2015 ITM Cup

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2015 ITM Cup season
Countries New Zealand New Zealand
Date 13 August – 24 October 2015
Champions Canterbury
Runners-up Auckland
Promoted Hawke's Bay
Relegated Manawatu
Matches played 76
Tries scored 498 (average 6.553 per match)
Top point scorer Tom Taylor (Canterbury)
144 points
Top try scorer George Moala (Auckland)
Rob Thompson (Canterbury)
10 tries
Official website
www.itmcup.co.nz
2014
2016


The 2015 ITM Cup season was the tenth year running since the competition reconstruction in 2006 and the fifth under the new Premiership and Championship format. For the ITM Cup competition it involved the top 14 provincial unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the ITM Cup and it was currently the sixth season under the new sponsor. Including the defunct National Provincial Championship, this is the 38th season of New Zealand's premier domestic competition. The regular season matches took place every Thursday to Sunday from 13 August until 23 August and then every Wednesday to Sunday from 26 August until 11 October – followed by the semi-finals that culminated in the final on 24 October.

The 2015 season saw Manawatu enter the Premiership division for the first time, having replaced the relegated Wellington.[1] Manawatu achieved three victories in their inaugural division, and finished last following the regular season.

Competition format

Covering 11 weeks, with nine weeks of competition and two weeks for the semifinals and finals, the schedule features a total of 76 matches. The 14 teams are grouped and divided into two divisions of seven teams, labeled the Premiership Division and the Championship Division. They are based on their on-field finishing positions following the previous year, teams finishing 1-7 will form the Premiership, teams finishing 8-14 will form the Championship. Including a promotion/relegation process between the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership replacing the seventh placed team in the Premiership which will be relegated to the Championship for the following year.[2] The regular season consists of two types of matches:

  • Internal Division Matches – Each team plays the other six teams in the same division once, home or away.
  • Cross Division Matches – Each team plays four teams from the other division, thus missing out on three teams (each from the opposite division). Each team plays home or away games against teams from the other division, making a total of ten competition games for each team.

The top four teams of each division, will move on to the finals. The top two division winners, based on table points, received a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the second division winner hosts the third division winner, and the first division winner hosts the fourth division winner. The final is hosted by the top remaining seed.[3]

There is also the Ranfurly Shield. It is automatically contested when the holder of the shield plays at home in any round (excluding semis and final).

Standings

Premiership Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 14px Canterbury 10 9 0 1 307 177 +130 38 21 6 1 43
2 Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland 10 7 1 2 339 232 +107 40 28 5 2 37
3 TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman 10 7 0 3 331 236 +95 37 28 7 0 35
4 TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki 10 6 0 4 290 175 +115 35 20 5 3 32
5 CountiesAirNZ.png Counties Manukau 10 4 0 6 248 262 –14 31 27 5 2 23
6 14px Waikato 13px 10 4 0 6 225 281 –56 25 35 3 2 21
7 14px Manawatu 10 3 0 7 248 367 –119 34 46 5 2 19
Championship Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay 10 7 1 2 302 219 +83 40 27 6 1 37
2 Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington 10 6 1 3 304 178 +126 43 19 6 2 34
3 14px Otago 10 6 0 4 360 314 +46 47 40 7 1 32
4 Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty 10 4 0 6 212 258 –46 22 35 2 1 19
5 NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour 10 3 0 7 212 294 –82 25 38 3 2 17
6 SouthlandRugby.png Southland 10 2 1 7 217 325 –108 24 38 1 3 14
7 NLTaniwha.png Northland 10 0 0 10 143 420 –277 19 58 1 0 1

Source: itmcup.co.nz

Legend:

     Qualified for Division Finals.
     Relegated to Championship for 2016
17px Ranfurly Shield holders.
  • Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TF = Tries For, TA = Tries Against, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points

Points breakdown:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

The Overall Standings classification system:[4]

  • Four Division Winners/Leaders in log points order
  • The remaining three teams in log points order
  • When teams are level on log points, they are sorted by:
    • the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces
    • highest overall points difference
    • highest number of tries scored
    • highest number of points scored
    • a coin toss

