Canterbury team to play Otago

Sep 12 • General News, Mitre 10 Cup, New Zealand • 2771 Views • Comments Off on Canterbury team to play Otago

Canterbury will take on Otago at home this Saturday afternoon, and Head Coach Scott Robertson has made five changes to the starting fifteen that beat Bay of Plenty last week.

Joe Moody returns from his shoulder injury to wear the number one jersey this week, and he will be joined by Ben Funnell and Nepo Laulala in the front row.

With flanker Matt Todd’s call-up to the All Blacks squad, Jed Brown will make his first start at number seven.

In the backs, Willi Heinz starts at halfback this week with Andy Ellis on the bench, and Tom Taylor has recovered from injury to return to the fullback position.

Canterbury will also be able to call on some useful experience from the bench this week, with both Corey Flynn and Johnny McNicholl having recovered sufficiently from their injuries (Flynn – knee; McNicholl – ankle) to possibly get their first runs of the season, and Luke Whitelock also having returned from the All Black camp.

Kick-off is at 4:35pm at AMI Stadium on Saturday, and families in particular are urged to get to the stadium early to make the most of the additional children’s entertainment that will be at the stadium for this afternoon game.

Canterbury team to play Otago:

No.	POSITION	SURNAME	FIRST NAME
1	Loosehead Prop	MOODY	JOE
2	Hooker	FUNNELL	BEN
3	Tighthead Prop	LAULALA	NEPO
4	Left Lock	KATENE	LUKE
5	Right Lock	SYMONS	MATT
6	Blindside Flanker	WHITELOCK	GEORGE (C)
7	Openside Flanker	BROWN	JED
8	Number Eight	TAUFUA	JORDAN
9	Halfback	HEINZ	WILLI
10	First Five	BLEYENDAAL	TYLER
11	Left Wing	KERESOMA	MILFORD
12	Second Five	CROTTY	RYAN
13	Centre	WHITELOCK	ADAM
14	Right Wing	OSBORNE	PATRICK
15	Full Back	TAYLOR	TOM
REPLACEMENTS:
16	Hooker	FLYNN	COREY
17	Prop	FA’ANUNU	PAEA
18		EVERSON	JOEL
19		WHITELOCK	LUKE
20		ELLIS	ANDY
21		THOMPSON	ROB
22		MCNICHOLL	JOHNNY