2010 Heartland Championship
The 2010 Heartland Championship was the fifth edition of the New Zealand provincial rugby union competition, since the 2006 reconstruction. The teams represented the 12 amateur rugby unions.
| 2010 Heartland Championship | |
|---|---|
| Defending champions (2009) | Whanganui - Meads Cup |
| North Otago - Lochore Cup | |
| Pool Stage | |
| Duration | 28 August - 16 October |
| Round One | Matches played: 30 |
| Round Two | Matches played: 18 |
| Semifinals | |
| Date | 23 October |
| Grand Finals | |
| Date | 30 October |
| Champions (2010) | North Otago - Meads Cup |
| Wairarapa-Bush - Lochore Cup | |
In Round One, the teams were split into two pools of 6 teams in a round-robin format (30 games, from 30 August to 25 September).
In Round Two, the first three teams in each pool of Round One competed for the Meads Cup, the others competed for the Lochore Cup. Each team met the teams from the other pool of Round One in a round-robin format (18 games, from 2 October to 16 October). The first four teams in Round Two went on to the semifinals and then the winners went on to the grand final which was played on 31 October.
The winning teams were Whanganui in the Meads Cup, and Wairarapa-Bush in the Lochore Cup.