Vodafone Flying Fijians rake Talemaitoga Tuapati has recovered from injury to wear the number 2 jersey for Southland in its ITM Cup clash against Otago this afternoon.

Southland faced a hooking dilemma when Tuapati joined David Hall and Jason Rutledge on the injury list.

Hall and Rutledge had been ruled out for the entire season before Tuapati went down injured against North Harbour and was forced from the field at halftime.

The Southland versus Otago match kicks-off at 5:35pm.

Waikato will take on North Harbor at 7:35pm.