What some may view as a problem is being seen as an opportunity by the Highlanders. Luke Whitelock has returned from injury and will take the place of Liam Squire at No8. I think there's supposed to be a little bit of rain in Auckland so that might slow the game down a little bit, but the physicality will be there, the intensity will be there. ''The positive thing for us is that we probably could have won those two games if a little bit of luck had gone our way and we had just executed a little bit better. ''We were a little bit average in week one.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 09, 2017 18:28 UTC