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Crusader Knights head to Auckland to face Blues Development side
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- Published: 22 November 2012
While the Crusaders are preparing to face the Blues in the Super Rugby opener at Eden Park on Friday night, the Crusaders and Blues development teams will provide a taster when they square off that afternoon. The match will take place at the Waitemata Rugby Football Club at 4pm.
The Crusader Knights dominated the Hurricanes Development team in their first match of the season last weekend, winning 54-19, and they will be looking for a similar result tomorrow afternoon.
Crusaders hooker Ben Funnell will again captain the team, and his Crusaders team mate Ross Kennedy will join the team this week at lock. Kennedy started for the Crusaders in two of their pre-season games and scored the opening try against the Hurricanes in Mangatainoka.
There will also be seven players from the Crusaders wider training group in this week’s starting fifteen – Sam Pratley, Dominic Bird, Brendon O’Connor, Joe Moody, Mark Swanepoel, Mitchell Scott and James Schrader – plus Codie Taylor in the reserves.
The full team to play the Blues Development team is:
| 1 | Loosehead Prop | Joe Moody | Reserves: | ||
| 2 | Hooker | Ben Funnell (capt) | 16 | Codie Taylor | |
| 3 | Tighthead Prop | Sam Pratley | 17 | Mitch Graham | |
| 4 | Left Lock | Ross Kennedy | 18 | Joel Everson | |
| 5 | Right Lock | Dominic Bird | 19 | Jordan Taufua | |
| 6 | Blindside | Taniela Manu | 20 | Ellery Wilson | |
| 7 | Openside | Brendon O’Connor | 21 | Hamish Catherwood | |
| 8 | No 8 | Mark Abbott | 22 | Luke Graham | |
| 9 | Halfback | Mark Swanepoel | James Lentjes | ||
| 10 | 1st 5/8 | Tyrone Elkington | Martin Swart | ||
| 11 | Left Wing | Jordan Hyland | |||
| 12 | 2nd 5/8 | James Schrader | |||
| 13 | Centre | Kieran Fonotia | |||
| 14 | Right Wing | Mitchell Scott | |||
| 15 | Full Back | James Lowe | |||