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The Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union (NPEC) is a constituent union in the New Zealand Rugby Union located on the East Coast of the North Island. Its provincial team plays in the Heartland Championship and its home ground is Whakarua Park, Ruatoria. It is the smallest Union in New Zealand in the sense of player numbers and population base. Due to the high number of players from the Ngāti Porou iwi, the team is often referred to as Ngāti Porou East Coast.

History

The Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union was formed in 1922 when they split from the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union.

Ngāti Porou East Coast won the 2012 Heartland Championship Meads Cup defeating Wanganui 29–27 at Whakarua Park on 27 October 2012.,[1] In the 2022 Heartland Championship the team won the Lochore Cup beating Mid Canterbury by 25 to 20. They become the 6th team to have won both the Meads Cup and the Lochore Cup.[2]

The team is renowned for losing 54 consecutive games over eight years. However former all blacks Ma’a Nonu and Hosea Gear were involved in the side when they broke that drought in a 50-26 win over Buller in October 2021.[3][4]

Clubs

Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union is made up of 10 clubs:

  • Hicks Bay
  • Hikurangi Sports Club
  • Ruatoria City Sports Club
  • Tawhiti
  • Tokararangi
  • Tokomaru Bay United
  • Tihirau Victory Club (TVC)
  • Uawa Sports
  • Waiapu
  • Waima

National Provincial Championship

Ngāti Porou East Coast won the NPC 3rd Division twice. Firstly in 1999 defeating Poverty Bay 18–15 in the final at Ruatoria. Secondly and possibly even more impressively, defeating North Otago the following year in front of their home crowd at Oamaru in a come-from-behind 25–21 victory to record back to back NPC 3rd Division Championships.

1999 NPC 3rd Division

Round Comp Home team Score Away team Score
Week 1 NPC File:Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 18 File:Ecoast.png East Coast 36
Week 2 NPC File:Wcoast.png West Coast 41 File:Ecoast.png East Coast 13
Week 3 NPC File:Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush 15 File:Ecoast.png East Coast 31
Week 4 NPC File:Ecoast.png East Coast 10 File:Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 15
Week 5 NPC File:Ecoast.png East Coast 30 File:Northotago.png North Otago 9
Week 6 NPC File:Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti 20 File:Ecoast.png East Coast 14
Week 7 NPC File:Ecoast.png East Coast 74 File:Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 8
Week 8 NPC File:Ecoast.png East Coast 18 File:Scantab.png South Canterbury 6
Semi Final NPC File:Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti 20 File:Ecoast.png East Coast 21
Final NPC File:Ecoast.png East Coast 18 File:Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 15
  • Overall Season standing: Champions

2000 NPC 3rd Division

Round Comp Home team Score Away team Score
Week 1 NPC File:Ecoast.png East Coast 20 File:Scantab.png South Canterbury 14
Week 2 NPC File:Northotago.png North Otago 26 File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 26
Week 3 NPC File:Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 12 File:Ecoast.png East Coast 44
Week 4 NPC File:Scantab.png South Canterbury 12 File:Ecoast.png East Coast 6
Week 5 NPC File:Ecoast.png East Coast 33 File:Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush 20
Week 6 NPC File:Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 28 File:Ecoast.png East Coast 30
Week 7 NPC File:Ecoast.png East Coast 33 File:Wcoast.png West Coast 27
Week 8 NPC File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 31 File:Hkapiti.png Horowhenua-Kapiti 30
Semi Final NPC File:Ecoast.png East Coast 18 File:Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush 17
Final NPC File:Northotago.png North Otago 21 File:Ecoast.png East Coast 25
  • Overall Season standing: Champions

Heartland Championship

Heartland Championship placings

Heartland Championship Results[5][6][7][8]
Year Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts Place Playoffs
Qual Semifinal Final
2006 8 1 0 7 111 244 −133 2 6 11th No —
2007 8 2 0 6 130 210 −70 3 11 11th No —
2008 8 0 0 8 50 306 −256 0 0 12th No —
2009 8 1 0 7 87 337 −250 0 4 11th No —
2010 8 0 0 8 96 384 −288 1 1 12th No —
2011 8 6 0 2 189 198 −9 3 27 3rd Meads Cup Won 23–17 against Template:Rut Lost 10–30 to Template:Rut
2012 8 7 0 1 230 177 +53 3 31 1st Meads Cup Won 26–15 against North Otago Won 29–27 against Wanganui
2013 8 2 0 6 173 225 −52 5 13 10th No —
2014 8 0 0 8 67 367 −300 0 0 12th No —
2015 8 0 0 8 112 368 −256 2 2 12th No —
2016 8 0 0 8 166 458 −292 3 3 12th No —
2017 8 0 0 8 98 353 −255 0 0 12th No —
2018 8 0 0 8 99 447 −348 2 2 12th No —
2019 8 0 0 8 153 319 −166 0 0 12th No —
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- no competition held due to covid-19
2021 8 3 0 5 242 258 −16 8 20 8th No —
2022 8 4 0 4 155 242 −87 2 18 7th Lochore Cup Won 37-30 against Horowhenua-Kapiti Won 25-20 against Mid Canterbury
2023 8 5 0 3 222 183 +39 7 27 4th Meads Cup Lost 17-34 to South Canterbury —
2024 8 4 0 4 212 236 -24 4 20 7th Lochore Cup Lost 31-34 to King Country —

2012 Heartland Championship

Round Comp Home team Score Away team Score
Week 1 NPC File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 23 File:Wcoast.png West Coast 16
Week 2 NPC File:Scantab.png South Canterbury 37 File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 9
Week 3 NPC File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 20 File:Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller 18
Week 4 NPC File:Mcantab.png Mid Canterbury 13 File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 20
Week 5 NPC File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 25 File:Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui 17
Week 6 NPC File:Thamesvalley.png Thames Valley 38 File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 53
Week 7 NPC File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 56 File:Kcountry.png King Country 24
Week 8 NPC File:Povertybay.png Poverty Bay 14 File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 24
Semi Final NPC File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 26 File:Northotago.png North Otago 15
Final NPC File:Ecoast.png Ngāti Porou East Coast 29 File:Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui 27
  • Overall Season standing: Champions

Ranfurly Shield

Ngāti Porou East Coast has challenged for the Ranfurly Shield eight times losing heavily on each occasion.

Matches

1953 Template:Rut File:Wellington Lions colours.png 42–0 File:Ecoast.png Template:Rut Wellington
1968 Template:Rut File:Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png 31–0 File:Ecoast.png Template:Rut Napier
1981 Template:Rut File:Mooloo.png 54–0 File:Ecoast.png Template:Rut Hamilton
1987 Template:Rut File:Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png 72–0 File:Ecoast.png Template:Rut Auckland
1997 Template:Rut File:Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png 115–6 File:Ecoast.png Template:Rut Ruatoria
2002 Template:Rut File:CanterburyColours.png 51–6 File:Ecoast.png Template:Rut Christchurch
2013 Template:Rut File:Mooloo.png 65–10 File:Ecoast.png Template:Rut Ruatoria
2021 Template:Rut File:Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png 93–5 File:Ecoast.png Template:Rut Napier

All Blacks

Six All Blacks have played rugby for East Coast:

Super Rugby

Ngāti Porou East Coast along with Waikato, Counties Manukau, King Country, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, and Thames Valley make up the Chiefs Super Rugby region. Ngāti Porou East Coast was formerly part of the Hurricanes from 1996 until February 2025 where they announced their change of allegiance to the Chiefs.[9]

References

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