Now, it seems you can replace that first team with Tasman, and the second with the Highlanders.
Up to five members of the Tasman side that qualified for the ITM Cup final could be playing in Dunedin next year.
Flanker Shane Christie and lock Joe Wheeler are already integral members of the Highlanders, and prop Ross Geldenhuys was among a group of new signings confirmed earlier this month.
Two more Makos - Marty Banks and Alex Ainley - could be heading south.
It is believed the Highlanders have signed the popular Banks, whose cult status has grown since he played for Buller in 2012, Tasman the past two years, and the Hurricanes earlier this year.
He will join incumbent first five-eighths Lima Sopoaga and Hayden Parker.
The other Tasman player in the Highlanders' sights is lock Alex Ainley, an experienced campaigner who rejoined Tasman this year, after three years in Japan.
Ainley, a wily and rugged forward, will join Wheeler, Tom Franklin and Mark Reddish in the locking squadron.