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Damian McKenzie still has a draw against the All Blacks, but it will not be the one against the Brumbies on Saturday.
The Chiefs covered their bets and rest Anton Lienert-Brown in Saturday's Super Rugby matchup against the Brumbies in Hamilton, but not Damien McKenzie.
The duo has always had one of its two mandatory elimination games All Blacks, and the second McKenzie sitcom. The next game of the weekend will take place next weekend against the Hurricanes, a match in which the Chiefs are expected to welcome fellow All Black Brodie Retallick from his muscle injury.
It's also a match that will have However, he has greatly influenced the composition of the quarter-finals. So, let them rest their first five-eighth game until death is a risky maneuver indeed.
There were many opportunities during the campaign where the parking of a well-known player would have seemed much more appropriate, but it seems that the Chiefs we have settled for the theory of 'getting some points to the bank as long as possible, qualify for the playoffs, then rest McKenzie and win ourselves where we finish, with a No. 10 in the final.
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After Lienert-Brown and McKenzie still need to sit down, assistant coach Neil Barnes said that the thought that's missing this week and missing next week is not the same. was not tactical, but already planned, Lienert-Brown having booked a vacation. this week in Fiji, to stay on afte r The match last weekend against the Highlanders
"One of them was going to leave a week and the other one between them, so that fit with Anton's plans, "says Barnes.
"This is not something 'tactically tac' – we have to win this one – or maybe we can risk losing this one and winning that one after "we are only playing it week after week, we trust the players who are there to do the job."
With Lienert-Brown out, Sean Wainui was moved from wing – where he did a good job after entering without a contract – at his place more accustomed to the center, and Shaun Stevenson was promoted from the bench to the On the left flank, the only change to the back line was so impressive when the victory of 45-22 in Suva.
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Anton Lienert-Brown had made holiday plans to stay in Fiji after the match last weekend. 006] In the pack, there is also a change, with hooker Nathan Harris coming back from a week of paternity leave following the birth of his daughter. He replaces Liam Polwart, who has been rested, with Samisoni Taukei's aho taking a place in the reserves.
The bench also sees a place for flanker Lachlan Boshier, who replaces Mitch Karpik, having recovered from appendicitis suffered early May; while midfielder Johnny Fa-auli also debuted, having started 10 games in the second-fifth-eighth of the season but failed in the last 23 games.
The Chiefs will take a lot of confidence from their superb performance against the Highlanders, the Brumbies will bring much of their own conviction, having knocked over the Hurricanes 24-12 in Canberra while they cling to an outside chance to play footy finals.
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Brodie Retallick will miss another week with her pectoralis muscle injury.
"They've earned me a lot of respect over the years," Barnes said. "It's a very clinical team, it's a very good striker and his back has great punching power, so we take nothing for granted at all."
So, how to reproduce this amazing beginner? "It's a good question, if I could answer that question, then I would be a bloody coach of the All Blacks, I guess," Barnes said. "We were tinkering with things and it just worked the day, I think we are working hard to put them exactly in the same position this week, and it's up to the boys to put it in the paddock. "
Chiefs: Solomon Alaimalo, Toni Pulu, Sean Wainui, Charlie Ngatai (co-c), Shaun Stevenson, Damian McKenzie, Brad Weber, Liam Messam, Sam Cane (co-c), Luke Jacobson, Tyler Ardron, Michael Allardice, Angus Ta & Ava, Nathan Harris, Karl Tu & # 39; inukuafe. Reservations: Samisoni Taukei's Aho, Sam Prattley, Jeff Thwaites, Jesse Parete, Lachlan Boshier, Tahouriorangi Te Toiroa, Marty McKenzie, Johnny Faul
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