Every match-up between Rotorua Boys' High School and Tauranga Boys' College is hotly contested, but you can expect both sides to go to another level when they meet in the Bay of Plenty secondary school rugby final today.A loss will represent the end of the road for one team, as their season comes to an end, while the winner will go on to play New Plymouth Boys' High School in the next step towards representing the Chiefs franchise region in the National Top 4 competition.
When the sides met in the Super 8 competition in June, Rotorua won 35-28 on the back of a Selesitino Ravutaumada hat-trick. They finished the Super 8 competition in third place with four wins and three losses, while Tauranga finished fifth with three wins and four losses.
Rotorua coach Ruki Tipuna said his team were "ready to go".
"We've just been touching up on the areas that we feel need work from the previous few weeks - just little improvements in key areas.
"It's a battle to be the best school in the Bay, that's always going to be there and there's going to be a bit behind that, both teams want that mantle. It will be a tough game with a bit on the line," Tipuna said.