by Paul Cook - While Australia’s ‘third tier’ competition builds towards it’s own climax with this week’s NRC semi-finals, it’s equivalent – and realistic benchmark – across the ditch, the ITM Cup, has its grand final decider on Saturday night. The title showdown sees perennial challengers Canterbury hosting Auckland, as the Cantabrians look to wrest back the trophy they held for six straight years before going out in last year’s semi-finals to eventual runners-up, Tasman. But while their team list offers up some well-known players in the shape of Crusaders and All Blacks such as Matt Todd, Ryan Crotty and Patrick Osborne, there is a familiar name from Sydney club rugby waiting in the wings for his chance to shine on his biggest stage yet. Northern Suburbs’ captain Ben Matwijow has been one of the Shute Shield’s ‘next cabs off the rank’ pretty much every year since he took his 1st grade bow. Inexplicably, while a production line of other, perhaps less he