2007 Air New Zealand Cup

2007 Air New Zealand Cup
Countries	New Zealand
Date	26 July - 20 October
Champions	Auckland
Runners-up	Wellington
Matches played	77
Top point scorer	Jimmy Gopperth (155)
Top try scorer	Brent Ward (8)
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The 2007 Air New Zealand Cup was a provincial rugby union competition involving 14 teams from New Zealand. Matches started on Thursday 26 July 2007, and the Final, in which Auckland defeated Wellington, was held on Saturday 20 October.

This season was the second of the expanded competition, which succeeded the First Division of the National Provincial Championship. There were some major changes to the competition from that of the 2006 season. The original Rounds One (initial pool play) and Two (Top Six and Repechage phases) were scrapped. Instead, there was a 10-week round robin in which every team will miss out on playing 3 teams in the competition. This was followed by the quarterfinals, semifinal and the final as in 2006.

Standings

The top eight teams in pool play advanced to the Quarter Final.

	Clinched home quarterfinal berth
	Clinched quarterfinal berth

Pos	Name	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	Auckland	10	10	0	0	371	145	+226	8	0	48
2	Canterbury	10	9	0	1	351	135	+216	6	0	42
3	Wellington	10	8	0	2	354	172	+182	6	1	39
4	Hawke's Bay	10	7	0	3	254	221	+33	5	1	34
5	Waikato	10	6	0	4	289	231	+58	3	1	28
6	Southland	10	6	0	4	231	203	+28	1	1	26
7	Otago	10	5	1	4	213	275	-81	1	1	24
8	Taranaki	10	4	0	6	218	234	-16	3	4	23
9	North Harbour	10	4	2	4	222	267	-45	2	0	22
10	Northland	10	3	1	6	206	214	-8	1	4	19
11	Tasman	10	2	0	8	184	262	-59	0	4	12
12	Manawatu	10	2	1	7	158	331	-173	1	0	11
13	Bay of Plenty	10	1	0	9	154	297	-143	2	3	9
14	Counties Manukau	10	0	1	9	130	348	-218	0	0	2

Table notes

• Pos = Table Position
• Pld = Played
• W = Win (Worth 4 points)
• D = Draw (Worth 2 points)
• L = Loss (Worth 0 points)
• F = For (Total points scored)
• A = Against (Total points scored against)
• +/- = Points difference
• BP1 = Bonus Point (1 Bonus Point will be awarded to any team that scores 4 tries or more regardless of win/loss/draw.)
• BP2 = Bonus Point (1 Bonus Point will be awarded to the losing side if the loss is by 7 points or less.)
• Pts = Progressive points tally

NB:

• It is possible to receive 2 bonus points in a loss.
• NB In the event of a tie on points, the higher ranked team is decided on the basis of who won when they met in pool play. If they remain tied, then it is decided by points differential.

Point scorers

Points	Player	Province
155	James Gopperth	Wellington
149	Stephen Brett	Canterbury
122	Matt Berquist	Hawke's Bay
120	Stephen Donald	Waikato
115	Jack McPhee	North Harbour
110	Isa Nacewa	Auckland
101	Brent Ward	Auckland

Try scorers

Tries	Player	Province
8	Brent Ward	Auckland
7	Shannon Paku	Wellington
6	Jason Shoemark	Hawke's Bay
6	Zac Guildford	Hawke's Bay
6	Shayne Austin	Taranaki
6	Lachie Munro	Auckland
6	Scott Hamilton	Canterbury

Fixtures and results

Week 1

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Time	Venue	Crowd
Manawatu	15–41	Waikato (1BP)	26 July 2007	7.05	FMG Stadium, Palmerston North
Wellington (1BP)	68–7	Otago	27 July 2007	7.35	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	11,592
Taranaki	29–17	Tasman	27 July 2007	7.35	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
Northland	27–27	North Harbour	28 July 2007	2.35	ITM Stadium, Whangarei
Auckland (1BP)	39–5	Counties	28 July 2007	5.30	Eden Park, Auckland
Canterbury (1BP)	34–3	Bay of Plenty	28 July 2007	7.35	Jade Stadium, Christchurch
Southland	13–41	Hawke's Bay (1BP)	29 July 2007	2.35	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	October 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Wellington	45
					October 13 – AMI Stadium, Christchurch
	Southland	3
					Canterbury	21
	October 6 – AMI Stadium, Christchurch
					Wellington	26
	Canterbury	44
									October 20 – Eden Park, Auckland
	Otago	6
									Auckland	23
	October 6 – Eden Park, Auckland
									Wellington	14
	Auckland	30
					October 14 – Eden Park, Auckland
	Taranaki	10
					Auckland	38
	October 7 – McLean Park, Napier
					Hawke's Bay	3
	Hawke's Bay	38
	Waikato	35

Quarter finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

• Air New Zealand Cup

References

1. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/haveyoursay/meetings/subcom/Council_Controlled_Organisation_Performance/2007/13Apr0915/pdf/10_Stadium_Q2_report.pdf