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Canterbury and Otago will add to their rich legacy when contesting the 2025 Bunnings Cup NPC final in Christchurch next Saturday after each producing dominant performance over their rivals in the weekend's semifinals.

The Māori All Blacks coaching group have named their match-day 23 to play the Japan XV at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Saturday 28 June at 9.05pm NZT (6.05pm JST).

Hawke's Bay, Wellington and Tasman continue to set the pace in the Bunnings
NPC as the only unbeaten sides.

Defending champions Taranaki suffered their first loss of the Bunnings NPC season at the weekend when going down to Wellington 26-19 in Porirua.

Six players are in-line to make their debut for the Māori All Blacks in game one against Japan XV this Saturday, 10.00pm NZST (7.00pm JST) kick-off at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo.

At the weekend, leading teams played out a consolidation round in DHL Super Rugby Pacific, with no significant changes at the top of the points table.

A new leader, the Blues sit at the top of the DHL Super Rugby Pacific points table after their bruising 31-27 win over the previous leaders, the Hurricanes, in Auckland on Saturday.

The Blues suffered the greatest frustration in the Super Rugby Pacific
warm-up games for New Zealand sides when losing recently renamed
skipper Patrick Tuipulotu to a broken jaw.