69 days ago Bunnings NPC The top performers from the NPC semi-finals as South Island dominates
Canterbury will host Otago in Saturday’s NPC final after both South Island outfits achieved resounding semi-final victories.
Manawatu face off against Bay of Plenty in Bunnings NPC on Fri 8th September 2017 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 08:45. In South Africa it’s at 09:45 SAST, 19:45 NZST in New Zealand, 17:45 AEST in Australia and 00:45 EST in the US.
Bay of Plenty won the last encounter but Bay of Plenty are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 3 places in the league table with Bay of Plenty in 2nd and Manawatu in 5th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Manawatu vs Bay of Plenty 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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Heiden Bedwell-Curtis (Manawatu) is shown a yellow card.
Otere Black makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Kelly Haimona makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
A wonderful passing move by Bay Of Plenty is finished off by Joe Webber.
Otere Black converts the try.
A series of passes by Manawatu results in a try for Lewis Marshall.
Kelly Haimona kicks the penalty.
Otere Black has kicked a conversion.
Great hands by Manawatu leads to a try for Otere Black.
Kelly Haimona has kicked a penalty goal.