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Canterbury will host Otago in Saturday’s NPC final after both South Island outfits achieved resounding semi-final victories.
North Harbour face off against Bay of Plenty in Bunnings NPC Round 5 on Fri 29th August 2025 at North Harbour Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 08:10. In South Africa it’s at 09:10 SAST on SuperSport, 19:10 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 17:10 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 00:10 EST on Flo Rugby 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 11 places in the league table with Bay of Plenty in 3rd and North Harbour in 14th as such Bay of Plenty are favourites on paper.
The official squads for North Harbour 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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Veveni Lasaqa scores the try from close range.
Kaleb Trask adds the points for Bay Of Plenty.
Cam Howell adds the two points for North Harbour.
The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Luke Campbell dots the ball down from close range.
Kaleb Trask kicks the penalty.
Kaleb Trask adds the points for Bay Of Plenty.
Great hands by Bay Of Plenty leads to a try for Kurt Eklund
Tom Savage (North Harbour) is shown a yellow card