Sunwolves play musical selections again
The most significant change is the return of regular captain Shota Horie at hooker.
Horie's return means that there is a new front row – made up of Takuma Asahara, Horie and Keita Inagaki.
Springbok Riaan Viljoen is given a 'rest' on the replacement bench, with Yasutaka Asahara starting at fullback.
Samoan international Tusi Pisi is another who will play off the bench this week, with Tamara getting a rare start at No.10.
At scrumhalf Yuki Yatomi starts ahead of Atsushi Hiwasa, who drops out of the matchday 23.
Akihito Yamada changes sides on the wing and Mifiposeti Paea starts in the No.14 jersey.
In the second row Hitoshi Ono starts in place of Timothy Bond.
Another notable change is the inclusion of Daisuke Inoue on the replacements bench for his Super Rugby debut.
Sunwolves: 15 Yasutaka Asahara, 14 Mifiposeti Paea, 13 Derek Carpenter, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa, 11 Akihito Yamada, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Yuki Yatomi, 8 Ed Quirk, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Liaki Moli, 5 Fa'atiga Lemalu, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Shota Horie (captain), 1 Keita Inagaki.
Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Ziun Gu, 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 19 Yoshiya Hosoda, 20 Taiyo Ando, 21 Daisuke Inoue, 22 Tusi Pisi , 23 Riaan Viljoen.
Date: Saturday, May 28
Venue: GIO Stadium, Canberra
Kick-off: 19.40 (18.40 Japan time; 09.40 GMT)
Referee: Jaco van Heerden (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Rohan Hoffmann (Australia)
TMO: Ian Smith (Australia)
