Three of the Hurricanes’ star All Blacks player’s will miss the clash against the Stormers in Wellington tonight due to New Zealand Rugby’s resting policy.
Ngani Laumape, Dane Coles and TJ Perenara are being rested tonight.
Players like Beauden and Jordie Barrett, Ricky Riccitelli, Ardie Savea, Ben Lam and Matt Proctor will start for the Hurricanes.
The Hurricanes will host the Stormers at 6.35pm tonight, the Crusaders will take on the Waratahs at 8.45pm while the Lions will face Sunwolves at 10.55pm tonight.
In tomorrow’s match, the Bulls will host the Chiefs at 1.05am, the Sharks will take on the Rebels at 3.15am while the Brumbies will face Reds at 5.05am.
Hurricanes:
15 Chase Tiatia, 14 Wes Goosen, 13 Matt Proctor, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Ben Lam, 10 Beauden Barrett (captain), 9 Richard Judd, 8 Reed Prinsep, 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Liam Mitchell, 4 James Blackwell, 3 Ben May, 2 Ricky Riccitelli, 1 Fraser Armstrong
Substitutes: 16 James O’Reilly, 17 Xavier Numia, 18 Jeffrey Toomaga‑Allen, 19 Isaia Walker‑Leawere, 20 Sam Henwood, 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Fletcher Smith, 23 Danny Toala
Stormers:
15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 SP Marais, 10 Jean‑Luc du Plessis, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Pieter‑Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Chrisvan Zyl, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Substitutes: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Jaco Coetzee, 21 Justin Phillips, 22 Dan du Plessis, 23 Damian Willemse
Source: Sports 24
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