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The Heartland Championship competition, known for sponsorship reasons as the Pink Batts Heartland Championship,〔("AA Rewards supports Heartland Championship." ) ''AllBlacks.com'', 17 August 2006.〕 is a domestic rugby union competition in New Zealand. It was founded in 2006 as one of two successor competitions to the country's former domestic competition, the National Provincial Championship (NPC). The country's 27 provincial teams were split into two separate competitions. Thirteen of the original teams, plus one merged side created from two other teams, entered the new top-level professional competition, the Air New Zealand Cup (now known as the ITM Cup). The remaining 12 sides entered the new Heartland Championship, whose teams contest two distinct trophies, both named after legendary New Zealand players: * The Meads Cup, the more prestigious trophy, named after Colin Meads. * The Lochore Cup, named after Brian Lochore. ==The Competition== The Heartland Championship is held annually, and starts in August. Rugby teams from 12 provincial unions compete. Points are earned during the competition based on the following schedule: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *0 points for a loss *1 bonus point for scoring 4 or more tries, regardless of the final result *1 bonus point for a loss by 7 points or less 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heartland Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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