1985 National Provincial Championship

The 1985 season was the tenth 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 1 232 86 +146 18
2 Canterbury 10 7 1 2 240 109 +131 15
3 Wellington 10 7 1 2 281 163 +118 15
4 Wairarapa Bush 10 6 0 4 132 162 -30 12
5 Otago 10 5 1 4 178 128 +50 11
6 Bay of Plenty 10 5 0 5 176 207 -31 10
7 Counties 10 3 1 6 147 180 -33 7
8 Manawatu 10 3 1 6 176 197 -21 7
9 North Auckland 10 3 1 6 136 172 -36 7
10 Southland 10 2 0 8 80 296 -216 4
11 Waikato 10 2 0 8 126 194 -68 4

Division 2

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Relegated to Division Three
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Taranaki 7 7 0 0 233 44 +189 14
2 Hawke's Bay 7 5 0 2 193 85 +108 10
3 Marlborough 7 5 0 2 133 102 +31 10
4 King Country 7 4 0 3 129 102 +27 10
5 Mid Canterbury 7 3 0 4 113 137 -24 6
6 Wanganui 7 3 0 4 86 121 -35 6
7 Buller 7 1 0 6 75 175 100 2
8 West Coast 7 0 0 7 51 247 -196 0

Division 3 (North)

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 North Harbour 3 3 0 0 111 7 +104 3
2 Poverty Bay 3 2 0 1 43 42 -1 4
3 Thames Valley 3 1 0 2 53 71 -18 2
4 East Coast 3 0 0 3 23 86 -63 0

Division 3 (South)

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Nelson Bays 3 3 0 0 54 30 +24 6
2 South Canterbury 3 2 0 1 56 30 +26 4
3 Horowhenua 3 1 0 2 45 32 +13 2
4 North Otago 3 0 0 3 23 86 -63 0

Promotion/relegation

Division Two winner Taranaki won their playoff match with Hawke's Bay to be promoted to Division One to replace Waikato who were relegated.[3] Division Three North winner North Harbour to replace West Coast who were relegated.

Referencees

  1. ^ NPC Results 1976-2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-08)
  2. ^ a b c "Rugby tables". The Press. 7 October 1985. p. 26.
  3. ^ "Taranaki in first division". The Press. 30 September 1985. p. 22.