3 Jul 2014

No changes to winning Highlanders

8:03 pm on 3 July 2014

The Highlanders have named an unchanged team to face the current Super Rugby leaders the New South Wales Waratahs in Sydney on Sunday afternoon.

With last weekend's 29-25 win against the Chiefs, Highlanders head coach Jamie Joseph's opted to run the same 23 against the Waratahs.

With only two games to go in the regular season the Highlanders currently sit fourth overall on the table, just behind the Crusaders.

Highlanders:

1 - Kane Hames

2 - Brayden Mitchell

3 - Ma'afu Fia

4 - Tom Franklin

5 - Joe Wheeler

6 - Elliot Dixon

7 - Shane Christie

8 - Nasi Manu (co-captain)

9 - Aaron Smith

10 - Lima Sopoaga

11 - Patrick Osborne

12 - Shaun Treeby

13 - Malakai Fekitoa

14 - Richard Buckman

15 - Ben Smith (co-captain)

Reserves

16 - Ged Robinson

17 - Matias Diaz

18 - Chris King

19 - Josh Bekhuis

20 - Lee Allan

21 - Fumiaki Tanaka

22 - Hayden Parker

23 - Phil Burleigh