Ardie Savea Returns, Smith Out

The Hurricanes have made wholesale changes to the team that only narrowly escaped with a win against the Western Force last week with only seven players retained in the starting 15.

Saturday 08 April 2023 | 08:03

Leone Cabenatabua

Sports Editor

Ardie Savea.

The Hurricanes have made wholesale changes to the team that only narrowly escaped with a win against the Western Force last week with only seven players retained in the starting 15.

Tonight they face Highlanders at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin at 7.05pm

Captain Ardie Savea returns from All Blacks rest week duties, bolstering a loose forward trio that also includes Brayden Iose and Du’Plessis Kirifi – two of the standouts from last week. Devan Flanders remains out with an ankle injury.