Crusaders team to play the Stormers
Zac Guildford was one of the stars in the Crusaders' win over the MTN Lions. Photo Anton Geyser /Rugby15
The Crusaders’ South African stint continues this weekend, but this time they’ll be back on home ground. The Crusaders return to the new AMI Stadium at Addington this Saturday night to take on the top-of-the-table Stormers.
Head Coach Todd Blackadder has made four changes to the side that faced the Bulls in Pretoria last weekend:
The Franks brothers swap positions so that it is Ben starting in the number 3 jersey this week and Owen providing cover from the bench.
Tom Donnelly comes back into the starting fifteen and Luke Romano takes a place in the reserves.
Tom Taylor also returns to the starting line-up as first five, and Dan Carter will move out to second five. That change sees Ryan Crotty take the bench.
Kick-off is at 7:35pm on Saturday night and gates at AMI Stadium (Addington) open at 6pm. Any metro bus between 5pm and 11pm is free to rugby ticket holders and ‘park and ride’ facilities will also be provided again (see www.metroinfo.co.nz for location details).
Crusaders team to play the Stormers:
1. Wyatt Crockett, 2. Corey Flynn, 3. Ben Franks, 4. Tom Donnelly, 5. Samuel Whitelock, 6. George Whitelock, 7. Matt Todd, 8. Kieran Read, 9. Andy Ellis, 10. Tom Taylor, 11. Zac Guildford, 12. Dan Carter, 13. Robbie Fruean, 14. Sean Maitland, 15. Israel Dagg.
Reserves:
16. Quentin MacDonald, 17. Owen Franks, 18. Luke Romano, 19. Luke Whitelock, 20. Willi Heinz, 21. Ryan Crotty, 22. Tom Marshall.
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