Adam Boult (0/1)	Report	Try: Freedom Vaha'akolo 43' Michael Collins 65' Con: Josh Ioane (4/5) 34', 38', 62', 66' Pen: Josh Ioane (1/1) 46'	Referee: New Zealand )

	20 September 2020	Auckland	21–39	Wellington	Eden Park, Auckland
	16:35 NZST	Try: Leni Apisai 4' Jonathan Ruru 38' Caleb Clarke 55' Con: Harry Plummer (3/3) 5', 39', 56' Pen: Harry Plummer (0/1)	Report	Try: Vince Aso 11', 73' Wes Goosen 17' Peter Umaga-Jensen 23' Billy Proctor 30' Pepesana Patafilo 40' Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop (3/6) 24', 40', 74' Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop (1/1) 61'	Referee: New Zealand )

Week 3

	25 September 2020	Wellington	32–10	Bay of Plenty	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	19:05 NZST	Try: Teariki Ben-Nicholas 28', 47' Wes Goosen 37' Tyrone Thompson 62' Ruben Love 79' Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop (2/5) 29', 63' Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop (1/1) 43' Cards: Xavier Numia 67' to 77'	Report	Try: Fa'asiu Fuatai 67'	Referee: New Zealand )

	26 September 2020	Tasman	34–17	Waikato	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
	14:05 NZST	Try: Mitchell Hunt (1/1) 30'	Report	Try: Quinn Tupaea 34' Valynce Crosby-Te Whare 63' Fletcher Smith 67' Con: Fletcher Smith (1/3) 68'	Referee: New Zealand )

	26 September 2020	Southland	11–10	North Harbour	Rugby Park, Invercargill
	16:35 NZST	Try: Rory van Vugt 57' Con: Scott Eade (0/1) Pen: Scott Eade (1/2) 66' Greg Dyer (1/1) 80'	Report	Try: Tim Sail 18' Con: Bryn Gatland (1/1) 19' Pen: Bryn Gatland (1/1) 76' Cards: Nic Mayhew 35' to 45' Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 54' to 64'	Referee: New Zealand )

	26 September 2020	Hawke's Bay	20–19	Canterbury	McLean Park, Napier
	19:05 NZST	Try: Lolagi Visinia 27' Jonah Lowe 68' Ash Dixon 80' Con: Lincoln McClutchie (1/3) 28' Pen: Lincoln McClutchie (1/1) 20'	Report	Try: Shilo Klein 43' Sam Darry 54' Josh McKay 59' Con: Brett Cameron (2/3) 55', 60' Pen: Brett Cameron (0/1)	Referee: New Zealand )

	27 September 2020	Auckland	50–12	Manawatu	Eden Park, Auckland
	14:05 NZST	Try: AJ Lam 12', 61' Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa 23' Simon Hickey 32', 43' Salesi Rayasi 38' Blake Gibson 70' Jordan Trainor 73' Con: Simon Hickey (5/8) 24', 33', 39', 71', 74'	Report	Try: Adam Boult 20' Sam Stewart 80' Con: Stewart Cruden (0/1) Ben Wyness (1/1) 80' Cards: Filo Paulo 9' to 19' Tietie Tuimauga 17' to 27'	Referee: New Zealand )

	27 September 2020	Taranaki	19–30	Otago – RS	TET Stadium & Events Centre, Inglewood
	14:05 NZST	Try: Stephen Perofeta 13' Kaylum Boshier 49' Lachlan Boshier 75' Con: Jayson Potroz (1/2) 50' Daniel Waite (1/1) 76'	Report	Try: Freedom Vaha'akolo 33' Liam Coltman 38' Josh Ioane 58' Con: Josh Ioane (2/4) 34', 39' Pen: Josh Ioane (2/2) 6', 72'	Referee: New Zealand )

	27 September 2020	Counties Manukau	15–24	Northland	Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe
	16:35 NZST	Try: Kieran Read 26' Alamanda Motuga 36' Con: Baden Kerr (1/2) 37' Pen: Baden Kerr (1/1) 54'	Report	Try: Dan Hawkins (1/1) 7' Cards: Lua Li 35' to 45'	Referee: New Zealand )

Week 4

	2 October 2020	Bay of Plenty	16–20	Auckland	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
	19:05 NZST	Try: Leroy Carter 53' Con: Otere Black (1/1) 54' Pen: Otere Black (3/3) 20', 32', 35'	Report	Try: Salesi Rayasi 27', 38' Con: Simon Hickey (2/2) 28', 39' Pen: Simon Hickey (1/1) 16' Harry Plummer (1/2) 56'	Referee: New Zealand )

	3 October 2020	Counties Manukau	36–30	Manawatu	Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe
	14:05 NZST	Try: Alamanda Motuga 26', 54', 59' Orbyn Leger 36' Kirisi Kuridrani 70' Con: Baden Kerr (1/2) 27' Jason Robertson (3/3) 55', 60', 71' Pen: Baden Kerr (1/1) 48'	Report	Try: Shamus Hurley-Langton 21' James Tofa 24' Sam Stewart 31' Te Rangatira Waitokia 51' Drew Wild 73' Con: Ben Wyness (1/4) 25' Stewart Cruden (0/1) Pen: Ben Wyness (1/1) 40'	Referee: New Zealand )

