All Blacks first five Dan Carter will start for the Crusaders in Friday night's Super Rugby pre-season clash with the Queensland Reds in Brisbane.
Dan Carter Photo: Photosport
Carter comes off the bench in the game against the Hurricanes last weekend.
Carter will come up against the new Queensland pivot, the former Kangaroos rugby league star and Aussie Rules player Karmichael Hunt, who's also making his first start in the number 10 jersey for his new franchise.
Meanwhile fellow-All Blacks prop Owen Franks and utilty back Colin Slade join the Crusaders line-up for the first time this pre-season.
Slade starts at fullback.
Crusaders team to play the Reds:
1 Alex Hodgman
2 Codie Taylor
3 Owen Franks
4 Luke Romano
5 Dominic Bird
6 Jimmy Tupou
7 Matt Todd (c)
8 Luke Whitelock
9 Mitchell Drummond
10 Daniel Carter
11 Johnny McNicholl
12 Tom Taylor
13 Kieron Fonotia
14 Robbie Fruean
15 Colin Slade
RESERVES:
Ben Funnell (FR)
Ged Robinson (FR)
Joe Moody (FR)
Daniel Lienert -Brown (FR)
Scott Barrett
Tom Sanders
Billy Guyton
Nathaniel Apa
Nafi Tuitavaki
David Havili
