Chase Tiatia, Wes Goosen, Matt Proctor, Ngani Laumape, Ben Lam, Fletcher Smith, TJ Perenara (c), Reed Prinsep, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Vaea Fifita, Liam Mitchell, James Blackwell, Ben May, Ricky Riccitelli, Fraser Armstrong

Reserves: Asafo Aumua, Xavier Numia, Jeff To'omaga-Allen, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Sam Henwood, Richard Judd, James Marshall, Billy Proctor

@Duluth It's a pity they don't use this game to give Aumua and Walker-Leawere a start. I'd also have picked Marshall ahead of Tiatia, although it's his first game back from injury.

After having a great old time laughing at the Chiefs and Tahs we decide to rest our best against what is obviously a decent Sunwolves side. Sheesh.

I must admit I’m quite concerned by what the Sunwolves can do that said it would’ve been a perfect opportunity to start our reserves as said before they need game time not 20 mins here and there.

@Stargazer As well as it being his first SR game for a fair few years, he also covers 10 and 15 from the bench I guess

@Machpants He played and got injured in the Hurricanes' game against the Waratahs, but yes, very little SR in recent years.

Match Sunwolves v Hurricanes @ Prince Chichibu Stadium, Tokyo
Referee Angus Gardner
AR1 Ben O'Keeffe
AR2 Shuhei Kubo
TMO Minoru Fuji

SUNWOLVES - 10 NZ players in the starting team (counting Kiwi born Hendrik Tui).
15 Ryohei Yamanaka
14 Gerhard van den Heever
13 Josh Timu
12 Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco
11 Semisi Masirewa
10 Hayden Parker
9 Jamie Booth
8 Hendrik Tui
7 Dan Pryor
6 Ben Gunter
5 Luke Thompson
4 Mark Abbott
3 Hiroshi Yamashita
2 Nathan Vella
1 Pauliasi Manu

SUBSTITUTES
16 Atsushi Sakate
17 Masataka Mikami
18 Takuma Asahara
19 Tom Rowe
20 Shuhei Matsuhashi
21 Fumiaki Tanaka
22 Jason Emery
23 Jamie Henry

@Daffy-Jaffy oh why oh why (apart from Japan refusing to pay for it) did Stupid SANZAAR drop the sunwolves, look at that team doing so much for Japanese rugby....

Notable starters:
Fidow, Cridge & Umaga Jensen back from injury.
Bedwell Curtis to captain the side and Tim
Farrell to make his long awaited return to rugby.

Is Little injured?

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Notable starters:
Fidow, Cridge & Umaga Jensen back from injury.
Bedwell Curtis to captain the side and Tim
Farrell to make his long awaited return to rugby.

Hopefully none of thje first three named do not resume using their normal place at the head of the "unavailable for selection because of injury" list at the conclusion of the fixture.

Does anyone know a streaming sight for this match? I am in Bali for a couple of weeks so it will be good to chuck it on...

@Canes4life Try RugbyPass.

Any free trials on that?

@Canes4life Don't think so.

Reddit might have some ideas.

@Tim Can you watch delayed coverage on RugbyPass? Might be worth getting if I can watch the game later on tonight.

@Canes4life yeah, they do replays on demand

Sweet as. Cheers @Tim

Did that lineout throw look down the red side?