Duration 28 August - 16 October Round Two Matches played Matches Played 0/4 | Round One Matches played Date October 23 | |
Defending Champs | ||
The 2010 Heartland Championship is the 5th provincial rugby union competition, since the 2006 reconstruction, involving the 12 amateur rugby unions in New Zealand.
In Round One, the teams are split in two pools of 6 teams in a round-robin format (30 games, from 30 August to 25 September).
In Round Two, the first three teams in each pool of Round One will compete for the Meads Cup, the others will compete for the Lochore Cup. Each team will meet the teams from the other pool of Round One in a round-robin format (18 games, from 2 October to 16 October). The first four teams in Round Two will go on to the semifinals and then the winners will go on to the grand final which will be played on the 31st of October
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