The Sauileoge brothers must be really sick of each other, right?''Nah, it's actually quite good,'' older brother Roma says with a grin.
''If I get tired during a game, I just tell him [Tenina] to make sure he covers for me.''
Roma (29) and Tenina (26) have taken quite different paths to get to their respective places - centre and wing - in the North Otago team this season.
Both were born in Samoa, though on different islands - Roma on Upolu, and Tenina on Savai'i.
Roma came to Oamaru in 2006, spending four seasons with the Old Boys club and the Old Golds before heading to Dunedin, where he played three seasons for Green Island.
Tenina headed to Auckland in 2009, initially joining the Otahuhu club.
He won national sevens titles with Auckland in 2011 and 2012 - where he played alongside All Black centre Malakai Fekitoa - scored bucketloads of tries over three seasons for the Papatoetoe club, and played 11 games in the ITM Cup last year.
''That was really good. Really fast rugby,'' the younger brother said.
Roma decided to return to Oamaru this year and joined the Excelsior club.
Tenina had already moved south - but not this far south. He had joined the Counties-Manukau union and made the initial ITM Cup squad before missing the cut.
Big brother was quickly on the phone, encouraging the speedy winger to relocate to North Otago.
They are living together, near Whitestone Contracting Stadium, with their families.
Roma is engaged with two sons (5 and 1), and Tenina is married with a daughter (5) and a son (3).
The brothers, who have two sisters in Auckland, work at Lean Meats but are quick to point out they are in different departments.
''We only see each other at smoko time,'' Roma said.
The Sauileoges hope to help North Otago continue its bid for a place in the Meads Cup playoffs when they play South Canterbury at Forsyth Barr Stadium tomorrow.
It is a second opportunity to play at the stadium for both.
Tenina played for Auckland against Otago last year, and Roma played for Green Island against Pirates in 2012.
They and the rest of the Old Golds need to find peak form if they are to finish the early part of the Heartland Championship strongly enough to make the Meads Cup cut.
''We started a bit slowly but hopefully we can get going from here,'' Roma said.
