With another kickable penalty Weepu doesn't fancy it and opts to punt to touch. 5m line out Auckland

Weepu gets off the hook. His kick is wide up Ben Seymour fumbles the missed kick and knocks on in goal.

Ref clear about this one. Wright doesn't release the man before competing for the ball

Hawkins can't continues his impressive kicking display from last week, pulling this one to the right.

Not the most interesting of starts. A bit of ariel pingpong is won by Northland as Fekitoa kicks it out on the full.

Hello and welcome to UR's ITM cup coverage. Today Aukland host Northland in the fortress that is Eden Park, home of New Zealand rugby. After a disappointing loss last week, Aukland have wrung 4 changes including the promotion of 19 year old Simon Hickey to first five. On the bench Grammar Carlton's Kara Pryror is poised to come on for his debut to go head to head with his brother Daniel Pryor. That one will be interesting when it unfolds. In terms of form, Auckland had 5 wins from 5 before a poor performance last week saw them lose to Waikato. On the other hand Northland errors are continuing to hamper any progress. If Auckland remain focused for the full 80, they could win by 15+.