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Hape set to miss Lions encounter Kiwis make changes for Lions Test
(about 20 hours later)
New Zealand winger Shontayne Hape will miss Saturday's Tri-Nations clash with Great Britain in Christchurch with damaged knee ligaments. New Zealand have made a number of changes for Saturday's Tri-Nations Test against Great Britain in Christchurch.
The Bradford Bulls star suffered the problem during Saturday's defeat to Australia but still managed to score a first-half try for the Kiwis. Shontayne Hape and Steve Matai are both injured while Tony Puletua has been released on compassionate grounds and Dene Halatua and Adam Blair both axed.
But he could return for the next meeting with the Lions on 11 November in Wellington. Tame Tupou replaces Hape on the wing while stand-off Nigel Vagana moves to the centres in place of Matai.
Hape's fellow centre Steve Matai is also a doubt with a shoulder injury. Jerome Ropati comes off the bench to play at six while forwards Nathan Fien and Frank Pritchard are also called in.
Australian-born Fien, who caused a media storm when named in the Kiwi squad against the Kangaroos, will be making his Test debut at hooker in place of Halatua while Pritchard replaces Puletua in the second row.
Hull FC utility back Motu Tony and St Helens forward Jason Cayless are named on the bench as the defending champions look to record their first win in this year's tournament after successive defeats to Australia.
Kiwi coach Brian McClennan has rewarded Ropati for some consistent play at half-back during the season.
"Jerome had a fair shot at it with the Warriors and he's making a pretty good fist of it,'' he said.
At this stage, we're hopeful that it's nothing too serious and we'll be picking from strength Lions coach Brian Noble
"If we can get a similar sort of momentum to what we did last week and Jerome gets a bit of running room he'll be very effective."
Hape, who scored a first-half try against Australia last Saturday, has strained knee ligaments but could return for the next meeting with the Lions on 11 November in Wellington.
Lions coach Brian Noble is waiting on the fitness of Brian Carney and Stuart Fielden, who both have knee injuries.
The key duo both sat out the second half of Friday's warm-up victory in Newcastle but Noble expects both to be fit.
"At this stage, we're hopeful that it's nothing too serious and we'll be picking from strength," he said.
"Stuart just felt a bump on the knee, but he'll be able to train fully this week. It's also looking good that Brian will be cleared to return to training."
New Zealand: Brent Webb, Tame Tupou, Nigel Vagana, Iosia Soliola, Manu Vatuvei, Jerome Ropati, Stacey Jones, Ruben Wiki (captain), Nathan Fien, Roy Asotasi, David Kidwell, Frank Pritchard, Simon Mannering.Interchange: Motu Tony, Nathan Cayless, Jason Cayless, David Fa'alogo. (18th man: Adam Blair)