Farah Palmer Cup
Most recent season or competition: Bunnings Warehouse | |
Related competitions | Heartland Championship National Provincial Championship |
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Official website | provincial.rugby/farah-palmer-cup |
The Farah Palmer Cup (formerly known as Women's Provincial Championship until 2016), is the highest level domestic women's
Competition format
All teams 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.
In 2017 the Farah Palmer Cup was split into two divisions with promotion and relegation between the two. The top division is named the Premiership while the bottom is called the Championship. A team will play every team in their division once in the regular season before a semi-final then final for each division. In 2019 Northland joined the competition, causing the Premiership to expand to seven teams and leaving the Championship at six teams.
In 2020 the competition was instead run in two pools split geographically between the north and south of New Zealand. The north pool contains seven teams and the south pool contains six, a single round robin is played in each pool. The top two teams from each pool take part in a crossover semi-finals with the final being held a week later.[3]
In 2021 and 2022, the FPC reverted to its original format with all 13 teams being split into two divisions with a promotion and relegation system. The top division is named the Premiership while the bottom division is named the Championship. A Round-Robin format was also used in the regular season to determine which teams will make the playoffs in the Semi Final's and the Grand Final.
Teams
Colours | Union | Town/City, Region | Stadium | Capacity | Established | Head coach |
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Premiership | ||||||
Auckland | Auckland* | Eden Park | 50,000 | 1883 | Willie Walker | |
Bay of Plenty | Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty | Rotorua International Stadium Tauranga Domain |
26,000 5,000 |
1911 | Rodney Gibbs | |
Canterbury | Canterbury
|
Orangetheory Stadium | 18,000 | 1879 | Blair Baxter | |
Counties Manukau | Pukekohe, Auckland | Navigation Homes Stadium
|
12,000 | 1955 | Chad Shepherd | |
Manawatu | Palmerston North, Manawatu
|
Central Energy Trust Arena
|
15,000 | 1886 | Fusi Feaunati | |
Northland | Whangarei, Northland
|
Semenoff Stadium
|
30,000 | 1920 | Cheryl Smith | |
Waikato | Hamilton, Waikato | FMG Stadium Waikato | 25,800 | 1921 | James Semple | |
Championship | ||||||
Hawke's Bay | Hawke's Bay
|
McLean Park | 19,700 | 1884 | Blair Cross, Stephen Woods | |
North Harbour | Albany, Auckland | North Harbour Stadium | 25,000 | 1985 | Duncan McGrory | |
Otago | Dunedin, Otago | Forsyth Barr Stadium | 30,748 | 1881 | Scott Manson | |
Taranaki | Taranaki
|
TET Stadium & Events Centre | 4,000 | 1885 | Brendan Haami | |
Tasman | Marlborough
|
Trafalgar Park Lansdowne Park |
18,000 15,000 |
2006 | Mel Bosman | |
Wellington | Wellington* | Sky Stadium
|
34,500 | 1879 | Ross Bond |
- 1. * Denotes Town/City named the same as the region.
Champions
Premiership
Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Semi-finalist 1 | Semi-finalist 2 | League Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006[4] | Wellington | 11–10 | Auckland | Otago | Hawke's Bay | Otago |
2007[5] | Auckland | 13–12 | Otago | Wellington | Canterbury | Auckland |
2008[6] | Auckland | 13–12 | Canterbury | Hawke's Bay | Manawatu | Auckland |
2009[7] | Auckland | 24–20 | Canterbury | Hawke's Bay | Wellington | Canterbury |
2011[8] | Auckland | 34–8 | Wellington | Auckland | ||
2012[9] | Auckland | 38–12 | Canterbury | Auckland | ||
2013[10] | Auckland | 20–10 | Canterbury | Canterbury | ||
2014[11] | Auckland | 28–14 | Waikato | Auckland | ||
2015[12] | Auckland | 39–9 | Wellington | Waikato | Counties Manukau | Auckland |
2016 | Counties Manukau | 41–22 | Auckland | Wellington | Canterbury | Counties Manukau |
2017 | Canterbury | 13–7 | Counties Manukau | Waikato | Auckland | Counties Manukau |
2018 | Canterbury | 52–29 | Counties Manukau | Manawatu | Waikato | Canterbury |
2019 | Canterbury | 30–20 | Auckland | Wellington | Counties Manukau | Canterbury |
2020 | Canterbury | 8–7 | Waikato | Auckland | Manawatu | Waikato |
2021 | Waikato | 22–20 | Canterbury | Wellington | Canterbury | |
2022 | Canterbury | 41–14 | Auckland | Wellington | Waikato | Canterbury |
2023 | Auckland | 39-27 | Canterbury | Hawkes Bay | Waikato | Canterbury |
Championship
Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Semi-finalist 1 | Semi-finalist 2 | League Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Bay of Plenty | 7–5 | Otago | North Harbour | N/A | Bay of Plenty |
2018 | Wellington | 57–5 | Otago | Hawke's Bay | North Harbour | Wellington |
2019 | Otago | 24–20 | Hawke's Bay | Tasman | Northland | Otago |
2020 | – | |||||
2021 | Manawatū | 55–12 | Hawke's Bay | Northland | Manawatū | |
2022 | Hawke's Bay | 24–20 | Otago | Northland | North Harbour | Otago |
2023 | Northland | 32–29 | Manawatū | Tasman | Otago | Manawatū |
Past Premierships
Season | Winner | Runner-up |
---|---|---|
1999 | Auckland | Wellington |
2000 | Auckland | Otago |
2001 | Auckland | Wellington |
2002 | Auckland | Wellington |
2003 | Auckland | Wellington |
2004 | Auckland | Canterbury |
2005 | Auckland | Canterbury |
Total Wins
Team | Premierships | Championships | Runners- Up | Losing Semi Finalists |
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Auckland | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Canterbury | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
Wellington | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Counties Manukau | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Bay of Plenty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Otago | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Hawke's Bay | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Waikato | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Manawatū | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
North Harbour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tasman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Northland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Taranaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes and references
- ^ "Rugby: Volcanix provincial battles televised". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Go pro? Black Ferns rugby debate – where to after fabulous World Cup triumph", The New Zealand Herald, 28 August 2017 ("Tew said the domestic nine-team Farah Palmer Cup was purely amateur").
- ^ "2020 Farah Palmer Cup draw released". Provincial Rugby. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "2006 Women's Provincial Championship". ITM CUP. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "2007 Women's Provincial Championship". ITM CUP. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "2008 Women's Provincial Championship". ITM CUP. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "2009 Women's Provincial Championship". ITM CUP. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "2011 Women's Provincial Championship". ITM CUP. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "2012 Women's Provincial Championship". ITM CUP. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "2013 Women's Provincial Championship". ITM CUP. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "2014 Women's Provincial Championship". ITM CUP. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Wellington Pride vow to return to women's provincial rugby final". Stuff. Retrieved 6 March 2016.