QBE North Harbour team announced to play Tasman

The QBE North Harbour squad has been announced to play the Tasman Makos in the last Mitre 10 Cup home game for the 2016.

The Front row has a chance to show its depth with James Parsons and Nic Mayhew remaining unavailable, and Vyron Smith joins the injured list. Adrian Smith returns to hooker and Karl Tu'inukuafe gets his first start of the season.

The squad is:
1.         Karl TU'INUKUAFE                 (Takapuna)
2.         Adrian SMITH                          (Massey)
3.         Sione MAFILEO                      (North Shore)
4.         Gerard COWLEY-TUIOTI        (Massey)
5.         Chris VUI (c)                            (Massey)
6.         Glenn PRESTON                     (Marist)
7.         Connor COLLETT                    (Massey)
8.         Murphy TARAMAI                    (Northcote)

9.         Chris SMYLIE                          (Massey)
10.       Bryn GATLAND                       (Takapuna)
11.       Tevita LI                                   (Massey)
12.       Michael LITTLE                       (Glenfield)
13.       Matt Vaega                              (Massey)
14.       Matt DUFFIE                           (Takapuna)
15.       Matt MCGAHAN                      (Western Pioneers)

Reserves:
16.       Kalem CHAN-BOON                (East Coast Bays)
17.       Hani FATAI                               (East Coast Bays)
18.       Jethro FELEMI                         (North Shore)
19.       Hapakuki MOALA-LIAVA’A       (Massey)
20.       Kane JACOBSON                    (Takapuna)
21.       Bryn HALL                                (Northcote)
22.       Daniel HILTON-JONES            (North Shore)
23.       Afa FA’ATAU                             (Northcote)

Kick off at QBE Stadium, Wednesday 12th October, 7:35pm