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Long-serving Waikato flanker Marty Holah will play his last game in front of his home crowd when he takes the rugby field against Northland on Saturday.
Holah, 31, has played 71 games for the Mooloos and is set to play rugby in Wales at the end of the Air New Zealand Cup season.
The Waikato team is guaranteed a quarterfinal spot in the competition but it will be an away game.
Holah will play in his usual openside position alongside fellow loose forwards Steven Bates and Liam Messam and will be looking to end the season on a high.
Waikato coach Warren Gatland praised Holah's dedication to his team and the sport after naming the team today.
"Marty is a true professional and has been a great servant to Waikato rugby," he said.
"This Saturday's fixture is the last chance our supporters and team will see Marty in action on the home soil of Waikato Stadium."
There is one change to the Waikato forward pack following last week's 26-30 loss to Hawke's Bay in Napier with Aled de Malmanche starting at tighthead prop while Nathan White recovers from a back strain.
In the backs, Stephen Donald has been named to start at first five-eighth with Jackson Willison coming back into the midfield starting line-up.
WAIKATO
Dwayne Sweeney, Sosene Anesi, Roimata Hansell-Pune, Jackson Willison, Roy Kinikinilau, Stephen Donald, Josh Sutherland, Liam Messam, Marty Holah, Steven Bates, Josh Olsen, Mark Burman, Aled de Malmanche, Tom Willis (captain) Craig West.
Reserves: Vern Kamo, Josh Hohneck, Jordon Smiler, Steven Setephano, William Ripia, Jared Payne, James Kamana.
- NZPA
