Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Canterbury v Manawatu 
Hilux NPC - Round 5 
Fri 29th August 2025, 07:05pm PDT 
Rangiora Showground Oval 
Angus Mabey Last 5 Games
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Canterbury v Manawatu Hilux NPC - Round 5 Fri 29th August 2025, 07:05pm PDT Rangiora Showground Oval Angus Mabey 
62' 70' 71' 74' 76' 
Jamie Hannah 
Ngane Punivai 
TK Howden 
Joe Fabish Ngane Punivai 
Ben Funnell 
Taniela Filimone 
Jordi Viljoen Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Canterbury face off against Manawatu in Hilux NPC Round 5 on Fri 29th August 2025 at Rangiora Showground Oval. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 03:05. In South Africa it’s at 04:05 SAST, 14:05 NZST in New Zealand, 12:05 AEST in Australia and 19:05 EST in the US.
Canterbury won the last encounter but Canterbury are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 10 places in the league table with Manawatu in 1st and Canterbury in 11th as such Manawatu are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Canterbury vs Manawatu 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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