Top of the Aupiki Class: 2025 Regular Season Stat Leaders

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As Sky Super Rugby Aupiki hurtles toward a blockbuster final between defending champions the Blues and a surging Matatū side at Eden Park this weekend, we take a moment to celebrate the standout individual performances from the regular season.

From try-scoring machines to tireless tacklers and playmaking maestros, here are the players who topped the stat charts and lit up the competition in 2025.

MOST TRIES

6: Ruby Tui (Chiefs Manawa)

4: Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (Blues)

4: Ruahei Demant (Blues)

4: Sylvia Brunt (Blues)

4: Lucy Jenkins (Matatū)

4: Winnie Palamo (Matatū)

MOST POINTS

47: Hannah King (Matatū)

40: Krysten Cottrell (Blues)

39: Renee Holmes (Chiefs Manawa)

36: Ruahei Demant (Blues)

30: Ruby Tui (Chiefs Manawa)

21: Cassie Siataga (Hurricanes Poua)

 

MOST CARRIES

80: Kennedy Tukuafu (Chiefs Manawa)

78: Mia Anderson (Chiefs Manawa)

75: Amy du Plessis (Matatū)

74: Maama Vaipulu (Blues)

71: Kaipo Olsen-Baker (Matatū)

71: Layla Sae (Hurricanes Poua)

70: Veisinia Fakalelu (Chiefs Manawa)

MOST CLEAN BREAKS

14: Mererangi Paul (Chiefs Manawa)

10: Ruby Tui (Chiefs Manawa)

9: Jaymie Kolose (Blues)

8: Winnie Palamo (Matatū)

7: Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (Blues)

7: Ruahei Demant (Blues)

6: Amy du Plessis (Matatū)

6: Azalleyah Maaka (Chiefs Manawa)

6: Te Rauoriwa Gapper (Hurricanes Poua)

MOST DEFENDERS BEATEN

39: Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (Blues)

32: Kennedy Tukuafu (Chiefs Manawa)

31: Mererangi Paul (Chiefs Manawa)

26: Amy du Plessis (Matatū)

25: Ayesha Leti-I’iga (Hurricanes Poua)

22: Elinor-Plum King (Hurricanes Poua)

20: Ruby Tui (Chiefs Manawa)

20: Layla Sae (Hurricanes Poua)

 

LINEOUTS WON

39: Atlanta Lolohea (Blues)

38: Vici-Rose Green (Chiefs Manawa)

36: Georgia Ponsonby (Matatū)

23: Jayme Nuku (Hurricanes Poua)

21: Forne Burkin (Hurricanes Poua)

16: Grace Houpapa-Barrett (Chiefs Manawa)

METRES GAINED

461: Winnie Palamo (Matatū)

410: Amy du Plessis (Matatū)

408: Mererangi Paul (Chiefs Manawa)

400: Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (Blues)

389: Braxton Sorenson-McGee (Blues)

371: Kaea Nepia (Matatū)

371: Katelyn Vaha’akolo (Blues)

370: Jayme Kolose (Blues)

365: Ayesha Leti-I’iga (Hurricanes Poua)

348: Ruby Tui (Chiefs Manawa)

OFFLOADS

12: Katelyn Vaha’akolo (Blues)

11: Kennedy Tukuafu (Chiefs Manawa)

10: Mererangi Paul (Chiefs Manawa)

9: Ayesha Leti-I’iga (Hurricanes Poua)

9: Veisinia Fakalelu (Chiefs Manawa)

9: Cassie Siataga (Hurricanes Poua)

9: Winnie Palamo (Matatū)

MOST TACKLES

110: Layla Sae (Hurricanes Poua)

96: Liana Mikaele-Tu’u (Blues)

96: Lucy Jenkins (Matatū)

94: Kaipo Olsen-Baker (Matatū)

93:  Elinor-Plum King (Hurricanes Poua)

91: Kennedy Tukuafu (Chiefs Manawa)

82: Maiakawanakaulani Roos (Blues)

82: Georgia Ponsonby (Matatū)

Sky Super Rugby Aupiki Grand Final: Blues v Matatū, Saturday 12 April, 7.05pm, Eden Park. Watch LIVE on Sky Sport NZ.

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