Friday’s only game takes place on the South Island, with the Highlanders desperate for a first win against Jake White’s Brumbies.
Kick-off is at 09h35 SA time
Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Kade Poki, 13 Phil Burleigh, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Mose Tuiali’i, 7 John Hardie, 6 TJ Ioane, 5 Jarrad Hoeata, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Ma’afu Fia, 2 Andrew Hore (captain), 1 Jamie Mackintosh.
Reserves: 16 Liam Coltman, 17 Chris King, 18 Josh Bekhuis, 19 Elliot Dixon, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Colin Slade, 22 Jason Emery.
Brumbies: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Joe Tomane, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen (captain), 7 George Smith, 6 Jordan Smiler, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Peter Kimlin, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Replacements: 16 Siliva Siliva, 17 Scott Sio, 18 Fotu Auelua, 19 Colby Faingaa, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Pat McCabe, 22 Tevita Kuridrani.

Highlanders getting a pakslae. 🙄
My missus will start calling me Highlander caus’ she hopes I will improve but I just continue to disappoint…
schoolboy error thinking the Landers would beat the Brumbies
@slammerboy (Comment 2) : hahahahahaha, made the same error Slammerboy
@Ludz (Comment 3) : as did I
@McLovin (Comment 1) : dude, 12 more comments and you make history
@robdylan (Comment 5) : the most comment apart from you?
@robdylan (Comment 5) :
First person to 2 platinum stars without submitting 1 article?
@robdylan (Comment 5) : Wasn’t aware. 😎