The South Island is a New Zealand men's domestic rugby union team selected from the South Island's players, based on where they first played senior representative rugby. They played against the North Island in the North vs South match between 1897 and 2012.
A match was to be played on 29 August 2020 at Eden Park, but was delayed until a week later on 5 September and played at Sky Stadium, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 South Island squadProps George Bower Alex Hodgman Nepo Laulala Daniel Lienert-Brown Tyrel Lomax Joe Moody
Hookers Liam Coltman Andrew Makalio Codie Taylor
Locks Mitchell Dunshea Manaaki Selby-Rickit Sam Whitelock (c)Loose forwards Tom Christie Shannon Frizell Dillon Hunt Reed Prinsep Tom Sanders
Halfbacks (scrum-halves) Finlay Christie Mitchell Drummond Brad Weber
First five-eighths Josh Ioane Richie Mo'ungaMidfielders (centres) Braydon Ennor Jack Goodhue Leicester Fainga'anuku Sio Tomkinson
Outside backs Jordie Barrett George Bridge Will Jordan (C) denotes the team Captain and Bold denotes a player who is internationally capped
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