Auckland (National Provincial Championship)

For the Auckland Rugby governing body, see Auckland Rugby Union.

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.

Auckland

ARU official emblem
Union	Auckland Rugby Union
Founded	1883; 142 years ago (1883)
Location	Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Ground(s)	Eden Park (Capacity: 50,000)
CEO	Jarrod 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
Team kit
Official website
www.aucklandrugby.co.nz

Current squad

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

Auckland squad
Props Sione Ahio Ben Ake Oscar Cowley-Andrea DEV Robson Faleafa DEV Viliami Fangupo REP[a] Josh Fusitua Maliu Niuafe DEV Sika Pole DEV Angus Taʻavao Hamdahn Tuipulotu Tito Tuipulotu Hookers Nathaniel Pole DEV Mills Sanerivi Soane Vikena Locks Tom Allen [b] Josh Beehre Tai Cribb Tyson Lowry DEV Ola Tauelangi Patrick Tuipulotu	Loose forwards Randall Baker DEV Adrian Choat Che Clark Taina Fox-Matamua Sam Hainsworth-Fa’aofo Anton Segner (c) Ofa Topeni DEV Kitiona Vai Caleb Woodley DEV Half-backs (scrum-halves) James Arscott Taufa Funaki Kemara Hauiti-Parapara First five-eighths (fly-halves) Alex Harford Rico Simpson	Midfielders (centres) Leo Gordon Rieko Ioane AJ Lam Xavi Taele Tanielu Teleʻa Outside backs Caleb Clarke Cohen Norrie DEV King Maxwell DEV Stephen Perofeta Harlyn Saunoa DEV Payton Spencer Theo Steffany DEV Caleb Tangitau Xavier Tito-Harris Cody Vai
(c) denotes team captain. Bold denotes internationally capped. DEV denotes a development squad player. REP denotes a replacement squad player. Fangupo wasn't named in the original Auckland squad, but was announced as a late replacement in the side for Round 3.[3] Allen is on loan from Hawke's Bay.[4]

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:^[5][6]

National Provincial Championship First Division

• Winners: 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005

Air New Zealand Cup

• Winners: 2007

Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Division

• Winners: 2018

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.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Player	Team
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