Score

Wellington Lions v Counties Manukau — NPC

NPC · Round 5

35 46

Full-time

1st half 21–262nd half 14–20

Wellington Lions scorers: Tries Hewitt 13′, Matsushita 24′, Plummer 29′, Palu 59′, Williams 62′ Cons Burgess 14′, Burgess 25′, Burgess 30′, Burgess 60′, Burgess 63′

Counties Manukau scorers: Tries Molia 3′, West-Stevens 21′, Molia 34′, West-Stevens 40+1′, Tupou 43′, Alatimu 48′, Church 53′ Cons Alatimu 3′, Alatimu 35′, Alatimu 40+2′, Alatimu 44′ Pens Popoali'i 80+1′

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Match info

Kick-off, venue, form and the table.

Kick-off

02:05 Sun 30 Aug · UTC

UK & Ireland (BST): Sun 03:05
South Africa (SAST): Sun 04:05
Sydney (AEST): Sun 12:05
New Zealand (NZST): Sun 14:05

Form and season so far

Wellington Lions 14th · 7 pts

LLLLL

Pts / game: 23.9
PD: −263
Won: 0 of 10

Counties Manukau 12th · 20 pts

WLLWW

Pts / game: 25.2
PD: −100
Won: 4 of 10

Season figures: NPC table.

NPC table

NPC table
Position	Team	Points difference	Points
10	Manawatu	−60	25
11	Auckland	−41	22
12	Counties Manukau	−100	20
13	Southland	−126	13
14	Wellington	−263	7

Full table

Scoring timeline

Final · newest first

Full-time35–46
80+1′ Penalty goal Counties Manukau: Gibson Popoali'i Penalty goal 35–46
70′ Replacement Counties Manukau: Sione Takai On for Veikoso Poloniati
66′ Replacement Wellington Lions: Jackson Ropata On for Reo Matsushita
66′ Replacement Counties Manukau: Jackson Rainsford On for AJ Alatimu
63′ Conversion Wellington Lions: Cameron Burgess Conversion 35–43
63′ Replacement Counties Manukau: Simon-Peter Toleafoa On for Blake Makiri
62′ Try Wellington Lions: Riley Williams Try 33–43
60′ Conversion Wellington Lions: Cameron Burgess Conversion 28–43
60′ Replacement Counties Manukau: Cohen Brady-Leathem On for Melani Matavao
60′ Replacement Counties Manukau: Kurene Luamanuvae On for Thomas Polo
59′ Try Wellington Lions: Divad Palu Try 26–43
55′ Replacement Wellington Lions: Bradley Crichton On for Alex Hewitt
54′ Replacement Wellington Lions: Kenkichi Yanagawa On for Hugo Plummer
54′ Replacement Counties Manukau: Rico McQuoid On for Ian West-Stevens
54′ Replacement Counties Manukau: Ezekiel Lindenmuth On for Jarred Adams
53′ Try Counties Manukau: Cameron Church Try 21–43
50′ Replacement Counties Manukau: Aporosa Vuniyayawa On for Leo Ngatai-Tafau
50′ Replacement Wellington Lions: Riley Williams On for Logan Henry
48′ Try Counties Manukau: AJ Alatimu Try 21–38
47′ Replacement Wellington Lions: Murphy Taramai On for Rupeni Raviyawa
44′ Conversion Counties Manukau: AJ Alatimu Conversion 21–33
44′ Replacement Wellington Lions: Jake Thurnbull On for Geordie Bean
43′ Try Counties Manukau: Jimmy Tupou Try 21–31
Half-time21–26
40+2′ Conversion Counties Manukau: AJ Alatimu Conversion 21–26
40+1′ Try Counties Manukau: Ian West-Stevens Try 21–24
35′ Conversion Counties Manukau: AJ Alatimu Conversion 21–19
35′ Replacement Wellington Lions: Divad Palu On for Piri Paraone
34′ Try Counties Manukau: Sione Molia Try 21–17
30′ Conversion Wellington Lions: Cameron Burgess Conversion 21–12
29′ Try Wellington Lions: Hugo Plummer Try 19–12
28′ Yellow card Counties Manukau: Leo Ngatai-Tafau Yellow card
25′ Conversion Wellington Lions: Cameron Burgess Conversion 14–12
24′ Try Wellington Lions: Reo Matsushita Try 12–12
21′ Try Counties Manukau: Ian West-Stevens Try 7–12
14′ Conversion Wellington Lions: Cameron Burgess Conversion 7–7
13′ Try Wellington Lions: Alex Hewitt Try 5–7
10′ Replacement Wellington Lions: Penieli Poasa On for James O'Reilly
3′ Conversion Counties Manukau: AJ Alatimu Conversion 0–7
3′ Try Counties Manukau: Sione Molia Try 0–5

TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement

Line-ups

Wellington Lions

1 Geordie Bean Prop
2 James O'Reilly Hooker
3 Alex Hewitt Prop
4 Johnny Falloon Lock
5 Hugo Plummer Lock
6 Caleb Delany Flanker
7 Dominic Ropeti Flanker
8 Rupeni Raviyawa No. 8
9 Logan Henry Scrum-half
10 Piri Paraone Fly-half
11 William Davis Wing
12 Losilosivale Filipo Centre
13 Matt Proctor Centre
14 Reo Matsushita Wing
15 Cameron Burgess Full-back

Replacements

16 Penieli Poasa on at 10′
17 Jake Thurnbull on at 44′
18 Bradley Crichton on at 55′
19 Murphy Taramai on at 47′
20 Kenkichi Yanagawa on at 54′
21 Riley Williams on at 50′
22 Divad Palu on at 35′
23 Jackson Ropata on at 66′

Counties Manukau

1 Jarred Adams Prop
2 Ian West-Stevens Hooker
3 Thomas Polo Prop
4 Veikoso Poloniati Lock
5 Jimmy Tupou Lock
6 Leo Ngatai-Tafau Flanker
7 Adam Brash Flanker
8 Cameron Church No. 8
9 Melani Matavao Scrum-half
10 AJ Alatimu Fly-half
11 Sione Molia Wing
12 Gibson Popoali'i Centre
13 Tomasi Alosio Centre
14 Blake Makiri Wing
15 Adam Morrison Full-back

Replacements

16 Rico McQuoid on at 54′
17 Ezekiel Lindenmuth on at 54′
18 Kurene Luamanuvae on at 60′
19 Sione Takai on at 70′
20 Aporosa Vuniyayawa on at 50′
21 Cohen Brady-Leathem on at 60′
22 Jackson Rainsford on at 66′
23 Simon-Peter Toleafoa on at 63′