	3 October 2020	Northland	35–25	Taranaki	Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei
	16:35 NZST	Try: Dan Hawkins (3/3) 12', 53', 64' Cards: Robert Rush 76'	Report	Try: Daniel Waite 40' Jayson Potroz 50' Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens 76' Con: Jayson Potroz (2/3) 40', 51' Pen: Jayson Potroz (2/4) 43', 54' Cards: Stephen Perofeta 71'	Referee: New Zealand )

	3 October 2020	Canterbury	31–26	Wellington	Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
	19:05 NZST	Try: Mitchell Drummond 20' Ngane Punivai 38' Tom Christie 77' Isaiah Punivai 80' Con: Fergus Burke (1/4) 39' Pen: Fergus Burke (3/3) 3', 25', 66' Cards: Luke Romano 40' to 50'	Report	Try: Vince Aso 31' Naitoa Ah Kuoi 40' Peter Umaga-Jensen 43' Tyrone Thompson 62' Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop (3/4) 32', 44', 63' Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop (0/1)	Referee: New Zealand )

	4 October 2020	North Harbour	40–24	Tasman	North Harbour Stadium, Albany
	14:05 NZST	Try: Jared Page 29' Luteru Tolai 63' James Little 69' Teague McElroy 77' Con: Bryn Gatland (4/4) 30', 64', 70', 78' Pen: Bryn Gatland (4/4) 11', 13', 40', 49'	Report	Try: Mitchell Hunt (1/1) 4' David Havili (0/1) Cards: Isaac Salmon 44' to 54' Sam Matenga 48' to 58'	Referee: New Zealand )

	4 October 2020	Southland	9–10	Waikato	Rugby Park, Invercargill
	14:05 NZST	Pen: Greg Dyer (2/3) 23', 50' Scott Eade (1/1) 72'	Report	Try: Liam Coombes-Fabling 62' Con: Fletcher Smith (1/1) 63' Drop: Fletcher Smith (1/1) 75'	Referee: New Zealand )

	4 October 2020	Otago	9–28	Hawke's Bay – RS	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	16:35 NZST	Pen: Josh Ioane (3/3) 11', 21', 56' Cards: Vilimoni Koroi 63' to 73' Slade McDowall 72'	Report	Try: Lolagi Visinia 36' Folau Fakatava 51' Isaia Walker-Leawere 65' Kurt Baker 77' Con: Lincoln McClutchie (2/2) 37', 52' Caleb Makene (2/2) 66', 78'	Referee: New Zealand )

Week 5

	9 October 2020	Manawatu	10–34	Canterbury	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
	19:05 NZST	Try: Josiah Maraku 70' Drew Wild 77' Con: Stewart Cruden (0/2)	Report	Try: Rameka Poihipi 37' Fergus Burke 46' Mitchell Drummond 55' Chay Fihaki 58', 60' Con: Fergus Burke (3/5) 38', 47', 56' Pen: Fergus Burke (1/2) 32'	Referee: New Zealand )

	10 October 2020	Taranaki	28–29	Auckland	TET Stadium & Events Centre, Inglewood
	14:05 NZST	Try: Jayson Potroz 10', 23' Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens 68' Con: Jayson Potroz (2/3) 11', 24' Pen: Jayson Potroz (3/3) 4', 16', 19'	Report	Try: Salesi Rayasi 1', 75' Jack Whetton 36' AJ Lam 44', 52' Con: Harry Plummer (1/4) 37' Simon Hickey (1/1) 76'	Referee: New Zealand )

	10 October 2020	North Harbour	46–10	Hawke's Bay	North Harbour Stadium, Albany
	14:05 NZST	Try: Jared Page 12', 33', 39' Dillon Hunt 25' Murphy Taramai 61' Bryn Gatland 65' Tomas Aoake 76' Con: Bryn Gatland (4/7) 40', 62', 66', 78' Pen: Bryn Gatland (1/1) 56'	Report	Try: Marino Mikaele-Tu'u 18' Con: Connor McLeod (1/1) 19' Pen: Connor McLeod (1/2) 30' Cards: Jason Long 48' to 58'	Referee: New Zealand )

	10 October 2020	Wellington	34–35	Otago	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	16:35 NZST	Try: Trent Renata 5' James O'Reilly 19' Alex Fidow 52' Kemara Hauiti-Parapara 61' Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop (4/4) 6', 20', 53', 62' Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop (2/3) 33', 40'	Report	Try: Liam Coltman 12' Vilimoni Koroi 48', 67' Sean Withy 56' Jack Regan 78' Con: Josh Ioane (2/5) 13', 79' Pen: Josh Ioane (2/2) 8', 40'	Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

	10 October 2020	Waikato	36–13	Counties Manukau	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	19:05 NZST	Try: Penalty try 40' Adam Thomson 47' Steven Misa 68' Quinn Tupaea 76' Con: Fletcher Smith (1/2) 48' Rivez Reihana (2/2) 69', 77' Pen: Fletcher Smith (1/1) 43'	Report	Try: Etene Nanai-Seturo 18' Con: Jason Robertson (1/1) 19' Pen: Jason Robertson (2/2) 14', 52' Cards: Conán O'Donnell 40' to 50'	Referee: New Zealand )

	11 October 2020	Tasman	33–7	Bay of Plenty	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
	13:15 NZST	Try: Mitchell Hunt (4/5) 39', 48', 55', 75'	Report	Try: Regan Ware 40' Con: Otere Black (1/1) 40' Pen: Otere Black (0/1) Cards: Chase Tiatia 49' to 59'	Referee: New Zealand )

