The dependable Dickson is in the South Island backs and the exciting Piutau is in the North Island squad. Dickson is a member of the Highlanders wider training squad.
Former All Black assistant coach Tony Gilbert will coach the South Island with Otago coach Tony Brown.
"A number of players in both teams are on the fringe of All Blacks selection. They will have plenty to play for," Gilbert said yesterday.
"These festival-style games are always great entertainment so I think the fans are in for a treat.
"But as soon as the game starts it will be a contest."
Hooker Jason Rutledge will captain the South Island and will be joined by 13 other Highlanders. There are eight Crusaders in the squad.
It will be the first inter-island game to be played since professional rugby started in 1996.
The last inter-island game was played at Carisbrook in 1995 when the North Island won 55-22.
Jonah Lomu scored two tries that day.
The last three inter-island games have been played in Otago.
In 1986, North beat South 22-10 in Oamaru.
"We know how intense the rugby season is these days so it's great that so many players have been willing to put their hand up for the match," Gilbert said.
"A number of players are not available because of niggling injuries and one or two have flat batteries."
Dumped All Black halfback Andy Ellis was keen to play but has been battered and bruised in recent games and needed a rest.
Gilbert is excited about the South Island team.
"There are some old heads and some exciting young players as well," he said.
"This is a good group of players and they will be pawing at the ground to get going."
It will be the first time Gilbert has coached elite rugby since ending his contract with the Borders franchise in Scotland in 2004.
He had a golden period when he coached Kaikorai to its first Dunedin banner since 1921 in 1997, Otago to the NPC title in 1998 and the Highlanders team that finished runner-up to the Crusaders in the Super 12 final in 1999.
Gilbert was assistant coach of the All Blacks for the next two years and then had a two-year stint with Borders.
When Gilbert returned to Dunedin he was on the Otago NPC management team for two years and in charge of recruitment for the Otago Rugby Football Union.
He then shifted to Central Otago and has been assistant coach of the Alexandra premiers for the last two years.
He is chuffed about his appointment to coach the South Island.
"It's nice to be asked," Gilbert said.
"It's always good to work with young players who have the right attitude and good values."
Gilbert believes the game is important because it gives respect to the great players of the past.
"The last match was held in Dunedin in 1995 in the amateur days," Gilbert said.
Professional rugby started in 1996, but the game could have become very different if All Blacks Jeff Wilson and Josh Kronfeld and the rest of the Otago team had not stayed with the New Zealand Rugby Union.
"It was an important decision the Otago team made to stick together, and draw players from other unions in," Gilbert said.
"We owe respect to the players who turned down some pretty big money to stay with New Zealand rugby and not to go with the rugby circus.
"I want to make sure we acknowledge the way the players stayed together to maintain the structure of New Zealand rugby."
Dunedin Venues Management Limited chief executive David Davies said 2500 tickets had been sold for the game but he expected sales to pick up after the announcement of the teams.
He expected ticket sales to follow the same pattern that is experienced for Highlanders games.
"The people of Dunedin like to know what they are paying for," Davies said.
"I expect a good week and a surge on game day."
The stadium needs to sell 5000 tickets to cover costs. Davies hopes to see 10,000 spectators at the game.
"Anything more than that is a win but I'd be slightly disappointed if we got less."
North v South
The teams
North Island
Forwards: Jeffery Toomaga-Allen (Hurricanes), Toby Smith (Chiefs), Josh Hohneck (Chiefs), Dane Coles (Hurricanes), Tom McCartney (Blues), James Broadhurst (Hurricanes), Michael Fitzgerald (Chiefs), Filo Paulo (Blues), Faifili Levave (Hurricanes), Brad Shields (Hurricanes), Scott Waldrom (Chiefs), Luke Braid (Blues).
Backs: Brendon Leonard (Chiefs), Alby Mathewson (Blues), Andrew Horrell (Chiefs), Hadleigh Parkes (Blues), Richard Buckman (Hurricanes), Charles Piutau (New Zealand Sevens), David Raikuna (Blues), Lelia Masaga (Chiefs), Lachie Munro (Blues), Robbie Robinson (Chiefs).
South Island
Forwards: Jamie Mackintosh (Highlanders), Chris King (Highlanders), Ma'afu Fia (Highlanders), Jason Rutledge (Highlanders), Quentin MacDonald (Crusaders), Jarrad Hoeata (Highlanders), Tom Donnelly (Crusaders), Culum Retallick (Highlanders), Tim Boys (Highlanders), Scott Fuglistaller (Highlanders), Matt Todd (Crusaders), Luke Whitelock (Crusaders).
Backs: Jimmy Cowan (Highlanders), Willi Heinz (Crusaders), Tom Marshall (Crusaders), Glenn Dickson (Highlanders), Kendrick Lynn (Highlanders), Adam Whitelock (Crusaders), Kade Poki (Highlanders), Buxton Poppali'i (Highlanders), Patrick Osborne (Crusaders), Kurt Baker (Highlanders)
