Pisi back for Sunwolves

Pisi was rested against the Stormers last week and replaces Yu Tamura in the No.10 jersey.

Mifiposeti Paea moves to the wing after playing in the midfield against the Stormers. He replaces the injured Akihito Yamada. Derek Carpenter's new midfield partner will be Harumichi Tatekawa.

Up front, Liaki Moli moves to the second row to replace the injured Timothy Bond. Veteran lock Hitoshi Ono also returns to the starting XV.

Head coach Mark Hammett has also shuffled his back row with Tomás Leonardi starting at flank, while Ed Quirk moves to No.8. Andrew Durutalo, who came off the bench against the Stormers, will be on the other side of the scrum.

Sunwolves: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Viliami Lolohea, 13 Harumichi Tatekawa 12 Derek Carpenter, 11 Mifiposeti Paea, 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Yuki Yatomi, 8 Ed Quirk, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Tomás Leonardi, 5 Liaki Moli, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Shota Horie (captain), 1 Masataka Mikami.

Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Ziun Gu, 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 19 Faatiga Lemalu, 20 Yoshiya Hosoda, 21 Kaito Shigeno, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Yasutaka Sasakura.

Date: Friday, April 15

Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Kick-off: 19.00 (17.00; 02.00, Saturday, April 16 Japan time)

Referee: Nic Berry

Assistant referees: Angus Gardner, Lourens van der Merwe

TMO: Marius Jonker