	11 October 2020	Northland	18–14	Southland	Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei
	13:15 NZST	Try: Dan Hawkins (2/2) 9', 21' Cards: Kara Pryor 66' to 76'	Report	Try: Tony Lamborn 35' Isaac Te Tamaki 47' Con: Scott Eade (2/2) 36', 48' Pen: Scott Eade (0/1)	Referee: New Zealand )

Week 6

	16 October 2020	RS – Hawke's Bay	33–17	Northland	McLean Park, Napier
	19:05 NZST	Try: Neria Fomai 45' Ash Dixon 55' Danny Toala 66' Devan Flanders 75' Con: Lincoln McClutchie (2/4) 46', 66' Pen: Lincoln McClutchie (3/3) 18', 30', 40'	Report	Try: Dan Hawkins (1/1) 23'	Referee: New Zealand )

	17 October 2020	Manawatu	35–53	Bay of Plenty	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
	14:05 NZST	Try: Stewart Cruden 16' Tyler Laubscher 23' Jamie Booth 37' Johnny Galloway 62' Drew Wild 79' Con: Stewart Cruden (2/2) 17', 24' Ben Wyness (3/3) 38', 63', 80'	Report	Try: Chase Tiatia 4' Joe Webber 13', 52' Mathew Skipwith-Garland 19' Kaleb Trask 32', 67' Joe Johnston 35' Con: Otere Black (5/6) 5', 14', 20', 33', 36' Kaleb Trask (1/1) 68' Pen: Otere Black (1/1) 40' Kaleb Trask (1/1) 74'	Referee: New Zealand )

	17 October 2020	Wellington	25–20	North Harbour	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	14:05 NZST	Try: Billy Proctor 32' Jackson Garden-Bachop 39' Julian Savea 65' Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop (2/3) 33', 66' Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop (2/2) 52', 60'	Report	Try: Bryn Gatland 18' Jared Page 27' Tomas Aoake 56' Con: Bryn Gatland (1/3) 57' Pen: Bryn Gatland (1/1) 13'	Referee: New Zealand )

	17 October 2020	Auckland	31–10	Tasman	Eden Park, Auckland
	16:35 NZST	Try: Adrian Choat 21' Marcel Renata 31' AJ Lam 34' Tumua Manu 39' Salesi Rayasi 42' Con: Harry Plummer (3/5) 22', 32', 43' Pen: Harry Plummer (0/1)	Report	Try: Mitchell Hunt (0/2)	Referee: New Zealand )

	17 October 2020	Southland	9–17	Taranaki	Rugby Park, Invercargill
	19:05 NZST	Pen: Scott Eade (3/3) 20', 37', 41' Greg Dyer (0/1)	Report	Try: Reuben O'Neill 12' Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens 58' Con: Jayson Potroz (2/2) 13', 59' Pen: Jayson Potroz (1/2) 45' Cards: Chris Gawler 66' to 76'	Referee: New Zealand )

	18 October 2020	Canterbury	15–16	Waikato	Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
	13:15 NZST	Try: Luke Romano 14' Tamaiti Williams 49' Con: Fergus Burke (1/2) 50' Pen: Fergus Burke (1/1) 29' Cards: Isaiah Punivai 80'	Report	Try: Cortez-Lee Ratima 80' Con: Rivez Reihana (1/1) 80' Pen: Rivez Reihana (3/4) 7', 21', 63' Cards: Beaudein Waaka 13' to 23'	Referee: New Zealand )

	18 October 2020	Otago	40–22	Counties Manukau	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	13:15 NZST	Try: Freedom Vaha'akolo 15' Josh Dickson 25', 70' Charles Elton 77' Con: Josh Ioane (5/6) 10', 16', 26', 61', 78'	Report	Try: Alamanda Motuga 40' Orbyn Leger 49' Viliami Taulani 56' Con: Baden Kerr (2/3) 50', 57' Pen: Baden Kerr (1/1) 13'	Referee: New Zealand )

Week 7

	23 October 2020	Otago	30–7	Northland	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	19:05 NZST	Try: Freedom Vaha'akolo 13', 34' Josh Hohneck 45' Ricky Jackson 76' Con: Jono Hickey (2/4) 46', 77' Pen: Jono Hickey (2/3) 27', 53'	Report	Try: Dan Hawkins (1/1) 61'	Referee: New Zealand )

	24 October 2020	Bay of Plenty	44–8	Canterbury	Tauranga Domain, Tauranga
	14:05 NZST	Try: Penalty try 21' Joe Webber 56' Kaleb Trask 64' Scott Curry 72' Con: Kaleb Trask (2/4) 10', 65' Otere Black (1/1) 73' Pen: Kaleb Trask (2/2) 14', 49' Cards: Nathan Vella 58' to 68'	Report	Try: Cullen Grace 79' Con: Brett Cameron (0/1) Pen: Fergus Burke (1/1) 16' Cards: Sam Darry 21' to 31'	Referee: New Zealand )

	24 October 2020	RS – Hawke's Bay	47–12	Manawatu	McLean Park, Napier
	16:35 NZST	Try: Danny Toala 24' Devan Flanders 33' Caleb Makene 38' Brendon O'Connor 40' Ash Dixon 67' Neria Fomai 73' Isaia Walker-Leawere 78' Con: Lincoln McClutchie (4/4) 25', 34', 39', 40' Connor McLeod (2/3) 68', 79'	Report	Try: James Tofa 18' Ben Wyness 35' Con: Ben Wyness (1/2) 36' Cards: Tietie Tuimauga 66' to 76'	Referee: New Zealand )

