Seven All Blacks released: Team lists for NPC quarter-finals
All Blacks Samipeni Finau, Luke Jacobson and Anton Lienert-Brown headline Waikato’s team for their NPC quarter-final away to Ota…
Finn Morton
08 Oct 2025, 16:50
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The four NPC performers of the week ahead of quarter-finals
Counties Manukau winning their fifth consecutive match to jump past Northland into eighth place. Canterbury got back on track with…
Adam Julian
08 Oct 2025, 15:08
Seven All Blacks released for NPC quarter-finals
Seven All Blacks will feature in the NPC quarter-finals this weekend, boosting the prospects of four of the teams competing to rea…
Ned Lester
07 Oct 2025, 15:14
16 All Blacks released to play provincial rugby
The All Blacks have released 16 players from their Rugby Championship squad to join their provinces this weekend for round five of…
Ben Smith
26 Aug 2025, 14:21
Opinion
Josh Jacomb leads NPC performers of the round with historic Eden Park showing
The third round of the NPC was wild, with Southland staging a comeback that rivalled the Wallabies in Johannesburg. Canterbury sup…
Adam Julian
19 Aug 2025, 16:02
Opinion
The five NPC performers of the week for round two
The second round of the NPC saw Bay of Plenty, Canterbury and Hawke's Bay underscore their championship credentials while defendin…
Adam Julian
10 Aug 2025, 16:14
Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens embraces 'win-win' of All Blacks omission
A hard-to-miss rising star in the New Zealand scene is electric fullback Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens, and while All Blacks selec…
Ned Lester
08 Aug 2025, 19:32
Opinion
The five top performers from round one of the NPC
The NPC is back, drawing enthusiastic crowds around the motu. Waikato opened the season with an epic Eden Park comeback.
Adam Julian
05 Aug 2025, 15:41
Eight All Blacks released to play opening round of NPC
Eight All Blacks have been made available for NPC duties when the season kicks off later this week, bringing more starp ower to th…
Ned Lester
28 Jul 2025, 17:36
Opinion
NPC semi-finals: Former Wales international and flanker-turned-wing star
The NPC Premiership final will be at Sky Stadium in Wellington at 2:30 pm next Saturday after Wellington beat Waikato 29-24 to set…
Adam Julian
19 Oct 2024, 14:37
Bay of Plenty secure historic spot in NPC Final after beating Canterbury
Bay of Plenty are through to the NPC Final after a second-half point-scoring clinic saw them get the better of Canterbury.
Finn Morton
18 Oct 2024, 21:54
The teams are in: Lineups confirmed for unpredictable NPC semi-finals
The stage is set for both NPC semi-finals with Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Wellington and Waikato naming their teams.
Finn Morton
16 Oct 2024, 21:34
Why NPC table-toppers Wellington aren’t ‘too comfortable' before semis
Wellington finished on top at the end of the NPC regular season but they aren’t counting their chickens ahead of this weekend’…
Finn Morton
16 Oct 2024, 18:33
The ‘rogue’ reason that’s contributed to the NPC’s success in 2024
Commentator Grant Nisbett has credited “rogue” results as one reason behind the National Provincial Championship’s success i…
Finn Morton
15 Oct 2024, 17:55
Bay of Plenty’s long wait: When the 2024 semi-finalists last won the NPC
The Steamers won the first-ever National Provincial Championship title 48 years ago, but they haven’t won the national competiti…
Finn Morton
14 Oct 2024, 20:32
Opinion
NPC quarter-finals: Son of legend dominates, forgotten All Black makes case
The semi-finals are set in the NPC with Wellington hosting Waikato and Canterbury travelling to Bay of Plenty. Here are the top pe…
Adam Julian
13 Oct 2024, 14:30
