Canterbury And Otago Teams Named For NPC Final

Both the Canterbury and Otago teams have been named for the NPC Final match at Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch at 4.05pm on Saturday 25th October.

Canterbury:

1. Finlay Brewis, 2. Brodie McAlister, 3. Seb Calder, 4. Liam Jack, 5. Jamie Hannah, 6. Zach Gallagher, 7. Tom Christie (c), 8. Dominic Gardiner, 9. Louie Chapman, 10. Andrew Knewstubb, 11. Ngatungane Punivai, 12. Dallas McLeod, 13. Braydon Ennor, 14. Manasa Mataele, 15. Chay Fihaki

Reserves:

 16. Nick Hyde, 17. Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18. Gus Brown, 19. Tahlor Cahill, 20. Torian Barnes, 21. Tyson Belworthly, 22. James White, 23. Jone Rova

Otago: 

1. Abraham Pole, 2. Nic Souchon, 3. Rohan Wingham, 4. Will Tucker, 5. Oliver Haig, 6. Will Stodart, 7. Lucas Casey, 8. Christian Lio-Willie, 9. Dylan Pledger, 10. Cameron Millar, 11. Jona Nareki, 12. Thomas Umaga-Jensen, 13. Josh Timu, 14. Jae Broomfield, 15. Sam Gilbert (c)

Reserves: 

16. Liam Coltman, 17. Benjamin Lopas, 18. Moana Takataka, 19. Joseva Tamani, 20. Harry Taylor, 21. Nathan Hastie, 22. Josh Whaanga, 23. Finn Hurley

NPC Semi Final-Results

Otago and Canterbury will face off in the NPC final at Apollo Projects Stadium on Saturday after their wins over Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay.

Otago: 41

Tries: Jona Nareki, Christian Lio-Willie, Will Stodart, Dylan Pledger, Finn Hurley Conversions: Cameron Millar 5, Penalties: Millar, Sam Gilbert

Bay of Plenty: 17

Tries: Viveni Lasaqa, Cole Forbes, Ngarohi McGarvey-Black, Conversion: Lucas Cashmore 

Canterbury: 43

Tries: Ngane Punivai, Sam Darry, Dallas McLeod 2, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Tom Christie, Conversions: Chay Fihaki 5, Penalty: Fihaki

Hawke’s Bay: 19 

Tries: Neria Fomai, Folau Fakatava, Jonah Lowe, Conversions: Lincoln McClutchie 2