Taranaki Bulls vs Wellington Lions · NPC
NPC · 2025Full time
39–20
Match report
Taranaki Bulls beat Wellington Lions 39-20 at Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth in the NPC on Saturday, 27 September 2025.
That makes it two wins in a row for Taranaki Bulls.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
3
Taranaki Bulls wins (60%)
0
Draws (0%)
2
Wellington Lions wins (40%)
Last 5 meetings, since September 2021
Biggest Taranaki Bulls win
68–26
4 Oct 2026
Biggest Wellington Lions win
26–19
18 Aug 2024
Last 5 meetings
- 4 Oct 2026 · Bunnings NPCTaranaki Bulls68Wellington Lions264 Oct 2026Taranaki Bulls68–26Wellington LionsBunnings NPC
- 27 Sept 2025 · Bunnings NPCTaranaki Bulls39Wellington Lions2027 Sept 2025Taranaki Bulls39–20Wellington LionsBunnings NPC
- 18 Aug 2024 · Bunnings NPCWellington Lions26Taranaki Bulls1918 Aug 2024Wellington Lions26–19Taranaki BullsBunnings NPC
- 28 Aug 2022 · Bunnings NPCWellington Lions31Taranaki Bulls2528 Aug 2022Wellington Lions31–25Taranaki BullsBunnings NPC
- 18 Sept 2021 · Bunnings NPCTaranaki Bulls32Wellington Lions2618 Sept 2021Taranaki Bulls32–26Wellington LionsBunnings NPC
Lineups
Avg. age
27.7
Avg. age
26.5
Taranaki Bulls
- 1Jared Proffit(33)
- 2Bradley Slater(28)
- 3Reuben O'Neill(31)
- 4Jesse Parete(33)
- 5Hemopo Cunningham(25)
- 6Arese Poliko(25)
- 7Sage Walters-Hansen
- 8Kaylum Boshier(27)
- 9Logan Crowley(30)
- 10Josh Jacomb(25)
- 11Vereniki Tikoisolomone(27)
- 12Brayton Northcott-Hill(28)
- 13Meihana Grindlay(25)
- 14Adam Lennox(23)
- 15Obey Samate
Replacements
- 16JJ Pokai(24)
- 17Perry Lawrence(23)
- 18Marika Parker
- 19Fiti Sa(23)
- 20Olly Lawson
- 21Leone Nawai(31)
- 22Ben Dufficy(22)
- 23Sam Clarke
Wellington Lions
- 1Xavier Numia(27)
- 2Penieli Poasa(29)
- 3Siale Lauaki(23)
- 4Matolu Petaia(22)
- 5Johnny Falloon
- 6Caleb Delany(26)
- 7Sione Halalilo(24)
- 8Dominic Ropeti(23)
- 9Kyle Preston(27)
- 10Jackson Garden-Bachop(32)
- 11Kapu Broughton-Winterburn
- 12Julian Savea(36)
- 13Losilosivale Filipo(28)
- 14Stanley Solomon(21)
- 15Callum Harkin(27)
Replacements
- 16James O'Reilly(31)
- 17Senio Sanele(22)
- 18PJ Sheck(26)
- 19Akira Ieremia(24)
- 20Cody Lokotui
- 21Nui Muriwai
- 22Tom Maiava(27)
- 23Hibiki Yamada(25)