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Britz out of Bulls clash

Britz returned home for personal reasons, while regular captain Edward Quirk will also be missing alongside Jamie-Jerry Taulagi.

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Taulagi sustained an injury during training ahead of the match.

Despite losing those three players, the Sunwolves welcome back a number big name players for the match. Keita Inagaki, Takeshi Kizu, Kotaro Matsuhima, Yu Tamura and Yuki Yatomi all return to the matchday squad.

Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco, Nunomaki Shunsuke and Kotaro Matsuhima will make their debuts for the Sunwolves on Saturday.

Sunwolves: 15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Takaaki Nakazuru, 13 Timothy Lafaele (captain), 12 Derek Carpenter, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Hayden Cripps, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco, 7 Shuhei Matsuhashi, 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Uwe Helu, 4 Liaki Moli, 3 Yasuo Yamaji, 2 Yusuke Niwai, 1 Koki Yamamoto.     

Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Keita Inagaki, 18 Heiichiro Ito, 19 Sam Wykes, 20 Shunsuke Nunomaki, 21 Yuki Yatomi, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Ryohei Yamanaka.

Date: Saturday, April 8

Venue: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo

Kick-off: 14.15 (07.15 SA Time; 05.15 GMT)

Referee: Will Houston (Australia)

Assistant referees: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia), Akhiso Aso (Japan)

TMO: Minoru Fuji (Japan)

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