2020 Mitre 10 Cup

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2020 Mitre 10 Cup season
Countries New Zealand New Zealand
Date 11 September – 28 November
Champions Tasman
Runners-up Auckland
Promoted Hawke's Bay
Relegated North Harbour
Matches played 76
Tries scored 496 (average 6.526 per match)
Top point scorer Bryn Gatland (North Harbour)
119 points
Top try scorer Salesi Rayasi (Auckland)
14 tries
Official website
www.provincial.rugby
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The 2020 Mitre 10 Cup season was the fifteenth season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition since it turned professional in 2006. The regular season began on September 11, when North Harbour hosted Canterbury. It involved the top fourteen rugby unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the Mitre 10 Cup and it was the fifth season under the lead sponsor. The winner of the Championship, Hawke's Bay was promoted to the Premiership, the seventh placed Premiership team, North Harbour was relegated to the Championship.

Format

The Mitre 10 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 deferential 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: Mitre 10 Cup standings 2020[5]

Standings progression

Premiership
Team W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10
Auckland 5
(1st)		 5
(6th)		 10
(3rd)		 14
(2nd)		 19
(2nd)		 24
(1st)		 25
(3rd)		 30
(1st)		 34
(1st)		 36
(1st)
Bay of Plenty 2
(5th)		 6
(4th)		 6
(6th)		 7
(6th)		 7
(7th)		 12
(7th)		 17
(6th)		 21
(5th)		 26
(4th)		 31
(3rd)
Canterbury 5
(4th)		 6
(3rd)		 7
(5th)		 12
(5th)		 17
(4th)		 18
(5th)		 18
(5th)		 19
(7th)		 24
(6th)		 29
(5th)
North Harbour 0
(7th)		 0
(7th)		 1
(7th)		 6
(7th)		 11
(6th)		 12
(6th)		 16
(7th)		 20
(6th)		 25
(5th)		 27
(7th)
Tasman 5
(3rd)		 10
(1st)		 15
(1st)		 15
(1st)		 20
(1st)		 20
(3rd)		 25
(2nd)		 29
(2nd)		 29
(2nd)		 33
(2nd)
Waikato 5
(2nd)		 10
(2nd)		 10
(4th)		 14
(3rd)		 19
(3rd)		 23
(2nd)		 27
(1st)		 27
(3rd)		 29
(3rd)		 29
(4th)
Wellington 1
(6th)		 6
(5th)		 11
(2nd)		 13
(4th)		 15
(5th)		 19
(4th)		 24
(4th)		 24
(4th)		 24
(7th)		 29
(6th)
Championship
Team W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10
Counties Manukau 0
(5th)		 0
(7th)		 0
(7th)		 5
(6th)		 5
(6th)		 5
(6th)		 5
(6th)		 10
(6th)		 10
(6th)		 14
(6th)
Hawke's Bay 1
(4th)		 6
(2nd)		 10
(1st)		 15
(1st)		 15
(2nd)		 20
(1st)		 25
(1st)		 26
(2nd)		 31
(1st)		 36
(1st)
Manawatu 0
(6th)		 1
(6th)		 1
(6th)		 3
(7th)		 3
(7th)		 4
(7th)		 4
(7th)		 9
(7th)		 9
(7th)		 9
(7th)
Northland 5
(1st)		 5
(4th)		 9
(5th)		 14
(2nd)		 18
(1st)		 18
(3rd)		 18
(3rd)		 18
(3rd)		 19
(4th)		 24
(3rd)
Otago 0
(7th)		 5
(5th)		 10
(2nd)		 10
(4th)		 15
(3rd)		 20
(2nd)		 25
(2nd)		 29
(1st)		 29
(2nd)		 30
(2nd)
Southland 4
(3rd)		 5
(3rd)		 9
(3rd)		 10
(3rd)		 11
(4th)		 11
(5th)		 11
(5th)		 11
(5th)		 16
(5th)		 16
(5th)
Taranaki 5
(2nd)		 9
(1st)		 9
(4th)		 9
(5th)		 10
(5th)		 14
(4th)		 15
(4th)		 17
(4th)		 22
(3rd)		 24
(4th)

