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    The Canterbury rugby team are expecting another torrid home knockout as they host Hawke's Bay in the second NPC semifinal tonight, to see who'll play Otago in the final

    The Canterbury rugby team are expecting another torrid home knockout as they host Hawke's Bay in the second NPC semifinal tonight, to see who'll play Otago in the final


    The red and blacks had to weather extra time in their 100-minute quarter-final win over Counties Manukau in the quarters.

    Canterbury assistant coach James Lentjes outlines their next challenge.



    Kickoff in Christchurch is at 7.15pm - live commentary on Gold Sport and iHeart Radio.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Lower North Island News
     18 Oct: A person's died after a serious two-vehicle crash in Feilding this afternoon
     17 Oct: The public is being asked for sightings of a man possibly involved in a homicide, in a town near Palmerston North
     16 Oct: Police have found a woman's red station wagon - as they investigate her death in Pahiatua yesterday, west of Palmerston North
     15 Oct: A man's due to appear in Tauranga District Court today, charged with the murder of a six-month-old baby earlier this year, in the Manawatu-Whanganui region's Foxton Beach
     13 Oct: Police will have a visible presence across Hawke's Bay over the next few days - with two gang tangi taking place
     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
     09 Oct: An eighth person has been arrested over a 15-year-old's stabbing death in Napier in May
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