The Brumbies have named their side for Friday’s acid test against the red hit Chiefs.
Michael Hooper is coming in to replace Ita Vaea which will improve the fetching at the expense of some grunt.
But in the backs is where it’s really interesting.
The red hot Nic White is starting on the bench, Leilifano is playing fly half for the injured Toomua, and big mungo import Joe Tomane is going to play inside centre.
One suspects Tomane’s brief is to counter the Chiefs rampaging Sonny Bill Williams.
It’s a craftily picked side with a lot of firepower sitting on the bench to come on later in the game.
- University of Canberra Brumbies
1. Ben Alexander
2. Stephen Moore
3. Dan Palmer
4. Leon Power
5. Peter Kimlin
6. Scott Fardy
7. Michael Hooper
8. Ben Mowen
9. Ian Prior
10. Christian Lealiifano
11. Henry Speight
12. Joe Tomane
13. Andrew Smith
14. Pat McCabe
15. Jesse Mogg
Replacements
16. Anthony Hegarty
17. Ruaidhri Murphy
18. Sam Carter
19. Ita Vaea
20. Nic White
21. Zack Holmes
22. Cam Crawford
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