Waikato welcome back a quartet of All Blacks for their crucial provincial rugby match against Taranaki tomorrow night.
The winners of the game in Hamilton between the seventh-placed Taranaki and eighth-placed Waikato will confirm a berth in the quarter-finals.
Waikato's hopes have been boosted by the return fromnational duty of centre Richard Kahui, first five-eighths Stephen Donald, wing Sitiveni Sivivatu and No 8 Sione Lauaki, all of whom have been named in their starting 15. It will mark the first matches for the province by Kahui and Sivivatu since the inaugural Air NZ Cup final in 2006.
Coach Tony Hanks said having the All Blacks back was having a "positive impact in our squad".
Waikato Sosene Anesi, Tim Mikkleson, Richard Kahui, Jackson Willison, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Stephen Donald, David Bason, Sione Lauaki, Tom Harding, Liam Messam (captain), Romana Graham, Toby Lynn, Aled de Malmanche, Ole Avei, Hikairo Forbes.
