Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Southland Stags v Otago 
Hilux NPC - Round 1 
Fri 31st July 2026, 10:05pm PDT 
Rugby Park Stadium 
Angus Mabey Last 5 Games
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Southland Stags v Otago Hilux NPC - Round 1 Fri 31st July 2026, 10:05pm PDT Rugby Park Stadium Angus Mabey 
59' 64' 71' 76' 80' 
Lucas Casey 
Jack Taylor Lucas Casey 
Sean Withy Samuel Nemec-Vial Jimmy Taylor Samuel Nemec-Vial Kieran McClea 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.
Southland Stags face off against Otago in Hilux NPC Round 1 on Fri 31st July 2026 at Rugby Park Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 06:05. In South Africa it’s at 07:05 SAST, 17:05 NZST in New Zealand, 15:05 AEST in Australia and 22:05 EST in the US.
Otago won the last encounter but Otago 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 Otago in 3rd and Southland Stags in 13th as such Otago are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Southland Stags vs Otago 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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