Fifita and Savea to start for the Hurricanes against the Crusaders

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