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Adopt a Second Team

Give our visiting RWC 2011 nations a special welcome by Adopting a Second Team, and supporting them and their fans while in New Zealand – even if it’s just by welcoming them in their own language or singing their national anthem.

Find out more about how you can support our visiting
nations with our Adopt a Second Team Toolkit

Which team will you adopt?

Northland

Auckland

Waikato

Bay of Plenty - Rotorua

Central Plateau - Taupō

East Coast

Hawke's Bay

Taranaki

Whanganui

Wellington

Nelson

Marlborough

West Coast

Canterbury

South Canterbury

Otago

Southland

Coromandel

Manawatū

Whāngārei

Teams playing and staying in the Northland region

Host city - Whāngārei

Team base - Kerikeri

Auckland

Teams playing and staying in the Auckland region

Host city - North Shore

Host city - Central

Team base - Rodney

Hamilton

Teams playing in the Waikato region

Host city - Hamilton

Rotorua

Teams playing and staying in the Bay of Plenty - Rotorua region

Host city - Rotorua

Team base - Tauranga/Mt Maunganui

Tauranga

Teams playing and staying in the Bay of Plenty - Rotorua region

Host city - Rotorua

Team base - Tauranga/Mt Maunganui

Whakatane

Teams playing and staying in the Bay of Plenty - Rotorua region

Host city - Rotorua

Team base - Tauranga/Mt Maunganui

Taupō

Teams staying in the Central Plateau - Taupō region

Team base - Taupō

Gisborne

Teams staying in the East Coast region

Team base - Gisborne

Namibia

Napier

Teams playing in the Hawke's Bay region

Host city - Napier

New Plymouth

Teams playing in the Taranaki region

Host city - New Plymouth

Whanganui

Teams staying in the Whanganui region

Team base - Whanganui

Wellington

Teams playing and staying in the Wellington region

Host city - Wellington

Team base - Masterton

Georgia

Masterton

Teams playing and staying in the Wellington region

Host city - Wellington

Team base - Masterton

Georgia

Nelson

Teams playing in the Nelson region

Host city - Nelson

Blenheim

Teams staying in the Marlborough region

Team base - Blenheim

Russia

Kaikōura

Teams staying in the Marlborough region

Team base - Blenheim

Russia

Greymouth

Teams playing in the West Coast region

Unfortunately there are no teams playing in West Coast. However there are teams playing in nearby Nelson, Canterbury, South Canterbury, Otago and Southland.

Hokitika

Teams playing in the West Coast region

Unfortunately there are no teams playing in West Coast. However there are teams playing in nearby Nelson, Canterbury, South Canterbury, Otago and Southland.

Christchurch

Teams staying in the Canterbury region

Ashburton

Teams staying in the Canterbury region

Team base - Hanmer Springs

Australia

Team base - Christchurch

New Zealand

Team base - Ashburton

Romania

Timaru

Teams playing in the South Canterbury region

Unfortunately there are no teams playing in South Canterbury. However there are teams playing in nearby Otago and Canterbury.

Dunedin

Teams playing and staying in the Otago region

Host city - Dunedin

Team base - Queenstown

Queenstown

Teams playing and staying in the Otago region

Host city - Dunedin

Team base - Queenstown

Wānaka

Teams playing and staying in the Otago region

Host city - Dunedin

Team base - Queenstown

Invercargill

Teams playing in the Southland region

Host city - Invercargill

Gore

Teams playing in the Southland region

Host city - Invercargill

Bluff

Teams playing in the Southland region

Host city - Invercargill

Coromandel Town

Teams playing in the Coromandel region

Unfortunately there are no teams playing in Coromandel. However there are teams playing in nearby Waikato and Auckland.

Palmerston North

Teams playing in the Manawatū region

Host city - Palmerston North

See what NZ regions are doing to adopt their teams

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To Russia with love from Marlborough

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Adopt a Second Team

Which team will you adopt?

Teams playing and staying in the Northland region

Host city - Whāngārei

Team base - Kerikeri

Teams playing and staying in the Auckland region

Host city - North Shore

Host city - Central

Team base - Rodney

Teams playing in the Waikato region

Host city - Hamilton

Teams playing and staying in the Bay of Plenty - Rotorua region

Host city - Rotorua

Team base - Tauranga/Mt Maunganui

Teams playing and staying in the Bay of Plenty - Rotorua region

Host city - Rotorua

Team base - Tauranga/Mt Maunganui

Teams playing and staying in the Bay of Plenty - Rotorua region

Host city - Rotorua

Team base - Tauranga/Mt Maunganui

Teams staying in the Central Plateau - Taupō region

Team base - Taupō

Teams staying in the East Coast region

Team base - Gisborne

Teams playing in the Hawke's Bay region

Host city - Napier

Teams playing in the Taranaki region

Host city - New Plymouth

Teams staying in the Whanganui region

Team base - Whanganui

Teams playing and staying in the Wellington region

Host city - Wellington

Team base - Masterton

Teams playing and staying in the Wellington region

Host city - Wellington

Team base - Masterton

Teams playing in the Nelson region

Host city - Nelson

Teams staying in the Marlborough region

Team base - Blenheim

Teams staying in the Marlborough region

Team base - Blenheim

Teams playing in the West Coast region

Teams playing in the West Coast region

Teams staying in the Canterbury region

Team base - Hanmer Springs

Team base - Christchurch

Team base - Ashburton

Teams staying in the Canterbury region

Team base - Hanmer Springs

Team base - Christchurch

Team base - Ashburton

Teams playing in the South Canterbury region

Teams playing and staying in the Otago region

Host city - Dunedin

Team base - Queenstown

Teams playing and staying in the Otago region

Host city - Dunedin

Team base - Queenstown

Teams playing and staying in the Otago region

Host city - Dunedin

Team base - Queenstown

Teams playing in the Southland region

Host city - Invercargill

Teams playing in the Southland region

Host city - Invercargill

Teams playing in the Southland region

Host city - Invercargill

Teams playing in the Coromandel region

Teams playing in the Manawatū region

Host city - Palmerston North

See what NZ regions are doing to adopt their teams

Wairarapa's big welcome

To Russia with love from Marlborough

Northland paints it red

Wellington

Teams playing in Wellington

Teams playing in Masterton