Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Manawatu v North Harbour 
Hilux NPC - Round 5 
Sat 29th August 2026, 12:10am PDT 
Central Energy Trust Arena 
Paul Williams Last 5 Games
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Manawatu v North Harbour Hilux NPC - Round 5 Sat 29th August 2026, 12:10am PDT Central Energy Trust Arena Paul Williams 
63' 66' 76' 78' 79' 
George Worboys 
Coby Miln 
Kyle Brown 
Tristyn Cook Israel Leota Logan Wallace Kyle Brown 
Doug Philipson 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.
Manawatu face off against North Harbour in Hilux NPC Round 5 on Sat 29th August 2026 at Central Energy Trust Arena. 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.
Manawatu won the last encounter but Manawatu are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 6 places in the league table with North Harbour in 4th and Manawatu in 10th as such North Harbour are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Manawatu vs North Harbour 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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