Sunwolves coach Jamie Joseph has made numerous changes to his starting XV for Saturday's Super Rugby clash with the Melbourne Rebels in Tokyo.
There are six changes in all, including a couple of positional switches. In the backline, Robbie Robertson shifts from fly-half to full-back, where he takes over from Jason Emery, while Hayden Parker comes in to wear the number 10 jersey.
The other changes in the backs sees Akihito Yamada replacing Lomano Lava Lemeki on the right wing and William Tupou is preferred to Hosea Saumaki on the left wing.
In the forwards, Ed Quirk returns to start at number eight with Willie Britz, who started in that position in last weekend's loss to the Brumbies, moving to lock where he takes over from Grant Hattingh.
Meanwhile, Japan captain Michael Leitch is set to make his debut for the franchise on the blindside flank, where he comes in for Kazuki Himeno while Craig Millar replaces Keita Inagaki at loosehead prop.
Sunwolves: 15 Robbie Robinson, 14 Akihito Yamada, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Ryoto Nakamura, 11 William Tupou, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Yutaka Nagare (c), 8 Ed Quirk, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Michael Leitch, 5 Willie Britz, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Jiwon Koo, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Craig Millar
Replacements: 16 Atsushi Sakate, 17 Keita Inagaki, 18 Asaeli Ai Valu, 19 James Moore, 20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 21 Fumiaki Tanaka, 22 Harumichi Tatekawa, 23 Ryuji Noguchi
Date: Saturday, March 3
Venue: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
Kick-off: 13:15 local (04:15 GMT)
Referee: Egon Seconds (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
Television match official: Minoru Fuji (Japan)
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