Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Counties Manukau v Taranaki Bulls 
Hilux NPC - Round 5 
Fri 29th August 2025, 07:05pm PDT 
Navigation Homes Stadium 
Fraser Hannon Last 5 Games
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Counties Manukau v Taranaki Bulls Hilux NPC - Round 5 Fri 29th August 2025, 07:05pm PDT Navigation Homes Stadium Fraser Hannon 
53' 56' 58' 71' 77' 
Josh Jacomb 
Daniel Rona 
Etene Nanai-Seturo 
Jesse Parete Josh Jacomb Etene Nanai-Seturo Josh Jacomb Cohen Brady-Leathem 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.
Counties Manukau face off against Taranaki Bulls in Hilux NPC Round 5 on Fri 29th August 2025 at Navigation Homes Stadium. 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.
Taranaki Bulls won the last encounter but Taranaki Bulls 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 Taranaki Bulls in 5th and Counties Manukau in 8th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Counties Manukau vs Taranaki Bulls 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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