NPC 2023 - Round 5 Team Announcements

Check out the teams ahead of the 5th round of NPC, taking on Friday the 1st, Saturday the 2nd, Sunday the 3rd and Wednesday the 6th of September 2023.

Lineup for Northland vs Hawke's Bay, Friday, September 1, 2023, Kickoff 09:05AM

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NORTHLAND : 1. R. COBB 2. M. MOULDS 3. R. LEMISIO 4. S. CAIRD 5. L. HALLAM-EAMES 6. R. WOODS 7. J. MAU'U 8. R. RUSH 9. S. NOCK 10. R. REIHANA 11. H. MURRAY 12. J. GOODHUE 13. T. TUA 14. T. ANDERSON 15. J. MOORBY
16. J. OLSEN 17. J. ADAMS 18. W. REBOLO 19. S. SWEETMAN 20. M. MATICH 21. L. MILO-HARRIS 22. D. HAWKINS 23. R. RANGER

7 changes in Northland Taniwha starting XV :

1. COBB → ADAMS

5. HALLAM-EAMES → JURLINA

6. WOODS → RUSH

8. RUSH → MATICH

9. NOCK → MILO-HARRIS

12. GOODHUE → HOHAIA

14. ANDERSON → RUSH

HAWKE'S BAY : 1. P. RAKETE-STONES 2. T. THOMPSON 3. J. HINTZ 4. F. LOCHORE 5. T. PARSONS 6. M. MIKAELE TU'U 7. J. KAIFA 8. D. FLANDERS 9. F. FAKATAVA 10. L. MCCLUTCHIE 11. O. SAPSFORD 12. S. ILI 13. N. GRIGG 14. P. BALEKANA 15. H. GODFREY
16. H. SHIMADA 17. K. KERERU-SYMES 18. B. ABRA 19. G. CRIDGE 20. P. TUIFUA 21. S. WYE 22. K. HIGGINS 23. L. VISINIA

7 changes in Hawke's Bay Magpies starting XV :

1. RAKETE-STONES → TU'UNGAFASI

3. HINTZ → RAKETE-STONES

4. LOCHORE → CRIDGE

6. MIKAELE TU'U → TUIFUA

11. SAPSFORD → VISINIA

12. ILI → TIATIA

13. GRIGG → SAPSFORD

→ Game sheet and stats for Northland - Hawke's Bay

Lineup for Bay of Plenty vs Otago, Saturday, September 2, 2023, Kickoff 04:05AM

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BAY OF PLENTY : 1. A. ROSS 2. K. EKLUND 3. B. KUMEROA 4. M. SELBY-RICKIT 5. J. SANGSTER 6. N. AH KUOI 7. V. LASAQA 8. P. FINAU 9. R. JUDD 10. L. CASHMORE 11. N. MCGARVEY-BLACK 12. L. LALOMILO 13. M. NANAI 14. C. VAI 15. C. FORBES
16. N. VELLA 17. J. BARTLETT 18. P. TOSI 19. E. WAQA 20. R. FUNAHASHI 21. T. TAHURIORANGI 22. S. BARDOUL 23. W. HAWERA

4 changes in Bay of Plenty Steamers starting XV :

3. KUMEROA → AFOA

8. FINAU → BROUGHTON

9. JUDD → TAHURIORANGI

14. VAI → CARTER

OTAGO : 1. R. WINGHAM 2. R. JACKSON 3. S. MA'U 4. F. HOLLAND 5. J. HILL 6. W. STODART 7. H. TAYLOR 8. S. FISCHLI 9. N. HASTIE 10. A. FALEAFAGA 11. J. TAPUELUELU 12. J. LESLIE 13. J. TE HIWI 14. J. WHAANGA 15. F. HURLEY
16. H. BELL 17. A. POLE 18. J. AINSLEY 19. W. TUCKER 20. S. WITHY 21. J. ARSCOTT 22. J. ASI 23. J. NAREKI

10 changes in Otago starting XV :

