Canterbury team to play Waikato

Aug 27 • General News, Mitre 10 Cup, New Zealand • 2373 Views • Comments Off on Canterbury team to play Waikato

Canterbury Head Coach Scott Robertson has named his team to play Waikato on Thursday night. Two players have returned from the All Black camp to take the field – Colin Slade and Luke Whitelock.

A shoulder injury to Joe Moody in last week’s match against Waikato has ruled him out of the game, so Paea Fa’anunu returns to the loosehead prop position with Ben Funnell and Nepo Laulala completing the front row. Sione Faletau will provide cover for the props from the bench.

Joel Everson will pair up with Matt Symons in the locking positions this week. Robertson has continued his rotation policy with the halfbacks, so Willi Heinz will start with Andy Ellis on the bench.

Luke Whitelock’s return to number eight and Colin Slade to fullback sees Jordan Taufua and Jamie Verran taking their places in the reserves.

NZ Sevens player Belgium Tuatagaloa may get to make his Canterbury debut against Waikato if he is required to come off the bench.

Kick-off is at 7:35pm at AMI Stadium (Addington). Tickets are available through Ticket Direct (0800 224 224 or www.tickets.co.za), The Palms, South City Champions of the World, or selected Warehouse stores.

Canterbury team to play Waikato:

No.	POSITION	SURNAME	FIRST NAME
1	Loosehead Prop	FA’ANUNU	PAEA
2	Hooker	FUNNELL	BEN
3	Tighthead Prop	LAULALA	NEPO
4	Left Lock	EVERSON	JOEL
5	Right Lock	SYMONS	MATT
6	Blindside Flanker	WHITELOCK	GEORGE (C)
7	Openside Flanker	TODD	MATT
8	Number Eight	WHITELOCK	LUKE
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	SLADE	COLIN
REPLACEMENTS:
16	Hooker	CUMMINGS-TOONE	MARCEL
17	Prop	FALETAU	SIONE
18		KATENE	LUKE
19		TAUFUA	JORDAN
20		ELLIS	ANDY
21		VERRAN	JAMIE
22		TUATAGALOA	BELGIUM