NPC: Mo'unga scores match-winning try for Canterbury against Auckland

<p>Richie Mo'unga has scored the winning try for Canterbury in his first NPC match since 2020, with the defending champions beating Auckland 38-31.</p> <p>Mo'unga, who has spent the last three years playing in Japan, came on as a replacement in the second half last night, and while he had a few awkward moments, he turned on the class to split the Auckland defence in the 78th minute, when the scores were deadlocked.</p> <p><b>TVNZ will broadcast all NPC matches </b><a href="https://www.tvnz.co.nz/sport" target="_blank"><b>live and free on TVNZ+</b></a><b>, with three games broadcast on TVNZ 1 – a flagship Saturday primetime match at 7pm, alongside Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.</b></p> <p>The first half was helter-skelter, with Canterbury starting off where they left off last season, with early dominance at the breakdown seeing them score two tries in the first 11 minutes.</p> <p>But Auckland stormed back when the red-and-blacks made a couple of errors, leaving…