The Steamers come to Tauranga on Friday for a showdown with the old enemy, the Bay of Hawke. The game is at Tauranga Domain, 2pm kick-off. The starting XV is looking more like last season with McGougan injured and still some uncertainty for the wing positions.

Bay of Plenty Steamers v Hawkes Bay
1 Joe Savage (captain) 2 John Pareanga 3 Josh Hohneck 4 John Moore 5 Culum Rettalick 6 Solomon King 7 Luke Braid 8 Colin Bourke 9 Junior Poluleuligaga 10 Mike Delany 11 Jason Hona/Wayne Hughson 12 Cory Aporo 13 Nigel Hunt 14 Ben Smith 15 Zar Lawrence/Nic McCashin
Reserves: Dean Elmiger, Ted Tauroa, Josh Katene, Matt Vant Leven, Steven Wallace, Nick McCashin, Wayne Hughson/Toby Arnold