1977 National Provincial Championship

The 1977 season was the second year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, thus claiming the title of national champions.

## Division 1

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| Relegated to Division Two

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1 |  Canterbury | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 81 | +109 | 30 | 20
2 |  Counties | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 254 | 94 | +160 | 42 | 16
3 |  Auckland | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 166 | 164 | +2 | 20 | 12
4 |  Manawatu | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 152 | 95 | +57 | 20 | 12
5 |  Hawke's Bay | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 160 | 174 | −14 | 20 | 10
6 |  Taranaki | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 123 | +19 | 14 | 10
7 |  Wellington | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 155 | 146 | +9 | 25 | 10
8 |  Otago | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 149 | 171 | −22 | 17 | 8
9 |  Southland | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 131 | 132 | −1 | 13 | 8
10 |  Bay of Plenty | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 144 | 283 | −139 | 18 | 4
11 |  Marlborough | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 90 | 270 | −180 | 12 | 0

## Division 2 (North Island)

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1 |  North Auckland | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 32 | +206 | 40 | 16
2 |  Waikato | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 203 | 70 | +133 | 29 | 12
3 |  Poverty Bay | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 101 | +31 | 17 | 11
4 |  Wanganui | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 160 | 134 | +26 | 24 | 11
5 |  Wairarapa Bush | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 79 | +11 | 10 | 8
6 |  King Country | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 149 | −74 | 10 | 6
7 |  Thames Valley | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 99 | 158 | −59 | 14 | 5
8 |  East Coast | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 74 | 203 | −129 | 12 | 3
9 |  Horowhenua | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 193 | −145 | 6 | 0

## Division 2 (South Island)

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1 |  South Canterbury | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 21 | +90 | 17 | 10
2 |  Mid Canterbury | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 36 | +51 | 15 | 8
3 |  Nelson Bays | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 6 | 6
4 |  West Coast | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 81 | −16 | 9 | 4
5 |  North Otago | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 99 | −56 | 5 | 2
6 |  Buller | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 80 | −62 | 2 | 0

## Promotion/Relegation

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Bay of Plenty and Marlborough finished in the bottom two of Division 1.

The winners of Division 2 North, North Auckland, were automatically promoted to Division 1; Bay of Plenty were relegated, just one season after they won the National Championship.

The winners of Division 2 South, South Canterbury, played Marlborough and won 13–9 to earn promotion to Division 1; Marlborough were relegated to Division 2.

## References

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* thesilverfern.co.nz (Archived 2009-05-06)

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