1989 National Provincial Championship

The 1989 season was the fourteenth 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 1 0 348 87 +261 38
2 Canterbury 10 8 1 1 287 168 +119 34
3 North Harbour 10 7 1 2 272 164 +108 31
4 Waikato 10 7 0 3 335 124 +211 29
5 Otago 10 4 1 5 243 161 +82 21
6 Bay of Plenty 10 4 1 5 198 231 -33 18
7 Wellington 10 4 0 6 169 245 -76 17
8 North Auckland 10 3 1 6 195 255 -60 15
9 Counties 10 3 0 7 139 319 -180 13
10 Taranaki 10 2 0 8 156 372 -216 9
11 Hawke's Bay 10 1 0 9 140 345 -205 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 Southland 7 6 0 1 195 80 +115 25
2 Manawatu 7 6 0 1 220 65 +155 25
3 King Country 7 5 0 2 137 108 +29 22
4 Marlborough 7 4 0 3 109 144 -35 17
5 Wairarapa Bush 7 3 0 4 99 132 -33 12
6 Poverty Bay 7 2 0 5 87 151 -64 9
7 Mid Canterbury 7 1 1 5 92 199 -107 7
8 Thames Valley 7 0 1 6 63 123 -60 4

Division 3

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wanganui 7 7 0 0 273 73 +200 28
2 South Canterbury 7 5 0 2 276 76 +200 22
3 Horowhenua 7 5 0 2 159 103 +56 21
4 Nelson Bays 7 4 0 3 100 136 -36 17
5 Buller 7 4 0 3 90 145 -55 17
6 East Coast 7 2 0 5 68 203 -135 8
7 North Otago 7 1 0 6 64 158 -94 7
8 West Coast 7 0 0 7 64 200 -136 2

Promotion/relegation

Division Two winner Southland were promoted to Division One to replace Hawke's Bay who were relegated. Division Three winner Wanganui were elevated to Division Two to replace Thames Valley who were relegated.[2]

Referencees

  1. ^ NPC Results 1976-2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-08)
  2. ^ a b c "Results". The Press. 2 October 1989. p. 31.