NZ National Competition : 2018 (Introduction)

The 2018 season is about to kick off on 11th August 2018 NZT. For a summary of 2017 and links to years earlier, simply click here. For the 2018 season, these are the top four regions (Premiership) playing a three round comp.

 Then below that there are three regions of ten teams that produce a winner from each .

It then seems the best of the Championship plays the lowest of the Premiership to decide whether p/r takes place. It's not a huge competition but important in the context of where RL in New Zealand is. It's not overly expensive to run, yet gives a national structure of RL above regional club competitions.