Blues team to face Brumbies at Eden Park

Blues boss Leon MacDonald has made three changes to his starting XV to tackle the Brumbies in Round 3 of Super Rugby Trans Tasman.

In the front row, Marcel Renata comes in to replace the injured Ofa Tu'ungafasi while Dalton Papali'i and Hoskins Sotutu move into the back-row to join capatain Tom Robinson. 

The backline, who showed good form last weekend, is unchanged. 

The Blues are aware that a much tougher challenege awaits them this round against a very competent Brumbies outfit.

“We know what is at stake here. We have three tough games to finish this competition – and our focus is firmly on Saturday night,” said MacDonald. “We may have got five points last weekend and did a lot of things well but we were not satisfied with aspects of our performance.

“We know we must improve and keep improving if we want to fulfil our goals.”