Razorbacks without Thomson

Otago co-coaches Andy Hunter and Phil Mooney named a squad of 24 to travel to Nelson to play Tasman in  a NPC pre-season friendly on Sunday.

The team will be minus All Black Adam Thomson and back Ben Smith, while Sam Anderson-Heather is out injured.

Otago Razorbacks: 15 Glenn Dickson, 14 Joe Hill, 13 Ben Atiga, 12 Sam Giddens, 11 Buxton Popoalii, 10 Tony Brown, 9 Sean Romans, 8 Daniel Crichton, 7 Eben Joubert (captain), 6 Regan Tamihere, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Daniel Ramsay, 3 Kees Meeuws, 2 Jason MacDonald, 1 Halani Aulika.
Replacements - from:  Liam Coltman, James McGougan, Tom Franklin, TJ Ioane, Scott Manson, Hanipale Galo, Jayden Spence, Johnny Legg, Matt Faddes.

Date: Sunday, July 3
Venue: Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Kick-off: 14.30 (02.30 GMT)
Referee: Matthew Muir