2011 ITM Cup explained

2011 ITM Cup season
Countries: New Zealand
Date:14 July – 4 September
Champions:Canterbury
Runnersup:Waikato
Promoted:Hawke's Bay
Relegated:Southland
Matches:72
Tries:378
Top Point Scorer:Andrew Horrell (Hawke's Bay)
152 points
Website:https://www.provincial.rugby/
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

The 2011 ITM Cup season was the sixth season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition since it turned professional in 2006. The regular season began on July 14, when Otago hosted North Harbour. It involved the top fourteen rugby unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the ITM Cup and it was the second season under the lead sponsor. The winner of the Championship, Hawke's Bay was promoted to the Premiership, the seventh placed Premiership team, Southland was relegated to the Championship.

Format

The ITM Cup standings were sorted by a competition points system. Four points were awarded to the winning team, a draw equaled two points, whilst a loss amounted to zero points. Unions could also win their side a respectable bonus point. To receive a bonus point, they must have scored four tries or more or lose by seven or fewer points or less.[1] Each team was placed on their total points received. If necessary of a tiebreaker, when two or more teams finish on equal points, the union who defeated the other in a head-to-head got placed higher. In case of a draw between them, the side with the biggest points differential margin got rights to be ranked above. If they were tied on points difference, it was then decided by a highest scored try count or a coin toss.[2] This seeding format was implemented since the beginning of the 2006 competition.

The competition included a promotion-relegation process with the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership, replacing the seventh-placed team in the Premiership which was relegated to the Championship for the following year. The regular season consisted of two types of matches. The internal division matches were when each team played the other six unions in their division once, home or away. The cross-division matches were when each team played four teams from the other division, thus missing out on three teams, each from the opposite division. Each union played home or away games against teams from the other division, making a total of ten competition games for each union.[3] The finals format allowed the top four teams from each division move on to the semi-finals. The top two division winners, based on table points, received a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the second division winner hosted the third division winner, and the first division winner hosted the fourth division winner. The final was hosted by the top remaining seed.[4]

Standings

Source: ITM Cup standings 2011[5]

Premiership Division
Team
1 Waikato10 7 0 3 236 219 +17 4 1 33
2 Canterbury10 6 0 4 293 230 +63 7 2 33
3 RS – Taranaki10 7 0 3 216 194 +22 2 1 31
4 Bay of Plenty10 6 0 4 275 212 +63 5 2 31
5 Auckland10 5 0 5 255 261 –6 2 4 26
6 Wellington10 5 0 5 251 260 –9 2 3 25
7 Southland10 4 0 6 195 229 –34 2 2 20
Championship Division
Team
1 Manawatu10 7 0 3 281 246 +35 4 1 33
2 Hawke's Bay10 6 0 4 298 213 +85 4 1 29
3 Otago10 5 0 5 223 224 –1 2 2 24
4 Counties Manukau10 4 0 6 235 262 –27 3 3 22
5 Northland10 4 0 6 227 279 –52 1 2 19
6 North Harbour10 2 0 8 245 319 –74 4 2 14
7 Tasman10 2 0 8 198 280 –82 1 4 13

Standings progression

Premiership
TeamW1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Auckland style="background:#FFCCCC"1
(5th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"6
(3rd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"6
(7th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"16
(3rd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"20
(5th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"25
(2nd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"26
(5th)
style="background:#ECECEC"26
(5th)
Bay of Plenty style="background:#D8FFEB"4
(4th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"9
(1st)
style="background:#D8FFEB"19
(1st)
style="background:#FFCCCC"20
(1st)
style="background:#FFCCCC"22
(3rd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"22
(5th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"31
(4th)
style="background:#ECECEC"31
(4th)
Canterbury style="background:#D8FFEB"5
(1st)
style="background:#FFCCCC"6
(2nd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"12
(3rd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"17
(2nd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"22
(4th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"27
(1st)
style="background:#D8FFEB"33
(2nd)
style="background:#ECECEC"33
(2nd)
Southland style="background:#FFCCCC"0
(6th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"4
(7th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"8
(6th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"13
(6th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"17
(6th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"19
(7th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"20
(7th)
style="background:#ECECEC"20
(7th)
Taranaki style="background:#FFCCCC"0
(7th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"5
(5th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"14
(2nd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"15
(4th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"23
(2nd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"23
(4th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"31
(3rd)
style="background:#ECECEC"31
(3rd)
Waikato style="background:#D8FFEB"4
(3rd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"5
(6th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"10
(4th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"14
(5th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"24
(1st)
style="background:#FFCCCC"24
(3rd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"33
(1st)
style="background:#ECECEC"33
(1st)
Wellington style="background:#D8FFEB"4
(2nd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"5
(4th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"10
(5th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"10
(7th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"16
(7th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"20
(6th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"25
(6th)
style="background:#ECECEC"25
(6th)
Championship
TeamW1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Counties Manukau style="background:#FFCCCC"1
(4th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"10
(2nd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"10
(4th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"11
(5th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"12
(5th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"17
(4th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"22
(3rd)
style="background:#ECECEC"22
(4th)
Hawke's Bay style="background:#FFCCCC"0
(6th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"8
(4th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"13
(1st)
style="background:#D8FFEB"19
(2nd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"24
(2nd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"29
(2nd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"29
(2nd)
style="background:#ECECEC"29
(2nd)
Manawatu style="background:#D8FFEB"5
(2nd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"11
(1st)
style="background:#FFCCCC"11
(2nd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"20
(1st)
style="background:#D8FFEB"24
(1st)
style="background:#D8FFEB"29
(1st)
style="background:#D8FFEB"33
(1st)
style="background:#FFCCCC"33
(1st)
North Harbour style="background:#FFCCCC"1
(5th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"6
(5th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"6
(6th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"6
(6th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"7
(6th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"12
(6th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"14
(6th)
style="background:#ECECEC"14
(6th)
Northland style="background:#D8FFEB"4
(3rd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"4
(6th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"9
(5th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"13
(4th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"13
(4th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"14
(5th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"19
(4th)
style="background:#ECECEC"19
(5th)
Otago style="background:#D8FFEB"5
(1st)
style="background:#FFCCCC"9
(3rd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"10
(3rd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"15
(3rd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"15
(3rd)
style="background:#D8FFEB"19
(3rd)
style="background:#FFCCCC"19
(5th)
style="background:#D8FFEB"24
(3rd)
Tasman style="background:#FFCCCC"0
(7th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"0
(7th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"0
(7th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"6
(7th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"7
(7th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"12
(7th)
style="background:#FFCCCC"13
(7th)
style="background:#ECECEC"13
(7th)

