Tanerau Latimer and Liam Messam line up tomorrow night for the Chiefs.
The Chiefs have announced their team to play the Stormers at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton tomorrow night, in what will be their last home game before heading offshore for three weeks.
With a number of players returning from injury, the Chiefs coaches have made many changes to their starting line-up
and reserve selections.
Jamie Mackintosh returns to the starting line-up at prop. Brodie Retallick has been cleared to play and is joined in the locking stocks by Matt Symons. Liam Messam resumes his position at flanker with Liam Squire starting in the No8 jersey after a solid performance off the bench last week.
James Lowe gets his first start on the wing and Tom Marshall will make his Chiefs debut at second five-eighth. Gareth Anscombe makes his long-awaited return to rugby at fullback in his first match of the season. Pauliasi Manu, Michael Fitzgerald, Robbie Fruean and Asaeli Tikoirotuma all move to the bench. The match will mark inspirational Chiefs player Tanerau Latimer's 100th Super Rugby match. He will celebrate his 100th Chiefs match in five more games time, after he takes the field this weekend.
Chiefs coach Dave Rennie said, "Over the last couple of years the Stormers have had the best defensive record in the competition and you saw why against the Crusaders. They obviously have a lot of character in their group and they are going to be a tough defensive unit to crack."