Round-by-round

Team Points by Round Total Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland 23 23 30 24 21 27 50 28 80 57 28 19 12 17 64 21 31 16 339 232 33.9 23.2
Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty 20 11 13 34 36 53 37 26 9 32 17 23 37 5 13 31 30 43 212 258 21.2 25.8
14px Canterbury 38 24 20 15 27 21 57 7 29 14 17 10 39 41 41 25 39 20 307 177 30.7 17.7
CountiesAirNZ.png Counties Manukau 36 35 15 20 11 35 36 54 20 28 42 17 42 33 30 9 16 31 248 262 24.8 26.2
Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay 39 10 39 22 35 11 48 32 14 29 23 17 17 12 57 50 30 36 302 219 30.2 21.9
14px Manawatu 35 36 21 28 21 41 7 57 70 62 14 49 31 17 10 44 39 33 248 367 24.8 36.7
NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour 11 20 0 43 26 25 32 48 28 20 30 56 17 31 32 39 36 12 212 294 21.2 29.4
NLTaniwha.png Northland 10 39 18 27 0 29 7 50 17 42 17 42 5 37 21 64 48 90 143 420 14.3 42
14px Otago 24 38 22 39 34 27 17 34 29 35 37 36 61 7 39 32 97 66 360 314 36 31.4
SouthlandRugby.png Southland 23 23 27 18 35 52 3 53 25 30 49 14 7 61 28 35 20 39 217 325 21.7 32.5
TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki 14 19 24 30 27 34 67 17 32 9 41 0 24 21 44 10 17 35 290 175 29 17.5
TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman 35 20 34 13 41 21 34 17 36 17 58 48 33 42 25 41 35 17 331 236 33.1 23.6
14px Waikato 20 35 28 21 43 10 28 50 30 25 0 41 31 39 9 30 36 30 225 281 22.5 28.1
Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington 19 14 43 0 29 0 53 3 17 36 36 37 21 14 53 35 33 39 304 178 30.4 17.8
Offensive Defensive
Team Tries by Round Total Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland 2 2 4 2 2 4 7 4 9 8 3 1 0 2 10 3 3 2 40 28 4 2.8
Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty 3 1 1 4 3 7 5 4 0 4 2 3 4 1 1 5 3 6 22 35 2.2 3.5
14px Canterbury 4 3 1 2 4 2 9 1 4 2 2 1 4 5 5 3 5 2 38 21 3.8 2.1
CountiesAirNZ.png Counties Manukau 5 5 2 1 1 4 5 7 2 3 5 1 5 3 4 0 2 3 31 27 3.1 2.7
Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay 6 1 6 3 4 1 6 5 2 4 3 2 2 0 7 6 4 5 40 27 4 2.7
14px Manawatu 5 5 3 3 3 4 1 9 10 7 2 6 4 2 1 5 5 5 34 46 3.4 4.6
NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour 1 3 0 6 2 3 5 6 3 2 3 8 2 4 4 4 5 2 25 38 2.5 3.8
NLTaniwha.png Northland 1 6 2 3 0 4 1 7 2 6 1 5 1 4 3 10 8 13 19 58 1.9 5.8
14px Otago 3 4 3 6 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 8 1 4 4 14 9 47 40 4.7 4
SouthlandRugby.png Southland 2 2 3 2 4 4 0 8 3 3 6 2 1 8 3 4 2 5 24 38 2.4 3.8
TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki 1 3 2 4 4 4 9 2 4 0 5 0 3 2 5 1 2 4 35 20 3.5 2
TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman 4 1 4 1 4 3 4 3 4 3 7 5 3 5 3 5 4 2 37 28 3.7 2.8
14px Waikato 1 4 3 3 6 1 4 7 3 3 0 5 3 4 0 4 5 4 25 35 2.5 3.5
Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington 3 1 6 0 4 0 8 0 3 4 4 4 2 1 8 4 5 5 43 19 4.3 1.9
Offensive Defensive
Team Progression – 2015 ITM Cup season
Premiership
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
14px Canterbury 5
(2nd)
9
(2nd)
14
(2nd)
19
(2nd)
24
(2nd)
28
(2nd)
33
(1st)
38
(1st)
43
(1st)
Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland 2
(4th)
7
(3rd)
8
(4th)
13
(4th)
23
(3rd)
27
(3rd)
28
(3rd)
33
(2nd)
37
(2nd)
TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman 5
(1st)
10
(1st)
15
(1st)
20
(1st)
25
(1st)
30
(1st)
30
(2nd)
30
(4th)
35
(3rd)
TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki 1
(6th)
2
(7th)
4
(6th)
13
(3rd)
18
(4th)
23
(4th)
27
(4th)
32
(3rd)
32
(4th)
CountiesAirNZ.png Counties Manukau 5
(3rd)
6
(4th)
6
(5th)
8
(6th)
8
(7th)
13
(6th)
18
(5th)
23
(5th)
23
(5th)
14px Waikato 0
(7th)
4
(5th)
9
(3rd)
10
(5th)
14
(5th)
14
(5th)
16
(6th)
16
(6th)
21
(6th)
14px Manawatu 2
(5th)
3
(6th)
3
(7th)
3
(7th)
9
(6th)
9
(7th)
14
(7th)
14
(7th)
19
(7th)
Championship
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay 5
(1st)
10
(1st)
15
(1st)
20
(1st)
20
(1st)
24
(1st)
28
(1st)
35
(1st)
37
(1st)
Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington 4
(3rd)
9
(2nd)
14
(2nd)
19
(2nd)
19
(2nd)
21
(2nd)
25
(2nd)
32
(2nd)
34
(2nd)
14px Otago 0
(6th)
0
(5th)
5
(5th)
5
(5th)
7
(6th)
12
(5th)
17
(4th)
22
(3rd)
32
(3rd)
Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty 4
(2nd)
4
(4th)
8
(3rd)
13
(3rd)
13
(3rd)
14
(3rd)
19
(3rd)
19
(4th)
19
(4th)
NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour 0
(5th)
0
(7th)
4
(6th)
5
(6th)
9
(4th)
10
(6th)
10
(6th)
12
(6th)
17
(5th)
SouthlandRugby.png Southland 2
(4th)
6
(3rd)
7
(4th)
7
(4th)
8
(5th)
13
(4th)
13
(5th)
14
(5th)
14
(6th)
NLTaniwha.png Northland 0
(7th)
0
(6th)
0
(7th)
0
(7th)
0
(7th)
0
(7th)
0
(7th)
0
(7th)
1
(7th)

