Canterbury vs Counties Manukau Steelers · NPC
NPC · 2025Full time
23–15
Match report
Canterbury beat Counties Manukau Steelers 23-15 at Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch in the quarter-finals of the NPC on Sunday, 12 October 2025.
That makes it two wins in a row for Canterbury.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
3
Canterbury wins (75%)
0
Draws (0%)
1
Counties Manukau Steelers wins (25%)
Last 4 meetings, since September 2022
Biggest Canterbury win
23–15
12 Oct 2025
Biggest Counties Manukau Steelers win
31–29
13 Sept 2023
Last 4 meetings
- 12 Oct 2025 · Bunnings NPCCanterbury23Counties Manukau Steelers1512 Oct 2025Canterbury23–15Counties Manukau SteelersBunnings NPC
- 21 Sept 2024 · Bunnings NPCCanterbury36Counties Manukau Steelers2821 Sept 2024Canterbury36–28Counties Manukau SteelersBunnings NPC
- 13 Sept 2023 · Bunnings NPCCounties Manukau Steelers31Canterbury2913 Sept 2023Counties Manukau Steelers31–29CanterburyBunnings NPC
- 17 Sept 2022 · Bunnings NPCCounties Manukau Steelers39Canterbury4417 Sept 2022Counties Manukau Steelers39–44CanterburyBunnings NPC
Lineups
Avg. age
26.1
Avg. age
26.7
Canterbury
- 1Finlay Brewis(26)
- 2George Bell(24)
- 3Seb Calder(24)
- 4Liam Jack(22)
- 5Jamie Hannah(23)
- 6Zach Gallagher(25)
- 7Tom Christie(28)
- 8Dom Gardiner(25)
- 9Tyson Belworthy
- 10Andrew Knewstubb(31)
- 11Ngatungane Punivai(28)
- 12Dallas McLeod(27)
- 13Braydon Ennor(29)
- 14Manasa Mataele(29)
- 15Chay Fihaki(25)
Replacements
- 16Brodie McAlister(29)
- 17Daniel Lienert-Brown(33)
- 18Darcy Breen(27)
- 19Sam Darry(26)
- 20Torian Barnes(23)
- 21Louie Chapman(26)
- 22James White(23)
- 23Jone Rova(24)
Counties Manukau Steelers
- 1Thomas Polo
- 2Ioane Moananu(25)
- 3Keran van Staden(23)
- 4Leo Ngatai-Tafau(26)
- 5Jimmy Tupou(34)
- 6Cameron Church(24)
- 7Adam Brash(27)
- 8Dalton Papali'i(29)
- 9Cohen Brady-Leathem(23)
- 10Simon-Peter Toleafoa(27)
- 11Peniasi Malimali(29)
- 12Gibson Popoali'i(29)
- 13Tevita Ofa(24)
- 14Josh Gray(27)
- 15Etene Nanai-Seturo(27)
Replacements
- 16Zuriel Togiatama(27)
- 17Ezekiel Lindenmuth(29)
- 18Siate Taupaki
- 19William Furniss(32)
- 20Alamanda Motuga(32)
- 21Sam Wye(25)
- 22Sione Molia(33)
- 23Blake Makiri(24)