Auckland (National Provincial Championship)

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Auckland
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Union Auckland Rugby Union
Founded1883;142 years ago (1883)
Location Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Ground(s) Eden Park (Capacity: 50,000)
CEOJarrod Bear [1]
Coach(es) Steven Bates
Captain(s) Anton Segner
Most appearances Grant Fox (189)
Top scorer Grant Fox (2,746)
Most tries Terry Wright (112)
League(s) Bunnings NPC
2024 11th
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Official website
www.aucklandrugby.co.nz

Auckland are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1883, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at Eden Park in Auckland. The team is affiliated with the Blues Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are blue and white hoops.

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Current squad

The Auckland squad for the 2025 Bunnings NPC is: [2]

Auckland squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Half-backs (scrum-halves)

First five-eighths (fly-halves)

Midfielders (centres)

Outside backs

  • (c) denotes team captain.
  • Bold denotes internationally capped.
  • DEV denotes a development squad player.
  1. ↑ Allen is on loan from Hawke's Bay. [3]

Honours

Auckland have been overall Champions on 17 occasions. Their first title was in 1982 and their most recent title was in 2018. Their full list of honours include: [4] [5]

National Provincial Championship First Division
Air New Zealand Cup
Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Division

Current Super Rugby players

Players named in the 2025 Auckland squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

PlayerTeam
Sione Ahio Chiefs
Ben Ake Blues
Tom Allen Hurricanes
James Arscott Highlanders
Josh Beehre Blues
Adrian Choat Blues
Che Clark Blues
Caleb Clarke Blues
Tai Cribb Highlanders
Taufa Funaki Blues
Josh Fusitua Blues
Alex Harford Force
Rieko Ioane Blues
AJ Lam Blues
Stephen Perofeta Blues
Nathaniel Pole Blues
Mills Sanerivi Moana Pasifika
Anton Segner Blues
Payton Spencer Blues
Angus Ta'avao Chiefs
Xavi Taele Blues
Caleb Tangitau Highlanders
Ola Tauelangi Moana Pasifika
Tanielu Teleʻa Highlanders
Hamdahn Tuipulotu Blues
Patrick Tuipulotu Blues
Tito Tuipulotu Moana Pasifika
Soane Vikena Highlanders

References

  1. ↑ "Staff". Auckland Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  2. ↑ @aucklandrugby; (21 July 2025). "Ready to Dance in 2025" . Retrieved 22 July 2025– via Instagram.
  3. ↑ "Magpies 2025 Bunnings NPC squad confirmed". Hawke's Bay Rugby Union (Press release). 15 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Gallagher Chiefs name cohesive 2025 squad" (Press release). Chiefs. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "We're ready to take the handbrake off". Blues (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Game Readiness and Maturity Key in 2025 Hurricanes Squad". Hurricanes (Press release). 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Highlanders name squad for 2025 DHL Super Rugby competition" (Press release). Highlanders. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Highlanders team to play the Fijian Drua". Highlanders (Press release). 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Western Force make changes for Fijian Drua trip". Western Force (Press release). 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Tu'ungafasi marks 150th cap". Blues (Press release). 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "Moana Pasifika name eight debutants for first match against Force". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "Moana Pasifika name squad for 2025". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "Our team to face the Crusaders". Blues (Press release). 16 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
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