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Sunwolves face Kings without Viljoen

The 33-year-old fullback will be replaced by Shota Emi.

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The other changes in the backline see the halfback pairing of Keisuke Uchida and Hikaru Tamura replaced by Fumiaki Tanaka and Hayden Cripps.

In the pack, South African Willie Britz has retained the No.8 jersey, but Shokei Kin will start as openside flank in place of Malgene Ilaua in the starting XV.

Sunwolves: 15 Shota Emi, 14 Takaaki Nakazuru, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Derek Carpenter, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Hayden Cripps, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Willie Britz, 7 Shokei Kin, 6 Ed Quirk, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Liaki Moli, 3 Heiichiro Ito, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Masataka Mikami

Replacements: 16 Takeshi Hino, 17 Koki Yamamoto, 18 Takuma Asahara, 19 Kotaro Yatabe, 20 Shuhei Matsuhashi, 21 Keisuke Uchida, 22 Will Tupou, 23 Jamie-Jerry Taulagi

Date: Saturday, March 4

Venue: Singapore National Stadium, Singapore

Kick-off: 18:55 local (10:55 GMT)

Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

Assistant Referees: Egon Seconds, Akihisa Aso

TMO: Minoru Fuji

Sunwolves face Kings without Viljoen

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