Canterbury v Waikato — NPC
Form
Canterbury
W
W
W
W
W
Waikato
L
L
W
W
L
How it happened
- 6' Try Brodie McAlister 5–0
- 7' Sub Andrew Knewstubb on for James White
- 7' Conversion Issac Hutchinson 7–0
- 11' Try Johnny McNicholl 12–0
- 12' Conversion Issac Hutchinson 14–0
- 17' Try Dallas McLeod 19–0
- 18' Conversion Issac Hutchinson 21–0
- 24' Try Brodie McAlister 26–0
- 26' Try Kurtis MacDonald 31–0
- 27' Sub Andrew Smith on for James Tucker
- 28' Try Mason Tupaea 31–5
- 29' Sub James Cameron on for Dallas McLeod
- 29' Conversion Taha Kemara 31–7
- 31' Sub Liam Anderson on for Andrew Smith
- 33' Try Dom Gardiner 36–7
- 36' Sub D'Angelo Leuila on for Taha Kemara
- 39' Sub Dallas McLeod on for James Cameron
- 40' Sub Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia on for Sean Ralph
- 40' Try Brodie McAlister 41–7
- 40' Conversion Issac Hutchinson 43–7
- HT 43–7
- 41' Sub Gus Brown on for Seb Calder
- 43' Try Austin Anderson 43–12
- 44' Conversion D'Angelo Leuila 43–14
- 46' Sub Manumaua Letiu on for Brodie McAlister
- 49' Sub Taipari Quinn on for Mason Tupaea
- 50' Sub Gabe Robinson on for George Dyer
- 50' Sub Waisake Salabiau on for Michael Naitokani
- 52' Sub Lewis Ponini on for Finlay Brewis
- 52' Sub Torian Barnes on for Dom Gardiner
- 55' Try Waisake Salabiau 43–19
- 56' Conversion D'Angelo Leuila 43–21
- 61' Sub Keaton Neels on for Rui Farrant
- 61' Sub Tyson Belworthy on for Louie Chapman
- 62' Sub James Cameron on for Kurtis MacDonald
- 67' Try Andrew Knewstubb 48–21
- 68' Sub Max Fale on for Sam Darry
- 69' Try Tahlor Cahill 53–21
- 70' Conversion Issac Hutchinson 55–21
- 73' Try Tyson Belworthy 60–21
- 74' Sub Mason Tupaea on for Taipari Quinn
- 74' Conversion Issac Hutchinson 62–21
- 77' Try Waisake Salabiau 62–26
- FT 62–26
Match stats
Possession
51%
49%
Ball possession
164
194
Passes
Scoring
10
4
Tries
4
2
Try assists
6
3
Conversions
Scoring other
113
104
Carries
14
11
Clean breaks
0
0
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
Other
6/7 (86%)
7/7 (100%)
Scrums
14/14 (100%)
6/9 (67%)
Lineouts
14
16
Turnovers
6
8
Turnovers won
639
540
Meters run
10
17
Offloads
168
159
Tackles
28
31
Tackles missed
Penalty
4
6
Penalties conceded
0
0
Red cards
0
0
Yellow cards
Line-ups
Canterbury
- Brodie McAlister
- Seb Calder
- Tahlor Cahill
- Sam Darry
- Corey Kellow
- Jone Rova
- Dallas McLeod
- Johnny McNicholl
- 1 Finlay Brewis
- 6 Xavier Treacy
- 8 Dom Gardiner
- 9 Louie Chapman
- 10 James White
- 11 Kurtis MacDonald
- 14 Issac Hutchinson
Replacements
- Manumaua Letiu
- Lewis Ponini
- Max Fale
- 18 Gus Brown
- 20 Torian Barnes
- 21 Tyson Belworthy
- 22 James Cameron
- 23 Andrew Knewstubb
Waikato
- Mason Tupaea
- George Dyer
- Jahrome Brown
- Taha Kemara
- Austin Anderson
- Michael Naitokani
- Aki Tuivailala
- 2 Sean Ralph
- 4 Dylan Eti
- 5 James Tucker
- 7 Mitchell Jacobson
- 8 Senita Lauaki
- 9 Rui Farrant
- 11 Tepaea Cook-Savage
- 15 Dallas Rata-Makene
Replacements
- Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia
- D'Angelo Leuila
- 17 Taipari Quinn
- 18 Gabe Robinson
- 19 Andrew Smith
- 20 Liam Anderson
- 21 Keaton Neels
- 23 Waisake Salabiau
Head to head
Last 1 meetings in our data: Canterbury 1 – 0 Waikato · avg 50 total points
5 Sep 2026 · NPC
NPC
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 311 | 240 | +71 | 40 | |
| 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 344 | 208 | +136 | 38 | |
| 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 386 | 283 | +103 | 37 | |
| 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 367 | 269 | +98 | 36 | |
| 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 342 | 237 | +105 | 34 | |
| 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 338 | 270 | +68 | 33 | |
| 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 348 | 319 | +29 | 32 | |
| 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 324 | 302 | +22 | 30 | |
| 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 258 | 300 | -42 | 28 | |
| 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 272 | 332 | -60 | 25 | |
| 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 289 | 330 | -41 | 22 | |
| 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 252 | 352 | -100 | 20 | |
| 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 240 | 366 | -126 | 13 | |
| 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 239 | 502 | -263 | 7 |