Full line-ups named for this week's round of National Provincial Championship games under COVID-19 Alert Level 2.
The final round of regular season encounters will decide the match-ups and venues for next week's premiership semi-finals...
Waikato v Otago
7pm Friday, November 5
Rotorua International Stadium
Currently sitting second on the premiership table, Waikato are safely into the semis and can clinch a home fixture with a bonus-point victory against Otago, but a loss could still see them slip to a road playoff against unbeaten Hawke's Bay.
Otago have booked an away semifinal against Manawatū - this result will have no impact on that fixture.
Waikato: 1-Ayden Johnstone, 2-Rhys Marshall, 3-George Dyer, 4-James Tucker, 5-James Thompson, 6-Hamilton Burr, 7-Mitch Jacobson, 8-Rupeni Tamani, 9-Cortez Ratima, 10-D'Angelo Leuila, 11-Mosese Dawai, 12-Gideon Wrampling, 13-Bailyn Sullivan, 14-Liam Coombes-Fabling, 15-Ryan Tongia
Reserves: 16-Steven Misa, 17-Ollie Norris, 18-Sefo Kautai, 19-Tom Martin, 20-Jack Lam, 21-Rhys Dickinson, 22-Fletcher Smith, 23-Beaudein Waaks
Otago: 1-Josh Hohneck, 2-Liam Coltman, 3-Jermaine Ainsley, 4-Joshua Hill, 5-Will Tucker, 6-Sam Fischli, 7-James Lentjes (c), 8-Christian Lio-Willie, 9-Kayne Hammington, 10-Josh Ioane, 11-Vilimoni Koroi, 12-Patelesio Tomkinson, 13-Matt Faddes, 14-Freedom Vahaakolo, 15-Sam Gilbert
Reserves: 16-Ricky Jackson, 17-Abraham Pole, 18-Tau Koloamatangi, 19-Fabian Holland, 20-Slade McDowall, 21-James Arscott, 22-Cameron Millar, 23-Raymond Nu'u
Tasman v Wellington
2pm Saturday, November 6
Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
Wellington sit third on the premiership table and victory could see them snatch a home semi-final off Waikato, but defeat would see them fall out of the playoffs.
Tasman occupy the bottom spot of the non-COVID teams, but victory here would see their title defence survive another week. They could even grab home advantage for the semis, with a bonus-point win.
Tasman: 1-Isi Tu'ungafasi, 2-Quentin MacDonald, 3-Sam Matenga, 4-Pari Pari Parkinson, 5-Antonio Shalfoon, 6-Jacob Norris, 7-Anton Segner, 8-Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta, 9-Louie Chapman, 10-Mitchell Hunt, 11-Leicester Fainga'anuku, 12-Alex Nankivell, 13-Levi Aumua, 14-Regan Ware, 15-Andrew Knewstubb
Reserves: 16-Sam Moli, 17-Luca Inch, 18-Isaac Salmon, 19-Max Hicks, 20-Jacob Norris, 21-Jack Grooby, 22-Tim O'Malley, 23-Timoci Tavatavanawai
Wellington: 1-Xavier Numia, 2-James O'Reilly, 3-Pekahou Cowan, 4-James Blackwell, 5-Dominic Bird, 6-Taine Plumtree, 7-Du'Plessis Kirifi (c), 8-Keelan Whitman, 9-Connor Collins, 10-Jackson Garden-Bachop, 11-Julian Savea, 12-Peter Umaga-Jensen, 13-Billy Proctor, 14-Pepesana Patafilo, 15-Ruben Love
Reserves: 16-Tyrone Thompson, 17-Vince Sakaria, 18-PJ Sheck, 19-Caleb Delany, 20-Sam Smith, 21-Richard Judd, 22-Aidan Morgan, 23-Tomasi Alosio
Canterbury v Bay of Plenty
4:30pm Saturday, November 6
Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
Another virtual premiership quarter-final, with the winners progressing to playoffs and the losers going home. If Waikato and Wellington slip up, the victors here could also grab home advantage.
Canterbury: 1-Daniel Lienert Brown, 2-Brodie McAlister, 3-Oli Jager, 4-Luke Romano, 5-Hamish Dalzell, 6-Reed Prinsep, 7-Corey Kellow, 8-Sam Dickson, 9-Luke Donaldson, 10-Fergus Burke, 11-Manasa Mataele, 12-Dallas McLeod, 13-Isaiah Punivai, 14-Waisake Naholo, 15-Chay Fihaki
Reserves: 16-Shilo Klein, 17-Finlay Brewis, 18-Fletcher Newell, 19-Mitch Gibson, 20-Henry Stowers, 21-Mitchell Drummond, 22-Alex Harford, 23-Josh McKay
Hawke's Bay v Northland (non-competition)
7pm Saturday, November 6
McLean Park, Napier
No points up for grabs - the Magpies will finish the regular season unbeaten with home advantage locked up, but Northland have nothing to play for except pride.
Hawke's Bay: 1-Jason Long, 2-Jacob Devery, 3-Joe Apikotoa, 4-Frank Lochore, 5-Bryn Evans, 6-Josh Gimblett, 7-W Tremain, 8-Gareth Evans, 9-Danny Tusitala, 10-Caleb Makene, 11-Anzelo Tuitavuki, 12-Kienan Higgins, 13-Dennon Robinson-Bartlett, 14-Ollie Sapsford, 15-Harry Godfrey
Reserves: 16-G Symington 17-Lolani Faleiva, 18-Joel Hintz, 19-Tiaki Fabish, 20-Solomone Funaki, 21-Connor McLeod, 22-Danny Toala, 23-Stacey Ili
Taranaki v Southland
2pm Sunday, November 7
TET Stadium & Events Centre, New Plymouth
Another match-up with nothing at stake, except these two teams will meet again in the semis at the same venue next week.
