Football
Pride will be at stake when Marquis Wairarapa United and Napier City Rovers do battle in a Central League football fixture at Howard Booth Park, Carterton, on Sunday.
Both teams are out of the running for the league title but so keen has their rivalry been over the years they will still be pulling out all stops on this occasion.
Adding spice to the match will be the controversy which saw Wairarapa United disqualified from the Chatham Cup competition earlier this season.
It was Napier City Rovers who first initiated the protest against Wairarapa United fielding an ineligible player after the latter had won their third round fixture 2-1.