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Northland face off against Auckland in Hilux NPC Round 6 on Sat 14th September 2024 at Semenoff Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 05:35. In South Africa it’s at 06:35 SAST on SuperSport, 16:35 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 14:35 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 21:35 EST in the US.
Northland won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 2 places in the league table with Auckland in 11th and Northland in 13th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Northland vs Auckland will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Great hands by Northland leads to a try for Rob Rush
The touch judges raise their flags as Rivez Reihana kicks the conversion.
Northland are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Quinton Nichols touching down.
Nothing was going to stop Bryce Heem from scoring as they record the try for Auckland.
The touch judges raise their flags as Harry Plummer kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Patrick Tuipulotu from scoring as they record the try for Auckland.
Tevita Latu (Northland) is shown a yellow card
Incisive passing by Northland is finished off by Heremaia Murray, as they goes over for the try.
Angus Ta'avao (Auckland) is shown a yellow card
Xavi Taele goes on their own for a try.
Harry Plummer converts the try.
Auckland are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Kemara Hauiti-Parapara picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Rob Rush (Northland) is shown a yellow card