Two changes have been made to the Hurricanes starting line-up to face the Crusaders at Sky Stadium this Sunday.
Lock Vaea Fifita will start ahead of Scott Scrafton while Ardie Savea will start at number eight for the first time since his knee surgery late last year.
The showdown will be the first live sporting event in Wellington since the lock-down, and crowds are predicted to be more than 20,000.
The Hurricanes will be looking to bounce back from a 30–20 loss to the Blues at Eden Park a week ago.
Head coach, Jason Holland says they have been working hard during the week to improve their performance in areas they were weak in last weekend.
The Hurricanes will take on the Crusaders at 3.35pm Sunday while the Blues will face the Chiefs at 7.05pm tomorrow.
[Source: Hurricanes.co.nz]
The Hurricanes team:
NO.
1 Fraser Armstrong
2 Dane Coles [cc]
3 Tyrel Lomax
4 James Blackwell
5 Vaea Fifita
6 Reed Prinsep
7 Du’Plessis Kirifi
8 Ardie Savea
9 TJ Perenara [cc]
10 Jackson Garden-Bachop
11 Ben Lam
12 Ngani Laumape
13 Vince Aso
14 Wes Goosen
15 Chase Tiatia
REPLACEMENTS:
16. RESERVE Asafo Aumua 17. RESERVE Ben May 18. RESERVE Alex Fidow 19. RESERVE Scott Scrafton 20. RESERVE Gareth Evans 21. RESERVE Jamie Booth
22. RESERVE Billy Proctor 23. RESERVE Kobus Van Wyk
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