	24 October 2020	North Harbour	23–22	Auckland	North Harbour Stadium, Albany
	19:05 NZST	Try: James Little 42' Luteru Tolai 63' Con: Bryn Gatland (2/2) 43', 64' Pen: Bryn Gatland (3/3) 5', 23', 40'	Report	Try: AJ Lam 13' Tumua Manu 17' Akira Ioane 75' Con: Harry Plummer (2/3) 14', 76' Pen: Harry Plummer (1/1) 39' Cards: Zarn Sullivan 19' to 29' Marcel Renata 61' to 71'	Referee: New Zealand )

	25 October 2020	Tasman	47–10	Southland	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
	14:05 NZST	Try: Mitchell Hunt (4/4) 22', 45', 56', 63' Tim O'Malley (2/3) 73', 77'	Report	Try: Tony Lamborn 47' Con: Scott Eade (1/1) 48' Pen: Greg Dyer (1/1) 40'	Referee: New Zealand )

	25 October 2020	Counties Manukau	20–53	Wellington	Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe
	14:05 NZST	Try: Latiume Fosita 31' Jason Robertson 41' Con: Jason Robertson (2/2) 32', 42' Pen: Jason Robertson (2/2) 14', 28'	Report	Try: James O'Reilly 16', 44' Xavier Numia 58' Wes Goosen 68' Vaea Fifita 72', 80' Teariki Ben-Nicholas 78' Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop (4/5) 45', 59', 69', 73' Aidan Morgan (2/2) 79', 80' Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop (2/2) 26', 38'	Referee: New Zealand )

	25 October 2020	Waikato	27–20	Taranaki	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	16:35 NZST	Try: Beaudein Waaka 9' Rivez Reihana 61' Liam Messam 66' Con: Fletcher Smith (1/1) 10' Rivez Reihana (2/2) 62', 67' Pen: Fletcher Smith (2/4) 23', 40' Cards: Luke Jacobson 31' to 41'	Report	Try: Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens 32', 58' Daniel Rona 70' Con: Jayson Potroz (1/3) 33' Pen: Jayson Potroz (1/1) 13'	Referee: New Zealand )

Week 8

	30 October 2020	Canterbury	16–23	Otago	Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
	19:05 NZST	Try: Mitchell Drummond 48' Con: Brett Cameron (1/1) 49' Pen: Fergus Burke (1/1) 33' Brett Cameron (1/1) 68' Drop: Brett Cameron (1/1) 56'	Report	Try: Sio Tomkinson 44' Vilimoni Koroi 52' Slade McDowall 72' Con: Josh Ioane (1/3) 73' Pen: Josh Ioane (2/2) 25', 40'	Referee: New Zealand )

	31 October 2020	Wellington	3–19	Tasman	Porirua Park, Porirua
	14:05 NZST	Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop (1/2) 66'	Report	Try: Mitchell Hunt (3/3) 9', 40', 77'	Referee: New Zealand )

	31 October 2020	Northland	8–24	North Harbour	Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei
	16:35 NZST	Try: Dan Hawkins (0/1) Pen: Johnny Cooper (1/1) 14' Cards: Ross Wright 33' to 43' Scott Gregory 76'	Report	Try: Luteru Tolai 29' Bryn Gatland 40' Fine Inisi 74' Con: Bryn Gatland (3/3) 30', 40', 75' Pen: Bryn Gatland (1/2) 12' Cards: Bryn Gatland 57' to 67'	Referee: New Zealand )

	31 October 2020	Auckland	31–10	Waikato	Eden Park, Auckland
	19:05 NZST	Try: Salesi Rayasi 21', 25', 73' Sione Tuipulotu 80' Con: Harry Plummer (4/4) 22', 26', 74', 81' Pen: Harry Plummer (1/1) 70'	Report	Try: Xavier Roe 10' Con: Fletcher Smith (1/1) 11' Pen: Rivez Reihana (1/1) 60'	Referee: New Zealand )

	1 November 2020	Manawatu	24–12	Southland	Feilding
	14:05 NZST	Try: Liam Mitchell 16' Te Rangatira Waitokia 28' Nigel Ah Wong 34' Bryn Wilson 75' Con: Ben Wyness (2/4) 17', 76'	Report	Try: Logan Crowley 22' Greg Pleasants-Tate 55' Con: Scott Eade (1/2) 23' Pen: Scott Eade (0/1)	Referee: New Zealand )

	1 November 2020	Bay of Plenty	22–17	Hawke's Bay	Tauranga Domain, Tauranga
	14:05 NZST	Try: Kaleb Trask 6', 65' Emoni Narawa 34' Con: Kaleb Trask (2/3) 35', 66' Pen: Kaleb Trask (1/1) 13' Cards: Jordan Lay 15' to 25' Ross Geldenhuys 79'	Report	Try: Lolagi Visinia 3' Jonah Lowe 17' Ash Dixon 28' Con: Caleb Makene (1/3) 18' Cards: Jonah Lowe 56' to 66'	Referee: New Zealand )

	1 November 2020	Taranaki	27–31	Counties Manukau	TET Stadium & Events Centre, Inglewood
	16:35 NZST	Try: Stephen Perofeta 19' Lewis Ormond 36' Mitchell Crosswell 55' Sean Wainui 64' Con: Jayson Potroz (2/4) 20', 65' Pen: Jayson Potroz (1/1) 71'	Report	Try: Jason Robertson 34' Jonathan Taumateine 47' Kirisi Kuridrani 50' Etene Nanai-Seturo 77' Con: Jason Robertson (4/4) 35', 48', 51', 78' Pen: Jason Robertson (1/1) 40' Cards: Clinton Malolua 80+5'	Referee: New Zealand )

