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Four unbeaten teams, Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki and Canterbury, are setting the pace after two rounds of the Bunnings NPC.

Defending Bunnings Warehouse champions Wellington are the only unbeaten team in the competition after securing a 36-31 win over arch-rival Canterbury in Christchurch on Sunday.

The last round robin game of the season has plenty riding on it as the Highlanders head north to Auckland to take on the Blues for the Gordon Hunter Memorial Trophy.

Head Coach Clarke Dermody has made a number of changes to the side to take on the Waratahs in Sydney on Friday.

The numbers don’t stack up for the Highlanders this week, a 4 -10 win/loss rate for the season compared with 13-1 for the Blues, 23 competition points against 56, yet Highlander’s Head Coach, Tony Brown, will no doubt be focussed on another number - it’s a one-off game and the winner takes all.