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2022 Farah Palmer Cup season
CountriesNew Zealand New Zealand
Date16 July – 10 September 2022
ChampionsCanterbury
Runners-upAuckland
Official website
www.provincial.rugby/farah-palmer-cup/
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The 2022 Farah Palmer Cup season is the 16th season of the competition. The regular season ran from 16 July to 28 August, with the playoffs running from 3 to 10 September. Canterbury won their fifth title after defeating Auckland in the Premiership final and Hawke's Bay won their first Championship title after beating Otago 24–20 at the Clutha Showgrounds in Balclutha.[1][2]

Format

The Farah Palmer Cup standings are sorted by a competition points system. Four points are awarded to the winning team, a draw earns two points, whilst a loss amounts to zero points. Unions can also win their side a respectable bonus point. To receive a bonus point, they must score four tries or more, or lose by seven points or less.[3] Each team is placed on their total points received. If a tiebreaker is necessary, when two or more teams finish on equal points, the union who acquired more competition points against the other tied team(s) gets placed higher. In the case that separation is still not made, the winner of the head-to-head result between the teams will get rights to be ranked above.[4] This seeding format was only implemented for the 2020 competition.

The regular season consists of two types of matches. Each union play home or away games against each team from their division, making a total of six competition games during the regular season for each union in the North pool, and five regular season games for those in the South pool.[5] The finals format sees the top two teams from each pool qualify for cross-over semi-finals. The top placed teams in each pool, based on table points, receive a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the top placed North team is to host the second-placed South team, and the first-placed South team is to host the Second placed North team. The final is to be hosted by the top remaining seed.

Standings

Premiership

# Team GP W D L PF PA PD TB LB PTS
1 Canterbury 6 6 0 0 210 140 +70 6 0 30
2 Waikato 6 5 0 1 173 96 +77 3 1 24
3 Auckland 6 3 0 3 132 131 +1 4 2 18
4 Wellington 6 2 0 4 122 162 –40 3 2 13
5 Bay of Plenty 6 2 0 4 110 136 –26 2 2 12
6 Counties Manukau 6 2 0 4 126 159 –33 1 1 10
7 Manawatu 6 1 0 5 125 174 –49 2 1 7

Championship

# Team GP W D L PF PA PD TB LB PTS
1 Otago 5 5 0 0 215 76 +139 5 0 25
2 Hawke's Bay 5 3 1 1 131 81 +50 3 0 17
3 Northland 5 3 0 2 112 119 –7 3 0 15
4 Tasman 5 2 1 2 86 100 –14 1 0 11
5 North Harbour 5 1 0 4 86 149 –63 1 1 5
6 Taranaki 5 0 0 5 72 177 –105 0 0 0

Regular season

The 2021 Farah Palmer Cup was played across nine weeks. The competition started on Saturday, 16 July, with Wellington hosting a match against Canterbury.

Week 1

16 July 2022 Wellington 5–43 Canterbury Jerry Collins Stadium, Porirua  
16 July 2022 Waikato 33–24 Manawatu FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
16 July 2022 Auckland 39–20 Counties Manukau Western Springs Stadium, Auckland  

Bye: Bay of Plenty, Championship Teams

Week 2

23 July 2022 JJ – Canterbury 33–27 Auckland Rugby Park, Christchurch  
12:05 NZST
23 July 2022 Taranaki 10–21 North Harbour New Plymouth Boys' High School, New Plymouth  
12:35 NZST
23 July 2022 Hawke's Bay 22–44 Otago Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park, Hastings  
14:05 NZST
23 July 2022 Northland 29–10 Tasman Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei  
16:35 NZST
24 July 2022 Manawatu 26–37 Bay of Plenty Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North  
12:05 NZST
24 July 2022 Counties Manukau 19–27 Wellington Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe  
14:05 NZST

Bye: Waikato

Week 3

30 July 2022 Bay of Plenty 7–3 Auckland Blake Park, Mount Maunganui  
14:05 NZST
30 July 2022 Manawatu 13–19 Counties Manukau Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North  
14:05 NZST
30 July 2022 Tasman 27–17 Taranaki Trafalgar Park, Nelson  
14:05 NZST
30 July 2022 Otago 39–10 Northland Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin  
31 July 2022 North Harbour 5–32 Hawke's Bay North Harbour Stadium, Albany  
12:05 NZST
31 July 2022 Wellington 16–23 Waikato Jerry Collins Stadium, Porirua  
14:05 NZST

