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Sunwolves shuffle pack for Rebels

TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Sunwolves have made a few changes to their forward pack to face the Melbourne Rebels at AAMI Park on Saturday.

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Hendrick Tui shifts to No.8 for Saturday’s match with Ben Gunter taking over the No.6 duties.

There is a new second row with Luke Thompson partnering Mark Abbott.

The backline that started the match against the Waratahs, which the Sunwolves won, remains the same.

On the bench, Jamie Booth makes his way onto the bench in place of Fumiaki Tanaka.

Sunwolves: 15 Ryohei Yamanaka, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jason Emery, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa, 11 Semisi Masirewa, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Kaito Shigeno, 8 Hendrick Tui, 7 Dan Pryor, 6 Ben Gunter, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Mark Abbott, 3 Jiwon Koo, 2 Jaba Bregvadze, 1 Pauliasi Manu.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Vella, 17 Masataka Mikami, 18 Hiroshi Yamashita, 19 Uwe Helu, 20 Grant Hattingh, 21 Jamie Booth, 22 Takuya Yamasawa, 23 Josh Timu.

Date: Saturday, April 6
Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-off: 19.45 (17.45 Japan time; 08.45 GMT)
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant referees: AJ Jacobs (South Africa), Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
TMO: Ian Smith (Australia)

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