27 All Blacks are set to take the field when the Wellington Hurricanes play the Canterbury Crusaders at the Levin Domain. Conrad Smith will make his return after taking a sabbatical from rugby late last year, while All Blacks Captain, Richie McCaw, will start from the bench. Kickoff is at 4pm with tickets costing only $10 an adult and free entry for school students. Gates open 3:15pm. Tickets can be purchased from the following outlets: Sportsworld, Paper Plus, Placemakers and the HKRFU office in Levin, Mowbray’s Collectables in Otaki, Take Note Waikane and Placemakers Paraparaumu.
The teams are:
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Hurricanes |
Crusaders |
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Loosehead Prop |
Ben Franks |
Wyatt Crockett |
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Hooker |
Dane Coles |
Ben Funnell |
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Tighthead Prop |
Jefferey Toomaga-Allen |
Owen Franks |
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Lock |
Jeremy Thrush |
Luke Romano |
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Lock |
Mark Abbott |
Dominic Bird |
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Blindside Flanker |
Adam Hill |
George Whitelock |
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Openside Flanker |
Jack Lam |
Matt Todd |
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Number 8 |
Victor Vito |
Luke Whitelock |
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Halfback |
TJ Perenara |
Willi Heinz |
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Five-eighth |
Beauden Barrett |
Colin Slade |
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Left Wing |
Alapati Leiua |
Nafi Tuitavake |
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Second five-eighth |
Tim Bateman |
Tom Taylor |
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Centre |
Conrad Smith © |
Ryan Crotty © |
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Right Wing |
Cory Jane |
Johnny McNicholl |
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Fullback |
Marty Banks |
Israel Dagg |
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Reserves |
Motu Matu’u |
Corey Flynn |
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Ash Dixon |
Tim Perry |
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John Schwalger |
Nepo Laulala |
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Brendon Edmonds |
Samuel Whitelock |
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Chris Eves |
Richie McCaw |
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James Broadhurst |
Andy Ellis |
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Mark Reddish |
Tyler Bleyendaal |
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Blade Thomson |
Rob Thompson |
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Faifili Levave |
Zac Guildford |
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Ardie Savea |
Rey Lee Lo |
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Callum Gibbins |
Jordan Taufua |
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Chris Smylie |
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Billy Guyton |
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James Marshall |
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Hadleigh Parkes |
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Cardiff Vaega |
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Julian Savea |
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Nehe Milner-Skudder |
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Andre Taylor |
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