{"id":25980,"date":"2026-07-31T21:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25980"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:37:14","slug":"southland-stags-vs-otago-npc-round-one-preview-confirmed-lineups-read-rugby-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25980","title":{"rendered":"Southland Stags vs Otago NPC round one preview: Confirmed lineups &#8211; Read Rugby Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Home team<\/td>\n<td>Southland Stags<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Away team<\/td>\n<td>Otago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Invercargill Rugby Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Competition<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kick-off time<\/td>\n<td>6:05 am (UK) 5:05 pm (NZ)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Watch Live in the UK<\/td>\n<td>Sky 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team):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Result<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Competition<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Opponent<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Loss<\/td>\n<td>3rd October 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>North Harbour<\/td>\n<td>15-14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Loss<\/td>\n<td>26th September 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Tasman<\/td>\n<td>38-55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Loss<\/td>\n<td>20th September 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Wellington<\/td>\n<td>75-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Loss<\/td>\n<td>14th September 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Counties Manukau<\/td>\n<td>10-64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Loss<\/td>\n<td>6th September 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Canterbury<\/td>\n<td>14-54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Southland missed out on the playoffs by losing 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They had started with three wins from their opening five. They only scored more than 20 points on one occasion in the final five games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Otago (Away team):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Result<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Competition<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Opponent<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Loss<\/td>\n<td>25th October 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC Playoffs<\/td>\n<td>Canterbury<\/td>\n<td>36-28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Won<\/td>\n<td>17th October 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC Playoffs<\/td>\n<td>Bay of Plenty<\/td>\n<td>41-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Won<\/td>\n<td>10th October 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC Playoffs<\/td>\n<td>Waikato\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>44-41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Won<\/td>\n<td>3rd October 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Auckland<\/td>\n<td>17-51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Won<\/td>\n<td>26th September 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>North Harbour<\/td>\n<td>41-26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otago finished last season as runners up losing out to Canterbury in the final having been one point behind them in the regular season. They won eight out of 10 games in the competition.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Southland Stags vs Otago head-to-head record (last five matches):<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Date<\/td>\n<td>Competition<\/td>\n<td>Winner<\/td>\n<td>Score<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2nd August 2025<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Otago<\/td>\n<td>15-24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10th August 2024<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Southland<\/td>\n<td>22-13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26th August 2023<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Otago<\/td>\n<td>31-21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21st August 2022<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Otago<\/td>\n<td>32-37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7th August 2021<\/td>\n<td>NPC<\/td>\n<td>Otago<\/td>\n<td>26-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otago have won four of their last five games against their local rivals Southland. 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