Brumbies Change Four For Hurricanes Clash

The Brumbies travel to FMG Stadium in Waikato this weekend to face the Chiefs hoping to make it four wins a row after defeating the Bulls, Sunwolves and Hurricanes in their last three outings.

The last time that the club achieved four-in-a-row in the ultra-competitive world of Super Rugby was in 2016 when the Bulls, Rebels, Sunwolves and Reds were all defeated between 8 May and 1 July.

 
Heading into the clash with the Chiefs, who sit third on the New Zealand Conference ladder, Head Coach Dan McKellar has made two changes from the side that defeated the Hurricanes at GIO Stadium with prop Nic Mayhew coming into the starting team to replace the injured Scott Sio and Allan Alaalatoa restored to the side.

 
Mayhew played 65 minutes against the ‘Canes after replacing Sio helping the Brumbies to maintain possession and remain competitive at the set-piece whilst adding physicality with his ball-carrying in the loose.

Alaalatoa has recovered from a knock sustained whilst on Wallabies duty during the June Test Series against Ireland and will pack down in the front row alongside Mayhew and last week’s man of the match, the livewire Folau Fainga’a.

McKellar makes two changes to the replacements bench with Alexander reverting to a finishers role and Lachlan McCaffrey sufficiently recovered from an injured back to be recalled in place of young Darcy Swain who signed a new contract with the club earlier this week.

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