Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Northland v Manawatu 
Hilux NPC - Round 1 
Sat 1st August 2026, 07:05pm PDT 
Semenoff Stadium 
Ben O'Keeffe Last 5 Games
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Northland v Manawatu Hilux NPC - Round 1 Sat 1st August 2026, 07:05pm PDT Semenoff Stadium Ben O'Keeffe 
57' 58' 58' 63' 65' 
Rivez Reihana 
Brady Rush Terrell Peita Flyn Yates Nathan Salmon 
Hudson Creighton Reece MacDonald 
Sam Nock 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.
Northland face off against Manawatu in Hilux NPC Round 1 on Sat 1st August 2026 at Semenoff 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.
Northland won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 8 places in the league table with Manawatu in 2nd and Northland in 10th as such Manawatu are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Northland 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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