Auckland Mitre 10 Cup coach Alama Ieremia will lead the Blues A team this weekend.

Blues A will play Hurricanes A at Evans Park in Wellington on Saturday at 1pm hours before their respective Super Rugby teams face off at Sky Stadium later that night.

Coach Alama said “It’s an honour to lead the Blues A for the first time” said Ieremia “I hope it continues to help strengthen the alignment between the Provincial Unions and the Blues moving forward”.

Starting lineup:

1. Joe Walsh, 2. Luteru Tolai, 3. Marcel Renata, 4. Samipeni Finau, 5. Sam Caird, 6. Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa, 7. Niko Jones, 8. Sam McNamara, 9. Finlay Christie, 10. Jack Heighton, 11. Emoni Narawa, 12. Tamati Tua, 13. AJ Lam, 14. Jordan Hyland, 15. Jared Page

Replacements:

16. Kianu Kereru-Symes, 17. Fatongia Paea, 18. Jack Straker, 19. Xavier Cowley-Tuioti, 20. Jonah Mau’u, 21. Taufa Funaki, 22. Zarn Sullivan, 23. Tomas Aoake, 24. Joel Cobb

Article added: Friday 06 March 2020