Week 9

	6 November 2020	Southland	32–15	Otago	Rugby Park, Invercargill
	19:05 NZST	Try: Tony Lamborn 4' Matthew James 41' Tevita Latu 66' Talemaitoga Tuapati 77' Con: Scott Eade (1/2) 5' Greg Dyer (2/2) 67', 78' Pen: Scott Eade (2/2) 33', 51' Greg Dyer (0/1)	Report	Try: Freedom Vaha'akolo 15' Sio Tomkinson 40' Con: Josh Ioane (1/2) 40' Pen: Josh Ioane (1/4) 9'	Referee: New Zealand )

	7 November 2020	Auckland	24–20	Northland	Eden Park, Auckland
	14:05 NZST	Try: Salesi Rayasi 53', 76' Jarred Adams 67' Con: Harry Plummer (3/3) 54', 68', 77' Pen: Zarn Sullivan (1/1) 47'	Report	Try: Jone Macilai-Tori 39' Sam Nock 56' Jordan Olsen 73' Con: Johnny Cooper (0/1) Wiseguy Faiane (1/2) 74' Pen: Johnny Cooper (1/1) 12'	Referee: New Zealand )

	7 November 2020	North Harbour	32–5	Counties Manukau	North Harbour Stadium, Albany
	16:35 NZST	Try: Jared Page 11' Luteru Tolai 47' Teague McElroy 63' Tomas Aoake 69' Con: Bryn Gatland (3/4) 12', 48', 64' Pen: Bryn Gatland (2/2) 40', 73'	Report	Try: Kirisi Kuridrani 51' Con: Jason Robertson (0/1) Cards: Alamanda Motuga 65' to 75'	Referee: New Zealand )

	7 November 2020	Tasman	0–29	Canterbury	Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
	19:05 NZST	Pen: Mitchell Hunt (0/1)	Report	Try: Ngane Punivai 4' Josh McKay 40' Chay Fihaki 45' Isaiah Punivai 76' Con: Brett Cameron (3/4) 5', 40', 46' Pen: Chay Fihaki (0/1) Brett Cameron (1/2) 32'	Referee: New Zealand )

	8 November 2020	Waikato	30–33	Bay of Plenty	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	14:05 NZST	Try: Quinn Tupaea 27', 49' Ollie Norris 36' Samisoni Taukei'aho 44' Con: Beaudein Waaka (2/4) 37', 45' Pen: Beaudein Waaka (2/2) 19', 40'	Report	Try: Dan Hollinshead 5' Joe Webber 11', 25' Sam Dickson 54' Joe Johnston 80' Con: Kaleb Trask (4/5) 6', 12', 55', 80'	Referee: New Zealand )

	8 November 2020	RS – Hawke's Bay	34–18	Wellington	McLean Park, Napier
	14:05 NZST	Try: Devan Flanders 13' Marino Mikaele-Tu'u 18' Stacey Ili 21' Neria Fomai 54' Con: Caleb Makene (3/3) 14', 19', 22' Lincoln McClutchie (1/1) 55' Pen: Caleb Makene (2/2) 4', 25'	Report	Try: Naitoa Ah Kuoi 57' Kaliopasi Uluilakepa 64' Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop (1/2) 65' Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop (2/2) 7', 12'	Referee: New Zealand )

	8 November 2020	Manawatu	19–35	Taranaki	Feilding
	16:35 NZST	Try: Bryn Wilson 17' Liam Mitchell 34' Nigel Ah Wong 54' Con: Ben Wyness (1/2) 35' Stewart Cruden (1/1) 55'	Report	Try: Bradley Slater 47', 50' Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens 56' Lewis Ormond 60' Con: Jayson Potroz (3/4) 48', 51', 57' Pen: Jayson Potroz (3/3) 3', 40', 69'	Referee: New Zealand )

Week 10

	13 November 2020	Counties Manukau	25–17	Southland	Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe
	19:05 NZST	Try: Cameron Roigard 42' Zuriel Togiatama 78' Con: Jason Robertson (2/3) 32', 43' Pen: Jason Robertson (2/2) 60', 72'	Report	Try: Tevita Latu 46' Tony Lamborn 55' Talemaitoga Tuapati 80+1' Con: Scott Eade (1/2) 56' Greg Dyer (0/1) Cards: Charles Alaimalo 37' to 47'	Referee: New Zealand )

	14 November 2020	Northland	28–17	Waikato	Kaikohe Rugby Football Club, Kaikohe
	14:05 NZST	Try: Sam Nock 12' Lua Li 26' Jordan Olsen 50' Scott Gregory 63' Con: Johnny Cooper (4/4) 13', 27', 51', 64'	Report	Try: Luke Jacobson 2' Valynce Crosby-Te Whare 33' Con: Beaudein Waaka (2/2) 3', 34' Pen: Beaudein Waaka (1/1) 15' Cards: Quinn Tupaea 64' to 74'	Referee: New Zealand )

	14 November 2020	Wellington	31–5	Manawatu	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	14:05 NZST	Try: Xavier Numia 30' Pepesana Patafilo 42' Teariki Ben-Nicholas 61' Vince Aso 66' Sam Smith 79' Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop (2/4) 31', 43' Billy Proctor (1/1) 80' Cards: Pepesana Patafilo 76'	Report	Try: Josiah Maraku 25' Con: Bryn Wilson (0/1) Cards: Drew Wild 57' to 67'	Referee: New Zealand )

