12. Jack Goodhue (Canterbury)

Or is AB coaches?

Think Cane made debut for BoP.

Like the idea of the game. Like to see MacDonald coach one of the teams. Robertson the other. Or is AB coaches?

Island of Origin....

That will screw with the NHers as well.

State of Where you played your first provincial match doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as State of Origin.

AC - isn’t Barrett out for the season? The locks match up would have been tasty if BBBR was playing this season.

First provincial match is a joke considering how you would see brothers lining up against each other.

First provincial match is a joke considering how you would see brothers lining up against each other.

Brothers currently play against each other in test Rugby. I assume you also think test Rugby is a joke?

What criteria could NZR possibly impose that would ensure that brothers can never play against each other? Please suggest a system that wouldn't be a "joke".

My point is that the whole idea is you represent where you are from. Main beef is obviously that the South Island gets 2 Barrett’s, when all three are blatantly north island and are currently all signed with their home province, taranaki.

Let me have my moan.

Brothers currently play against each other in test Rugby. I assume you also think test Rugby is a joke?

What criteria could NZR possibly impose that would ensure that brothers can never play against each other? Please suggest a system that wouldn't be a "joke".

Well, it wouldn't necessarily ensure it but making qualification based on where someone played high school rugby would make it less likely brothers would match up against each other, but more importantly would make it much more likely that a player would be representing a region they spent the formative part of their rugby career in.

I see why they've not done that though, as good as Canterbury & the Crusaders are the South Island is less than a 3rd of the population and there'd be a lot of star players who wouldn't get to play.

High school. Sure, I'd happily welcome Brodie Retallick, Patrick Tuipulotu, Damien McKenzie and Anton Leinart-Brown to the SI team.

It would be better than this contrived first province bullshit. Play for where you come from, none of this ARL derived crap that bleeds meaning out of the thing before it even sees the grass.

Why not where you were born? If not born in NZ then where you first played senior rugby.

The South relies on imports and would get crushed if that was the case. The North has the industrial and military might to smash them bro.

‘Province.of.Origin!’

Catchy title, no?

"Brorigin"

Rugby fans will once again get to witness a traditional rivalry rarely seen since the game turned professional more than 20 years ago.

The classic North Island v South Island clash has been revived and is scheduled for Eden Park on August 29.

According to the Breakdown on Sky Sport, selection for the historic inter-island fixture will depend on which province a player made their first-class debut for.

The match is thought to be an All Black trial, similar to this one from 1978 in New Plymouth.

All Blacks assistant coaches John Plumtree and Scott McLeod will coach the north, and Greg Feek and Brad Mooar the south.

The inter-island match was once a regular fixture on the New Zealand rugby calendar, starting in 1897 and running through till 1995 when it became a victim of the crowded calendar that developed as the game went professional.

Since then, only two games have been played, one in 1995 and most recently in 2012.

There have been 80 matches with the North winning 50, the South winning 27 and three draws.

The games have seen the North play in black and the South in White.