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Highlanders name their team to face Chiefs

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Highlanders’ Head Coach, Jamie Joseph, has named his team to play the Chiefs in Hamilton tomorrow with four players set to make their debuts.


Four players will make their Highlanders debut; All Black Andrew Hore will start at hooker for the first time in Highlanders colours alongside fellow All Black Hosea Gear.


Gear will make his run-on debut for the Highlanders since transferring from the Hurricanes in the off-season.


Tamati Ellison, who returned to New Zealand from Japan last night, will start at centre and Otago playmaker Buxton Popoali’i will make his Highlanders debut on the right wing.


The reserves include three newcomers; English international, James Haskell, Bay Of Plenty lock Culum Retallick and Kurt Baker who returns to the squad of 22 after a lengthy injury layoff.


Highlanders


1 Jamie Mackintosh (C), 2 AndrewHore, 3 Chris King, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 5 Nick Crosswell, 6 Adam Thomson, 7 John Hardie, 8 Nasi Manu, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 10 Chris Noakes, 11 Hosea Gear,12 Phil Burleigh,13 Tamati Ellison,14 Buxton Popoali’i,15 Ben Smith


Reserves :16 Jason Rutledge,17 Bronson Murray,18 Culum Retallick,19 James Haskell,20 Aaron Smith,21 Lima Sopoaga, 22 Kurt Baker

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