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Kia ora, good afternoon and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the Super Rugby Pacific clash between the Chiefs and ACT Brumbies at Melbourne's AAMI Park.
In a rematch of last season's semi-final, won 19-6 by the Chiefs at Hamilton, these two rivals have again started the new campaign successfully and hope to build on that momentum during 'Super Round'.
The Chiefs opened their account with a gritty win over the champion Crusaders, avenging their defeat in last year's final, while the Brumbies dispatched hapless Melbourne Rebels 30-3.
TAB odds: Chiefs $1.35, Brumbies $3.20, Draw $18
Chiefs: 1-Ollie Norris, 2-Bradley Slater, 3-George Dyer, 4- Manaaki Selby-Rickit, 5-Tupou Vaa'i, 6-Samipeni Finau, 7-Kaylum Boshier, 8-Luke Jacobson (c), 9-Xavier Roe, 10-Damian McKenzie, 11-Etene Nanai-Seturo, 12- Rameka Poihipi, 13-Anton Lienert-Brown, 14-Liam Coombes-Fabling, 15- Shaun Stevenson
Reserves: 16-Samisoni Taukei'aho, 17 Jared Proffit, 18- Reuben O’Neill, 19-J Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 20-Simon Parker, 21-Cortez Ratima, 22-Josh Ioane, 23-Daniel Rona
Brumbies: 1-James Slipper, 2-Lachlan Lonergan, 3-Sosefo Kautai, 4-Nick Frost, 5-Tom Hooper, 6-Rob Valetini, 7-Luke Reimer, 8-Charlie Cale, 9-Ryan Lonergan (c), 10-Noah Lolesio, 11-Corey Toole, 12-Ollie Sapsford, 13-Len Ikitau, 14-Andy Muirhead, 15-Tom Wright
Reserves: 16-Billy Pollard, 17-Blake Schoupp, 18-Rhys Van Nek, 19-Cadeyrn Neville, 20-Jahrome Brown, 21-Harrison Goddard, 22-Declan Meredith, 23-Tamati Tua
Join us at 4:30pm for kickoff.
