Two changes from Sunwolves

Editor

Sunwolves head coach Jamie Joseph has made just two changes to his side for Friday's Super Rugby meeting with the Hurricanes.

On the back of a spirited performance in a 33-11 loss at the Crusaders last week, the Sunwolves will be looking to build on that showing.

The two changes come in the pack where Shota Horie comes in at hooker in place of Jaba Bregvadze, who moves to the bench, while prop Takuma Asahara gets the nod at tighthead prop in place of Jiwon Koo. Otherwise the starting line-up is unchanged for the Westpac Stadium fixture.

The Sunwolves remain winless in Super Rugby this season, having lost their opening eight games in a disappointing start to the campaign.

Sunwolves: 15 William Tupou, 14 Hosea Saumaki, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Michael Little, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Fumiaka Tanaka, 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Pieter Labuschagne (c), 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 James Moore, 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Craig Millar
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Shintaro Ishihara, 18 Nikoloz Khataishvili, 19 Wimpie van der Walt, 20 Edward Quirk, 21 Yutaka Nagare, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Semisi Masirewa

Date: Friday, April 27
Venue: Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Kick-off: 19:35 local (07:35 GMT)
Referee: Jamie Nutbrown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Nick Briant (New Zealand)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)