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USA Eagles forward Andrew Durutalo will start in the back-row for the Sunwolves in Singapore this Saturday. The Japanese Super Rugby franchise is to play against South African franchise the Cheetahs in the first 2016 fixture to be played in neutral country territory.
The starting lineup named by Head Coach Mark Hammett is the same to that which took-on the Lions in the opening round of the competition. This weekend’s fixture is to be a round three match but will be the second match for the Sunwolves who had a bye in round two.
Missing out for the Sunwolves is Argentine back-rower Tomás Leonardí who will not feature. The Buenos Aires forward previously played Super Rugby for the Southern Kings in 2013.
Sunwolves
1 Keita Inagaki, 2 Shota Horie (capt.), 3 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 5 Timothy Bond, 6 Liaki Moli, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 8 Ed Quirk, 9 Atsushi Hiwasa, 10 Tusi Pisi, 11 Yasutaka Sasakura, 12 Yu Tamura, 13 Harumichi Tatekawa, 14 Akihito Yamada, 15 Riaan Viljoen
Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Masataka Mikami, 18 Takuma Asahara, 19 Shinya Makabe, 20 Yoshiya Hosoda, 21 Kaito Shigeno, 22 Derem Carpenter, 23 Mifiposeti Paea.
