1977 National Provincial Championship

The 1977 season was the second year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, thus claiming the title of national champions.

Division 1

Relegated to Division Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	Pts
1	Canterbury	10	10	0	0	190	81	+109	30	20
2	Counties	10	8	0	2	254	94	+160	42	16
3	Auckland	10	6	0	4	166	164	+2	20	12
4	Manawatu	10	6	0	4	152	95	+57	20	12
5	Hawke's Bay	10	5	0	5	160	174	−14	20	10
6	Taranaki	10	5	0	5	142	123	+19	14	10
7	Wellington	10	5	0	5	155	146	+9	25	10
8	Otago	10	4	0	6	149	171	−22	17	8
9	Southland	10	4	0	6	131	132	−1	13	8
10	Bay of Plenty	10	2	0	8	144	283	−139	18	4
11	Marlborough	10	0	0	10	90	270	−180	12	0

Division 2 (North Island)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	Pts
1	North Auckland	8	8	0	0	238	32	+206	40	16
2	Waikato	8	6	0	2	203	70	+133	29	12
3	Poverty Bay	8	5	1	2	132	101	+31	17	11
4	Wanganui	8	5	1	2	160	134	+26	24	11
5	Wairarapa Bush	8	4	0	4	90	79	+11	10	8
6	King Country	8	3	0	5	75	149	−74	10	6
7	Thames Valley	8	2	1	5	99	158	−59	14	5
8	East Coast	8	1	1	6	74	203	−129	12	3
9	Horowhenua	8	0	0	8	48	193	−145	6	0

Division 2 (South Island)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	Pts
1	South Canterbury	5	5	0	0	111	21	+90	17	10
2	Mid Canterbury	5	4	0	1	87	36	+51	15	8
3	Nelson Bays	5	3	0	2	56	63	−7	6	6
4	West Coast	5	2	0	3	65	81	−16	9	4
5	North Otago	5	1	0	4	43	99	−56	5	2
6	Buller	5	0	0	5	18	80	−62	2	0

Promotion/Relegation

Bay of Plenty and Marlborough finished in the bottom two of Division 1.

The winners of Division 2 North, North Auckland, were automatically promoted to Division 1; Bay of Plenty were relegated, just one season after they won the National Championship.

The winners of Division 2 South, South Canterbury, played Marlborough and won 13–9 to earn promotion to Division 1; Marlborough were relegated to Division 2.

References

• thesilverfern.co.nz (Archived 2009-05-06)