2011 ITM Cup

The 2011 ITM Cup season was the sixth season since the competition reconstruction in 2006 and the first under the new Premiership and Championship format. For the ITM Cup competition it involved the top 14 provincial unions of New Zealand. The tournament was won by Canterbury, who defeated Waikato 12–3 in the competition final. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the ITM Cup and it was currently the second season under the new sponsor. Including the defunct National Provincial Championship, this is the 35th season of New Zealand's premier domestic competition. The regular season matches took place from 14 July until 30 August – followed by the final on 3 September. It finished without semi-finals to allow more time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup to be held in September and October; in future non-World Cup years, the competition will extend into semi-finals.

2011 ITM Cup season
Countries New Zealand
Date14 July – 4 September 2011
ChampionsCanterbury
Runners-upWaikato
PromotedHawke's Bay
RelegatedSouthland
Matches played76
Tries scored448
(average 5.9 per match)
Top point scorerAndrew Horrell (Hawke's Bay)
152 points
Top try scorerSherwin Stowers (Counties Manukau)
9 tries
Official website
www.itmcup.co.nz

The 2011 season saw the arrival of the new Premiership and Championship division format. The 14 teams were grouped based on their on-field finishing positions in 2010 plus a promotion/relegation between the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership replacing the seventh placed team in the Premiership which will be relegated to the Championship.

Competition format

Covering 8 weeks, the schedule features a total of 72 matches. The 14 teams are grouped and divided into two divisions of seven teams, labelled the Premiership Division and the Championship Division. They are based on their on-field finishing positions following the previous year, teams finishing 1–7 will form the Premiership, teams finishing 8–14 will form the Championship. Including a promotion/relegation process between the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership replacing the seventh placed team in the Premiership which will be relegated to the Championship for the following year.[1] The regular season consists of two types of matches:

  • Internal Division Matches – Each team plays the other six teams in the same division once, home or away.
  • Cross Division Matches – Each team plays four teams from the other division, thus missing out on three teams (each from the opposite division). Each team plays home or away games against teams from the other division, making a total of ten competition games for each team.

The top four teams of each division, will move on to the 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 hosts the third division winner, and the first division winner hosts the fourth division winner. The final is hosted by the top remaining seed.[2]

There is also the Ranfurly Shield. It is automatically contested when the holder of the shield plays at home in any round (excluding semis and final).

Standings

Premiership Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Waikato10703236219+1726204133
2 Canterbury10604293230+6337237233
3 Taranaki 10703216194+2221202131
4 Bay of Plenty10604275212+6329235231
5 Auckland10505255261−633242426
6 Wellington10505251260−928322325
7 Southland10406195229−3421202220
Championship Division
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Manawatu 10703281246+3533274133
2 Hawke's Bay 10604298213+8534244129
3 Otago 10505223224−121262224
4 Counties Manukau 10406235262−27232533 22
5 Northland 10406227279−5225341219
6 North Harbour 10208245319−7428374214
7 Tasman 10208198280−8219321413

Source: itmcup.co.nz

Legend:

     Qualified for Division Finals.
     Relegated to Championship for 2012.
Ranfurly Shield holders.
  • Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TF = Tries For, TA = Tries Against, TB = Try Bonus points, LB = Losing Bonus points, Pts = Log Points

Points breakdown:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

The Overall Standings classification system:

  • Four Division Winners/Leaders in log points order
  • The remaining three teams in log points order
  • When teams are level on log points, they are sorted by:
    • the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces
    • highest overall points difference
    • highest number of tries scored
    • highest number of points scored
    • a coin toss


