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Gender:Male

Est:1955

Counties Manukau

📍 Pukekohe, New Zealand•National Provincial Championship

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Counties Manukau (often known as the Counties Manukau Steelers) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Pukekohe, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1955, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at Navigation Homes Stadium in Pukekohe in the Auckland region. The team is affiliated with the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are black, white and red.

City:Pukekohe

Country:New Zealand

Stadium:Navigation Homes Stadium

Capacity:12,000

Home Venue

Navigation Homes Stadium

Capacity:12,000

Location:Pukekohe

Navigation Homes Stadium is based in Pukekohe, New Zealand. Its usual tenants are the Counties Manukau Rugby Union Steelers, a team that plays in the Bunnings Cup. In July 2009, Counties Manukau announced that Bayer New Zealand Ltd would be the main sponsor of their organisation and the Growers Stadium would be known as Bayer Growers Stadium. Later the main sponsor of the team and stadium became ECOlight, an energy efficient lighting company based in New Zealand, and the stadium became known as ECOlight Stadium. In 2018, the sponsor changed to Navigation Homes.