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: win draw loss bye

Regular season

The 2020 Mitre 10 Cup played across ten weeks. The competition started on Friday, September 11, with North Harbour taking on Canterbury at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland.[6]

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Play-offs

Semi-finals

20 November 2020
19:05 NZST
Otago 19–32 Northland
Try: Nareki 29' m
Timu 40' c
Tomkinson 63' c
Con: Ioane (2/3) 40', 64'
Pen: Ioane (0/1)		 Report Try: Macilai-Tori 8' c
Olsen 54' m
Nock 71' c
Matich 76' c
Con: Cooper (1/1) 9'
Faiane (2/3) 72', 77'
Pen: Cooper (2/2) 14', 46'
Cards: M. Wright Temporarily suspended from 26' to 36' 26' to 36'
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Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
21 November 2020
14:05 NZST
Auckland 23–18 Waikato
Try: Rayasi 25' m
Teleʻa 43' c
Manu 51' m
Con: Plummer (1/3) 44'
Pen: Sullivan (1/1) 9'
Plummer (1/3) 12'		 Report Try: Taukei'aho 4' m
Thomson 14' c
Con: Waaka (1/2) 15'
Pen: Waaka (2/4) 21', 56'
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Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
21 November 2020
16:35 NZST
Hawke's Bay 59–23 Taranaki
Try: Cridge 21' c
Funaki 30' c
Rakete-Stones 33' c
Dixon (3) 37' c, 44' c, 60' c
Fakatava 53' c
McLeod 70' c
Con: Makene (1/1) 22'
McClutchie (7/7) 31', 34', 38', 45', 54', 61', 71'
Pen: McClutchie (1/1) 41'		 Report Try: Halls 26' m
Riccitelli 67' c
Brighouse 75' m
Con: Potroz (1/3) 68'
Pen: Potroz (2/2) 5', 15'
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Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)
21 November 2020
19:05 NZST
Tasman 19–10 Bay of Plenty
Try: MacDonald 20' m
Fainga'anuku 25' m
Con: Hunt (0/2)
Pen: Hunt (3/3) 2', 58', 73'
Cards: S. Havili Temporarily suspended from 34' to 44' 34' to 44'		 Report Try: Webber 37' c
Con: Trask (1/1) 38'
Pen: Trask (1/1) 51'
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Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Finals

