Rugby: Injury-hit Highlanders make changes

Dan Pryor will start for the Highlanders tomorrow night.
Dan Pryor will start for the Highlanders tomorrow night.
The Highlanders have made some changes to their pack forced by injury for the match against the Hurricanes tomorrow night.

Dan Pryor comes on to the openside flank to replace John Hardie with Gareth Evans on the bench.

Brendon Edmonds starts at prop in place of Ross Geldenhuys, who has a broken thumb. The backline stays the same.

The Highlanders sit third in the New Zealand conference and fifth overall on the table.

Highlanders: Ben Smith (co-captain). Waisake Naholo, Malakai Fekitoa, Shaun Treeby, Patrick Osborne, Lima Sopoaga, Aaron Smith, Nasi Manu (co-captain), Dan Pryor, Elliot Dixon, Joe Wheeler, Tom Franklin, Josh Hohneck, Liam Coltman, Brendon Edmonds. Reserves: Ash Dixon, Daniel Leniert-Brown, Pingi Tala'apitaga, Mark Reddish, Gareth Evans, Fumiaki Tanaka, Marty Banks, Jason Emery.

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