1981 National Provincial Championship
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The 1981 season was the sixth year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Wellington were the winners of Division 1.
Division 1
[edit | edit source]The following table gives the final standings:[1][2]
| Relegated to Division Two |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 255 | 94 | +161 | 18 |
| 2 | File:ManawatuTurbosColours.png Manawatu | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 269 | 157 | +112 | 14 |
| 3 | File:CountiesAirNZ.png Counties | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 197 | 129 | +68 | 13 |
| 4 | File:Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 135 | -80 | 12 |
| 5 | File:Mooloo.png Waikato | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 142 | 160 | -18 | 11 |
| 6 | File:Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 183 | 172 | +11 | 10 |
| 7 | File:North auckland rugby.png North Auckland | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 144 | -29 | 10 |
| 8 | File:Otagorugby.png Otago | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 148 | 195 | -47 | 10 |
| 9 | File:CanterburyColours.png Canterbury | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 128 | 165 | -37 | 8 |
| 10 | File:Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 158 | 279 | -121 | 2 |
| 11 | File:SouthlandRugby.png Southland | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 115 | 235 | -120 | 2 |
Division 2 (North Island)
[edit | edit source]The following table gives the final standings:[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 29 | +112 | 14 |
| 2 | File:TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 295 | 52 | +243 | 12 |
| 3 | File:Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 208 | 70 | +130 | 10 |
| 4 | File:Povertybay.png Poverty Bay | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 170 | 140 | +30 | 6 |
| 5 | File:Hkapiti.png Horowhenua | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 209 | -113 | 6 |
| 6 | File:Kcountry.png King Country | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 119 | -14 | 4 |
| 7 | File:Thamesvalley.png Thames Valley | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 182 | -101 | 4 |
| 8 | File:Ecoast.png East Coast | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 168 | -128 | 0 |
Division 2 (South Island)
[edit | edit source]The following table gives the final standings:[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Scantab.png South Canterbury | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 66 | +77 | 11 |
| 2 | File:Marlborough Rugby Colours.png Marlborough | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 67 | +83 | 10 |
| 3 | File:Mcantab.png Mid Canterbury | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 47 | +68 | 8 |
| 4 | File:Nelson bays rugby.png Nelson Bays | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 66 | -2 | 5 |
| 5 | File:Wcoast.png West Coast | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 124 | -62 | 4 |
| 6 | File:Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 85 | -36 | 4 |
| 7 | File:Northotago.png North Otago | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 168 | -128 | 0 |
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Promotion/relegation
[edit | edit source]Division Two North winner Wairarapa Bush defeated Southland 10 points to 9 and were promoted to Division One for the 1982 season.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ NPC Results 1976-2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-08)
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