27 November 2020
19:05 NZST
Hawke's Bay 36–24 Northland
Try: Lowe (2) 12' m, 44' c
Fomai (2) 16' c, 51' c
Visinia 31' m
Dixon 59' m
Con: McClutchie (2/3) 17', 45'
Fakatava (0/1)
Makene (1/2) 52'		 Report Try: Li 8' c
Grant 20' m
Robinson 28' m
Tua 75' c
Con: Hawkins (1/3) 9'
Cooper (1/1) 76'
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Attendance: 7,500[7]
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
28 November 2020
18:35 NZST
Auckland 12–13 Tasman
Pen: Plummer (3/3) 4', 30', 44'
Sullivan (1/1) 37'		 Report Try: MacDonald 40' c
Con: D. Havili (1/1) 40'
Pen: D. Havili (2/4) 18', 70'
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Attendance: 13,131[8]
Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)
FB 15 Zarn Sullivan Temporarily suspended from 49' to 59' 49' to 59'
RW 14 AJ Lam Substituted off 66'
OC 13 Tumua Manu
IC 12 Tanielu Teleʻa Substituted off 57'
LW 11 Salesi Rayasi
FH 10 Harry Plummer
SH 9 Jonathan Ruru Substituted off 78'
N8 8 Sione Tuipulotu
OF 7 Niko Jones
BF 6 Adrian Choat Substituted off 57'
RL 5 Jack Whetton Substituted off 57'
LL 4 Scott Scrafton
TP 3 Angus Ta'avao (c) Substituted off 78' Temporarily suspended from 40' to 50' 40' to 50'
HK 2 Leni Apisai Substituted off 57'
LP 1 James Lay Substituted off 52'
Replacements:
HK 16 Mike Sosene-Feagai Substituted in 57'
PR 17 Jarred Adams Substituted in 52'
PR 18 Marcel Renata Substituted in 78'
LK 19 Hamish Dalzell Substituted in 57'
FL 20 Presley Tufuga Substituted in 57'
SH 21 Taufa Funaki Substituted in 78'
FH 22 Simon Hickey Substituted in 57'
FB 23 Jordan Trainor Substituted in 66'
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FB 15 David Havili (c)
RW 14 Mark Telea Substituted off 66'
OC 13 Fetuli Paea
IC 12 Tim O'Malley
LW 11 Leicester Fainga'anuku
FH 10 Mitchell Hunt Substituted off 15'
SH 9 Finlay Christie
N8 8 Taina Fox-Matamua Substituted off 66'
OF 7 Sione Havili
BF 6 Hugh Renton
RL 5 Quinten Strange
LL 4 Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta
TP 3 Sam Matenga Substituted off 41'
HK 2 Quentin MacDonald Substituted off 78'
LP 1 Isi Tu'ungafasi Substituted off 66'
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Moli Substituted in 78'
PR 17 Ryan Coxon Substituted in 66'
PR 18 Isaac Salmon Substituted in 41'
LK 19 Isaac Ross
FL 20 Anton Segner Substituted in 66'
SH 21 Dwayne Polataivao
CE 22 Kieron Fonotia Substituted in 15'
WG 23 Tima Fainga'anuku Substituted in 66'

Statistics

Leading point scorers

No. Player Team Points Average Details
1 Bryn Gatland North Harbour 119 11.90 3 T, 25 C, 18 P, 0 D
2 Mitchell Hunt Tasman 97 8.10 1 T, 25 C, 14 P, 0 D
3 Jayson Potroz Taranaki 95 9.50 3 T, 16 C, 16 P, 0 D
4 Jackson Garden-Bachop Wellington 88 8.80 1 T, 25 C, 11 P, 0 D
5 Josh Ioane Otago 88 8.80 1 T, 19 C, 15 P, 0 D
6 Harry Plummer Auckland 74 6.20 0 T, 25 C, 8 P, 0 D
7 Kaleb Trask Bay of Plenty 72 8.00 5 T, 13 C, 7 P, 0 D
8 Salesi Rayasi Auckland 70 7.80 14 T, 0 C, 0 P, 0 D
9 Jason Robertson Counties Manukau 57 7.13 2 T, 13 C, 7 P, 0 D
10 Lincoln McClutchie Hawke's Bay 57 4.75 0 T, 21 C, 5 P, 0 D

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 Salesi Rayasi Auckland 14 1.60
2 Ash Dixon Hawke's Bay 9 0.82
3 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens Taranaki 8 0.73
4 Luteru Tolai North Harbour 7 0.70
5 Freedom Vaha'akolo Otago 7 0.70
6 AJ Lam Auckland 7 0.64
7 Joe Webber Bay of Plenty 7 0.64
8 Jared Page North Harbour 6 0.86
9 David Havili Tasman 6 0.55
10 Neria Fomai Hawke's Bay 5 0.63

Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see "Report" in the individual match scoring stats).