Bye: Canterbury

Week 4

6 August 2022 Counties Manukau 31–36 Canterbury Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe  
11:35 NZST
6 August 2022 Auckland 32–5 Manawatu Eden Park, Auckland  
14:05 NZST
6 August 2022 Waikato 17–10 Bay of Plenty FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton  
14:05 NZST
6 August 2022 Northland 17–32 Hawke's Bay Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei  
16:35 NZST
7 August 2022 Taranaki 15–55 Otago New Plymouth Boys' High School, New Plymouth  
11:35 NZST
7 August 2022 Tasman 42–15 North Harbour Lansdowne Park, Blenheim  
11:35 NZST

Bye: Wellington

Week 5

13 August 2022 Otago 39–7 Tasman Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin  
11:35 NZST
13 August 2022 Hawke's Bay 45–15 Taranaki TBC  
14:05 NZST
13 August 2022 Northland 27–23 North Harbour Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei  
14:05 NZST
13 August 2022 Manawatu 38–17 Wellington Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North  
14:05 NZST
13 August 2022 JJ – Canterbury 29–27 Waikato Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch  
16:35 NZST
14 August 2022 Bay of Plenty 12–25 Counties Manukau Tauranga Domain, Tauranga  
11:35 NZST

Bye: Auckland

Week 6

20 August Wellington 32–13 Bay of Plenty Porirua Park  
20 August Taranaki 15–29 Northland TET Stadium and Events Centre  
20 August North Harbour 22–38 Otago North Harbour Stadium  
20 August JJ – Canterbury 36–19 Manawatu Orangetheory Stadium  
20 August Waikato 41–5 Auckland FMG Stadium Waikato  

Bye: Counties Manukau; Tasman and Hawke's Bay game cancelled

Week 7

27 August Counties Manukau 12–32 Waikato Navigation Homes Stadium  
27 August Auckland 26–25 Wellington Eden Park  
27 August Tasman 20–31 North Harbour Lansdowne Park  
28 August Bay of Plenty 31–33 Canterbury Tauranga Domain  
28 August Northland 31–19 Taranaki Northland Events Centre  

Bye:

Play-offs

Championship

Semi-finals Final
      
Hawke's Bay 28
Northland 19
Hawke's Bay 24
Otago 20
Otago 42
North Harbour 17

Premiership

Semi-finals Final
      
Canterbury 31
Wellington 3
Canterbury 41
Auckland 14
Auckland 26
Waikato 21

Semi-finals

Championship Semi-finals


3 September Hawke's Bay 28–19 Northland McLean Park  
4 September Otago 42–17 North Harbour Forsyth Barr Stadium  

Premiership Semi-finals

4 September Canterbury 31–3 Wellington Orangetheory Stadium  
4 September Auckland 26–21 Waikato FMG Stadium Waikato  

Finals

Championship Final

10 September Otago 20–24 Hawke's Bay Clutha Showgrounds, Balclutha  

Premiership Final

10 September Canterbury 41–14 Auckland Rugby Park, Christchurch  

JJ Stewart Trophy

The JJ Stewart Trophy is a trophy based on a challenge system, rather than a league or knockout competition as with most football trophies. The holding union must defend the trophy in challenge matches, and if a challenger defeats them, they become the new holder of the trophy.

Canterbury started the season as holders of the trophy and as such, were obligated to place the trophy up for challenge in all of their regular season home games.

Successful JJ Stewart Trophy challenges were played by Canterbury in Round 3, Round 5 and Round 7 against Otago, Wellington and Tasman respectively.

References

  1. ^ Julian, Adam (10 September 2022). "Canterbury reign supreme in the Farah Palmer Cup". allblacks.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ Julian, Adam (10 September 2022). "Hawke's Bay Tui give Emma Jensen fairytale finish". Provincial Rugby. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Adjustment to Mitre 10 Heartland Championship bonus points system". Rugby Heartland. 2 September 2016.
  4. ^ "SEMI-FINALISTS DECIDED IN THE FARAH PALMER CUP" (pdf). New Zealand Rugby. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 FARAH PALMER CUP DRAW RELEASED". All Blacks. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

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