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Canes to celebrate 50ths

Two milestones will be celebrated this weekend when the Hurricanes take on the Chiefs at Westpac Stadium.

Reserve prop Jeffery Toomaga-Allen will run on for his 50th Hurricanes match, should he take the field on Saturday evening, while Conrad Smith and Ma'a Nonu will play their 50th match as a midfield pair.

Toomaga-Allen made his debut for the Hurricanes against the Stormers in Cape Town in 2012, and has played in eight of the team's matches so far this season after returning from a knee injury suffered in 2014.

Nonu and Smith first combined against the Force in New Plymouth on February 18, 2006. They were the 22nd midfield combination to take the field for the Hurricanes, and there have been a further 21 different combinations since. The next highest pairing for the Hurricanes was Alama Ieremia and Jason O'Halloran, who had 28 starts together.

Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd is sticking with a similar line-up to face the Chiefs this weekend, however, Julian Savea and TJ Perenara return to the team, with Dane Coles coming back onto the bench.

The Hurricanes team to face the Chiefs at Westpac Stadium, kick-off 7.30pm is;

  1. Reggie Goodes
  2. Motu Matu'u
  3. Ben Franks
  4. Jeremy Thrush
  5. James Broadhurst
  6. Brad Shields
  7. Ardie Savea
  8. Victor Vito
  9. TJ Perenara
  10. James Marshall
  11. Julian Savea
  12. Ma'a Nonu
  13. Conrad Smith
  14. Cory Jane
  15. Nehe Milner-Skudder

Reserves

16. Dane Coles

17. Chris Eves

18. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen

19. Mark Abbott/Callum Gibbins

20. Blade Thomson

21. Chris Smylie

22. Otere Black

23. Rey Lee-Lo

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