Round-by-round

Team Points by Round Total Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Auckland 33 40 25 32 21 17 11 39 39 26 29 13 25 22 28 30 25 16 19 26 255 261 25.5 26.1
Bay of Plenty 20 13 38 17 36 8 32 0 23 30 33 39 13 32 16 25 35 31 29 17 275 212 27.5 21.2
Canterbury 40 33 19 22 28 37 42 15 36 32 13 27 28 13 27 0 31 35 29 16 293 230 29.3 23
Counties Manukau 13 20 32 25 32 23 14 22 14 30 15 22 22 25 40 32 14 44 39 19 235 262 23.5 26.2
Hawke's Bay 23 32 29 18 27 13 39 10 19 21 40 20 32 13 44 14 34 43 11 29 298 213 29.8 21.3
Manawatu 32 23 25 32 30 22 15 42 32 21 15 10 31 25 20 28 54 20 27 23 281 246 28.1 24.6
North Harbour 29 46 39 15 17 38 10 39 21 32 13 29 23 25 32 40 33 26 28 29 245 319 24.5 31.9
Northland 19 9 22 30 16 23 20 17 30 23 19 43 13 28 26 33 43 34 19 39 227 279 22.7 27.9
Otago 46 29 32 25 13 27 17 20 30 14 12 19 10 25 28 20 19 16 16 29 223 224 22.3 22.4
Southland 9 19 18 29 22 19 22 14 26 39 19 12 25 23 25 30 12 15 17 29 195 229 19.5 22.9
Taranaki 5 23 30 23 23 16 39 11 10 15 39 33 26 23 0 27 15 12 29 11 216 194 21.6 19.4
Tasman 9 19 15 39 23 32 6 35 21 19 32 36 23 26 30 28 16 19 23 27 198 280 19.8 28
Waikato 19 9 23 30 8 36 35 6 22 15 27 13 25 10 20 54 31 27 26 19 236 219 23.6 21.9
Wellington 23 5 17 21 37 28 0 32 20 40 43 19 25 31 30 25 27 31 29 28 251 260 25.1 26
Offensive Defensive
Team Tries by Round Total Average
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Auckland 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 5 5 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 4 26 28 2.6 2.8
Bay of Plenty 2 1 4 2 4 1 4 0 3 3 4 2 1 4 1 3 2 4 4 3 29 23 2.9 2.3
Canterbury 4 3 2 1 4 4 6 2 5 5 1 4 4 1 4 0 4 2 3 1 37 23 3.7 2.3
Counties Manukau 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 4 2 6 6 3 23 25 2.3 2.5
Hawke's Bay 2 4 2 2 3 1 5 1 2 2 6 2 4 1 6 2 3 6 1 3 34 24 3.4 2.4
Manawatu 4 2 3 2 4 3 2 6 4 2 2 1 3 3 2 4 6 2 3 2 33 27 3.3 2.7
North Harbour 4 6 5 2 2 4 1 5 2 4 1 4 2 3 4 5 3 2 4 2 28 37 2.8 3.7
Northland 3 0 3 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 6 1 4 2 3 6 3 3 6 25 34 2.5 3.4
Otago 6 4 3 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 0 3 1 4 4 2 1 1 1 3 21 26 2.1 2.6
Southland 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 5 3 0 3 2 4 3 0 0 3 4 21 20 2.1 2
Taranaki 1 3 4 2 3 1 5 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 3 1 21 20 2.1 2
Tasman 0 3 2 5 2 4 0 4 2 2 5 5 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 19 32 1.9 3.2
Waikato 1 0 2 4 1 4 4 0 1 0 4 1 4 1 2 6 3 3 4 1 26 20 2.6 2
Wellington 3 1 2 2 4 4 0 4 2 6 6 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 28 32 2.8 3.2
Offensive Defensive
Team Progression – 2011 ITM Cup season
Premiership
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
Waikato 4
(3rd)
4
(3rd)
5
(6th)
5
(6th)
10
(4th)
10
(5th)
14
(5th)
19
(3rd)
24
(1st)
24
(1st)
24
(3rd)
28
(2nd)
33
(1st)
33
(1st)
Canterbury 5
(1st)
5
(1st)
6
(2nd)
7
(4th)
12
(3rd)
12
(3rd)
17
(2nd)
17
(4th)
22
(4th)
22
(4th)
27
(1st)
29
(1st)
33
(2nd)
33
(2nd)
Taranaki 0
(7th)
0
(6th)
5
(5th)
9
(3rd)
14
(2nd)
14
(2nd)
15
(4th)
19
(2nd)
23
(2nd)
23
(2nd)
23
(4th)
27
(3rd)
31
(3rd)
31
(3rd)
Bay of Plenty 4
(4th)
4
(4th)
9
(1st)
14
(1st)
19
(1st)
19
(1st)
20
(1st)
22
(1st)
22
(3rd)
22
(3rd)
22
(5th)
26
(4th)
31
(4th)
31
(4th)
Auckland 1
(5th)
2
(5th)
6
(3rd)
6
(5th)
6
(7th)
11
(4th)
16
(3rd)
16
(5th)
20
(5th)
21
(5th)
25
(2nd)
25
(5th)
26
(5th)
26
(5th)
Wellington 4
(2nd)
4
(2nd)
5
(4th)
10
(2nd)
10
(5th)
10
(6th)
10
(7th)
15
(6th)
16
(7th)
16
(7th)
20
(6th)
21
(6th)
25
(6th)
25
(6th)
Southland 0
(6th)
0
(7th)
4
(7th)
4
(7th)
8
(6th)
9
(7th)
13
(6th)
13
(7th)
17
(6th)
17
(6th)
19
(7th)
20
(7th)
20
(7th)
20
(7th)
Championship
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
Manawatu 5
(2nd)
6
(3rd)
11
(1st)
11
(1st)
11
(2nd)
16
(1st)
20
(1st)
24
(1st)
24
(1st)
24
(1st)
29
(1st)
29
(1st)
33
(1st)
33
(1st)
Hawke's Bay 0
(6th)
4
(6th)
8
(4th)
8
(4th)
13
(1st)
14
(2nd)
19
(2nd)
19
(2nd)
24
(2nd)
24
(2nd)
29
(2nd)
29
(2nd)
29
(2nd)
29
(2nd)
Otago 5
(1st)
9
(1st)
9
(3rd)
9
(3rd)
10
(3rd)
14
(3rd)
15
(3rd)
15
(3rd)
15
(3rd)
15
(4th)
19
(3rd)
19
(4th)
19
(5th)
24
(3rd)
Counties Manukau 1
(4th)
5
(4th)
10
(2nd)
10
(2nd)
10
(4th)
10
(4th)
11
(5th)
11
(5th)
12
(5th)
17
(3rd)
17
(4th)
17
(5th)
22
(3rd)
22
(4th)
Northland 4
(3rd)
4
(5th)
4
(6th)
5
(6th)
9
(5th)
9
(5th)
13
(4th)
13
(4th)
13
(4th)
13
(5th)
14
(5th)
19
(3rd)
19
(4th)
19
(5th)
North Harbour 1
(5th)
6
(2nd)
6
(5th)
6
(5th)
6
(6th)
6
(6th)
6
(6th)
6
(6th)
7
(6th)
8
(7th)
12
(6th)
12
(6th)
14
(6th)
14
(6th)
Tasman 0
(7th)
0
(7th)
0
(7th)
0
(7th)
0
(7th)
4
(7th)
6
(7th)
6
(7th)
7
(7th)
11
(6th)
12
(7th)
12
(7th)
13
(7th)
13
(7th)

