Waikato

24 - 35

Full Time

Wellington

Latest Stats Head-to-Head Teams Table

Waikato vs Wellington

Events

Commentary

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Match Information

Waikato v Wellington

Hilux NPC - Round 2

Fri 8th August 2025, 07:05pm PDT

FMG Stadium

Ben O'Keeffe

Head to Head

Wins

Wins

Average Points scored

First try wins

80%

Home team wins

40%

Team Form

Last 5 Games

62-26

33-50

10-34

36-27

34-17

68-26

10-34

28-52

66-19

42-28

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Previous Results

Last 5 Meetings

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Who will win?

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Match Information

Waikato v Wellington

Hilux NPC - Round 2

Fri 8th August 2025, 07:05pm PDT

FMG Stadium

Ben O'Keeffe

Points Flow Chart

Mins in lead

% Of Game In Lead

95%

54%

Possession Last 10 min

46%

Points Last 10 min

Key Events

Full Time

Cruden

24-35 71'

Sue

22-35 70'

Garden-Bachop

56' 17-35

Ieremia

55' 17-33

Garden-Bachop

52' 17-28

Clarke

51' 17-26

22m Entries

Avg. Points Scored

1.6

22m Entries

Avg. Points Scored

2.2

22m Entries

Attack Profile

Defence Profile

Last 5 Penalties

62'

68'

72'

80'

Key Players

Points

Jackson Garden-Bachop

Last Try

Pita Anae Ah-Sue

Carries

Callum Harkin

Tackles Completed

Caleb Delany

Line Breaks

Callum Harkin

Turnovers Won

Bailyn Sullivan

Defenders Beaten

Oli Mathis

Successful Passes

Xavier Roe

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Live Updates

That's full time

80'

The second half ends

80'

Losi Filipo leaves the field and Tom Maiava comes on

79'

Rui Farrant comes on for Waikato and Xavier Roe comes off

79'

Conversion

Aaron Cruden adds the conversion

71'

Who will win?

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Hilux NPC

Rankings

Form

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Players

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Waikato vs Wellington Kick Off Times & TV Channel

Waikato face off against Wellington in Hilux NPC Round 2 on Fri 8th August 2025 at FMG 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.

Waikato won the last encounter but Waikato are in the best form of their last 5 games.

Table Standings

Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 3 places in the league table with Wellington in 7th and Waikato in 10th underlining just how tight this match could be.

Waikato vs Wellington Squads

The official squads for Waikato vs Wellington will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.