New Zealand Heartland XV


The Heartland XV rugby team is one of several New Zealand national representative rugby union teams, although it is at a lower level than the All Blacks, the second-level Junior All Blacks and the New Zealand Māori. The side is drawn exclusively from players for provincial unions that compete in the Heartland Championship, a nominally amateur domestic competition below the fully professional Mitre 10 Cup.
Founded in 1988 and originally known as the New Zealand Divisional XV, it was designed to expose players from Divisions Two and Three in the Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship to rugby at a higher level. Upon the 2006 reorganisation of the NPC into the Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship, the side was revamped into a Heartland-only side and received its current name.
The first New Zealand Heartland XV side toured the Pacific Islands in 2005 and they played six games, including matches against Tonga and Fiji. Since then the team has toured Argentina in 2006 and the United States in 2008, beating the Pacific Coast Grizzlies and a USA Select XV.

Recent Squad

2019 Heartland XV Squad

Forwards

DateOpponentFAVenueNotes
1988-10-13 XV546RarotongaCook Islands tour
1988-10-1596RarotongaCook Islands tour
1990-3-18Poverty Bay RFU556Gisborne
1992-3-5Waikato Rugby Union??Hamilton
1992-3-22Thames Valley RFU306Thames Valley RFU
1993-4-21Hawke's Bay Rugby Union??Napier
1993-4-25Wellington Rugby Football Union??Wellington
1995-3-25107?Fiji tour
1995-3-281923?Fiji tour
1995NZRU President's XV???World Cup warm up
2002-6-2 XV3535Palmerston North2002 Italy tour
2002-6-6 XV356Timaru2002 Irish tour
2004-11-63425SuvaFiji tour
2004-11-10Fiji A 1316SuvaFiji tour
2004-11-132261NadiFiji tour
2005-10-29Fiji Pacific Warriors 1124Prince Charles Park, NadiFiji tour 2005
2005-11-132939Churchill Park, LautokaFiji tour 2005
2006-11-1Salta395SaltaArgentina Tour
2006-11-11Tucuman1335TucumanArgentina Tour
2006-11-11Argentina A539RosarioArgentina Tour
2008-11-4Pacific Coast Grizzlies3512San FranciscoUSA tour
2008-11-8 Select XV1914Salt Lake CityUSA tour
2009-11-14New Zealand Marist1123Masterton
2010-11-6New Zealand Marist2231Wanganui
2010-11-0 New Zealand Defence Force4713Levin
2011-10-15New Zealand Marist1415Pukekohe
2012-11-3New Zealand Marist1510College Rifles Rugby Club, Auckland
2012-11-7Apia2123ApiaSamoa tour
2012-11-131713ApiaSamoa tour
2013-11-06 New Zealand Defence Force6034Methven
2013-11-09New Zealand Marist2512Timaru
2014-11-08New Zealand Marist4631Albany
2014-11-11 Residents XV646BCI National Stadium, Nikao, Rarotonga
2014-11-14 Residents XV2033BCI National Stadium, Nikao, Rarotonga
2015-11-07New Zealand Marist4742Masterton
2015-11-10Australian Barbarians3238Levin
2015-11-13Australian Barbarians2440Cooks Gardens
2016-11-5New Zealand Marist3514Ardmore Marist Rugby Club, PapakuraMcRea Cup final
2016-11-8Nadi2619NadiFiji tour
2016-11-11Nadroga2226Lawaqa Park, SigatokaFiji tour
2017-11-4New Zealand Marist4139TimaruMcRea Cup final
2018-11-1Vanua Fiji XV600Owen Delany Park
2018-11-5New Zealand Marist4619TaupoMcRea Cup final
2019-08-311936Eden Park, Auckland
2019-11-2New Zealand Marist1929Boyd Park, Te Aroha
2019-11-7Vanua Fiji XV127Lautoka Churchill Park
2019-11-9Vanua Fiji XV715Sigatoka Lawaqa Park