Tasman Makos vs Wellington NPC preview: Confirmed lineups

Home team	Tasman
Away team	Wellington
Venue	Lansdowne Road
Competition	NPC
Kick-off time	6:05 am (UK) 5:05 pm (NZ)
Watch Live in the UK	NPC YouTube Channel

Tasman vs Wellington NPC preview as the sides meet in round six of the competition. Tasman have won three of their five games so far and sit on 15 points. Wellington are still waiting on their first win but have picked up four points through bonus points. 

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Tasman vs Wellington confirmed lineups

Tasman			Wellington
Forwards
Heywood		1		Bean
Oudenryn		2		Poasa
Coxon		3		Hewitt
Frost		4		Delany
Shalfoon		5		Falloon
Faifua		6		Ropeti
Lee		7		Kirifi
Hemopo		8		Raviyawa
Backs
Drummond		9		Williams
W Havili		10		Harkin
Sauira		11		Davis
D Havili		12		Filipo
Roberts		13		Proctor
Taumoefolau		14		Palu
Kunawave		15		Burgess
Replacements
Asiata		16		Saxon
Moli		17		Turnbull
Wetere		18		Crichton
Leppien		19		Taramai
Scott		20		Petaia
Thornalley		21		Henry
Grant		22		Ropata
Springer		23		Matsushita

Recent Form:

Tasman Makos (Home team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Loss	30th August 2026	NPC	Northland	20-10
Won	22nd August 2026	NPC	Southland	46-17
Won	16th August 2026	NPC	Counties Manukau	35-50
Loss	8th August 2026	NPC	Hawkes Bay	50-19
Won	31st July 2026	NPC	North Harbour	31-29

Tasman lost out in round five to Northland, having won two in a row before that. Both teams kicked a penalty and scored a converted try in the first half to go into the break at 10-10. The game remained level until the 70th minute. Rivez Reihana then scored 10 points with a penalty and by converting his own try to win 20-10.

Wellington (Away team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Loss	30th August 2026	NPC	Counties Manukau	35-46
Loss	23rd August 2026	NPC	Otago	61-22
Loss	13th August 2026	NPC	North Harbour	7-47
Loss	8th August 2026	NPC	Auckland	34-31
Loss	2nd August 2026	NPC	Hawkes Bay	33-52

Wellington have continued their difficult start to the season as they lost their fifth game in a row. The difficult run came with a 46-35 defeat to Counties Manukau. They scored three tries in the first 30 minutes to take a 21-12 lead. Counties scored two tries before halftime to take a 26-21 lead into the break. Wellington then conceded three in a row after the break to get to 43-21. Wellington would score two tries, but a late Counties Manukau penalty stretched the lead out to 11 points.

Tasman Makos vs Wellington head-to-head record (last five matches):

Date	Competition	Winner	Score
15th September 2024	NPC	Tasman	28-15
23rd August 2023	NPC	Wellington	7-0
7th September 2022	NPC	Wellington	19-25
6th November 2021	NPC	Tasman	34-22
31st October 2020	NPC	Tasman	3-19

Tasman won the last meeting between the sides, with Wellington winning two in a row before that. The last three meetings have seen neither side get over 30 points.