1. WINGHAM → POLE

2. JACKSON → BELL

3. MA'U → AINSLEY

5. HILL → DICKSON

6. STODART → SANDERS

7. TAYLOR → WITHY

8. FISCHLI → LIO-WILLIE

9. HASTIE → ARSCOTT

11. TAPUELUELU → NAREKI

13. TE HIWI → UMAGA-JENSEN

→ Game sheet and stats for Bay of Plenty - Otago

Lineup for Canterbury vs Taranaki, Saturday, September 2, 2023, Kickoff 04:05AM

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CANTERBURY : 1. J. MOODY 2. B. FUNNELL 3. S. CALDER 4. L. ROMANO 5. S. DARRY 6. B. HARMON 7. T. CHRISTIE 8. C. GRACE 9. M. DRUMMOND 10. A. HARFORD 11. N. PUNIVAI 12. R. POIHIPI 13. R. CROTTY 14. D. MCLEOD 15. C. FIHAKI
16. G. BELL 17. D. LIENERT-BROWN 18. O. JAGER 19. Z. GALLAGHER 20. R. PRINSEP 21. W. HEINZ 22. J. ROVA 23. S. ALAIMALO

6 changes in Canterbury starting XV :

4. ROMANO → DUNSHEA

5. DARRY → CAHILL

10. HARFORD → BURKE

11. PUNIVAI → MURRAY

13. CROTTY → MCLEOD

14. MCLEOD → MATAELE

TARANAKI : 1. J. PROFFIT 2. B. SLATER 3. R. O'NEILL 4. J. PARETE 5. T. FRANKLIN 6. P. SOWAKULA 7. T. FLORENCE 8. K. BOSHIER 9. A. LENNOX 10. J. POTROZ 11. K. NAHOLO 12. T. WALDEN 13. D. RONA 14. J. RATUMAITAVUKI-KNEEPKENS 15. S. PEROFETA
16. R. RICCITELLI 17. D. BRIGHOUSE 18. M. BENT 19. F. SA 20. H. BEDWELL-CURTIS 21. L. BLYDE 22. M. MCKENZIE 23. V. TIKOISOLOMONE

5 changes in Taranaki Bulls starting XV :

2. SLATER → RICCITELLI

5. FRANKLIN → CUNNINGHAM

10. POTROZ → PEROFETA

13. RONA → GRINDLAY

15. PEROFETA → MCKENZIE

→ Game sheet and stats for Canterbury - Taranaki

Lineup for North Harbour vs Waikato, Saturday, September 2, 2023, Kickoff 06:35AM

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NORTH HARBOUR : 1. T. LANGI 2. R. NIUIA 3. N. MAYHEW 4. C. CHRISTIE 5. M. NGAKURU 6. W. SITITI 7. K. RUZICH 8. L. INISI 9. S. NGININGINI 10. O. KOLLER 11. S. MAKA 12. A. LEIUA 13. M. LEO 14. K. BANKS 15. S. STEVENSON
16. S. KLEIN 17. S. MAFILEO 18. F. PAEA 19. C. SUAFOA 20. T. MCGAHAN 21. J. BOOTH 22. B. GATLAND 23. T. BARHAM

9 changes in North Harbour starting XV :

2. NIUIA → KLEIN

3. MAYHEW → MAFILEO

4. CHRISTIE → GRANT

5. NGAKURU → SUAFOA

7. RUZICH → MELVIN

9. NGININGINI → BOOTH

11. MAKA → MORGAN-PUTERANGI

12. LEIUA → TAEFU

13. LEO → BARHAM

WAIKATO : 1. O. NORRIS 2. P. ANAE AH-SUE 3. G. DYER 4. J. TUCKER 5. H. BURR 6. M. WRAMPLING-ALEC 7. J. LAM 8. S. PARKER 9. C. RATIMA 10. T. KEMARA 11. D. SINKINSON 12. A. ANDERSON 13. Q. TUPAEA 14. T. COOK-SAVAGE 15. L. COOMBES-FABLING
16. S. RALPH 17. A. JOHNSTONE 18. S. TUKUAFU 19. X. SAIFOLOI 20. J. JOHNSTON 21. X. ROE 22. A. CRUDEN 23. T. TUHAKARAINA

6 changes in Waikato Mooloos starting XV :

