1988 National Provincial Championship

The 1988 season was the thirteenth year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Auckland were the winners of Division 1.

Division 1

The following table gives the final standings:[1]

Relegated to Division Two
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Auckland 10 10 0 0 321 114 +207 40
2 Wellington 10 8 0 2 304 161 +143 34
3 Otago 10 8 0 2 316 154 +162 32
4 North Harbour 10 5 1 4 227 187 +40 24
5 North Auckland 10 5 0 5 237 202 -35 22
6 Canterbury 10 5 0 5 180 197 -17 22
7 Counties 10 4 1 5 160 208 -48 19
8 Waikato 10 4 0 6 193 229 -36 18
9 Taranaki 10 3 0 7 173 268 -95 14
10 Bay of Plenty 10 1 0 9 182 282 -100 6
11 Manawatu 10 1 0 9 84 337 -253 14

Division 2

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Relegated to Division Three
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Hawke's Bay 7 7 0 0 225 113 +112 28
2 Marlborough 7 6 0 1 161 113 +48 24
3 Wairarapa Bush 7 5 0 2 197 136 +61 21
4 Southland 7 3 0 4 141 132 +9 13
5 Poverty Bay 7 3 0 4 109 135 -26 12
6 King Country 7 2 0 5 99 128 -29 10
7 Mid Canterbury 7 1 0 6 80 154 -74 7
8 South Canterbury 7 1 0 6 92 193 -101 5

Division 3

The following table gives the final standings:[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Thames Valley 7 7 0 0 284 42 +242 28
2 Wanganui 7 6 0 1 307 74 +233 24
3 Nelson Bays 7 5 0 2 151 104 +47 20
4 Horowhenua 7 3 0 4 127 171 -44 17
5 Buller 7 3 0 4 101 180 -79 12
6 East Coast 7 2 0 5 115 191 -76 9
7 North Otago 7 1 0 6 83 198 -115 5
8 West Coast 7 1 0 6 42 250 -208 5

Promotion/relegation

Division Two winner Hawke's Bay were promoted to Division One to replace Manawatu who were relegated.[3][4] Division Three winner Thames Valley were elevated to Division Two to replace South Canterbury who were relegated.

References

  1. ^ NPC Results 1976-2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-08)
  2. ^ a b "Rugby tables". The Press. 4 October 1988. p. 30.
  3. ^ "Hawke's Bay goes to first division". The Press. 3 October 1988. p. 37.
  4. ^ "Manawatu rugby future not gloomy despite relegation". The Press. 28 September 1988. p. 35.
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