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Captain Augustine Pulu returns for a Blues team showing little sympathy for the fortunes of the Hurricanes Super Rugby
Halftback Pulu replaces Sam Nock for Saturday's game in Wellington in the only change on the side that overwhelmed the Reds. While Sonny Bill Williams is ruled out for the season due to a knee injury, coach Tana Umaga has retained his improvised midfielder composed of outside specialists, Rieko Ioane and Michael Collins, who Was effective last week.
The match is crucial for the Hurricanes, who lost three games in a row
The defeat of the Brumbies 24-12 last week left them hope to finish second in the neo-conference zealander behind the Crusaders looking precarious.
The Chiefs and Highlanders lobby for second place and home quarter-final, but this hardly interests Umaga
"I'm sure the Hurricanes have ways to rectify their situation after three defeats in a row, but we have nothing to lose, "he said," we'll go there and we'll lose everything, get some pride and respect. "
The match is the 138th match third row, Jerome Kaino, making him the most capped Blues player.
BLUES: Matt Duffie, Melani Nanai, Michael Collins, Rieko Ioane, Caleb Clarke, Stephen Perofeta, Augustine Pulu (Capt), Akira Ioane, Blake Gibson, Jerome Kaino, Matiaha Martin, Cowley-Tuioti Gerard, Ofa Tuungafasi, Matt Molds, Alex Hodgman, James Parsons, Manu Pauliasi, Sione Mafileo, Ben Nee-Nee. , Murphy Taramai, Sam Nock, Bryn Gatland and TJ Faiane.
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