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Cape Town – The Highlanders welcomed back all blacks Ben Smith Aaron Smith and Luke Whitelock among others for the Super Quart rugby final against the Waratahs in Sydney
The bidding kick is at 12:05 am ET.
Ash Dixon and Rob Thompson also return to the melee for the Dunedin-based camp, as did the loose attacker Elliot Dixon [19459005whowereallrestedforlastweekend'sgameagainsttherebels
This is the fifth consecutive year that the Highlanders have taken part in the playoffs, having finished in sixth position at the end of the round robin stage this season.
They are in the unfamiliar position of being on the road after playing only two home playoff games since the creation of Super Rugby (1999 and 2015).
Coach Aaron Mauger is excited about this opportunity: "These are the opportunities for guys to work hard all year and there is no second chance. It's just about putting our best performance on the field on Saturday.
"The Waratahs are a quality team playing at home, which represents an incredible challenge for our guys, but as I said, this is are the games we like to play. "
Highlanders lost 41-12 at Waratahs Sydney earlier this season
After the winger, Tevita Nabura received a red card for her kung-fu kick. The defeat has ended
Teams from the Netherlands won the 40-win series against the Australian Super team
Rugby.
Teams:
Waratahs
15 Israel Folau, 14 Alex Newsome, 13 Curtis Rona, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 years old
Taqele Naiyaravoro, 10 Bernard Foley (captain), 9 Nick Phipps, 8 years old Michael
Wells, 7 Will Miller, 6 Ned Hanigan, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Jed Holloway, 3
Sekope Kepu, 2 Damien Fitzpatrick, 1 Tom Robertson
Substitutes: 16 Tolu Latu, 17 Harry Johnson-Holmes, 18 Paddy Ryan, 19 Tom
Staniforth, 20 Brad Wilkin, 21 Jake Gordon, 22 Cam Clark, 23 Bryce
Hegarty
Highlanders
15 Ben Smith (Captain), 14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Rob Thompson, 12 Tei Walden, 11 Tevita Li, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Luke Whitelock, 7 James Lentjes, 6 Liam Squire, 5 Jackson Hemopo, 4 Tom Franklin, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Liam Coltman, 1 Daniel Lienert-Brown
Substitutes: 16 Ash Dixon, 17 Ask Seiuli, 18 Kalolo Tuiloma, 19 Shannon Frizell, 20 Elliot Dixon, 21 years old Kayne Hammington, 22 years old Josh Ioane, 23 years old Matt Faddes
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