Cape Town - All Blacks flyhalf Dan Carter will come off the bench for the Crusaders in their pre-season match against the Hurricanes in Eketahuna on Saturday.
Carter, who continues to struggle with a calf strain, will play second fiddle to Tom Taylor who starts in the No 10 jersey.
Teams:
Hurricanes
TBA
Crusaders
15 Richie Mo’unga, 14 Nafi Tuitavake, 13
Robbie Fruean, 12 Kieron Fonotia, 11 Johnny McNicholl, 10 Tom Taylor, 9
Billy Guyton, 8 Jimmy Tupou, 7 Matt Todd (captain), 6 Jordan Taufua, 5 Dominic
Bird, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Joe Moody
Substitutes: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Codie Taylor, 18 Daniel Lienert-Brown, 19
Blair Prinsep, 20 Luke Whitelock, 21 Jack Stratton, 22 Tom Sanders, 23
Dan Carter, 24 Jed Brown, 25 Scott Barrett, 26 Alex Hodgman, 27
Nathaniel Apa, 28 David Havilli, 29 Rob Thompson, 30 George Bridge