Score

North Harbour v Taranaki — NPC

NPC · Quarterfinals

31 50

Full-time

1st half 14–172nd half 17–33

Taranaki 5th in NPC

North Harbour scorers: Tries Taylor 2′, Taylor 34′, Wye 65′, Rice 76′, Rice 80+1′ Cons Howell 3′, Howell 34′, Howell 65′

Taranaki scorers: Tries Naholo 12′, Slater 36′, Loft 40+3′, Naholo 44′, Slater 51′, Slater 57′, Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens 58′, Tikoisolomone 61′ Cons Clarke 37′, Clarke 45′, Clarke 57′, Clarke 59′, Clarke 62′

Match info Timeline Line-ups Stats Head-to-head

Match info

Kick-off, venue, form and the table.

Kick-off

01:35 Sat 10 Oct · UTC

UK & Ireland (BST): Sat 02:35
South Africa (SAST): Sat 03:35
Sydney (AEDT): Sat 12:35
New Zealand (NZDT): Sat 14:35

Form and season so far

North Harbour 4th · 36 pts

WLWLL

Pts / game: 36.7
PD: +98
Won: 6 of 10

Taranaki 5th · 34 pts

WWWWL

Pts / game: 34.2
PD: +105
Won: 6 of 10

Season figures: NPC table.

NPC table

NPC table
Position	Team	Points difference	Points
1	Canterbury	+71	40
2	Northland	+136	38
3	Otago	+103	37
4	North Harbour	+98	36
5	Taranaki	+105	34

Full table

Scoring timeline

Final · newest first

Full-time31–50
80+1′ Try North Harbour: Hunter Rice Try 31–50
80′ Yellow card Taranaki: Kaylum Boshier Yellow card
76′ Try North Harbour: Hunter Rice Try 26–50
75′ Replacement North Harbour: George Reeves On for Zinzan Hansen
65′ Conversion North Harbour: Cam Howell Conversion 21–50
65′ Try North Harbour: Sam Wye Try 19–50
62′ Conversion Taranaki: Sam Clarke Conversion 14–50
62′ Replacement Taranaki: Jamie Viljoen On for Kini Naholo
61′ Try Taranaki: Vereniki Tikoisolomone Try 14–48
60′ Replacement Taranaki: JJ Pokai On for Bradley Slater
59′ Conversion Taranaki: Sam Clarke Conversion 14–43
59′ Replacement Taranaki: Perry Lawrence On for Jared Proffit
59′ Replacement North Harbour: Sam Wye On for Bryn Hall
59′ Replacement North Harbour: Dane Sawers On for George Reeves
59′ Replacement North Harbour: Zinzan Hansen On for Gus Farnan
58′ Try Taranaki: Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens Try 14–41
58′ Replacement North Harbour: Moses Hafoka On for Bryn Gordon
57′ Conversion Taranaki: Sam Clarke Conversion 14–36
57′ Try Taranaki: Bradley Slater Try 14–34
56′ Replacement Taranaki: Keightley Watson On for Reuben O'Neill
55′ Replacement North Harbour: Toma Laumalili On for Oscar Cowley-Andrea
52′ Replacement Taranaki: Logan Crowley On for Adam Lennox
52′ Replacement North Harbour: Sofai Maka On for Oscar Koller
51′ Try Taranaki: Bradley Slater Try 14–29
48′ Replacement Taranaki: Fiti Sa On for Jayden Sa
48′ Replacement Taranaki: Kaylum Boshier On for Michael Loft
45′ Conversion Taranaki: Sam Clarke Conversion 14–24
45′ Replacement North Harbour: AJ Lemalu On for Sam Tuitupou
45′ Replacement North Harbour: Riley Tofilau On for Leka Tu'ungafasi
44′ Try Taranaki: Kini Naholo Try 14–22
Half-time14–17
40+3′ Try Taranaki: Michael Loft Try 14–17
37′ Conversion Taranaki: Sam Clarke Conversion 14–12
36′ Try Taranaki: Bradley Slater Try 14–10
34′ Conversion North Harbour: Cam Howell Conversion 14–5
34′ Try North Harbour: Rory Taylor Try 12–5
32′ Replacement Taranaki: Seta Tamanivalu On for Daniel Rona
31′ Yellow card Taranaki: Meihana Grindlay Yellow card
12′ Try Taranaki: Kini Naholo Try 7–5
3′ Conversion North Harbour: Cam Howell Conversion 7–0
2′ Try North Harbour: Rory Taylor Try 5–0

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Line-ups

North Harbour

1 Oscar Cowley-Andrea Prop
2 Bryn Gordon Hooker
3 Leka Tu'ungafasi Prop
4 Gus Farnan Lock
5 Jack Lee Lock
6 Sam Tuitupou Flanker
7 Jed Melvin (captain) Flanker
8 George Reeves No. 8
9 Bryn Hall Scrum-half
10 Cam Howell Fly-half
11 Rory Taylor Wing
12 Oscar Koller Centre
13 Leo Gordon Centre
14 Tom Barham Wing
15 Hunter Rice Full-back

Replacements

16 Moses Hafoka on at 58′
17 Toma Laumalili on at 55′
18 Riley Tofilau on at 45′
19 Zinzan Hansen on at 59′
20 Dane Sawers on at 59′
21 AJ Lemalu on at 45′
22 Sam Wye on at 59′
23 Sofai Maka on at 52′

Taranaki

1 Jared Proffit Prop
2 Bradley Slater (captain) Hooker
3 Reuben O'Neill Prop
4 Jesse Parete Lock
5 Jayden Sa Lock
6 Josefa Namosimalua Flanker
7 Michael Loft Flanker
8 Arese Poliko No. 8
9 Adam Lennox Scrum-half
10 Sam Clarke Fly-half
11 Kini Naholo Wing
12 Daniel Rona Centre
13 Meihana Grindlay Centre
14 Vereniki Tikoisolomone Wing
15 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens Full-back

Replacements

16 JJ Pokai on at 60′
17 Perry Lawrence on at 59′
18 Keightley Watson on at 56′
19 Fiti Sa on at 48′
20 Kaylum Boshier on at 48′
21 Logan Crowley on at 52′
22 Jamie Viljoen on at 62′
23 Seta Tamanivalu on at 32′