All Blacks No.8 Kieran Read will play his first game of the year for a Crusaders development team on Thursday.
The 72-Test veteran is one of four All Blacks in the Crusaders Knights side to play a Hurricanes development team in Wellington.
Read, who has been rested through the first three rounds of Super Rugby, will play alongside prop Joe Moody, lock Dominic Bird and No.8 Luke Whitelock, who have all been involved in the Crusaders' 1-2 win-loss start to the season.
The backline features Fijian international winger Nemani Nadolo, who has missed the opening Super Rugby games while seeing out a contract in Japan.
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