Super Rugby: Hurricanes make 10 changes, rest Dane Coles, TJ Perenara, Ngani Laumape

A pair of short appearances in a cameo will cost the Hurricanes two of their leading All Blacks for their clash with the Stormers.

Ngani Laumape and TJ Perenara played 10 and 20 minutes respectively in the second defeat against the Crusaders, but these brief appearances counted for them. They played five games in a row, which, according to the rules of the All Blacks, makes them miss Saturday's match. at the Westpac stadium in Wellington.

Some may say that John Plumtree should have left them on the sidelines, as they were being thrashed in this game, but as the Highlanders and Crusaders learned last weekend. Do not play in a game does not count as a week of rest of the All Blacks. The player must also be completely absent from the training for the week preceding the match.

Dane Coles also needs to rest after playing at least 40 minutes in all five Hurricanes games this season.

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The largest shopping centerBut the changes do not stop there since only five players keep the jerseys in which they played in the Chiefs draw last weekend.

Beauden Barrett will captain the first five places, while his brother Jordie will play in front of him in the No. 12 jersey – his third different starting position this season after the wing and back – with the Hurricanes on the back of the middle.

Asafo Aumua suffered a concussion at the last minute of the Chiefs' match. Ricky Riccitelli took the place of Coles. James O'Reilly was called by the rugby club to sit on the bench.

Richard Judd gets the green light to replace Perenara at the back.

Toby Smith's ankle injury and Alex Fidow's shoulder injury see both of the 23's accessories, as did Chris Eves due to family mourning. Fraser Armstrong and Ben May start first, while Xavier Numia and Jeffery Toomaga-Allen offer a bench cover against what should be a physical pack of Stormers.

The young body of Du Plessis Kirifi is relaxing. So it is on 23. Ardie Savea returns in the jersey n ° 7 while Reed Prinsep sneaks into the n ° 8 and Vaea Fifita returns to the n ° 6 so that Liam Mitchell can resume his departure position at the lock.

This has been a difficult game of balance early in the season around the All Blacks' rest, as they still have to face the Crusaders and Highlanders over the next two weeks before the first of their two pbad.

Plumtree said that there had been no discussion on potentially ignoring the limited time of Perenara and Laumape against the Crusaders as a match against five.

"We are not going," he said on Thursday.

"With All Blacks players and early season sailing, if you have six or seven games in a trot, and for us there was no easy match, we could not really see a window where we we could rest them before the Stormers game.

"We have big games coming and a tour in South Africa, so we've rested those three now."

Jordie Barrett's move to 12 concerned the need more than experimentation, said Plumtree.

"We certainly had no plans to play against him in the middle of the field, but with our injuries to Vince Aso, Jonah Lowe, Peter Umaga-Jensen … it's a decision we had to take it for the team and Jordie is eager to do it. "

Meanwhile, the Hurricanes hired five players in new contracts on Thursday. Aso and Fidow signed until the end of 2022, while Numia, Kirifi and James Blackwell were on board until the end of 2021.

The Hurricanes team will face the Stormers: Chase Tiatia, Wes Goosen, Matt Proctor, Jordie Barrett, Ben Lam, Richard Barrett, Reed Prinsep, Ardie Savea, Vaea Fifita, Liam Mitchell, James Blackwell, Ben May, Ricky Riccitelli, Fraser Armstrong. reserves: James O'Reilly, Xavier Numia, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen and Isaia Walker-Leawere. Sam Henwood, Christie Finlay, Fletcher Smith, Danny Toala.