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Canterbury vs Taranaki Bulls · NPC

NPC · 2025Full time
Canterbury
34–14
Taranaki Bulls

Match report

Canterbury beat Taranaki Bulls 34-14 at Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch in the NPC on Sunday, 5 October 2025.

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

Head to head

3
Canterbury wins (43%)
0
Draws (0%)
4
Taranaki Bulls wins (57%)

Last 7 meetings, since September 2020

Biggest Canterbury win
34–14
5 Oct 2025
Biggest Taranaki Bulls win
40–26
29 Aug 2026

Last 5 meetings

  • 18 Oct 2026 · Bunnings NPC
    Canterbury38
    Taranaki Bulls28
  • 29 Aug 2026 · Bunnings NPC
    Taranaki Bulls40
    Canterbury26
  • 5 Oct 2025 · Bunnings NPC
    Canterbury34
    Taranaki Bulls14
  • 13 Oct 2023 · Bunnings NPC
    Taranaki Bulls23
    Canterbury16
  • 2 Sept 2023 · Bunnings NPC
    Canterbury29
    Taranaki Bulls28

Lineups

Avg. age
26.1
Avg. age
26.9

Canterbury

  1. 1Finlay Brewis
  2. 2George Bell
  3. 3Seb Calder
  4. 4Liam Jack
  5. 5Jamie Hannah
  6. 6Zach Gallagher
  7. 7Tom Christie
  8. 8Dom Gardiner
  9. 9Tyson Belworthy
  10. 10Andrew Knewstubb
  11. 11Ngatungane Punivai
  12. 12Dallas McLeod
  13. 13Braydon Ennor
  14. 14Manasa Mataele
  15. 15Chay Fihaki
Replacements
  1. 16Manumaua Letiu
  2. 17Daniel Lienert-Brown
  3. 18Darcy Breen
  4. 19Tahlor Cahill
  5. 20Torian Barnes
  6. 21Riley Williams
  7. 22Jone Rova
  8. 23Shun Miyake

Taranaki Bulls

  1. 1Jared Proffit
  2. 2Bradley Slater
  3. 3Reuben O'Neill
  4. 4Fiti Sa
  5. 5Hemopo Cunningham
  6. 6Arese Poliko
  7. 7Sage Walters-Hansen
  8. 8Kaylum Boshier
  9. 9Logan Crowley
  10. 10Josh Jacomb
  11. 11Vereniki Tikoisolomone
  12. 12Meihana Grindlay
  13. 13Daniel Rona
  14. 14Adam Lennox
  15. 15Brayton Northcott-Hill
Replacements
  1. 16JJ Pokai
  2. 17Perry Lawrence
  3. 18Marika Parker
  4. 19Jesse Parete
  5. 20Olly Lawson
  6. 21Ben Dufficy
  7. 22Taniela Rakuro
  8. 23Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens