2013 Heartland Championship

2013 Heartland Championship
Date24 August 2013 (2013-08-24)–27 October 2013 (2013-10-27)[1]
CountriesNew Zealand New Zealand
Final positions
ChampionsMid Canterbury
Runner-upSouth Canterbury
2012
2014

The 2013 Heartland Championship, the eighth edition of the Heartland Championship since the 2006 reconstruction, was a rugby union competition involving the twelve amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The tournament involved a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams played eight games each and then the top four advanced to the Meads Cup semifinals, while fifth to eighth advanced to the Lochore Cup semifinals. In both of these knockout stages the top seeds (first and fifth) played at home against the lowest seeds (fourth and eighth), the second highest seeds (second and sixth) played at home against the third highest seeds (third and seventh) and the final had the higher seed play at home against the lower seed.

  1. ^ "Pink Batts Heartland Championship 2013 draw released". Heartland Championship. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2014.