The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season.
For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall division log position in brackets.
Key: win draw loss bye

Points Scorers

Updated: to 24 October 2015

Regular Season

The results of the season were as follows:

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Finals

Semi-finals

16 October 2015
19:35 NZST
AucklandAuckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png 44–24 TasmanMakosRugbyColours.png Tasman
Try: Akira Ioane Try 8'
Ben Lam Try 21'
Bryce Heem Try 47'
Melani Nanai Try 54'
George Moala Try 77'
Con: Simon Hickey Kick 9'22'48'55' (4/4)
Jono Hickey Kick 78' (1/1)
Pen: Simon Hickey Kick 15'28' (2/5)
Jono Hickey Kick 65' (1/1)
Report Try: Kieron Fonotia Try 57'
Trent Renata Try 67'
Alex Ainley Try 71'
Con: Marty Banks Kick 58'67'72' (3/3)
Pen: David Havili Kick 25' (1/3)
Eden Park, Auckland
Referee: New Zealand Ben O'Keeffe

17 October 2015
14:35 NZST
Hawke's BayHawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png 33–26 Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty
Try: Richard Buckman Try 1'
Brendon O'Connor Try 45'
Ihaia West Try 57'
Con: Ihaia West Kick 2'46'58' (3/3)
Pen: Ihaia West Kick 16'40'68'71' (4/4)
Report Try: Johan Bardoul Try 25'32'37'
Te Rangi Fraser Try 76'
Con: Nick Evemy (0/3)
Daniel Hollinshead (0/1)
Pen: Nick Evemy Kick 8' (1/1)
Daniel Hollinshead Kick 61' (1/1)
McLean Park, Napier
Referee: New Zealand Brendon Pickerill

17 October 2015
17:05 NZST
Canterbury14px 46–20 TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki
Try: Rob Thompson Try 34'52'
Marshall Suckling Try 44'
Ben Funnell Try 59'
Con: Tom Taylor Kick 35'45'53'60' (4/4)
Pen: Tom Taylor Kick 10'13'31'38'50'70' (6/6)
Cards: Johnny McNicholl Temporarily suspended from 63' to 73' 63' to 73'
Report Try: Jackson Ormond Try 32'
Kurt Baker Try 48'
Penalty try Try 63'
Con: Codey Rei Kick 63' (1/3)
Pen: Codey Rei Kick 17' (1/1)
AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Referee: New Zealand Nick Briant

17 October 2015
19:35 NZST
WellingtonWellington Lions colours.png 34–14 14px Otago
Try: Frae Wilson Try 10'
Marvin Karawana Try 20'
Ardie Savea Try 54'
Jonny Bentley Try 78'
Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop Kick 11'21'55'79' (4/4)
Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop Kick 6'62' (2/2)
Try: James Lentjes Try 33'
Adam Knight Try 73'
Con: Peter Breen Kick 34' (1/1)
Fletcher Smith Kick 74' (1/1)
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Referee: New Zealand Paul Williams

Finals

23 October 2015
19:35 NZST
Hawke's BayHawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png 26–25 Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington
Try: Robbie Fruean Try 40'
Mason Emerson Try 77'
Con: Ihaia West Kick 40'78' (2/2)
Pen: Ihaia West Kick 11'15'34'45' (4/4)
Report Try: Frae Wilson Try 1'
Cory Jane Try 29'68'
Con: Jackson Garden-Bachop Kick 2'30' (2/3)
Pen: Jackson Garden-Bachop Kick 20'27' (2/3)
McLean Park, Napier
Referee: New Zealand Nick Briant

24 October 2015
19:35 NZST
Canterbury14px 25–23 Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland
Try: Patrick Osborne Try 1'
Dominic Bird Try 8'
Ryan Crotty Try 17'
Con: Tom Taylor Kick 9'18' (2/3)
Pen: Tom Taylor Kick 44'67' (2/3)
Report Try: Greg Pleasants-Tate Try 14'
Mitchell Karpik Try 46'
Con: Simon Hickey Kick 15'47' (2/2)
Pen: Simon Hickey Kick 22'29'41' (3/3)
Cards: Scott Scrafton Temporarily suspended from 6' to 16' 6' to 16'
AMI Stadium, Christchurch

See also

References

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  2. "2010 ITM Cup Competition Structures", Manawatu Rugby Union. Retrieved on 7 August 2010.
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Preceded by ITM Cup
2015
Canterbury
Succeeded by
2016 Mitre 10 Cup