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Auckland vs Taranaki Bulls · NPC

NPC · 2025Full time
Auckland
8–50
Taranaki Bulls

Match report

Taranaki Bulls beat Auckland 50-8 away from home at Eden Park, Auckland in the NPC on Saturday, 16 August 2025.

That makes it three wins in a row for Taranaki Bulls. Auckland have now lost three in a row.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

2
Auckland wins (40%)
0
Draws (0%)
3
Taranaki Bulls wins (60%)

Last 5 meetings, since October 2020

Biggest Auckland win
38–24
1 Oct 2022
Biggest Taranaki Bulls win
50–8
16 Aug 2025

Last 5 meetings

  • 3 Sept 2026 · Bunnings NPC
    Taranaki Bulls28
    Auckland12
  • 16 Aug 2025 · Bunnings NPC
    Auckland8
    Taranaki Bulls50
  • 23 Sept 2023 · Bunnings NPC
    Taranaki Bulls18
    Auckland16
  • 1 Oct 2022 · Bunnings NPC
    Auckland38
    Taranaki Bulls24
  • 10 Oct 2020 · Mitre 10 Cup
    Taranaki Bulls28
    Auckland29

Lineups

Avg. age
24.5
Avg. age
27.1

Auckland

  1. 1Oscar Cowley-Andrea
  2. 2Millennium Sanerivi
  3. 3Angus Ta'avao
  4. 4Josh Beehre
  5. 5Tom Allen
  6. 6Tai Cribb
  7. 7Ofa Topeni
  8. 8Che Clark
  9. 9Taufa Funaki
  10. 10Alex Harford
  11. 11Xavier Tito-Harris
  12. 12AJ Lam
  13. 13Xavi Taele
  14. 14Codemeru Vai
  15. 15Rico Simpson
Replacements
  1. 16Soane Vikena
  2. 17Viliami Fainga'a
  3. 18Hamdahn Tuipulotu
  4. 19Randall Baker
  5. 20Kitiona Vai
  6. 21James Arscott
  7. 22Cohen Norrie
  8. 23Leo Gordon

Taranaki Bulls

  1. 1Jared Proffit
  2. 2Bradley Slater
  3. 3Reuben O'Neill
  4. 4Jesse Parete
  5. 5Jayden Sa
  6. 6Arese Poliko
  7. 7Michael Loft
  8. 8Kaylum Boshier
  9. 9Logan Crowley
  10. 10Josh Jacomb
  11. 11Vereniki Tikoisolomone
  12. 12Daniel Rona
  13. 13Josh Setu
  14. 14Adam Lennox
  15. 15Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens
Replacements
  1. 16JJ Pokai
  2. 17Perry Lawrence
  3. 18Mitch O'Neill
  4. 19Scott Jury
  5. 20Sage Walters-Hansen
  6. 21Leone Nawai
  7. 22Sam Clarke
  8. 23Obey Samate