ITM Cup rugby news

Magpies and All Black hooker Hika Elliot last night admitted to being "pretty gutted" about not being offered a 2013 ITM contract from the Hawkes Bay union.

Scott Robertson has been confirmed as the new head coach for the Canterbury ITM Cup team following Tabai Matson's move to an assistant coaching role with the Crusaders.

North Harbour have retained Liam Barry as coach even though they finished a distant last in the second-tier Championship division of this year's ITM Cup.

Chief executives of provincial rugby unions picked the teams their unions will play in their ITM Cup crossover matches next season via teleconference this afternoon. Most of the coaches from the competition went along to the New Zealand Rugby Union offices in Wellington to watch the action unfold and APNZ's Daniel Richardson went along to see what it was all about.

Regional derby matches have dominated the picks made by provincial unions today in their selection of opposition for crossover matches in next year's ITM Cup.