The inclusion of Willie Britz is one of six changes to the Sunwolves’ starting lineup for Saturday’s match against the Stormers in Hong Kong.
Following his side’s 63-28 thrashing of the Reds last week, coach Jamie Joseph opted to make a few rotational changes ahead of the clash with the Stormers.
Up front, Britz replaces Kazuki Himeno at No 8, Wimpie van der Walt makes way for Sam Wykes at No 4 and Shintaro Ishihara starts at loosehead prop ahead of Craig Millar.
In the backline, fullback Kotaro Matsushima, left wing Akihito Yamada and scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka come into the side in place of Semisi Masirewa, Hosea Saumaki and Yutaka Nagare respectively.
Sunwolves – 15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Kenki Fukuoka, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Michael Little, 11 Akihito Yamada, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Willie Britz, 7 Edward Quirk (c), 6 Michael Leitch, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Shintaro Ishihara.
Subs: 16 Jaba Bregvadze 17 Craig Millar, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Uwe Helu, 20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 21 Yutaka Nagare, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Jason Emery.
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