Tasman (often known as the Tasman Mako and formerly Tasman Makos) are a
New Zealand
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professional
rugby union
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team based in
Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere
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, New Zealand. Established in 2006, they play in the
National Provincial Championship The National Provincial Championship may refer to:
* National Provincial Championship (1976–2005), original competition before reform into 14 sides
* National Provincial Championship (2006–present)
The National Provincial Championship (NP ...
. They play their home games at
Lansdowne Park
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in
Blenheim or
Trafalgar Park in
Nelson
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
. The team is affiliated with the
Crusaders
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Super Rugby
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franchise. Their home playing colours are red and blue.
Current squad
The Tasman Mako squad for the
2024 Bunnings NPC
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is:
Honours
Tasman have been overall Champions twice, winning the title in 2019 and 2020. Their full list of honours include:
;
ITM Cup
ITM may stand for:
Education
* ITM Law School, one of the professional graduate schools of ITM University
* ITM-IFM, Mumbai, India
* Institut Teknologi Mara, a public university in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
* Institute for Information, Tel ...
Championship Division
*Winners: 2013
;
Mitre 10 Cup
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Premiership Division
*Winners: 2019, 2020
Current Super Rugby players
Players named in the 2024 Tasman Mako squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the
2025 Super Rugby Pacific season
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.
References
External links
Tasman Makoofficial website
Bunnings NPCofficial website
{{Tasman NPC squad
National Provincial Championship teams
Rugby union teams in New Zealand
Sport in the Nelson Region
Sport in the Tasman District