Home team
Counties Manukau
Away team
Tasman Makos
Venue
Navigation Homes Stadium
Competition
NPC
Kick-off time
6:05 am (UK) 5:05 pm (NZ)
Watch Live in the UK
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Counties Manukau vs Tasman Makos NPC preview as the sides meet at the Navigation Homes Stadium in round three of the competition.
Counties have had a disappointing start to the season and sit bottom of the league table, without a point. Tasman have one win so far and sit on five points.
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**Counties Manukau**
**Tasman Makos**
**Forwards**
Adams
**1**
Coxon
West-Stevens
**2**
Asiata
Polo
**3**
Sykes-Martin
Ngatai-Tafau
**4**
Leepien
Tupou
**5**
Shalfoon
Motuga
**6**
Lee
Brash
**7**
Scott
Church
**8**
Lowe
**Backs**
Taumateine
**9**
Hotham
Rainsford
**10**
W Havili
Tuitama
**11**
Taumoefolau
Ofa
**12**
D Havili
Makiri
**13**
N Sauira
Gray
**14**
T Sauira
Morrison
**15**
Hewitt-Smart
**Replacements**
Moananu
**16**
Irvine
Lindenmuth
**17**
Heywood
Moli
**18**
Mafi
Poloniati
**19**
Faifua
Short
**20**
Hemopo
Matavao
**21**
Thornalley
Alatimu
**22**
Grant
Molia
**23**
Pacey
**Counties Manukau (Home team):**
**Result**
**Date**
**Competition**
**Opponent**
**Score**
Loss
6th August 2026
NPC
North Harbour
59-19
Loss
1st August 2026
NPC
Taranaki
5-20
Loss
12th October 2025
NPC Playoffs
Canterbury
23-15
Won
5th October 2025
NPC
Tasman
41-49
Won
28th September 2025
NPC
Manawatu
48-24
Counties Manukau have had a disappointing start to the season with heavy defeats to Taranki and North Harbour. They will be aiming to pick up their first point of the competition as they welcome Tasman. They conceded nine tries in their defeat by North Harbour, a number they will not be looking to recreate anytime soon.
**Tasman Makos (Away team):**
**Result**
**Date**
**Competition**
**Opponent**
**Score**
Loss
8th Auguts 2026
NPC
Hawkes Bay
50-19
Won
31st July 2026
NPC
North Harbour
31-29
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
Tasman started the season with an impressive win in round one over North Harbour, before a heavy loss to Hawkes Bay in round two. After three early tries conceded there was no way back into the game and they went on to concede a total of eight.
Date
Competition
Winner
Score
5th October 2025
NPC
Counties
41-49
24th August 2024
NPC
Tasman
3-48
17th September 2023
NPC
Tasman
27-17
12th September 2020
NPC
Tasman
24-41
6th September 2019
NPC
Tasman
0-36
Counties Manukau won a barnstorming 80-point game last season against Tasman, but Tasman had won five in a row before that in a run stretching back to 2018. Last season’s game was the first to be decided by fewer than 10 points since 2016.