Wairapa United coach Wairarapa United's new potent strike partnership may be able to give a glimpse of their potential when United's 2012 central league campaign gets under way against strongly fancied Olympic in Wellington on Sunday.
Regular marksman Seule Soromon will have returned from his national league commitments with Manawatu and joining him up front could be the club's latest high profile signing, Englishman Paul Ryder.
The acquisition of Ryder came after Wairarapa United coach Phil Keinzley "chased him down" after hearing he had arrived in the country and was still deciding what club to join.
Aware he was set to begin the season without a number of key players due to national league clashes and transfer timeframes, Keinzley recognised how valuable 30-year-old Ryder could be.
"You only have to look at his record to see why we wanted him ... players like this don't come along very often," Keinzley said.