2013 ITM Cup – Wikipedia

2013 rugby union competition in New Zealand

The 2013 ITM Cup season was the eighth season of New Zealand’s provincial rugby union competition since it turned professional in 2006. The regular season began on 15 August, when Counties Manukau hosted Wellington. 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 fourth season under the lead sponsor. The winner of the Championship, Tasman was promoted to the Premiership, the seventh placed Premiership team, Bay of Plenty was relegated to the Championship.

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 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[edit]

Source: ITM Cup standings 2013^[5]

Standings progression[edit]

Premiership
Team	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9
Auckland	5 (3rd)	9 (3rd)	14 (3rd)	23 (2nd)	24 (3rd)	29 (2nd)	34 (2nd)	34 (3rd)	36 (3rd)
Bay of Plenty	1 (5th)	5 (5th)	5 (4th)	5 (6th)	5 (7th)	5 (7th)	6 (7th)	7 (7th)	8 (7th)
Canterbury	5 (2nd)	9 (2nd)	14 (2nd)	19 (3rd)	24 (2nd)	25 (3rd)	30 (3rd)	35 (2nd)	40 (2nd)
Counties Manukau	0 (7th)	5 (6th)	5 (5th)	10 (4th)	15 (4th)	20 (4th)	24 (4th)	24 (4th)	28 (4th)
Taranaki	0 (6th)	0 (7th)	4 (7th)	4 (7th)	8 (6th)	12 (5th)	13 (5th)	14 (6th)	14 (6th)
Waikato	4 (4th)	5 (4th)	5 (6th)	6 (5th)	11 (5th)	11 (6th)	12 (6th)	17 (5th)	21 (5th)
Wellington	5 (1st)	10 (1st)	20 (1st)	25 (1st)	29 (1st)	33 (1st)	37 (1st)	42 (1st)	42 (1st)
Championship
Team	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9
Hawke’s Bay	5 (1st)	6 (2nd)	10 (1st)	11 (2nd)	15 (1st)	15 (2nd)	20 (2nd)	24 (2nd)	29 (3rd)
Manawatu	0 (7th)	1 (6th)	1 (7th)	5 (7th)	9 (4th)	10 (5th)	14 (5th)	18 (5th)	18 (5th)
North Harbour	1 (4th)	1 (7th)	4 (5th)	5 (6th)	9 (5th)	10 (6th)	10 (6th)	10 (6th)	10 (7th)
Northland	0 (5th)	4 (4th)	7 (4th)	7 (4th)	8 (6th)	8 (7th)	8 (7th)	9 (7th)	13 (6th)
Otago	4 (3rd)	8 (1st)	9 (3rd)	9 (3rd)	9 (3rd)	14 (4th)	16 (4th)	21 (3rd)	30 (2nd)
Southland	0 (6th)	1 (5th)	2 (6th)	6 (5th)	6 (7th)	15 (3rd)	20 (3rd)	20 (4th)	20 (4th)
Tasman	4 (2nd)	4 (3rd)	9 (2nd)	14 (1st)	14 (2nd)	18 (1st)	22 (1st)	31 (1st)	36 (1st)
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[edit]

The 2013 ITM Cup was played across nine weeks with every team playing one Wednesday night fixture in a double-up round where they played twice that week. The competition started on Thursday, 15 August, with Counties Manukau taking on Wellington at ECOLight Stadium.^[6][7]

Week 1[edit]

	18 August 2013	Otago	32–29	Bay of Plenty	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	16:35 NZST	Try: Peter Breen  25‘ TJ Ioane  58‘ Con: Hayden Parker (2/2)  27‘, 59‘ Pen: Hayden Parker (6/7)  22‘, 36‘, 43‘, 50‘, 63‘, 75‘	Report	Try: Maritino Nemani  7‘ Joe Royal  52‘ Con: Willie Ripia (2/2)  7‘, 53‘ Pen: Willie Ripia (5/5)  11‘, 14‘, 31‘, 33‘, 67‘	Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

Week 2[edit]

Week 3[edit]

Week 4[edit]

	6 September 2013	Tasman	49–16	Otago	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
	20:05 NZST	Try: Liam Squire  29‘ Shane Christie  36‘ Tevita Koloamatangi  48‘ James Lowe  55‘, 61‘ Mitchell Scott  69‘ Con: Marty Banks (5/6)  31‘, 37‘, 49‘, 56‘, 70‘ Pen: Marty Banks (3/4)  16‘, 34‘, 51‘	Report	Try: Craig Millar  12‘ Con: Hayden Parker (1/1)  13‘ Pen: Hayden Parker (3/3)  22‘, 39‘, 44‘ Cards: Kieran Moffat 33‘ to 43‘ Liam Coltman 59‘ to 69‘	Referee: Akihisa Aso (Japan)

Week 5[edit]

Week 6[edit]

