Tasman Makos vs North Harbour NPC preview: Confirmed lineups

Home team	Tasman Makos
Away team	North Harbour
Venue	Trafalgar Park
Competition	NPC
Kick-off time	7:10 pm (Local time) 8:10 am (UK)
Watch Live in the UK	Sky Sports

Tasman Makos vs North Harbour NPC preview as the sides meet at Trafalgar Park in the first round of the NPC competition.

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Tasman Makos vs North Harbour confirmed lineups

Tasman Makos			North Harbour
Forwards
Sykes-Martin		1		Tafa
Oudenryn		2		Gordon
V Taumoefolau		3		L Tu’ungafasi
Faifua		4		Cook
Shalfoon		5		Lee
Lee		6		Fiebig
Scott		7		Murray
Frizell		8		Melvin
Backs
Hotham		9		Hall
W Havili		10		Howell
K Taumoefolau		11		Taylor
D Havili		12		Koller
Roberts		13		Gordon
Marfell		14		Barham
Robinson		15		Banks
Replacements
Irvine		16		Hafoka
Heywood		17		Cowley-Andrea
Mafi		18		Tofilau
Leppien		19		Farnan
Hemopo		20		Reeves
Lund		21		Muriwai
Grant		22		Miln
Sauira		23		Pulini

Recent Form:

Tasman Makos (Home team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Loss	11th October 2025	NPC Playoffs	Bay of Plenty	27-7
Loss	5th October 2025	NPC	Counties Manukau	41-49
Won	26th September 2025	NPC	Southland	38-55
Loss	20th September 2025	NPC	Waikato	24-29
Loss	14th September 2025	NPC	Canterbury	31-25

Tasman had a disappointing end to the season even though they finished in the playoff places last year. They lost five of their last six games, including their playoff game against Bay of Plenty.  

North Harbour (Away team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Won	3rd October 2025	NPC	Southland	15-14
Loss	27th September  2025	NPC	Otago	41-26
Loss	21st September 2025	NPC	Northland	37-12
Loss	12th September 2025	NPC	Waikato	29-28
Loss	4th September 2025	NPC	Counties Manukau	22-19

North Harbour finished rock bottom of the NPC last season with their only win coming on the final day to Southland by one point. The winning points came from with about five minutes to go. 

Tasman Makos vs North Harbour head-to-head record (last five matches)

Date	Competition	Winner	Score
23rd August 2025	NPC	Tasman	19-43
27th August 2023	NPC	Tasman	20-15
20th August 2022	NPC	North Harbour	35-27
4th October 2020	NPC	North Harbour	40-24
15th September 2019	NPC	Tasman	21-17

Tasman Makos have won the last two meetings between the teams with a 24 point margin of victory last year. The two meetings before this were decided by fewer than 10 points.