Points by week

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Average
Auckland 38 6 21 39 50 12 20 16 29 28 31 10 22 23 31 10 24 20 33 34 299 198 29.90 19.80
Bay of Plenty 29 36 17 14 10 32 16 20 7 33 53 35 44 8 22 17 33 30 37 33 268 258 26.80 25.80
Canterbury 43 29 22 23 19 20 31 26 34 10 15 16 8 44 16 23 29 0 34 33 251 224 25.10 22.40
Counties Manukau 24 41 17 31 15 24 36 30 13 36 22 40 20 53 31 27 5 32 25 17 208 331 20.80 33.10
Hawke's Bay 10 16 31 17 20 19 28 9 10 46 33 17 47 12 17 22 34 18 34 33 264 209 26.40 20.90
Manawatu 26 43 25 36 12 50 30 36 10 34 35 53 12 47 24 12 19 35 5 31 198 377 19.80 37.70
North Harbour 29 43 19 41 10 11 40 24 46 10 20 25 23 22 24 8 32 5 33 37 276 226 27.60 22.60
Northland 43 26 21 54 24 15 35 25 18 14 17 33 7 30 8 24 20 24 28 17 221 262 22.10 26.20
Otago 6 38 36 25 30 19 9 28 35 34 40 22 30 7 23 16 15 32 20 26 244 247 24.40 24.70
Southland 16 10 14 17 11 10 9 10 14 18 9 17 10 47 12 24 32 15 17 25 144 193 14.40 19.30
Taranaki 36 29 23 22 19 30 25 35 28 29 17 9 20 27 27 31 35 19 33 34 263 265 26.30 26.50
Tasman 41 24 54 21 34 17 24 40 33 7 10 31 47 10 19 3 0 29 26 20 288 202 28.80 20.20
Waikato 53 28 41 19 17 34 10 9 36 13 16 15 27 20 10 31 30 33 17 28 257 230 25.70 23.00
Wellington 28 53 39 21 32 10 26 31 34 35 25 20 53 20 3 19 18 34 31 5 289 248 28.90 24.80

Source: Mitre 10 Cup Fixtures and Results 2020[9]

Tries by week

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Average
Auckland 5 0 3 6 8 2 2 1 5 3 5 2 3 2 4 1 3 3 5 5 43 25 4.30 2.50
Bay of Plenty 4 5 2 2 1 5 1 2 1 5 7 5 6 1 3 3 5 4 5 4 35 36 3.50 3.60
Canterbury 6 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 2 2 1 1 6 1 3 4 0 5 5 34 29 3.40 2.90
Counties Manukau 3 5 2 5 2 3 5 5 1 5 3 6 2 7 4 4 1 4 3 3 26 47 2.60 4.70
Hawke's Bay 2 2 5 2 3 3 4 0 1 7 4 2 7 2 3 3 4 2 4 4 37 27 3.70 2.70
Manawatu 2 6 4 5 2 8 5 5 2 5 5 7 2 7 4 2 3 4 1 5 30 54 3.40 5.40
North Harbour 2 6 3 6 1 1 4 3 7 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 4 1 4 5 33 30 3.30 3.00
Northland 6 2 3 8 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 1 4 1 3 3 3 4 2 29 33 2.90 3.30
Otago 0 5 5 4 4 3 0 4 5 4 6 3 4 1 3 1 2 4 2 2 31 31 3.10 3.10
Southland 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 7 2 4 4 2 3 3 17 26 1.70 2.60
Taranaki 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 5 2 0 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 34 34 3.40 3.40
Tasman 5 3 8 3 5 3 3 4 5 1 2 5 7 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 39 26 3.90 2.60
Waikato 5 4 6 3 3 5 1 0 5 1 1 2 3 3 1 4 4 5 2 4 31 31 3.10 3.10
Wellington 4 5 6 3 5 1 4 4 4 5 3 3 7 2 0 2 2 4 5 1 40 30 4.00 3.00
For Against

Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see "Report" in the individual match scoring stats).

