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Chiefs to face Sunwolves without All Blacks trio
By Online Editors
The Chiefs are preparing to face the Sunwolves in Hamilton this weekend without the services of All Blacks trio Anton Lienert-Brown, Nathan Harris and Nepo Laulala.
That was the verdict from head coach Colin Cooper today, who told TVNZ that his three test stars are being forced out of contention due to the management of the All Blacks' game time in the opening three rounds of Super Rugby as the World Cup looms.
Despite this, Chiefs co-captain and All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick will be available for selection, albeit for only 33 minutes of the contest.
"Nathan Harris, Anton Lienert-Brown, Nepo Laulala are all having All Black rests," Cooper said.
"He's [Retallick] got minutes that we can use. We had a plan to take him off in the Brumbies game, but obviously Michael Allardice got injured. He had to play the whole 80.
"It would have been better to play more minutes in this game in front of his home crowd, but we're on limited minutes because of the All Blacks."
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