	14 November 2020	Otago	20–26	Tasman	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	16:35 NZST	Try: Freedom Vaha'akolo 9' Kayne Hammington 75' Con: Josh Ioane (2/2) 10', 76' Pen: Josh Ioane (2/2) 27', 47'	Report	Try: Mitchell Hunt (4/4) 8', 40', 42', 52'	Referee: New Zealand )

	15 November 2020	Taranaki	33–34	Hawke's Bay	TET Stadium & Events Centre, Inglewood
	14:05 NZST	Try: Lewis Ormond 11' Stephen Perofeta 26' Kaylum Boshier 33' Tom Florence 55' Con: Jayson Potroz (2/4) 27', 34' Pen: Jayson Potroz (3/3) 19', 22', 40'	Report	Try: Solomone Funaki 23', 43' Tom Parsons 48' Penalty try 66' Devan Flanders 69' Con: Caleb Makene (2/3) 24', 44' Connor McLeod (0/1) Pen: Caleb Makene (1/1) 4' Connor McLeod (0/1)	Referee: New Zealand )

	15 November 2020	Bay of Plenty	37–33	North Harbour	Tauranga Domain, Tauranga
	14:05 NZST	Try: Kurt Eklund 32' Joe Webber 35' Jeff Thwaites 53' Emoni Narawa 55' Nathan Vella 70' Con: Kaleb Trask (3/5) 36', 54', 71' Pen: Kaleb Trask (2/2) 24', 80' Cards: Kurt Eklund 19' to 29'	Report	Try: Luteru Tolai 5', 45' Tomas Aoake 14' Penalty try 19' Zane Turner 73' Con: Bryn Gatland (3/4) 6', 15', 46'	Referee: New Zealand )

	15 November 2020	Canterbury	34–33	Auckland	Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
	16:35 NZST	Try: Oliver Jager 66' Con: Brett Cameron (3/5) 45', 48', 67' Pen: Chay Fihaki (1/2) 74'	Report	Try: Salesi Rayasi 2', 21' Tanielu Teleʻa 5' Presley Tufuga 69' Terrell Peita 71' Con: Harry Plummer (4/5) 6', 22', 70', 72' Cards: Presley Tufuga 37' to 47'	Referee: New Zealand )

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

1	Hawke's Bay	59

4	Taranaki	23
			1	Hawke's Bay	36

			3	Northland	24
2	Otago	19

3	Northland	32

Semi-finals			Final

1	Auckland	23

4	Waikato	18
			1	Auckland	12

			2	Tasman	13
2	Tasman	19

3	Bay of Plenty	10

Semi-finals

20 November 2020
19:05

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21 November 2020
14:05

New Zealand

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21 November 2020
16:35

New Zealand

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21 November 2020
19:05

New Zealand

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Finals

27 November 2020
19:05

New Zealand

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28 November 2020
18:35

New Zealand

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FB	15	Zarn Sullivan		49' to 59'
RW	14	AJ Lam	66'
OC	13	Tumua Manu
IC	12	Tanielu Teleʻa	57'
LW	11	Salesi Rayasi
FH	10	Harry Plummer
SH	9	Jonathan Ruru	78'
N8	8	Sione Tuipulotu
OF	7	Niko Jones
BF	6	Adrian Choat	57'
RL	5	Jack Whetton	57'
LL	4	Scott Scrafton
TP	3	Angus Ta'avao (c )	78'	40' to 50'
HK	2	Leni Apisai	57'
LP	1	James Lay	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Mike Sosene-Feagai	57'
PR	17	Jarred Adams	52'
PR	18	Marcel Renata	78'
LK	19	Hamish Dalzell	57'
FL	20	Presley Tufuga	57'
SH	21	Taufa Funaki	78'
FH	22	Simon Hickey	57'
FB	23	Jordan Trainor	66'


FB	15	David Havili (c)
RW	14	Mark Telea	66'
OC	13	Fetuli Paea
IC	12	Tim O'Malley
LW	11	Leicester Fainga'anuku
FH	10	Mitchell Hunt	15'
SH	9	Finlay Christie
N8	8	Taina Fox-Matamua	66'
OF	7	Sione Havili
BF	6	Hugh Renton
RL	5	Quinten Strange
LL	4	Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta
TP	3	Sam Matenga	41'
HK	2	Quentin MacDonald	78'
LP	1	Isi Tu'ungafasi	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Sam Moli	78'
PR	17	Ryan Coxon	66'
PR	18	Isaac Salmon	41'
LK	19	Isaac Ross
FL	20	Anton Segner	66'
SH	21	Dwayne Polataivao
CE	22	Kieron Fonotia	15'
WG	23	Tima Fainga'anuku	66'

Statistics

Leading point scorers

No.	Player	Team	Points	Average	Details
1	Bryn Gatland	North Harbour	119	11.90	3 T, 25 C, 18 P, 0 D
2	Mitchell Hunt	Tasman	97	8.10	1 T, 25 C, 14 P, 0 D
3	Jayson Potroz	Taranaki	95	9.50	3 T, 16 C, 16 P, 0 D
4	Jackson Garden-Bachop	Wellington	88	8.80	1 T, 25 C, 11 P, 0 D
5	Josh Ioane	Otago	88	8.80	1 T, 19 C, 15 P, 0 D
6	Harry Plummer	Auckland	74	6.20	0 T, 25 C, 8 P, 0 D
7	Kaleb Trask	Bay of Plenty	72	8.00	5 T, 13 C, 7 P, 0 D
8	Salesi Rayasi	Auckland	70	7.80	14 T, 0 C, 0 P, 0 D
9	Jason Robertson	Counties Manukau	57	7.13	2 T, 13 C, 7 P, 0 D
10	Lincoln McClutchie	Hawke's Bay	57	4.75	0 T, 21 C, 5 P, 0 D

Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see "Report" in the individual match scoring stats).

