Waisake Naholo (Getty Images)
The
Highlanders will have plenty of All Blacks in their backline for their
final Super Rugby pre-season hit-out against the Waratahs in Queenstown.
Fullback Ben Smith, winger Waisake Naholo, centre
Malakai Fekitoa, first five-eighth Lima Sopoaga and half-back Aaron
Smith have all been included in the starting 15 for the match on Friday.
The bench includes half-back Fumiaki Tanaka and
first-five Hayden Park, back from their championship-winning efforts
with Panasonic club in Japan.
Co-captain and loose forward Shane Christie is being
given a rest and his place among the reserves goes to Dan Pryor, who
has got over a knee injury.
Highlanders: Ben Smith (captain),
Waisake Naholo, Malakai Fekitoa, Rob Thompson, Patrick Osborne, Lima
Sopoaga, Aaron Smith, Liam Squire, James Lentjes, Luke Whitelock, Joe
Wheeler, Tom Franklin, Josh Hohneck, Liam Coltman, Daniel Lienert-Brown.
Reserves: Ash Dixon, Brendon
Edmonds, Ross Geldenhuys, Mark Reddish, Gareth Evans, Fumiaki Tanaka,
Elliot Dixon, Jason Emery, Teihorangi Walden, Matt Faddes, Hayden
Parker, Dan Pryor.
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