Photo of a celebrating Canterbury team, with captain Tom Christie lifting the NPC trophy.
Photo of the game with the full-time score: Canterbury 36 - 28 Otago.
New Zealand / Bunnings NPC
Congratulations to Canterbury, winners of the 2025 National Provincial Championship!
Result of the Final:
Canterbury 36 - 28 Otago
Match report and highlights:
www.provincial.rugby/news/canterb...
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Image with the details of the Final. See our post and link.
Image with the team lists of Canterbury and Otago for the 2025 NPC Final. See the link in our post for the text version.
New Zealand / Bunnings NPC
It's going to be a great NPC Final (and South Island derby)!
🏉 Canterbury v Otago
📅 Sat 25 October 2025
🕓 4.05pm NZT
🏟 Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch
📺 Check you local broadcaster
Team lists:
www.provincial.rugby/news/bunning...
Referee: James Doleman
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The half-time MASCOT RACE is held tomorrow!
The NPC Final between Canterbury and Otago starts tomorrow at 4.05pm and will be live on Sky Sport 1.
Go Swoop!! 🖤🦅🤍 #NPC2025 #HawkesBayAllDay
The HBRU has announced the 2025 Hawke’s Bay Magpies award winners:
Devan Flanders – Hamilton Logan Players’ Player, Player of the Year & Magpie Man
Jonah Lowe – Best Back
Tom Parsons – Best Forward
Zarn Sullivan – Rookie of the Year
Congrats to Devan, Jonah, Tom and Zarn!
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New Zealand / Bunnings NPC
Results, match reports and highlights of the semi-finals:
www.provincial.rugby/news/canterb...
It will be a Canterbury v Otago Final in Christchurch next Saturday!
#NPC2025
80' | Game and season over. The Magpies gave it their all, but it wasn't to be.
Congrats to Canterbury, who will deservedly host next week's final.
Full time: Canterbury 43 - 19 Magpies
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79' | Chay Fihaki converts.
Canterbury 43 - 19 Magpies
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78' | Try to Tom Christie.
Canterbury 41 - 19 Magpies
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73' | Andrew Tauatevalu replaces Zarn Sullivan.
Canterbury 36 - 19 Magpies
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71' | The ball hits the post. Lincoln McClutchie can't convert the try.
Canterbury 36 - 19 Magpies
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70' | Try to Jonah Lowe!
Canterbury 36 - 19 Magpies
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67' | Chay Fihaki converts.
Sub: Manahi Goulton, Frank Lochore and Ere Enari replace Joe 'Apikotoa, Devan Flanders and Folau Fakatava.
Canterbury 36 - 14 Magpies
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65' | Try to Daniel Lienert-Brown.
Canterbury 34 - 14 Magpies
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58' | Sub: Lukas Ripley replaces Anaru Paenga-Morgan.
Canterbury 29 - 14 Magpies
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58' | Chay Fihaki converts.
Canterbury 29 - 14 Magpies
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57' | Try to Dallas McLeod. His second.
Canterbury 27 - 14 Magpies
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56' | Subs: Kianu Kereru-Symes and Isaia Walker-Leawere have replaced Jacob Devery and Geoff Cridge.
Canterbury 22 - 14 Magpies
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53' | Sub: Hadlee Hay-Horton has come on for Pouri Rakete-Stones
Canterbury 22 - 14 Magpies
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52' | Chay Fihaki converts the try.
Canterbury 22 - 14 Magpies
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51' | Try to Dallas McLeod.
Canterbury 20 - 14 Magpies
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Only a single point separating the teams. Anything is possible. Defence and discipline will be key in the second half. That, and a lot of heart!
COME ON THE BAY! ⚫⚪
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40+1' | It's time for the oranges!
Half time: Canterbury 15 - 14 Magpies
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35' | Lincoln McClutchie converts!
Canterbury 15 - 14 Magpies
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34' | Try to Folau Fakatava!!
Canterbury 15 - 12 Magpies
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26' | Lincoln McClutchie converts!
Canterbury 15 - 7 Magpies
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25' | Try to Neria Fomai!!
Canterbury 15 - 5 Magpies
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20' | 🟨 Yellow card for Canterbury's Ngane Punivai for a deliberate knock on.
Canterbury 15 - 0 Magpies
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19' | Chay Fihaki converts.
Canterbury 15 - 0 Magpies
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18' | Sam Darry scores Canterbury's second try of the game.
Canterbury 13 - 0 Magpies
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17' | Ngane Punivai dots down his second, but the TMO gets involved again. The try is disallowed. Foot in touch.
Canterbury 8 - 0 Magpies
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