| Home team | Tasman Makos |
| Away team | North Harbour |
| Venue | Trafalgar Park |
| Competition | NPC |
| Kick-off time | 7:10 pm (Local time) 8:10 am (UK) |
| Watch Live in the UK | Sky Sports |
Tasman Makos vs North Harbour NPC preview as the sides meet at Trafalgar Park in the first round of the NPC competition.
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Tasman Makos vs North Harbour confirmed lineups
| Tasman Makos | North Harbour | ||||
| Forwards | |||||
| Sykes-Martin | 1 | Tafa | |||
| Oudenryn | 2 | Gordon | |||
| V Taumoefolau | 3 | L Tu’ungafasi | |||
| Faifua | 4 | Cook | |||
| Shalfoon | 5 | Lee | |||
| Lee | 6 | Fiebig | |||
| Scott | 7 | Murray | |||
| Frizell | 8 | Melvin | |||
| Backs | |||||
| Hotham | 9 | Hall | |||
| W Havili | 10 | Howell | |||
| K Taumoefolau | 11 | Taylor | |||
| D Havili | 12 | Koller | |||
| Roberts | 13 | Gordon | |||
| Marfell | 14 | Barham | |||
| Robinson | 15 | Banks | |||
| Replacements | |||||
| Irvine | 16 | Hafoka | |||
| Heywood | 17 | Cowley-Andrea | |||
| Mafi | 18 | Tofilau | |||
| Leppien | 19 | Farnan | |||
| Hemopo | 20 | Reeves | |||
| Lund | 21 | Muriwai | |||
| Grant | 22 | Miln | |||
| Sauira | 23 | Pulini | |||
Recent Form:
Tasman Makos (Home team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| 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 |
| Loss | 20th September 2025 | NPC | Waikato | 24-29 |
| Loss | 14th September 2025 | NPC | Canterbury | 31-25 |
Tasman had a disappointing end to the season even though they finished in the playoff places last year. They lost five of their last six games, including their playoff game against Bay of Plenty.
North Harbour (Away team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Won | 3rd October 2025 | NPC | Southland | 15-14 |
| Loss | 27th September 2025 | NPC | Otago | 41-26 |
| Loss | 21st September 2025 | NPC | Northland | 37-12 |
| Loss | 12th September 2025 | NPC | Waikato | 29-28 |
| Loss | 4th September 2025 | NPC | Counties Manukau | 22-19 |
North Harbour finished rock bottom of the NPC last season with their only win coming on the final day to Southland by one point. The winning points came from with about five minutes to go.
Tasman Makos vs North Harbour head-to-head record (last five matches)
| Date | Competition | Winner | Score |
| 23rd August 2025 | NPC | Tasman | 19-43 |
| 27th August 2023 | NPC | Tasman | 20-15 |
| 20th August 2022 | NPC | North Harbour | 35-27 |
| 4th October 2020 | NPC | North Harbour | 40-24 |
| 15th September 2019 | NPC | Tasman | 21-17 |
Tasman Makos have won the last two meetings between the teams with a 24 point margin of victory last year. The two meetings before this were decided by fewer than 10 points.