The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season.
For each week, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall division log position in brackets.
Key:WinDrawLossBye

Regular season

The 2011 ITM Cup was played across eight weeks with every team playing three Tuesday or Wednesday night fixtures in a double-up round where they played twice that week. The competition started on Thursday, July 14, with Otago taking on North Harbour at Carisbrook. Due to the 2011 Rugby World Cup being hosted in New Zealand, the competition finished without semi-finals so that the World Cup could be held in September and October.[6] The Otago and Manawatu fixture was cancelled in Week 6 of the competition due to weather and airport closures.[7]

Week 2

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Sherwin Stowers (2) 52', 75'| con2 = Tasesa Lavea (2/3) 3', 53'
James Semple (1/1) 75'| pen2 = Tasesa Lavea (2/2) 22', 35'| stadium = Lansdowne Park, Blenheim| referee = Nick Briant}}

Week 8

Play-offs

Premiership

FB 15Trent Renata
RW 14Henry Speight
OC 13Jackson Willison
IC 12Sam Christie
LW 11Tim Mikkelson
FH 10Stephen Donald
SH 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow
N8 8 Alex Bradley
OF 7 Marty Holah
BF 6 Liam Messam
RL 5 Romana Graham
LL 4 Toby Lynn
TP 3 Nathan White (c)
HK 2 Marcel Cummings-Toone
LP 1 Toby Smith
Replacements:
HK 16Vance Elliott
PR 17Ben May
LK 18Matt Vant Leven
FL 19Zak Hohneck
SH 20Brendon Leonard
WG 21Sitiveni Sivivatu
WG 22Declan O'Donnell
PR 23Ted Tauroa
FB 15Sean Maitland
RW 14Telusa Veainu
OC 13Robbie Fruean
IC 12Ryan Crotty
LW 11Patrick Osborne
FH 10Tyler Bleyendaal
SH 9 Willi Heinz
N8 8 Nasi Manu
OF 7 Matt Todd
BF 6 George Whitelock (c)
RL 5 Ash Parker
LL 4 Luke Romano
TP 3 Nepo Laulala
HK 2 Ben Funnell
LP 1 Wyatt Crockett
Replacements:
HK 16Paul Ngauamo
PR 17Joe Moody
LK 18Luke Katene
FL 19Brendon O'Connor
SH 20Takerei Norton
FH 21Tom Taylor
WG 22Johnny McNicholl
PR 23Andrew Olorenshaw

Statistics

Leading point scorers

No. Player Team Points Average Details
1 152 15.20 4, 24, 28, 0
2 140 12.73 4, 27, 21, 1
3 125 12.50 2, 17, 27, 0
4 116 11.60 3, 13, 25, 0
5 112 11.20 2, 21, 20, 0
6 102 11.33 1, 11, 25, 0
7 98 9.80 0, 22, 18, 0
8 96 9.60 1, 20, 17, 0
9 90 11.25 0, 9, 24, 0
10 87 8.70 0, 15, 18, 1
Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see "Report" in the individual match scoring stats).

Leading try scorers

No. Player Team Tries Average
1 9 0.90
2 8 0.80
3 6 0.60
4 6 0.60
5 5 0.56
6 5 0.50
7 5 0.50
8 5 0.45
9 5 0.45
10 5 0.45
Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see "Report" in the individual match scoring stats).