	18 September 2013	Bay of Plenty	25–33	Southland	Baypark Stadium, Mount Maunganui
	19:35 NZST	Try: Kimami Sitauti  40‘ Con: Willie Ripia (1/1)  40‘ Pen: Willie Ripia (6/7)  4‘, 19‘, 35‘, 38‘, 46‘, 58‘	Report	Try: Talemaitoga Tuapati  28‘ Elliot Dixon  65‘ Marty McKenzie  67‘ Con: Scott Eade (3/3)  28‘, 66‘, 67‘ Pen: Scott Eade (4/4)  22‘, 31‘, 69‘, 74‘	Referee: Grant Stuart (New Zealand)

	20 September 2013	Otago	52–41	Manawatu	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	19:35 NZST	Try: Gareth Evans  1‘ Jayden Spence  17‘, 36‘ Peter Breen  24‘ Buxton Popoali’i  30‘ TJ Ioane  70‘ Con: Hayden Parker (5/6)  2‘, 18‘, 25‘, 31‘, 71‘ Pen: Hayden Parker (4/4)  14‘, 49‘, 60‘, 67‘	Report	Try: Callum Gibbins  3‘ Papa Wharewera  10‘ Niko Malo  32‘ Tevita Taufuʻi  43‘ Leroy Van Dam  54‘ Con: Jade Te Rure (5/5)  4‘, 11‘, 33‘, 44‘, 55‘ Pen: Jade Te Rure (2/3)  21‘, 40‘	Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)

Week 7[edit]

	25 September 2013	Canterbury	72–7	Manawatu	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
	19:35 NZST	Try: Andy Ellis  8‘ Richie Mo’unga  14‘ Sione Faletau  24‘ Johnny McNicholl  35‘ Ryan Crotty  40‘ Milford Keresoma  52‘, 69‘, 75‘, 79‘ Paea Fa’anunu  58‘ Con: Richie Mo’unga (8/10)  15‘, 25‘, 36‘, 40‘, 53‘, 70‘, 76‘, 80‘ Pen: Richie Mo’unga (2/2)  7‘, 23‘ Cards: Sione Faletau 62‘ to 72‘	Report	Try: Chris Eves  37‘ Con: Nathan George (1/1)  38‘ Cards: Antonio Kiri Kiri  74‘	Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)

Week 8[edit]

	2 October 2013	Tasman	64–28	Waikato	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
	19:35 NZST	Try: Mitchell Scott  4‘ Robbie Malneek  25‘ Tom Marshall  40‘ Joe Wheeler  45‘ Liam Squire  57‘, 80‘ James Lowe  59‘ Tevita Koloamatangi  77‘ Con: Marty Banks (6/8)  5‘, 26‘, 40‘, 46‘, 58‘, 60‘ Pen: Marty Banks (4/4)  9‘, 12‘, 22‘, 28‘ Cards: Alex Ainley  67‘	Report	Try: Vance Elliott  33‘ Latu Talakai  52‘ Josh Tyrell  70‘ Toby Smith  73‘ Con: Trent Renata (4/4)  34‘, 53‘, 71‘, 74‘	Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

Week 9[edit]

	13 October 2013	Otago	37–33	Auckland	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	14:35 NZST	Try: Buxton Popoali’i  8‘ Tom Donnelly  21‘ Paul Grant  46‘ Con: Hayden Parker (2/3)  9‘, 47‘ Pen: Hayden Parker (6/7)  18‘, 25‘, 35‘, 51‘, 63‘, 66‘	Report	Try: George Moala  14‘, 68‘ Hadleigh Parkes  29‘ Lolagi Visinia  80‘ Con: Simon Hickey (2/3)  30‘, 69‘ Lolagi Visinia (0/1) Pen: Simon Hickey (3/3)  4‘, 40‘, 44‘	Referee: Jonathon White (New Zealand)

	13 October 2013	Tasman	57–14	Manawatu	Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
	16:35 NZST	Try: Billy Guyton  13‘ Mitchell Scott  35‘ Francis Smith  43‘ Tim Perry  48‘, 61‘ Marty Banks  68‘, 78‘ Andy Symons  71‘ Con: Marty Banks (7/8)  14‘, 36‘, 49‘, 62‘, 69‘, 72‘, 79‘ Pen: Marty Banks (1/2)  2‘	Report	Try: Jade Te Rure  8‘ Lewis Marshall  26‘ Con: Jade Te Rure (2/2)  9‘, 27‘	Referee: Michael Lash (New Zealand)

Play-offs[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

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Finals[edit]

