Super Rugby
ALL BLACKS Cory Jane and Victor Vito will play for the Hurricanes when they take on the Blues in a Super Rugby pre-season game in Whangarei tomorrow afternoon.
Jane will start the match at Toll Stadium off the bench and Vito will pack down at No 8.
Overall, coach Mark Hammett has included several players with reasonable Super Rugby experience in his team, with Ben May, Dane Coles, Jeremy Thrush, Jason Eaton and Daniel Kirkpatrick in the starting XV and James Broadhurst, Faifili Levave and Chris Smylie in the reserves.
Hurricanes: Andre Taylor, Richard Buckman, Alapati Leiua, Jayden Hayward, Julian Savea, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Chris Eaton, Victor Vito, Jack Lam, Brad Shields, Jason Eaton, Jeremy Thrush, Ben May, Dane Coles, Tristan Moran
Reserves: Motu Matu’u, Reg Goodes, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Michael Bent, James Broadhurst, Mark Reddish, Scott Fuglistaller, Faifili Levave, TJ Perenara, Chris Smylie, Beauden Barrett, Cory Jane, Charlie Ngatai, James Marshall
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