22 Jul 2016

Donald to start at 12 for Chiefs

8:17 am on 22 July 2016

Stephen Donald will start at second five for the Chiefs in their Super Rugby quarter-final against the Stormers in Cape Town on Sunday morning.

Chiefs player Stephen Donald.

Chiefs player Stephen Donald. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

With All Black Seta Tamanivalu out with a knee injury, Anton Lienert-Brown moves out one to take the number 13 jersey.

Brad Weber and Aaron Cruden are the halves.

In all there are six changes from the side that lost to the Highlanders last weekend.

In the forwards the tight five remains the same, while in the loose forwards, Tom Sanders moves to the back of the scrum with Taleni Seu to start at blindside flanker. Sam Cane will lead the pack in jersey seven.

Sam McNicol is promoted from the bench to start in jersey 14.

The Gallagher Chiefs team to play the Stormers is:

1. Kane Hames (7)

2. Nathan Harris (21)

3. Atu Moli (9)

4. Dominic Bird (9)

5. Brodie Retallick (69)

6. Taleni Seu (16)

7. Sam Cane (80) co-captain

8. Tom Sanders (13)

9. Brad Weber (40)

10. Aaron Cruden (71) co-captain

11. James Lowe (35)

12. Stephen Donald (90)

13. Anton Lienert-Brown (22)

14. Sam McNicol (10)

15. Damian McKenzie (31)

RESERVES:

16. Hika Elliot (102)

17. Siegfried Fisi'ihoi (9)

18. Mitchell Graham (24)

19. Tevita Koloamatangi (7)

20. Lachlan Boshier (6)

21. Tawera Kerr-Barlow (65)

22. Toni Pulu (11)

23. Shaun Stevenson (4)