1977 National Provincial Championship

The National Provincial Championship, or NPC, was the predecessor to the current Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship in New Zealand rugby. 1977 was the second year of the National Provincial Championship, Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, thus claiming the title of National Champions.

Division 1

Standings

These were the NPC Division 1 standings for the 1977 season.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	Pts
New Zealand National Championship 1977 Division 1
1	Canterbury	10	10	0	0	190	81	+109	30	20
2	Counties	10	8	0	2	254	94	+160	42	16
3	Auckland	10	6	0	4	166	164	+2	20	12
4	Manawatu	10	6	0	4	152	95	+57	20	12
5	Hawke's Bay	10	5	0	5	160	174	-14	20	10
6	Taranaki	10	5	0	5	142	123	+19	14	10
7	Wellington	10	5	0	5	155	146	+9	25	10
8	Otago	10	4	0	6	149	171	-22	17	8
9	Southland	10	4	0	6	131	132	-1	13	8
10	Bay of Plenty	10	2	0	8	144	283	-139	18	4
11	Marlborough	10	0	0	10	90	270	-180	12	0

Table notes

Pld = Played
W = Win
D = Draw
L = Loss
PF = For (Total points scored)
PA = Against (Total points scored against)
PD = Points difference
TF = Tries for
Pts = Championship points

Division 2 (North Island)

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	Pts
New Zealand National Championship 1977 Division 2 (North Island)
1	North Auckland	8	8	0	0	238	32	+206	40	16
2	Waikato	8	6	0	2	203	70	+133	29	12
3	Poverty Bay	8	5	1	2	132	101	+31	17	11
4	Wanganui	8	5	1	2	160	134	+26	24	11
5	Wairarapa Bush	8	4	0	4	90	79	+11	10	8
6	King Country	8	3	0	5	75	149	-74	10	6
7	Thames Valley	8	2	1	5	99	158	-59	14	5
8	East Coast	8	1	1	6	74	203	-129	12	3
9	Horowhenua	8	0	0	8	48	193	-145	6	0

Division 2 (South Island)

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	Pts
New Zealand National Championship 1977 Division 2 (South Island)
1	South Canterbury	5	5	0	0	111	21	+90	17	10
2	Mid Canterbury	5	4	0	1	87	36	+51	15	8
3	Nelson Bays	5	3	0	2	56	63	-7	6	6
4	West Coast	5	2	0	3	65	81	-16	9	4
5	North Otago	5	1	0	4	43	99	-56	5	2
6	Buller	5	0	0	5	18	80	-62	2	0

Promotion/Relegation

Bay of Plenty and Marlborough finished in the bottom two of Division 1.

The winners of Division 2 North, North Auckland, were automatically promoted to Division 1. Bay of Plenty were relegated, just one season after they won the National Championship.

The winners of Division 2 South, South Canterbury, played Marlborough and won 13-9 to earn promotion to Division 1. Marlborough were relegated to Division 2.

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References

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