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Waikato have won back-to-back Farah Palmer Cup Premierships

Waikato have won back-to-back Farah Palmer Cup Premierships

4 October 2025

They've beaten Canterbury 19-13 in a pulsating rugby final in Hamilton.

There's a key battle for finals spots raging as the regular season of the men's NPC winds down.

Seventh-placed Waikato and visiting Northland are all tied up at 19-19 late on ... the Taniwha are clinging on to the eighth and final playoffs place.

Champions Wellington can't make it now ... they've been dethroned, the Lions failing to roar in the second half as Bay of Plenty came from 21-7 down at halftime to win 33-26 in Porirua.

The Steamers climb up to third ... Otago are top, for now, after ending Auckland's dismal season with a 51-17 road victory.

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14 Oct: A Coroner's found a 50-year-old Gisborne woman wasn't an appropriate candidate for surgery - which contributed to her death

13 Oct: Police have launched a critical incident investigation into a fatal crash in Whangarei on Saturday night - after they flashed their red-and-blue lights

13 Oct: A vehicle's crashed down a steep bank, at Tamaterau in Northland - on Whangarei Heads Road - and has gone up in flames

11 Oct: Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier

11 Oct: Otago have knocked out Waikato in the first NPC quarter-final, now it's the turn of Bay of Plenty and Tasman to tussle at Tauranga Domain today

11 Oct: Bay of Plenty coach Richard Watt expects a pair of returning props to make an impact in this afternoon's NPC quarter-final against Tasman in Tauranga

11 Oct: Jubilation for Otago first-five Cam Millar after nailing the game-winning penalty kick that's sent his province to the NPC semifinals

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