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Auckland experience boosts rising Western Force star

Lessons learned from playing for Auckland in the Bunnings NPC will fuel Western…

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Paku continues off-field rise up the ranks
Shannon Paku has continued his post-playing climb through the ranks of rugby…
Bunnings Warehouse NPC 2023 home matches announced
Bunnings Warehouse NPC home games have been announced for 2023, with each team…
Nominees announced for 2022 ASB Rugby Awards
New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) top performers of 2022 will be recognised at the ASB…
New Zealand Heartland XV power past NZ Police in Taupō
In a celebration of community and ‘code’ the New Zealand Heartland XV beat the…
New Zealand Heartland XV set for New Zealand Police match
The New Zealand Heartland XV team has been named for this weekend’s match…

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ASB Rugby Awards 2022
Catch all the action from the 2022 edition of the ASB Rugby Awards brought to…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | FINAL Highlights | Canterbury v Wellington
What a match! Check out all the best bits from The Big Dance of 2022 as old…
Bunnings Heartland 2022 | FINAL Highlights | East Coast v Mid Canterbury
The Lochore Cup was up for grabs as East Coast hosted Mid Canterbury in a…
Bunnings Heartland 2022 | FINAL Highlights | South Canterbury v Whanganui
Whanganui made the trip to take on the seemingly unstoppable South Canterbury…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Semifinal Highlights | Canterbury v Bay of Plenty
The Steamers headed down south to battle the juggernaut that is Canterbury…
Bunnings Heartland 2022 | Semifinal Highlights | South Canterbury v King Country
Check out all the highlights from the semifinal clash between South Canterbury…
Bunnings Heartland 2022 | Semifinal Highlights | Whanganui v Thames Valley
Check out all the highlights from the semifinal clash between Whanganui and…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Semifinal Highlights | Wellington v Auckland
Traditional foes Wellington and Auckland clash in semifinal action of the…
Round 8 Highlights | Whanganui v Mid Canterbury | 2022 Bunnings Heartland Championship
Catch up on all the highlights from this week's featured match between…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Quarterfinal Highlights | Canterbury v Northland
Northland had the massive task of stopping the Canterbury juggernaut in…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Quarterfinal Highlights | Wellington v Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay head to the capital to take on Wellington in Quarterfinal 2. Catch…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Quarterfinal Highlights | North Harbour v Auckland
North Harbour host neighbours Auckland in the first Bunnings NPC quarterfinal…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Round 9 Highlights | Counties Manukau v Wellington
Counties Manukau host Wellington in the final round of the #BunningsNPC with…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Round 9 Highlights | Otago v Canterbury
Otago hosted top-of-the-table Canterbury under the roof. Check out all the…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Round 9 Highlights | Auckland v Taranaki
The Taranaki Bulls headed to the big smoke to take on Auckland Rugby in the…
Round 7 Highlights | Mid Canterbury v South Canterbury | 2022 Bunnings Heartland Championship
Catch up on all the highlights from this week's featured match between Mid…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Round 9 Highlights | Southland v North Harbour
Check out the action from Rugby Park in Invercargill as Southland hosted North…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Round 9 Highlights | Southland v North Harbour
Check out the action from Rugby Park in Invercargill as Southland hosted North…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Round 8 Highlights | Bay of Plenty v Northland
The Taniwha were playing for another week in the competition, and the Steamers…
Bunnings NPC 2022 | Round 8 Highlights | Southland v Counties Manukau
The Southland Stags have been on an almost one-year-long losing streak, and…

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Auckland experience boosts rising Western Force star
Lessons learned from playing for Auckland in the Bunnings NPC will fuel Western Force No8 Jackson Pugh through Super Rugby Pacific in 2023.
Paku continues off-field rise up the ranks
Shannon Paku has continued his post-playing climb through the ranks of rugby administration with his appointment as the interim chief executive of Wellington Rugby.
Bunnings Warehouse NPC 2023 home matches announced
Bunnings Warehouse NPC home games have been announced for 2023, with each team to host five home matches across the season.

Nominees announced for 2022 ASB Rugby Awards
New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) top performers of 2022 will be recognised at the ASB Rugby Awards, with nominees announced today.
New Zealand Heartland XV power past NZ Police in Taupō
In a celebration of community and ‘code’ the New Zealand Heartland XV beat the Police XV 84-14 at Owen Delany Park in Taupō on Sunday.
New Zealand Heartland XV set for New Zealand Police match
The New Zealand Heartland XV team has been named for this weekend’s match against the New Zealand Police at Owen Delany Park in Taupō.
Six great NPC 'breakout' stars
A breakout season is characterised by a sudden significant improvement or increase in popularity. The Bunnings National Provincial Championship (NPC) always throws up a bundle of exciting new prospects who ‘breakout.’

Heartland XV named for New Zealand Police challenge
The New Zealand Heartland XV squad has been named ahead of their upcoming match against the New Zealand Police on Sunday 6 November, at Owen Delany Park in Taupō.
Ngāti Porou East Coast win Lochore Cup final
Manawanui means to be steadfast, stout-hearted, tolerant, patient, unwavering, resolute, persistent, committed, dedicated, unswerving, staunch, dogged, and tolerant.

Wellington complete NPC title and Ranfurly Shield double
Seventh time lucky was the reward for Wellington when beating Canterbury 26–18 in Christchurch on Saturday to claim the Bunnings NPC title for the first time since 2000.
South Canterbury clinch Meads Cup
Discipline issues, notably when suffering a sin-binning three-quarters of the way through the game, proved costly for Whanganui as it had to bow to South Canterbury's superior control in their 47-36 win to retain the Meads Cup in the Heartland final at Pleasant Point on Saturday.
Meads Cup and Lochore Cup finals: Team Lists
It’s finals weekend in the Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship.
Bunnings NPC Final Preview: Canterbury v Wellington
Two of New Zealand’s biggest provincial rivals clash in the Bunnings NPC final in Christchurch on Saturday night.

Remembering the champion Wellington Lions 2000 side
Ahead of the Canterbury v Wellington Bunnings NPC final on Saturday, we remember the champion Wellington side which beat Canterbury 34-29 in the 2000 final.

Was the 2000 final the greatest NPC game ever played?
Since the dawn of the new millennium, Canterbury (199 from 265) and Wellington (165 from 238) have won more games in the NPC than any other provinces.
Wellington and Canterbury set for final showdown
Canterbury, a virtual caretaker of the Bunnings NPC competition this century and with 14 championships since 1976, will host Wellington with four championships, the last in 2000, in next weekend's final in Christchurch.
South Canterbury storm into Meads Cup final
South Canterbury will defend its Bunnings Meads Cup Heartland rugby title next weekend against last season's Lochore Cup winners Whanganui in Timaru.
Bunnings NPC semifinals: Preview and Team Lists
It’s crunch time in the Bunnings NPC with just four teams remaining to challenge for the title of 2022 champions.
Just four teams left standing in the Bunnings NPC
Canterbury will play Bay of Plenty while Wellington will meet Auckland in the Bunnings NPC semifinals next week.
Semifinalists confirmed in the Bunnings Heartland Championship
King Country celebrated their centennial season by muscling past North Otago to claim a place in the Meads Cup semifinals of the Bunnings Heartland Championship next weekend.