National Provincial Championship Rugby
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The National Provincial Championship is a rugby union tournament in New Zealand. There are a total of 14 teams that play, with two conferences known as the Odds and Evens Conferences. To create these Conferences, teams are evenly split by where they finished in the previous season. This means that teams finishing in first, third, fifth will play in the Odds Conference, for example.
NPC Rugby is the second highest rugby union division in New Zealand behind the Super Rugby league. The competition sees teams battling to finish in the top four in each conference. At the end of the group stage, there are quarter-finals, semi-finals and a grand final.
National Provincial Rugby Championship Teams
The competition is split into two separate conferences. With seven teams in each conference, the teams playing in the competition are:
Odds Conference
- Wellington
- Bay Of Plenty
- Waikato
- Otago
- Hawke's Bay
- Counties Manukau
- Southland
Evens Conference
- Canterbury
- North Harbour
- Auckland
- Tasman
- Northland
- Taranaki
- Manawatu
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National Provincial Championship Rugby FAQs
Which side is the most successful NPC Rugby team?
Canterbury are the most successful team in the history of the competition. The side have won nine titles, with Tasman, Auckland and Waikato winning twice each.