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Southland Stags v Hawkes Bay
Hilux NPC - Round 5
Last 5 Games
Last 4 Meetings
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Southland Stags v Hawkes Bay
Hilux NPC - Round 5
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Will Cole
Sean Withy
Tiaki Fabish
Sean Withy
Nic Benn
Scott Gregory
Scott Gregory
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We’d like to offer our customers 20% off the first 800 tickets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Activate the offer via the Special Offers section of the Emirates Dubai 7s app and complete your purchase with your HSBC Card or debit card.
We’d like to offer our customers 20% off the first 800 tickets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Activate the offer via the Special Offers section of the Emirates Dubai 7s app and complete your purchase with your HSBC Card or debit card.
We’d like to offer our customers 20% off the first 800 tickets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Activate the offer via the Special Offers section of the Emirates Dubai 7s app and complete your purchase with your HSBC Card or debit card.
We’d like to offer our customers 20% off the first 800 tickets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Activate the offer via the Special Offers section of the Emirates Dubai 7s app and complete your purchase with your HSBC Card or debit card.
We’d like to offer our customers 20% off the first 800 tickets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Activate the offer via the Special Offers section of the Emirates Dubai 7s app and complete your purchase with your HSBC Card or debit card.
We’d like to offer our customers 20% off the first 800 tickets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Activate the offer via the Special Offers section of the Emirates Dubai 7s app and complete your purchase with your HSBC Card or debit card.
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Southland Stags face off against Hawkes Bay in Hilux NPC Round 5 on Thu 27th August 2026 at Rugby Park Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 08:10. In South Africa it’s at 09:10 SAST, 19:10 NZST in New Zealand, 17:10 AEST in Australia and 00:10 EST in the US.
Hawkes Bay won the last encounter but Southland Stags are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 7 places in the league table with Hawkes Bay in 6th and Southland Stags in 13th as such Hawkes Bay are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Southland Stags vs Hawkes Bay 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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