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Statistics[edit] Leading point scorers[edit] No. Player Team Points Average Details 1 Marty Banks Tasman 170 21.25 5 , 29 , 29 , 0 2 Hayden Parker Otago 170 15.45 2 , 23 , 38 , 0 3 Ihaia West Hawke’s Bay 169 15.36 5 , 24 , 32 , 0 4 Lima Sopoaga Wellington 149 12.42 2 , 35 , 23 , 0 5 Simon Hickey Auckland 127 12.70 3 , 20 , 24 , 0 6 Trent Renata Waikato 120 12.00 2 , 19 , 24 , 0 7 Willie Ripia Bay of Plenty 119 11.90 1 , 12 , 30 , 0 8 Tyler Bleyendaal Canterbury 117 11.70 3 , 21 , 20 , 0 9 Baden Kerr Counties Manukau 95 11.88 0 , 16 , 21 , 0 10 Scott Eade Southland 92 8.36 2 , 14 , 18 , 0 Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see “Report” in the individual match scoring stats). Leading try scorers[edit] Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see “Report” in the individual match scoring stats). Points by week[edit] Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Average Auckland 27 20 21 18 32 17 73 35 24 42 41 10 39 19 16 38 33 37 306 236 34.00 26.20 Bay of Plenty 29 32 24 20 17 32 18 48 16 33 28 54 30 31 25 28 19 20 206 298 22.90 33.10 Canterbury 30 6 28 13 47 10 48 18 32 22 19 25 91 46 38 23 38 0 371 163 41.20 18.10 Counties Manukau 16 55 44 14 20 40 47 46 44 7 37 25 31 30 23 38 25 7 287 262 31.90 29.10 Hawke’s Bay 45 18 20 24 20 19 24 27 41 49 9 18 55 10 23 15 35 24 272 204 30.20 22.70 Manawatu 18 45 18 21 15 42 15 12 27 17 41 52 19 78 22 16 14 57 189 340 21.00 37.70 North Harbour 20 27 14 44 60 68 12 15 23 12 31 34 10 55 23 37 0 38 193 330 24.10 36.70 Northland 22 31 13 9 33 33 10 30 26 31 10 41 13 28 16 22 41 50 184 275 20.40 30.60 Otago 32 29 26 19 19 20 16 49 22 32 52 41 32 38 37 23 68 54 304 305 33.80 33.90 Southland 15 25 9 13 14 15 20 16 17 27 67 56 38 32 15 23 7 25 202 232 22.40 25.80 Taranaki 6 30 10 29 15 14 15 51 30 54 21 3 6 12 20 27 14 22 137 242 15.20 26.90 Tasman 25 15 13 28 40 20 49 16 12 23 18 9 28 13 91 48 57 14 333 186 37.00 20.70 Waikato 31 22 19 26 10 47 16 20 42 24 25 37 14 19 56 89 22 14 235 298 26.10 33.10 Wellington 55 16 29 10 77 42 30 10 33 16 25 19 19 14 38 16 24 35 330 178 36.70 19.80 Source: ITM Cup Fixtures and Results 2013[8] Tries by week[edit] Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Average Auckland 4 2 2 2 4 1 7 4 4 6 6 1 5 3 1 4 4 3 37 26 4.10 2.90 Bay of Plenty 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 6 1 3 1 5 3 3 3 1 3 3 18 29 2.00 3.20 Canterbury 4 0 3 2 7 1 6 2 4 1 1 3 13 6 4 2 6 0 48 17 5.30 1.90 Counties Manukau 1 8 5 1 2 4 5 3 6 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 1 31 28 3.40 3.10 Hawke’s Bay 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 0 2 7 1 2 2 4 3 30 21 3.30 2.30 Manawatu 2 7 2 2 2 5 3 2 3 2 5 6 1 10 3 2 2 8 23 44 2.60 4.90 North Harbour 2 4 1 5 7 8 2 3 2 0 3 5 1 7 2 4 0 6 20 42 2.50 4.70 Northland 1 3 1 0 4 4 1 5 2 3 1 6 1 1 2 3 6 7 19 32 2.10 3.60 Otago 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 6 1 4 6 5 4 5 4 2 7 7 29 34 3.20 3.80 Southland 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 8 4 5 4 2 2 1 3 21 22 2.30 2.40 Taranaki 0 4 1 4 2 1 2 6 3 7 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 14 27 1.60 3.00 Tasman 2 0 2 3 4 2 6 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 10 6 8 2 35 17 3.90 1.90 Waikato 3 1 1 2 1 7 1 2 6 4 3 4 1 3 5 11 3 2 24 36 2.70 4.00 Wellington 8 1 4 1 9 5 5 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 3 4 42 16 4.70 1.80 Source: The weekly reviews of the matches published on provincial.rugby (see “Report” in the individual match scoring stats). Sanctions[edit] Ranfurly Shield[edit] Pre-season challenges[edit] Waikato 85–0 Horowhenua-Kapiti Try: Douglas 2′ c Leonard 5′ c Webber (4) 17′ c, 25′ c, 31′ c, 78′ c Collier (2) 38′ m, 50′ m Graham 44′ c Alainu’uese 57′ c Robertson (2) 63′ c, 67′ m Faiva 65′ c Con: Renata (8/11) 3′, 6′, 18′, 26′, 32′, 45′, 64′, 79′ Hawera (1/1) 58′ Collier (1/1) 66′ Report Pen: McBride (0/1) References[edit] External links[edit]