"A lot of us played together for New Zealand when we won gold at a masters tournament in Singapore in 2011. Next year's World Cup for Masters is in Spain and the aim is for all of us to stay together for that," Sutherland explained.
"If I can stay fit it would be good to play at the next Transtasman which will be on the Gold Coast in 2019."
While Sutherland was the only Bay player in the team he said Northland-based striker Paul Snelling, who has played as a draft player for Hawke's Bay Masters teams in the past, was one of their kingpins. Sutherland keeps in shape for play at this level by playing for the Te Awa Pass Masters in Hawke's Bay's premier men's competition.
"Basically we're a team of former Hawke's Bay rep players who still want to play at a reasonable level but we don't train. But if we beat Central Hawke's Bay this weekend we will qualify for the Top Six."
Sutherland, who works as an engineer at Pan Pac, also coaches the Te Awa Scinde premier men's team.