Canterbury will be looking to secure their ninth provincial title in ten years, when they host Tasman in the Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Final on Saturday night. 

Head Coach Glenn Delaney has named his team for the 2017 season decider, which features just two changes from the side that beat North Harbour 35-24 in the Semi-Final last weekend.

In the forward pack Hamish Dalzell joins the starting line-up at lock, in place of the injured Mitchell Dunshea.

In the backs, Richie Mo'unga returns to the team this week to start at first five-eighth, while Brett Cameron moves to the bench. 

New Zealand Under 20 representative Tom Christie will join the match day team for the Final and could make his debut if called on in the reserves; the young loose forward has been named in the No. 20 jersey, while Reed Prinsep will wear the No. 19 jersey this week.

Delaney said Saturday night's match promised to have all the makings of a classic Final: "I'm proud of the work this team has done to get us to this stage of the competition, and we now have 80 minutes left of our season to execute all that we have learnt along the way. 

"It is somewhat fitting that we opened our season against Tasman back in August, and we'll meet them again in the Final tomorrow night. We know we can't afford to dwell on previous results between the sides; both teams have come a long way since round one and it's going to be a great battle on Saturday night", Delaney said.

Kick off is at 7:35pm, Saturday 28 October, at AMI Stadium in Christchurch.  

Canterbury team to play Tasman:

1.    Alex Hodgman 

2.    Ben Funnell 

3.    Siate Tokolahi

4.    Hamish Dalzell

5.    Dominic Bird

6.    Tom Sanders

7.    Billy Harmon

8.    Luke Whitelock (C)

9.    Mitchell Drummond

10.  Richie Mo'unga 

11.  Braydon Ennor

12.  Rob Thompson

13.  Tim Bateman (VC)

14.  Josh McKay

15.  George Bridge

RESERVES:

16.  Nathan Vella

17.  Chris Gawler

18.  Oliver Jager

19.  Reed Prinsep

20.  Tom Christie

21.  Jack Stratton

22.  Brett Cameron

23.  Inga Finau