Mid Canterbury finished on top of the Pinks Batts Heartland Championship with their last round win over Buller in Westport on Saturday and joined North Otago in claiming home semi-finals in the Meads Cup next weekend.
They will meet West Coast and Wairarapa Bush respectively after Thames Valley upset Wairarapa Bush 23-15 in Paeroa.
South Canterbury and Wanganui will host semi-finals in the Lochore Cup against Thames Valley and Buller respectively.
Scorers from Round 8 were:
Thames Valley 23 (Kieran Ramage try; Dave Harrison 6 pen)
Wairarapa Bush 15 (Glenn Walters 5 pen). HT: 6-9
Mid Canterbury 31 (Dwayne Burrows, Andrew Smith, Richard Catherwood, Johannes Lambrechts tries; Murray Williams con, 3 pen)
Buller 13 (Mike Schmidt-Lealavaa, William Sakuru tries; Matt Golding pen). HT16-8
North Otago 27 (Alex Brown, Ed Keohane tries; Keohane con, 5 pen)
Horowhenua Kapiti 22 (Aaron Kearney, Luke Harvey 2 tries; Adrian Curry 2con, pen). HT: 11-22
East Coast 36 (Aleiki Sikona, Kris Palmer, Vernon Bartlett, Lloyd Gabriel, Adam Tolua, Mike King tries; Palmer con; Lance Maaka 2 con)
South Canterbury 47 (Sam Vea, George Folau 2, Tenari Saumani, Liam Edwards 2 tries; Edwards 4 con, 3 pen). HT: 19-22
Wanganui 24 (Jason Hughes 2, Andrew Evans, Roman Tutauha tries; Zion Hekenui 2 con)
West Coast 25 (Rowan O’Gorman 2, Maleli Mudu, Andrew Connors tries; Tim Priest con, pen). HT: 7-10
King Country 18 (Dean Church, James Ritchie tries; Kurt Strachan con, 2 pen)
Poverty Bay 19 (Moss Doran, Billy Ropiha, Beau Kururangi tries; Doran 2 con). HT 3-12.
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