Whangarei's Hannah Wilkinson has capped off a trifecta this week with her being reselected in the Football Ferns squad for a three-match tour of France and Norway later this month.

The experience of seasoned campaigners Brad Wilson and Joey Yovich is likely to be leaned on by the Northland cricket side as they aim to impress at Cobham Oval this weekend.

More than half of the 2320 entries into tomorrow's 25th annual Kerikeri Half Marathon come from Northland and one them is professional Spanish triathlete Michele Sarzilla.

The success of the Kiwis and Samoa rugby league test at Toll Stadium has boosted Northland's hopes of hosting the British and Irish Lions in 2017 and Super Rugby and NRL matches.

While Dan Pryor was celebrating his first game with the Maori All Blacks in Japan, his Taniwha teammates were celebrating for him being named the Northland Player of the Year.

Whangarei club cricket players will be hoping the rich vein of form from the first round of the one-day competition, the Lion Red Cup, continues tomorrow.