Leading try scorers

No.	Player	Team	Tries	Average
1	Salesi Rayasi	Auckland	14	1.60
2	Ash Dixon	Hawke's Bay	9	0.82
3	Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens	Taranaki	8	0.73
4	Luteru Tolai	North Harbour	7	0.70
5	Freedom Vaha'akolo	Otago	7	0.70
6	AJ Lam	Auckland	7	0.64
7	Joe Webber	Bay of Plenty	7	0.64
8	Jared Page	North Harbour	6	0.86
9	David Havili	Tasman	6	0.55
10	Neria Fomai	Hawke's Bay	5	0.63

Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see "Report" in the individual match scoring stats).

Points by week

Team	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total		Average
Auckland	38	6	21	39	50	12	20	16	29	28	31	10	22	23	31	10	24	20	33	34	299	198	29.90	19.80
Bay of Plenty	29	36	17	14	10	32	16	20	7	33	53	35	44	8	22	17	33	30	37	33	268	258	26.80	25.80
Canterbury	43	29	22	23	19	20	31	26	34	10	15	16	8	44	16	23	29	0	34	33	251	224	25.10	22.40
Counties Manukau	24	41	17	31	15	24	36	30	13	36	22	40	20	53	31	27	5	32	25	17	208	331	20.80	33.10
Hawke's Bay	10	16	31	17	20	19	28	9	10	46	33	17	47	12	17	22	34	18	34	33	264	209	26.40	20.90
Manawatu	26	43	25	36	12	50	30	36	10	34	35	53	12	47	24	12	19	35	5	31	198	377	19.80	37.70
North Harbour	29	43	19	41	10	11	40	24	46	10	20	25	23	22	24	8	32	5	33	37	276	226	27.60	22.60
Northland	43	26	21	54	24	15	35	25	18	14	17	33	7	30	8	24	20	24	28	17	221	262	22.10	26.20
Otago	6	38	36	25	30	19	9	28	35	34	40	22	30	7	23	16	15	32	20	26	244	247	24.40	24.70
Southland	16	10	14	17	11	10	9	10	14	18	9	17	10	47	12	24	32	15	17	25	144	193	14.40	19.30
Taranaki	36	29	23	22	19	30	25	35	28	29	17	9	20	27	27	31	35	19	33	34	263	265	26.30	26.50
Tasman	41	24	54	21	34	17	24	40	33	7	10	31	47	10	19	3	0	29	26	20	288	202	28.80	20.20
Waikato	53	28	41	19	17	34	10	9	36	13	16	15	27	20	10	31	30	33	17	28	257	230	25.70	23.00
Wellington	28	53	39	21	32	10	26	31	34	35	25	20	53	20	3	19	18	34	31	5	289	248	28.90	24.80

Source: Mitre 10 Cup Fixtures and Results 2020^[9]

Tries by week

Team	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total		Average
Auckland	5	0	3	6	8	2	2	1	5	3	5	2	3	2	4	1	3	3	5	5	43	25	4.30	2.50
Bay of Plenty	4	5	2	2	1	5	1	2	1	5	7	5	6	1	3	3	5	4	5	4	35	36	3.50	3.60
Canterbury	6	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	2	2	1	1	6	1	3	4	0	5	5	34	29	3.40	2.90
Counties Manukau	3	5	2	5	2	3	5	5	1	5	3	6	2	7	4	4	1	4	3	3	26	47	2.60	4.70
Hawke's Bay	2	2	5	2	3	3	4	0	1	7	4	2	7	2	3	3	4	2	4	4	37	27	3.70	2.70
Manawatu	2	6	4	5	2	8	5	5	2	5	5	7	2	7	4	2	3	4	1	5	30	54	3.40	5.40
North Harbour	2	6	3	6	1	1	4	3	7	1	3	3	2	3	3	1	4	1	4	5	33	30	3.30	3.00
Northland	6	2	3	8	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	4	1	4	1	3	3	3	4	2	29	33	2.90	3.30
Otago	0	5	5	4	4	3	0	4	5	4	6	3	4	1	3	1	2	4	2	2	31	31	3.10	3.10
Southland	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	7	2	4	4	2	3	3	17	26	1.70	2.60
Taranaki	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	5	2	0	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	34	34	3.40	3.40
Tasman	5	3	8	3	5	3	3	4	5	1	2	5	7	1	2	0	0	4	2	2	39	26	3.90	2.60
Waikato	5	4	6	3	3	5	1	0	5	1	1	2	3	3	1	4	4	5	2	4	31	31	3.10	3.10
Wellington	4	5	6	3	5	1	4	4	4	5	3	3	7	2	0	2	2	4	5	1	40	30	4.00	3.00

For	Against

Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see "Report" in the individual match scoring stats).

