Canes: Marshall in for Milner-Skudder
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Impressive fullback Nehe Milner-Skudders has been ruled out of action this week due to a calf injury and is replaced by James Marshall for the Hurricanes trip to Suncorp Stadium to face the Reds.
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd has kept the line-up almost identical to that which faced the Waratahs last week.
Matt Proctor comes back into the starting line-up, with Cory Jane moving to the bench, as the only other change to the team.
Boyd will not be resting any All Blacks ahead of his team’s clash with the Reds this Sunday.
Victor Vito (calf), Dane Coles (elbow), and Blade Thomson (concussion), however, still remain on the injury list.
Hurricanes first flyhalf Beauden Barrett needs two points to surpass David Holwell’s record of 676, and become the Hurricanes’ leading point scorer of all time.
Hurricanes: 15 James Marshall, 14 Matt Proctor, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Brad Shields, 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Callum Gibbins, 5 James Broadhurst, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Motu Matu’u, 1 Reggie Goodes.Replacements: 16 Brayden Mitchell, 17 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 18 Chris Eves, 19 Mark Abbott, 20 Adam Hill, 21 Chris Smylie, 22 Rey Lee-Lo, 23 Cory Jane.
Date: Sunday, April 26
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-off: 16.05 (18.05 NZST, 06.05 GMT)
Referee: Nick Briant
Assistant Referees: Matt O'Brien, Damien Mitchelmore
TMO: Ian Smith
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