Fire set in Taniwha belly

TANIWHA captain Cam Eyre

TANIWHA captain Cam Eyre will be looking to rev his team up this afternoon as they take on Wellington at Toll Stadium.

The Northland starting line up features only two changes from last weekend's team which went down 28-23 to Manawatu.

Centre Winston Stanley and prop Namatahi Waa are the only changes to the run-on XV, coming in at the expense of Brook Gilmore and Ross Wright - who both take up spots on the bench.

Joining Wright and Gilmore on the bench will be Queensland lock Michael Stolberg, coming in for Miracle Tulua, who will look to get his first ITM Cup cap.

Northland coach Derren Witcombe says his side is confident they can turn around last weekend's loss to Manawatu.

"Basically it was our mistakes [that cost us] so it's an easy fix so we've got an individual focus in doing our jobs and holding on to the ball.

"Our focus against Wellington is holding on to the ball and playing our brand of rugby.They're big boys, historically they have prided themselves on being physical ... [but] we've got some big boys too."

Witcombe added that while Wellington had close associations to the Hurricanes, they were a young team who could be exposed.

PHOTO/MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM