Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens put in a 5 star performance in his 50th NPC match. He set upĀ all 3 for the Bulls tries first throwing the last pass for Vereniki Tikoisolomone in the 7th minute.
He then broke through on a kick return before turning it back in for Josh Jacomb in the 20th minute before slicing through early in the 2nd half to set up halfback Adam Lennox with a beautiful Fijian-style offload.
He also made a game high 89 metres, 2 linebreaks and beat 5 defenders.
Competition | Club | Games | Tries | Points | Conversions | Penalty Kicks | Drop Goals |
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NPC | Taranaki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Super Rugby | Highlanders | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Competition | Years | Club | Games | Tries | Conv | Pen Kicks | Drop Goals | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NPC | 2019-2025 | Taranaki | 51 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
Super Rugby | 2024-2025 | Highlanders | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Super Rugby | 2021-2023 | Blues | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Years | Team | Games | Tries | Conversions | Penalty Kicks | Drop Goals | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | Barbarians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens was put in a 5-star performance in his 50th NPC appearance.
He set up all 3 of Taranaki's tries, first in the 7th minute throwing the last pass for Vereniki Tikoisolomone, He broke through on a kick return in the 20th minute, turning it back for Josh Jacomb to score before slicing through the defence early in the 2nd half before throwing a Fijian-style offload for Adam Lennox to score under the posts.
In trying conditions the Bulls looked far more polished and came away with a 23-3 win over the Taniwha.