Seven All Blacks return for NPC playoffs
- Dave Worsley
- Oct 8
- 1 min read
A total of seven members of the All Blacks Rugby Championship squad will represent their Provincial Unions in the National Provincial Championship quarter-finals this weekend.
Pasilio Tosi for Bay of Plenty is the only member from the 23 who lined up against the Wallabies in Perth last weekend.
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Anton Lienert-Brown, Luke Jacobson and Samipeni Finau will be available for Waikato as they travel to Dunedin to meet Ranfurly Shield holders, Otago, in the first finals clash on Friday night.
Front rowers Tevita Mafileo and Pasilio Tosi will both be available for Bay of Plenty as they match up with Tasman on Saturday. Meanwhile, Taranaki will have the services of lock Josh Lord as they travel to Hawke’s Bay for Saturday night's match.
Top-of-the-table Canterbury will welcome back hooker Brodie McAlister when they host Counties Manukau on Sunday.
The list of All Blacks playing for their provincial teams is as follows:
Friday 10 October
Otago v Waikato – Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, 7.10pm
Waikato: Anton Lienert-Brown, Luke Jacobson, Samipeni Finau
Saturday 11 October
Bay of Plenty v Tasman – Tauranga Domain, Tauranga, 4.10pm
Bay of Plenty: Tevita Mafileo, Pasilio Tosi
Hawke’s Bay v Taranaki – McLean Park, Napier, 7.10pm
Taranaki: Josh Lord
Sunday 12 October
Canterbury v Counties Manukau – Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch, 2.10pm
Canterbury: Brodie McAlister
