1984 National Provincial Championship

The 1984 season was the ninth year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Auckland were the winners of Division 1.

Division 1

The following table gives the final standings:[1]

Relegated to Division Two
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Auckland 10 9 0 1 434 73 +361 18
2 Canterbury 10 8 1 1 215 126 +89 17
3 Wellington 10 7 0 3 288 171 +117 14
4 Otago 10 7 0 3 195 150 +45 14
5 Counties 10 5 0 5 181 168 +13 10
6 Waikato 10 5 0 5 236 231 +5 10
7 Manawatu 10 4 1 5 112 203 -91 8
8 Wairarapa Bush 10 3 0 7 119 227 -108 6
9 North Auckland 10 3 0 7 100 237 -137 6
10 Bay of Plenty 10 2 0 8 110 232 -122 4
11 Hawke's Bay 10 1 0 9 134 300 -166 2

Division 2 (North Island)

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Taranaki 6 6 0 0 255 45 180 12
2 Wanganui 6 5 0 1 179 97 +82 10
3 King Country 6 4 0 2 205 78 +127 8
4 Thames Valley 6 3 0 3 101 140 -39 6
5 East Coast 6 2 0 4 47 168 -121 4
6 Horowhenua 6 1 0 5 59 174 -115 2
7 Poverty Bay 6 0 0 6 52 196 -144 0

Division 2 (South Island)

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Southland 7 7 0 0 185 43 +142 14
2 Marlborough 7 5 0 2 179 97 +82 10
3 West Coast 7 4 1 2 85 135 -50 9
4 Mid Canterbury 7 4 1 2 89 71 +18 9
5 Buller 7 3 0 4 82 121 -39 6
6 South Canterbury 7 2 0 5 90 107 -17 4
7 Nelson Bays 7 2 0 5 103 115 -12 4
8 North Otago 7 0 0 7 42 228 -186 0

Promotion/relegation

Division Two South winner Southland defeated Division Two North winner Taranaki 15 points to 10 in the playoff match.[3] Southland then challenged Hawke's Bay and won 23 points to 3 to be promoted to Division One for the 1985 season.[4]

Referencees

  1. ^ NPC Results 1976-2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-08)
  2. ^ a b "Final throw of rugby dice". The Press. 11 October 1984. p. 28.
  3. ^ "Southland wins play-off". The Press. 1 October 1984. p. 22.
  4. ^ "Southland back in first-division rugby". The Press. 15 October 1984. p. 21.