Two completed rounds and a washed out round three of the Northern Districts Development competition sees the Basil McBurney Trophy well and truly up for grabs with two rounds remaining.
Bay of Plenty enter tomorrow'sgame, with Northland in Whangarei, on equal points with Counties Manukau, Northland and Waikato Valley having posted a win and a loss in their first two matches.
Bay of Plenty coach Russell Williams said the side would be hungry for victory in the far north after being beaten by Waikato Valley in their last completed competition match.
"We talked about the work necessary to win the competition after an extremely narrow loss to Hawke's Bay in a 'friendly' encounter a couple of weeks ago.
"Our next two matches are must-win games and we will be travelling to Northland to do everything to make that happen. We are going to Whangarei with winning the competition firmly on our agenda."