5. BURR → MCWHANNELL

6. WRAMPLING-ALEC → BURR

12. ANDERSON → TUPAEA

13. TUPAEA → WRAMPLING

14. COOK-SAVAGE → COOMBES-FABLING

15. COOMBES-FABLING → COOK-SAVAGE

→ Game sheet and stats for North Harbour - Waikato

Lineup for Wellington vs Counties Manukau, Saturday, September 2, 2023, Kickoff 09:05AM

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WELLINGTON : 1. X. NUMIA 2. J. O'REILLY 3. S. LAUAKI 4. D. BIRD 5. H. PLUMMER 6. B. SHIELDS 7. D. KIRIFI 8. K. WHITMAN 9. K. PRESTON 10. A. MORGAN 11. I. SAUMAKI 12. P. UMAGA-JENSEN 13. B. PROCTOR 14. L. FILIPO 15. R. LOVE
16. P. POASA 17. C. ORR 18. J. TAVITA-METCALFE 19. A. IEREMIA 20. D. ROPETI 21. K. HAUITI-PARAPARA 22. S. CLARKE 23. R. HIGGINS

11 changes in Wellington Lions starting XV :

2. O'REILLY → SOUTHALL

3. LAUAKI → SHECK

4. BIRD → PLUMMER

5. PLUMMER → BIRD

7. KIRIFI → HALALILO

8. WHITMAN → LAKAI

10. MORGAN → CLARKE

11. SAUMAKI → DOYLE

12. UMAGA-JENSEN → HIGGINS

13. PROCTOR → UMAGA-JENSEN

15. LOVE → CLARKE

COUNTIES MANUKAU : 1. K. KAIVELATA 2. I. MOANANU 3. S. TUIFUA 4. A. MCROBBIE 5. J. THOMPSON 6. V. TAULANI 7. S. REIDY 8. H. SOTUTU 9. L. DANIELA 10. R. HOHEPA 11. P. MALIMALI 12. S. MOLIA 13. T. OFA 14. T. PULU 15. E. NANAI-SETURO
16. I. WEST-STEVENS 17. K. VAN STADEN 18. S. TAUPAKI 19. W. FURNISS 20. A. BRASH 21. C. BRADY-LEATHEM 22. S. TUIFUA 23. A. ALATIMU

5 changes in Counties Manukau Steelers starting XV :

2. MOANANU → WEST-STEVENS

6. TAULANI → TUIFUA

11. MALIMALI → PULU

12. MOLIA → FOLIAKI

14. PULU → MOLIA

→ Game sheet and stats for Wellington - Counties Manukau

Lineup for Southland vs Auckland, Sunday, September 3, 2023, Kickoff 04:05AM

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SOUTHLAND : 1. S. STODART 2. J. TAYLOR 3. Q. HARRISON-JONES 4. D. DRAKE 5. J. BEKHUIS 6. B. RYALL 7. H. MICHAELS 8. S. TUPOU TA'EILOA 9. J. RENTON 10. D. HOLLINSHEAD 11. M. MANSON 12. T. LATU 13. M. WHAANGA 14. V. FINE 15. G. DYER
16. N. SOUCHON 17. H. FAHEY 18. J. AOINA 19. M. MCKEE 20. J. COGHLAN 21. C. MCLEOD 22. A. SIMMERS 23. N. FOSTER

8 changes in Southland Stags starting XV :

1. STODART → WALSH

3. HARRISON-JONES → MITCHELL

4. DRAKE → MCKEE

6. RYALL → MICHAELS

7. MICHAELS → FERGUSON

8. TUPOU TA'EILOA → RYALL

12. LATU → GREGORY

15. DYER → HAMER-WEBB

AUCKLAND : 1. J. FUSITU'A 2. S. VIKENA 3. S. AHIO 4. P. TUIPULOTU 5. J. BEEHRE 6. A. CHOAT 7. B. GIBSON 8. V. EKUASI 9. K. THOMAS 10. Z. SULLIVAN 11. X. TITO-HARRIS 12. B. HEEM 13. C. EVANS 14. A. LAM 15. R. TUIVASA-SHECK
16. J. ROYAL 17. B. AKE 18. M. RENATA 19. E. ANNANDALE 20. C. CLARK 21. T. FUNAKI 22. J. MCKENZIE 23. P. SPENCER

