At a glance

Ford Trophy opening round: Wellington v Canterbury at Basin Reserve, Wellington: Wellington: Hamish Bennett (c), Jakob Bhula, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Andrew Fletcher, Lauchie Johns, Iain Mcpeake, Jimmy Neesham, Ollie Newton, Malcolm Nofal, Ben Sears, Peter Younghusband.

Canterbury: Cole Mcconchie (c), Chad Bowes, Andrew Ellis, Cameron Fletcher, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Steve Murdoch, Henry Nicholls, Fraser Sheat, Henry Shipley, Will Williams, Theo van Woerkom.

Auckland v Northern Districts at Eden Park outer oval, Auckland: Northern Districts: Dean Brownlie (c), Peter Bocock, Trent Boult, Henry Cooper, Anton Devcich, Daniel Flynn, Zak Gibson, Brett Hampton, Nick Kelly, Daryl Mitchell, Brett Randell, Neil Wagner.

Auckland: Craig Cachopa (c), Finn Allen, Michael Barry, Graeme Beghin, Jamie Brown, Danru Ferns, Ben Horne, Mitchell Mcclenaghan, Matt Mcewan, Robbie O’donnell, Sean Solia, Will Somerville.

Central Districts v Otago at Saxton Oval, Nelson:

Central Districts: Doug Bracewell (c), Josh Clarkson, Ma’ara Ave, Greg Hay, Christian Leopard, Willem Luddick, Ryan Mccone, Felix Murray, Kieran Noemabarnett, Navin Patel, Bevan Small, Ben Smith.

Otago: Mark Craig (cc), Jacob Duffy (cc), Matthew Bacon, Warren Barnes, Neil Broom, Josh Finnie, Shawn Hicks, Anaru Kitchen, Mitch Renwick, Michael Rippon, Hamish Rutherford, Nathan Smith.