Canterbury gather from Gatland's kick and they go onto the attack from inside their half

North Harbour gathers well before a kick from Gatland

This is Sam Whitelock's first game for Canterbury since 2010.

Cameron gets us underway

Welcome to the first game of the Mitre 10 Cup! North Harbour take on Canterbury in today's fixture and it's set to be a good one. These teams are relatively evenly matched and therefore it'll be who wants it more on the day. That will hopefully translate to a great game of rugby!

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