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

Points Scorers

Updated: 4 September 2011

Regular season

The results of the season were as follows:[3]

Round 1

Round 2

Bye/s: Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Northland, Taranaki, Waikato, Wellington

Round 3

Round 4

Bye/s: Auckland, Counties Manukau, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, North Harbour, Otago, Southland, Tasman

Round 5

Round 6

Bye/s: Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Northland, Taranaki, Waikato, Wellington

Round 7

Round 8

Bye/s: Auckland, Counties Manukau, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, North Harbour, Otago, Southland, Tasman

Round 9

Round 10

Bye/s: Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Northland, Southland, Taranaki, Waikato, Wellington

Round 11

Round 12

Bye/s: Auckland, Counties Manukau, Manawatu, North Harbour, Otago, Tasman

Round 13

Round 14

Bye/s: Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Counties Manukau, Hawke's Bay, North Harbour, Northland, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman Waikato, Wellington

Finals

Finals

3 September 2011
19:35 NZST
Waikato 3–12 Canterbury
Pen: Stephen Donald  11' (1/1)
Report Pen: Tom Taylor  25', 34', 39', 75' (4/4)
Tyler Bleyendaal (0/1)

4 September 2011
17:35 NZST
Manawatu 30–35 Hawke's Bay
Try: Doug Tietjens  13'
Francis Bryant  38'
Michael Fitzgerald  70'
Con: Aaron Cruden  14', 39', 71' (3/3)
Pen: Aaron Cruden  3', 46', 50' (3/3)
Report Try: Tua Saseve  10'
Richard Buckman  27'
Maritino Nemani  31'
Sinoti Sinoti  47'
Con: Andrew Horrell  11', 28', 48' (3/4)
Pen: Andrew Horrell  34', 54', 57' (3/3)

See also

Notes

    References

    1. "2010 ITM Cup Competition Structures", Manawatu Rugby Union. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
    2. "ITM Cup Finals schedule". allblacks.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
    3. "Action packed ITM Cup 2011 draw released". allblacks.com. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
    Preceded by
    2010 ITM Cup
    ITM Cup
    2011
    Canterbury
    Succeeded by
    2012 ITM Cup
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