Yes, the traditional Battle of the Bays will be back on again in 2011 as the Bay have a home game against Hawkes in next year's ITM Cup. We will also be playing North Harbour at home with away games scheduled with Northland and Counties. Full Details:

1st round of crossover picks: ITM Championship teams (playing at home) selected an ITM Premiership opponent in reverse seeding order (14 – 8):
Northland v Bay of Plenty

2nd round of crossover picks: ITM Premiership teams (playing at home) selected an ITM Championship team in seeding order (1-7):
Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay

3rd round of crossover picks: ITM Championship teams (playing away) selected an ITM Premiership team, in seeding order (8-14):
Bay of Plenty vs North Harbour

The Automatic crossover matches pre-determined by seeding are:
Counties Manukau v Bay of Plenty (9 v 6)