Brumbies add Power to the pack
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The Brumbies have named Leon Power at lock in the team to face the Hurricanes on Friday, as part of a forwards re-shuffle to account for the injury to David Pocock.
Power moves into the position Scott Fardy vacated – he moves from lock to blindside flank.
Jarrad Butler shifts around the scrum from eightman to openside flank to take Pocock's number seven shirt, moving Captain Ben Mowen to No.8
The front row of Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore and Scott Sio remains unchanged for the third consecutive week.
Andrew Smith replaces Pat McCabe at inside centre for the trip to Wellington.
Smith's last start at 12 was against the Welsh national side during a tour match in 2012, where he proved to be a quality inclusion attracting a number of defenders with his hard-edged carries.
Two years down the track and back after a season of niggling injuries last year, Smith finds himself wedged between starting Wallabies Matt Toomua and Tevita Kuridrani as one of the Brumbies' midfield generals.
With wings Robbie Coleman and Henry Speight as well as fullback Jesse Mogg all fit and ready, the back three remains the same as last week, as does the scrumhalf-flyhalf combination of Nic White and Toomua.
Jordan Smiler, JP Smith and Josh Mann-Rea come onto the bench for Power, Ruaidhri Murphy and Siliva Siliva.
Aside from McCabe the replacements list remains the same as last week’s 27-14 win over the Force in Perth.
Brumbies: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Andrew Smith, 11 Robbie Coleman, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen (captain), 7 Jarrad Butler, 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Leon Power, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Scott Sio.
Replacements: 16 Josh Mann-Rea, 17 Ruan Smith, 18 JP Smith, 19 Jordan Smiler, 20 Lachlan McCaffrey, 21 Conrad Hoffmann, 22 Pat McCabe, 23 Lionel Cronje.
Date: Friday, March 7
Venue: Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Kick-off: 19.35 (06.35 GMT; 17.30 AEDT)
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
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