Sanctions

Player	Team	Red	Yellow	Sent off match(es):
Sio Tomkinson	Otago	1	0	vs. Auckland
Fa'asiu Fuatai	Bay of Plenty	1	0	vs. Wellington
Slade McDowall	Otago	1	0	vs. Hawke's Bay
Scott Gregory	Northland	1	0	vs. North Harbour
Tietie Tuimauga	Manawatu	0	2	vs. Auckland and Hawke's Bay
Zarn Sullivan	Auckland	0	2	vs. North Harbour and Tasman
Liam Coltman	Otago	0	1	vs. Auckland
Jack Regan	Otago	0	1	vs. Auckland
Nehe Milner-Skudder	Manawatu	0	1	vs. Northland
Aaron Carroll	Bay of Plenty	0	1	vs. Taranaki
Greg Pleasants-Tate	Southland	0	1	vs. Bay of Plenty
Samuel Slade	Counties Manukau	0	1	vs. Hawke's Bay
Matiaha Martin	Counties Manukau	0	1	vs. Hawke's Bay
Xavier Numia	Wellington	0	1	vs. Bay of Plenty
Nic Mayhew	North Harbour	0	1	vs. Southland
Gerard Cowley-Tuioti	North Harbour	0	1	vs. Southland
Filo Paulo	Manawatu	0	1	vs. Auckland
Lua Li	Northland	0	1	vs. Counties Manukau
Stephen Perofeta	Taranaki	0	1	vs. Northland
Rob Rush	Northland	0	1	vs. Taranaki
Luke Romano	Canterbury	0	1	vs. Wellington
Isaac Salmon	Tasman	0	1	vs. North Harbour
Sam Matenga	Tasman	0	1	vs. North Harbour
Vilimoni Koroi	Otago	0	1	vs. Hawke's Bay
Jason Long	Hawke's Bay	0	1	vs. North Harbour
Conán O'Donnell	Counties Manukau	0	1	vs. Waikato
Chase Tiatia	Bay of Plenty	0	1	vs. Tasman
Kara Pryor	Northland	0	1	vs. Southland
Chris Gawler	Taranaki	0	1	vs. Southland
Beaudein Waaka	Waikato	0	1	vs. Canterbury
Isaiah Punivai	Canterbury	0	1	vs. Waikato
Sam Darry	Canterbury	0	1	vs. Bay of Plenty
Nathan Vella	Bay of Plenty	0	1	vs. Canterbury
Marcel Renata	Auckland	0	1	vs. North Harbour
Luke Jacobson	Waikato	0	1	vs. Taranaki
Ross Wright	Northland	0	1	vs. North Harbour
Bryn Gatland	North Harbour	0	1	vs. Northland
Jordan Lay	Bay of Plenty	0	1	vs. Hawke's Bay
Jonah Lowe	Hawke's Bay	0	1	vs. Bay of Plenty
Ross Geldenhuys	Bay of Plenty	0	1	vs. Hawke's Bay
Clinton Malolua	Counties Manukau	0	1	vs. Taranaki
Alamanda Motuga	Counties Manukau	0	1	vs. North Harbour
Charles Alaimalo	Southland	0	1	vs. Counties Manukau
Quinn Tupaea	Waikato	0	1	vs. Northland
Drew Wild	Manawatu	0	1	vs. Wellington
Pepesana Patafilo	Wellington	0	1	vs. Manawatu
Kurt Eklund	Bay of Plenty	0	1	vs. North Harbour
Presley Tufuga	Auckland	0	1	vs. Canterbury
Mathew Wright	Northland	0	1	vs. Otago
Sione Havili	Tasman	0	1	vs. Bay of Plenty
Angus Ta'avao	Auckland	0	1	vs. Tasman

Ranfurly Shield

Pre-season challenges

For the 2020 pre-season Canterbury confirmed challenges against Buller and North Otago.^[10] It was later revealed the match between Canterbury and North Otago would be rescheduled and the only defence to go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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References

^ "Adjustment to Mitre 10 Heartland Championship bonus points system". Rugby Heartland. 2 September 2016.
^ "New Zealand Rugby Union Competition Regulations Handbook 2016" (PDF). New Zealand Rugby. Archived from the original (pdf) on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "2010 ITM Cup Competition Structures". Manawatu Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
^ "ITM Cup Finals schedule". All Blacks. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
^ "Historical Standings". New Zealand Rugby. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ "Revised Mitre 10 Cup Draw Released". 25 June 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ "Rugby: Hawke's Bay claim Mitre 10 Championship title with deserved victory over Northland". 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ "Rugby: Tasman Mako win tense Mitre 10 Cup final against Auckland". 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^ "Historical Fixtures and Results". New Zealand Rugby. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ "Canterbury confirm 2020 pre-season Ranfurly Shield matches". 27 November 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Adjustment to Mitre 10 Heartland Championship bonus points system". Rugby Heartland. 2 September 2016.

[2] "New Zealand Rugby Union Competition Regulations Handbook 2016" (PDF). New Zealand Rugby. Archived from the original (pdf) on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[3] "2010 ITM Cup Competition Structures". Manawatu Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2010.

[ITM_Cup_Finals_schedule-4] "ITM Cup Finals schedule". All Blacks. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

[5] "Historical Standings". New Zealand Rugby. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[6] "Revised Mitre 10 Cup Draw Released". 25 June 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[7] "Rugby: Hawke's Bay claim Mitre 10 Championship title with deserved victory over Northland". 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[8] "Rugby: Tasman Mako win tense Mitre 10 Cup final against Auckland". 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

[9] "Historical Fixtures and Results". New Zealand Rugby. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[10] "Canterbury confirm 2020 pre-season Ranfurly Shield matches". 27 November 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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