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    A home semifinal playoff match has been a long time coming for Manawatu in rugby's NPC

    A home semifinal playoff match has been a long time coming for Manawatu in rugby's NPC


    They'll meet Otago in this evening's championship semi in Palmerston North, with the winner taking on either Taranaki or Southland in the decider.

    The last time Manawatu hosted a semi final was 2014, and coach Peter Russell says it's a great opportunity to be at home in a sudden death contest.



    Kick-off is at 7:05pm.

    BUNNINGS NPC COVERAGE WITH KENNARD'S HIRE. EQUIPMENT TO TACKLE WHATEVER, WHENEVER, WHEREVER.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Lower North Island News
     21 Oct: One person has died following a boating incident off the coast of Napier today
     20 Oct: Police have named a wanted man, after an alleged homicide at Pahiatua, near Palmerston North - as Jeremy Robertson
     18 Oct: The Canterbury rugby team are expecting another torrid home knockout as they host Hawke's Bay in the second NPC semifinal tonight, to see who'll play Otago in the final
     18 Oct: A person's died after a serious two-vehicle crash in Feilding this afternoon
     17 Oct: The public is being asked for sightings of a man possibly involved in a homicide, in a town near Palmerston North
     16 Oct: Police have found a woman's red station wagon - as they investigate her death in Pahiatua yesterday, west of Palmerston North
     15 Oct: A man's due to appear in Tauranga District Court today, charged with the murder of a six-month-old baby earlier this year, in the Manawatu-Whanganui region's Foxton Beach
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