14 changes in Auckland starting XV :

1. FUSITU'A → RENATA

2. VIKENA → APISAI

3. AHIO → TA'AVAO

4. TUIPULOTU → DALZELL

5. BEEHRE → TUIPULOTU

6. CHOAT → CLARK

7. GIBSON → JONES

8. EKUASI → IOANE

9. THOMAS → FUNAKI

10. SULLIVAN → MCKENZIE

11. TITO-HARRIS → RAYASI

12. HEEM → TELE'A

14. LAM → TANGITAU

15. TUIVASA-SHECK → SPENCER

→ Game sheet and stats for Southland - Auckland

Lineup for Tasman vs Manawatu, Sunday, September 3, 2023, Kickoff 06:35AM

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TASMAN : 1. R. COXON 2. F. KAITU'U 3. L. INCH 4. Q. STRANGE 5. M. CURRY 6. M. HICKS 7. A. SEGNER 8. E. BLACKADDER 9. N. HOTHAM 10. S. MIYAKE 11. W. GUALTER 12. A. NANKIVELL 13. L. AUMUA 14. T. TAVATAVANAWAI 15. M. SPRINGER
16. M. MOLI 17. M. GRAHAM-WILLIAMS 18. S. MATENGA 19. A. FLETCHER 20. S. BAKER 21. L. CHAPMAN 22. J. GRAY 23. T. ALOSIO

6 changes in Tasman Mako starting XV :

3. INCH → MATENGA

5. CURRY → PARKINSON

9. HOTHAM → CHAPMAN

10. MIYAKE → MARSHALL

11. GUALTER → GRAY

13. AUMUA → GUALTER

MANAWATU : 1. M. HALA 2. L. KEIL-SCHWENCKE 3. F. YATES 4. O. TAUATEVALU 5. J. MOMSEN 6. T. HOWDEN 7. S. MCDOWALL 8. B. IOSE 9. J. VILJOEN 10. B. CAMERON 11. E. WAQAICECE 12. J. EMERY 13. T. WAITOKIA 14. D. WILD 15. B. WAAKA
16. R. TUPUTUPU 17. J. GAVIGAN 18. C. KEITH 19. T. PEITA 20. J. GALLOWAY 21. J. POLAND 22. I. RAVULA 23. K. BROWN

13 changes in Manawatu Turbos starting XV :

1. HALA → GAVIGAN

2. KEIL-SCHWENCKE → QUATTRIN

3. YATES → PARANIHI

5. MOMSEN → TAULA

7. MCDOWALL → GALLOWAY

8. IOSE → PEITA

9. VILJOEN → POLAND

10. CAMERON → RAVULA

11. WAQAICECE → FILIMONE

12. EMERY → TOFA

13. WAITOKIA → CHRISTIAN-GOSS

14. WILD → WAQAICECE

15. WAAKA → MILNER-SKUDDER

→ Game sheet and stats for Tasman - Manawatu

Lineup for North Harbour vs Otago, Wednesday, September 6, 2023, Kickoff 09:05AM

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9 changes in North Harbour starting XV :

2. NIUIA → KLEIN

3. MAYHEW → MAFILEO

4. CHRISTIE → GRANT

5. NGAKURU → SUAFOA

7. RUZICH → MELVIN

9. NGININGINI → BOOTH

11. MAKA → MORGAN-PUTERANGI

12. LEIUA → TAEFU

13. LEO → BARHAM

10 changes in Otago starting XV :

1. WINGHAM → POLE

2. JACKSON → BELL

3. MA'U → AINSLEY

5. HILL → DICKSON

6. STODART → SANDERS

7. TAYLOR → WITHY

8. FISCHLI → LIO-WILLIE

9. HASTIE → ARSCOTT

11. TAPUELUELU → NAREKI

13. TE HIWI → UMAGA-JENSEN

→ Game sheet and stats for North Harbour - Otago

NB : changes in starting XV are determined from the last game in the same competition.