AA Heartlands Lochore Cup Preview: Poverty Bay v South Canterbury

South Canterbury will need to be on top of its game this Saturday as it takes on a red-hot Poverty Bay team in the Lochore Cup final at Gisborne.
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AA Heartlands Meads Cup final preview: North Otago v Wanganui

Wanganui has often found wins elusive at Oamaru but the River City men will be buoyed by a strong performance in the AA Heartlands semi-final and must rate their Meads Cup chances again this week.
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Week 8 review - East Coast post big win

East Coast continued their late season resurgence to beat Thames Valley 43-13 in their Lochore Cup match in Thames today.
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Week 8 review - Poverty Bay earn top Lochore Cup billing

Poverty Bay charged home to beat West Coast 36-21 in their Lochore Cup match in Greymouth.
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Week 8 review - Mid Canterbury end North Otago home winning streak

Mid Canterbury ended North Otago's home winning streak at four games this season and claimed the Hanan Shield with a 25-22 win in their Meads Cup match in Oamaru.
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Week 7 review - Poverty Bay survive Thames Valley onslaught

Poverty Bay survived a Thames Valley onslaught in the last 10 minutes of their Lohore Cup match to come away 26-23 winners in Gisborne on Saturday.
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Week 7 review - East Coast fight hard for first win

East Coast picked up their first AA Rewards Heartland Championship win of the season with a 31-22 win over Horowhenua-Kapiti in Ruatoria in the weekend.
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Week 7 review - Wairarapa Bush send North Otago packing

Defending champions Wairarapa Bush gave a warning they will not surrender the Meads Cup trophy without a fight when they beat North Otago 15-7 in Masterton on Saturday.
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Week 6 review - lock turns star winger

Star Tuliakiono switched from lock to wing without missing a beat to help South Canterbury kick off the Lochore Cup with a win on Saturday.
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Week 6 review - late try seals win for Mid Canterbury

A last minute try to Zane Hiko saw Mid Canterbury beat Wanganui 21-19 in their Meads Cup match in Ashburton on Saturday.
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Week 6 review - Poverty Bay come from behind to score bonus point victory

Poverty Bay came from behind to score three tries and beat Horowhenua-Kapiti 30-19 in the Lochore Cup at Rugby Park, Gisborne, on Saturday.
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Week 5 review - North Otago clean out Wanganui

North Otago stamped themselves as strong AA Rewards Heartland Championship favourites after smashing Wanganui 39-16 in Wanganui on Saturday.
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Week 5 review - Defending champions outgunned at home

Mid-Canterbury guaranteed themselves a place in the Meads Cup playoffs when they outgunned defending champions Wairarapa-Bush 36-25 in their AA Rewards Heartland Championship match in Masterton on Saturday.
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Week 5 review - Three-try Halai the hero for Thames Valley

Thames Valley stormed to 44-23 win over Horowhenua-Kapiti in their AA Rewards Heartland Championship match in Te Aroha on Saturday.
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Week 4 review - King Country in tight match against Thames Valley

A try from lock Lance Tibby midway through the second half proved decisive in King Country's 13-9 win over Thames Valley in their AA Rewards Heartland Championship match in Taupo today.
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Week 4 review - Mid Canterbury beat West Coast

Mid Canterbury ended West Coast's promising AA Rewards Heartland Championship run with a 23-12 win in Ashburton today.
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Week 4 review - Buller take tight match in Gisborne

Five penalties to Buller wing Stu Neighbours earned his side a hard fought 15-13 win over Poverty Bay in their AA Rewards Heartland Championship match in Gisborne today.
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Week 4 review - Horowhenua upset Wairarapa Bush

Two tries from midfielder Richard Bussey and one from prop James Ngatapuna enabled Horowhenua-Kapiti to finally break their drought in the AA Rewards Heartland Championship in Levin today.
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Week 3 review - Wairarapa Bush and North Otago set the pace after Round 3

Wairarapa-Bush and North Otago took clear leads in their respective AA Rewards Heartland Championship pools, both scoring their third straight wins.
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Week 2 review - South Canterbury scrape home against East Coast

An anxious South Canterbury side scraped home 9-5 against East Coast in their AA Rewards Heartland Championship match in Timaru today.
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Week 2 review - Simpson stars as West cost beat Horowhenua-Kapiti

First five-eighth Cory Simpson scored 21 points to spur West Coast to a 31-17 AA Rewards Heartland Championship win over Horowhenua-Kapiti in Levin today.
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Week 2 review - North Otago too big, too strong for Poverty Bay

North Otago were too big, too strong and too fast for last season's Lochore Cup winners Poverty Bay in their AA Rewards Heartland  Championship clash in Gisborne today, winning 31-11.
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Wanganui clear winner over Mid Canterbury

Wanganui emerged a 30-17 victor over Mid Canterbury in their Meads' Cup semi-final at Cooks Gardens.
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King Country and Poverty Bay to clash in Lochore Cup final

King Country and Poverty Bay will meet next weekend in the final of the Lochore Cup after winning their respective semi-finals on Saturday.
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Wairarapa Bush through to final

Wairarapa Bush clinched a place in the final of the AA Rewards Heartland Championship when it defended heroically to beat North Otago 25-19 in Masterton on Saturday.
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