Points by week

Team12345678TotalAverage
Auckland33 4046 4911 3968 3925 2253 4619 260 0255 26125.50 26.10
Bay of Plenty20 1338 1768 823 3046 7116 2564 480 0275 21227.50 21.20
Canterbury40 3319 2270 5236 3241 4027 060 510 0293 23029.30 23.00
Counties Manukau13 2064 4814 2229 5222 2554 7639 190 0235 26223.50 26.20
Hawke's Bay23 3256 3139 1059 4132 1344 1445 720 0298 21329.80 21.30
Manawatu32 2355 5415 4247 3131 2554 2027 2320 28281 24628.10 24.60
North Harbour29 4656 5310 3934 6123 2565 6628 290 0245 31924.50 31.90
Northland19 922 3036 4030 2332 7126 3362 730 0227 27922.70 27.90
Otago46 2945 5217 2042 3310 2519 1616 2928 20223 22422.30 22.40
Southland9 1940 4822 1445 5125 2325 3029 440 0195 22919.50 22.90
Taranaki5 2330 2362 2710 1565 560 2744 230 0216 19421.60 19.40
Tasman9 1938 716 3553 5523 2646 4723 270 0198 28019.80 28.00
Waikato19 923 3043 4222 1552 2320 5457 460 0236 21923.60 21.90
Wellington23 517 2137 6020 4068 5030 2556 590 0251 26025.10 26.00
Source: ITM Cup Fixtures and Results 2011[8]

Tries by week

Team12345678TotalAverage
Auckland3 45 51 59 51 16 41 40 026 282.60 2.80
Bay of Plenty2 14 28 13 35 61 36 70 029 232.90 2.30
Canterbury4 32 110 65 55 54 07 30 037 233.70 2.30
Counties Manukau1 26 51 11 31 17 106 30 023 252.30 2.50
Hawke's Bay2 45 35 18 44 16 24 90 034 243.40 2.40
Manawatu4 27 52 66 33 36 23 22 433 273.30 2.70
North Harbour4 67 61 53 82 37 74 20 028 372.80 3.70
Northland3 03 43 53 32 102 39 90 025 342.50 3.40
Otago6 44 62 22 41 41 11 34 221 262.10 2.60
Southland0 13 41 17 53 24 33 40 021 202.10 2.00
Taranaki1 34 28 21 24 60 43 10 021 202.10 2.00
Tasman0 34 90 47 72 24 42 30 019 321.90 3.20
Waikato1 02 45 41 08 22 67 40 026 202.60 2.00
Wellington3 12 24 82 69 43 45 70 028 322.80 3.20
ForAgainst
Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see "Report" in the individual match scoring stats).

Sanctions

PlayerTeam Red YellowSent off match(es):
Aaron Smith0 1vs Counties Manukau
Halani Aulika0 1vs Auckland
Anthony Perenise0 1vs Tasman
Ash Moeke0 1vs Bay of Plenty
Chris King0 1vs Otago
James McGougan0 1vs Southland
Sam Cane0 1vs Taranaki
Scott Waldrom0 1vs Bay of Plenty
Simon Lemalu0 1vs Auckland
Jeremy Thrush0 1vs Manawatu
TJ Ioane0 1vs Tasman
Scott Fuglistaller0 1vs Waikato
Liam Squire0 1vs Manawatu
Francis Bryant0 1vs Tasman
Stephen Donald0 1vs Auckland
Adam Hill0 1vs Manawatu

Ranfurly Shield

See also: Ranfurly Shield 2010–19.

Pre-season challenges

Notes and References

  1. News: Adjustment to Mitre 10 Heartland Championship bonus points system. Rugby Heartland. 2 September 2016.
  2. Web site: New Zealand Rugby Union Competition Regulations Handbook 2016. New Zealand Rugby. 1 September 2017. 12 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712231129/http://files.allblacks.com/legal_and_judicial/NZR_2016_Competitions_Regulations_Handbook.pdf. dead .
  3. Web site: 2010 ITM Cup Competition Structures. Manawatu Rugby Union. 7 August 2010. dead. https://archive.today/20130223161744/http://www.manawaturugby.co.nz/article/1863.html. 23 February 2013. dmy-all .
  4. Web site: ITM Cup Finals schedule. All Blacks. 24 October 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130116061427/http://itmcup.co.nz/itmCupnews/20886/ITM-Cup-Finals-schedule. 16 January 2013. dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Historical Standings. New Zealand Rugby. 1 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Action packed ITM Cup 2011 draw released. All Blacks. 27 July 2011. 11 November 2011. https://archive.today/20130727035802/http://www.itmcup.co.nz/itmCupnews/15416/Action-packed-ITM-Cup-2011-draw-released. 27 July 2013. dead. dmy-all .
  7. Web site: Weather postpones Otago v Manawatu ITM Cup match . ITM Cup . 17 August 2011 . 10 September 2021 . https://archive.today/20130731113821/http://www.itmcup.co.nz/itmCupnews/17150/Weather-postpones-Otago-v-Manawatu-ITM-Cup-match#selection-683.8-683.36 . 31 July 2013 . dead.
  8. Web site: Historical Fixtures and Results. New Zealand Rugby. 1 October 2022.