They're settled in Australasia now and the Highlanders have made the long trip home this week, while we also see them as a better team man-on-man, and so will call a first win for the Sharks but only by 5-10 points and we don't expect many tries.
TEAMS:
Highlanders: 1.Jamie Mackintosh, 2.Jason Rutledge, 3.Clint Newland, 4.Josh Bekhuis, 5.Hayden Triggs, 6.John Hardie, 7.Alando Soakai, 8.Adam Thomson, 9.Jimmy Cowan (captain), 10.Robbie Robinson, 11. James Paterson, 12. Michael Hobbs, 13.Kendrick Lynn, 14.Ben Smith, 15.Israel Dagg.
Reserves: 16.Jason MacDonald, 17.Chris King, 18.Joe Tuineau, 19.Tim Boys or Steven Setephano, 20.Sean Romans, 21.Jayden Hayward, 22. Fetu'u Vainikolo.
Sharks: 1.Tendai Mtawarira, 2.Bismarck du Plessis, 3.Jannie du Plessis, 4.Steven Sykes, 5.Johann Muller, 6.Keegan Daniel, 7.Jean Deysel, 8.Ryan Kankowski, 9.Ruan Pienaar, 10.Andy Goode, 11.JP Pietersen, 12.Riaan Swanepoel, 13.Adrian Jacobs, 14.Stefan Terblanche, 15.Patrick Lambie.
Reserves: 16.Craig Burden, 17.John Smit, 18.Alistair Hargreaves, 19.Willem Alberts, 20.Jacques Botes, 21.Rory Kockott, 22.Waylon Murray.
REFEREE: Jonathon White