2004 National Provincial Championship

The 2004 season was the 29th year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, Nelson Bays were the winners of Division 2, and Poverty Bay were the winners of Division 3.

## Division 1

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### Standings

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Pos  | Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | TF  | TA  | TB  | LB  | Pts

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1 | Wellington | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 313 | 154 | +159 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 35
2 | Canterbury | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 346 | 207 | +139 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 32
3 | Bay of Plenty | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 241 | 221 | +20 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 32
4 | Waikato | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 294 | 215 | +79 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 30
5 | Taranaki | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 332 | 257 | +75 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 29
6 | North Harbour | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 246 | 200 | +46 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 27
7 | Auckland | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 265 | 287 | −22 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 24
8 | Otago | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 183 | 261 | −78 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 12
9 | Southland | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 174 | 338 | −164 | 21 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 5
10 | Northland | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 182 | 436 | −254 | 21 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1

### Results

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#### Week 1

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13 August 2004

Wellington| 34–27| Canterbury

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14 August 2004

Otago| 40–24| Northland

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14 August 2004

Taranaki| 33–29| North Harbour

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14 August 2004

Waikato| 52–23| Southland

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15 August 2004

Auckland (RS)| 28–33| Bay of Plenty

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#### Week 2

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20 August 2004

Southland| 16–48| Taranaki

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21 August 2004

Canterbury| 43–43| North Harbour

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21 August 2004

Northland| 29–37| Auckland

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21 August 2004

Otago| 16–16| Wellington

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22 August 2004

Bay of Plenty (RS)| 26–20| Waikato

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#### Week 3

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27 August 2004

Canterbury| 42–7| Otago

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28 August 2004

Waikato| 59–11| Auckland

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28 August 2004

Southland| 54–26| Northland

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28 August 2004

Taranaki| 58–14| Bay of Plenty

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29 August 2004

North Harbour| 16–18| Wellington

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#### Week 4

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3 September 2004

Wellington| 37–17| Waikato

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4 September 2004

Auckland| 32–34| North Harbour

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4 September 2004

Otago| 27–10| Southland

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4 September 2004

Northland| 11–62| Taranaki

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5 September 2004

Bay of Plenty (RS)| 26–33| Canterbury

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#### Week 5

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10 September 2004

North Harbour| 35–16| Southland

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11 September 2004

Bay of Plenty| 44–16| Otago

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11 September 2004

Waikato| 41–21| Northland

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11 September 2004

Wellington| 27–21| Auckland

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12 September 2004

Taranaki| 30–23| Canterbury

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#### Week 6

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17 September 2004

Otago| 27–39| Waikato

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18 September 2004

Bay of Plenty| 17–13| Wellington

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18 September 2004

Auckland| 51–22| Taranaki

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18 September 2004

Canterbury (RS)| 52–13| Southland

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19 September 2004

Northland| 16–40| North Harbour

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#### Week 7

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24 September 2004

Waikato| 15–30| Canterbury

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25 September 2004

Northland| 24–29| Bay of Plenty

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25 September 2004

Wellington| 73–28| Taranaki

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25 September 2004

North Harbour| 20–3| Otago

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26 September 2004

Southland| 22–30| Auckland

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#### Week 8

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1 October 2004

Taranaki| 31–14| Otago

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2 October 2004

Wellington| 65–12| Northland

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2 October 2004

Bay of Plenty| 38–20| Southland

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2 October 2004

Auckland| 20–28| Canterbury

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3 October 2004

Waikato| 25–20| North Harbour

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#### Week 9

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8 October 2004

Auckland| 35–33| Otago

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9 October 2004

Taranaki| 20–26| Waikato

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9 October 2004

Canterbury (RS)| 68–19| Northland

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9 October 2004

Southland| 0–30| Wellington

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10 October 2004

North Harbour| 9–14| Bay of Plenty

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#### Semi-finals

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15 October 2004

Wellington| 28–16| Waikato

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16 October 2004

Canterbury| 44–12| Bay of Plenty

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#### Grand Final

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23 October 2004

Wellington| 27–40| Canterbury

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## Division 2

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Pos  | Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | TF  | TA  | TB  | LB  | Pts

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1 | Nelson Bays | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 270 | 145 | +125 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 36
2 | Hawke's Bay | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 383 | 127 | +256 | 56 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 35
3 | Counties Manukau | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 301 | 215 | +86 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 31
4 | North Otago | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 335 | 245 | +90 | 45 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 26
5 | Marlborough | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 233 | −27 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 15
6 | Manawatu | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 187 | 219 | −32 | 24 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 14
7 | Wanganui | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 193 | 227 | −34 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 12*
8 | East Coast | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 183 | 209 | −26 | 24 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 7*
9 | Thames Valley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 72 | 510 | −438 | 9 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0

* = Wanganui lost five points and East Coast lost one bonus point for player eligibility breaches, i.e. the points gained in the match where the breach took place.

## Division 3

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1 | Poverty Bay | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 227 | 119 | +108 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 27
2 | Wairarapa Bush | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 120 | +56 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 26
3 | Mid Canterbury | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 126 | +59 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 23
4 | Horowhenua-Kapiti | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 171 | +38 | 31 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 22
5 | King Country | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 161 | 144 | +17 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16
6 | South Canterbury | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 119 | 150 | −31 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 12
7 | West Coast | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 130 | 267 | −137 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 10
8 | Buller | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 92 | 202 | −110 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3

## Ranfurly Shield

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As the holders of the Ranfurly Shield from the end of 2003, Auckland began their defence of the shield against Poverty Bay in Auckland. Auckland won this match and made one more successful defence before losing to Bay of Plenty. Following their first ever Ranfurly Shield win, Bay of Plenty also won their first ever defence of the shield against Waikato before losing it to Canterbury, who made two successful defences to take the shield into the 2005 season.

Auckland (15th Ranfurly Shield reign)

* 28 July 2004 – Auckland v Poverty Bay (won 116–3)
* 1 August 2004 – Auckland v Counties Manukau (won 100–15)
* 15 August 2004 – Auckland v Bay of Plenty (lost 28–33)

Bay of Plenty (1st Ranfurly Shield reign)

* 22 August 2004 – Bay of Plenty v Waikato (won 26–20)
* 5 September 2004 – Bay of Plenty v Canterbury (lost 26–33)

Canterbury (11th Ranfurly Shield reign)

* 18 September 2004 – Canterbury v Southland (won 52–13)
* 9 October 2004 – Canterbury v Northland (won 68–19)

## References

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* "NPC Results 1976-2006". thesilverfern.co.nz. 12 May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 August 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
* The 2005 New Zealand Rugby Almanack, Edited by Clive Akers and Geoff Miller

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