2011 Heartland Championship
The 2011 Heartland Championship was the sixth edition of the Heartland Championship, New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition, since it was reorganised in 2006. The teams represented the 12 amateur rugby unions.
For 2011, the competition did away with the two-round system of previous years. The tournament's round robin stage saw the 12 teams play 8 games. The top four teams in the table at the end of the 8 weeks played off for the Meads Cup while the next four teams contested the Lochore Cup.
The winner of the Meads Cup received automatic promotion to the Championship, replacing the seventh-placed team in the Championship, which was relegated to the Heartland Championship.
Teams
The 2011 Heartland Championship is being contested by the following teams:| Province | Super Rugby partner | Hometown |
| Buller [Rugby Football Union|Buller] | Crusaders | Westport |
| East Coast [Rugby Union|East Coast] | Hurricanes | Ruatoria |
| Horowhenua-Kapiti | Hurricanes | Levin |
| King [Country Rugby Football Union|King Country] | Chiefs | Te Kūiti, Taupō |
| Mid Canterbury | Crusaders | Ashburton |
| North [Otago Rugby Football Union|North Otago] | Highlanders | Oamaru |
| Poverty Bay | Hurricanes | Gisborne |
| South Canterbury | Crusaders | Timaru |
| Thames Valley | Chiefs | Paeroa |
| Wairarapa [Bush Rugby Football Union|Wairarapa Bush] | Hurricanes | Masterton |
| Wanganui | Hurricanes | Wanganui |
| West Coast | Crusaders | Greymouth |
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Wanganui | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 364 | 117 | +247 | 7 | 35 |
| 2 | North Otago | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 265 | 149 | +115 | 5 | 35 |
| 3 | East Coast | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 189 | 198 | −9 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Mid Canterbury | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 143 | +37 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Buller | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 188 | 131 | +57 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | South Canterbury | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 239 | 187 | +52 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Thames Valley | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 229 | 181 | +48 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Poverty Bay | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 184 | 226 | −42 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | West Coast | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 144 | 216 | −72 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Wairarapa Bush | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 156 | 231 | −75 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | King Country | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 150 | 281 | −131 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Horowhenua-Kapiti | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 98 | 326 | −228 | 1 | 5 |
Results
Week 1
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Week 2
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Week 3
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Week 4
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Week 5
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Week 6
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Week 7
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Week 8
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Finals
Lochore Cup
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'''Final'''
Meads Cup
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'''Final'''