Sanctions

Player Team Red card.svg Red Yellow card.svg Yellow Sent off match(es):
Sio Tomkinson Otago 1 0 vs. Auckland
Fa'asiu Fuatai Bay of Plenty 1 0 vs. Wellington
Slade McDowall Otago 1 0 vs. Hawke's Bay
Scott Gregory Northland 1 0 vs. North Harbour
Tietie Tuimauga Manawatu 0 2 vs. Auckland and Hawke's Bay
Zarn Sullivan Auckland 0 2 vs. North Harbour and Tasman
Liam Coltman Otago 0 1 vs. Auckland
Jack Regan Otago 0 1 vs. Auckland
Nehe Milner-Skudder Manawatu 0 1 vs. Northland
Aaron Carroll Bay of Plenty 0 1 vs. Taranaki
Greg Pleasants-Tate Southland 0 1 vs. Bay of Plenty
Samuel Slade Counties Manukau 0 1 vs. Hawke's Bay
Matiaha Martin Counties Manukau 0 1 vs. Hawke's Bay
Xavier Numia Wellington 0 1 vs. Bay of Plenty
Nic Mayhew North Harbour 0 1 vs. Southland
Gerard Cowley-Tuioti North Harbour 0 1 vs. Southland
Filo Paulo Manawatu 0 1 vs. Auckland
Lua Li Northland 0 1 vs. Counties Manukau
Stephen Perofeta Taranaki 0 1 vs. Northland
Rob Rush Northland 0 1 vs. Taranaki
Luke Romano Canterbury 0 1 vs. Wellington
Isaac Salmon Tasman 0 1 vs. North Harbour
Sam Matenga Tasman 0 1 vs. North Harbour
Vilimoni Koroi Otago 0 1 vs. Hawke's Bay
Jason Long Hawke's Bay 0 1 vs. North Harbour
Conán O'Donnell Counties Manukau 0 1 vs. Waikato
Chase Tiatia Bay of Plenty 0 1 vs. Tasman
Kara Pryor Northland 0 1 vs. Southland
Chris Gawler Taranaki 0 1 vs. Southland
Beaudein Waaka Waikato 0 1 vs. Canterbury
Isaiah Punivai Canterbury 0 1 vs. Waikato
Sam Darry Canterbury 0 1 vs. Bay of Plenty
Nathan Vella Bay of Plenty 0 1 vs. Canterbury
Marcel Renata Auckland 0 1 vs. North Harbour
Luke Jacobson Waikato 0 1 vs. Taranaki
Ross Wright Northland 0 1 vs. North Harbour
Bryn Gatland North Harbour 0 1 vs. Northland
Jordan Lay Bay of Plenty 0 1 vs. Hawke's Bay
Jonah Lowe Hawke's Bay 0 1 vs. Bay of Plenty
Ross Geldenhuys Bay of Plenty 0 1 vs. Hawke's Bay
Clinton Malolua Counties Manukau 0 1 vs. Taranaki
Alamanda Motuga Counties Manukau 0 1 vs. North Harbour
Charles Alaimalo Southland 0 1 vs. Counties Manukau
Quinn Tupaea Waikato 0 1 vs. Northland
Drew Wild Manawatu 0 1 vs. Wellington
Pepesana Patafilo Wellington 0 1 vs. Manawatu
Kurt Eklund Bay of Plenty 0 1 vs. North Harbour
Presley Tufuga Auckland 0 1 vs. Canterbury
Mathew Wright Northland 0 1 vs. Otago
Sione Havili Tasman 0 1 vs. Bay of Plenty
Angus Ta'avao Auckland 0 1 vs. Tasman

Ranfurly Shield

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See also: Ranfurly Shield 2020–29

Pre-season challenges

For the 2020 pre-season Canterbury confirmed challenges against Buller and North Otago.[10] It was later revealed the match between Canterbury and North Otago would be rescheduled and the only defence to go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

28 August 2020
14:05 NZST
Canterbury 71–7 North Otago
Try: McLeod 6' c
Knewstubb 12' m
Brewis 16' c
Punivai 18' c
Harmon 21' c
Mataele (2) 27' c, 48' m
Fihaki 40' m
Darry (2) 52' c, 56' c
Poihipi 79' c
Con: Cameron (8/11) 7', 17', 19', 22', 28', 53', 57', 80'		 Preview
Report		 Try: Hayward 70' c
Con: Phipps (1/1) 71'
Rugby Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Waenga (New Zealand)

References

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