It proved a weekend for the history books across the Pink Batts Heartland Championship's final round robin games.
On a Saturday where 11 of 12 teams were still on contention for one or both Cup semifinals, West Coast's victory over Wanganui was just their second in 16 matches, going back over the last 28 years.
Misery loves company and as well as missing out on a Meads Cup semifinal, Buller could not even secure a home Lochore Cup match this coming weekend as Mid Canterbury confirmed their status as the top side in the regular season, scoring four tries to two in Westport to win 31-13.
Wanganui's two points was unable to improve their sixth position while Buller crashing out opened the door for South Canterbury to lift themselves to the top of Lochore Cup playoff contention, after an extraordinary game against an East Coast outfit with nothing to lose.
South Canterbury prevailed 47-36 in a free-flowing match where 12 tries were scored in Ruatoria.