Follow the action as the Chiefs host the Crusaders at FMG Stadium in the first Super Rugby Pacific semi-final. <\/p>\n
All Blacks winger Leroy Carter is set to make his comeback from a hamstring injury after being named on the bench to face the Crusaders. <\/p>\n
Carter was slated to make his return last week against the Reds, but was scratched shortly after the teams were named. Liam Coombes-Fabling who is heading to France at the end of the season remains on the right flank.<\/p>\n
Centre Kyle Brown has been ruled out with concussion meaning Lalakai Foketi starts in the midfield. <\/p>\n
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.<\/a><\/p>\n In the forwards, Simon Parker shifts to No 8 to replace Wallace Sititi after his nasty head knock <\/a>and no timeline has been placed on his return. Samipeni Finau takes Parker\u2019s spot at blindside flanker.<\/p>\n For the Crusaders, All Black prop Fletcher Newell is back and takes his place at tighthead prop.<\/p>\n The other change to their starting side is Braydon Ennor replacing Dallas McLeod in the midfield.<\/p>\n The Crusaders have won their last three Super Rugby Pacific matches against the Chiefs, including twice this season and last year\u2019s Super Rugby Pacific final.<\/p>\n Chiefs: 1. Ollie Norris, 2. Samisoni Taukei\u2019aho, 3. Sione Ahio, 4. Josh Lord, 5. Tupou Vaa\u2019i (vc), 6. Samipeni Finau, 7. Luke Jacobson (c), 8. Simon Parker, 9. Cortez Ratima, 10. Damian McKenzie, 11. Kyren Taumoefolau, 12. Quinn Tupaea (vc), 13. Lalakai Foketi, 14. Liam Coombes-Fabling, 15. Isaac Hutchinson.<\/p>\n Bench: 16. Brodie McAlister, 17. Jared Proffit, 18. George Dyer, 19. Seuseu Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 20. Kaylum Boshier, 21. Xavier Roe, 22. Josh Jacomb, 23. Leroy Carter.<\/p>\n Crusaders: 1. Finlay Brewis, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Fletcher Newell, 4. Antonio Shalfoon, 5. Jamie Hannah, 6. Ethan Blackadder, 7. Leicester Fainga\u2019anuku, 8. Christian Lio\u2011Willie, 9. Noah Hotham, 10. Taha Kemara, 11. Sevu Reece, 12. David Havili (c), 13.Braydon Ennor, 14. Chay Fihaki, 15. Johnny McNicholl <\/p>\n Bench: 16. Manumaua Letiu, 17. Jack Sexton, 18. George Bower, 19. Tahlor Cahill, 20. Dom Gardiner, 21. Kyle Preston, 22. Rivez Reihana, 23. Macca Springer.<\/p>\n AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.<\/a>Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow the action as the Chiefs host the Crusaders at FMG Stadium in the first Super Rugby Pacific…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[25908,64,63,5386,29897,13057,77906,5587,887,25663,4717,4125,10956,760,25906,85,8824,1643,320,4126],"class_list":["post-731475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-action","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chiefs","tag-crusaders","tag-first","tag-follow","tag-from","tag-hamilton","tag-host","tag-in","tag-live","tag-pacific","tag-rugby","tag-semifinal","tag-sports","tag-stadium","tag-super","tag-the","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}