Durutalo to start against Leguizamón

Two giants of the Americas will square-off in Tokyo in the early hours of Saturday morning as USA back-rower Andrew Durutalo plays opposite veteran Puma Juan Manuel Leguizamón.

Durutalo will play opened flanker for the Sunwolves but is not to be joined by Argentina’s Tomás Leonardí. The former Puma went down with an illness in South Africa which saw him losing weight and he has not been deemed match-fit.

Durutalo has been one of the Sunwolves leading players all season and the Japanese franchise will require more of the same from the North American in order for the side to complete it’s first Super Rugby victory. The visiting Jaguares are looking to win for the second time and have named a strong side.

SUNWOLVES
15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Viliami Lolohea, 13 Derek Carpenter, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa, 11 Mifiposeti Paea, 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Atsushi Hiwasa, 8 Ed Quirk, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Yoshiya Hosoda, 5 Liaki Moli, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 2 Shota Horie (capt.), 1 Masataka Mikami.

Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Jiwon Gu, 18 Takuma Asahara, 19 Fa’ Atiga Lemalu, 20 Taiyo Ando, 21 Kaito Shigeno, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Yasutaka Sasakura