Chiefs fly-half Aaron Cruden on bench for Crusaders clash in Fiji

Aaron Cruden is among the Chiefs replacements for their Fiji date with the Crusaders

All Blacks fly-half Aaron Cruden will make his Super Rugby comeback for the Chiefs from the bench on Friday after suffering a neck injury during the second Test against Wales.

Cruden, who was not considered for the third Test in Dunedin last Saturday, has been named among the Chiefs replacements for their clash with the table-topping Crusaders in Suva, Fiji, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 8.30am.

World Cup-winning fly-half Stephen Donald, who led an understrength Chiefs side to a 40-7 thrashing of Wales' midweek team on their tour of New Zealand, will wear the No 10 shirt.

Cruden was taken to hospital following a tackle by Wales' Luke Charteris in Wellington, where the lock rolled over the top of him and caused the fly-half's neck to 'crack'.

He was cleared of serious injury but All Blacks coach Steve Hansen chose not to risk him for the third game in Dunedin, with Beauden Barrett starting instead.

Damian McKenzie returns at full-back for the Chiefs

Cruden's fellow All Blacks Brodie Retallick, Sam Cane, Seta Tamanivalu and Damian McKenzie will all start the game, with Nathan Harris and Tawera Kerr-Barlow on the bench.

McKenzie was the only player not used by Hansen in the series sweep of Wales, with Cane and Retallick playing for significant periods of all three games in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin.

Charlie Ngatai, the eighth Chiefs player named in the All Blacks squad, missed the entire series due to lingering concussion symptoms. He was not considered by coach Dave Rennie for Friday's game.

Chiefs hooker Hikawera Elliott will make his 100th Super Rugby appearance for the side. He also played one season for the Hurricanes.

Chiefs: 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Toni Pulu, 13 Seta Tamanivalu, 12 Anton Leinert-Brown, 11 James Lowe, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Brad Weber; 1 Kane Hanes, 2 Hika Elliot, 3 Hiroshi Yamashita, 4 Dominic Bird, 5 Brodie Retallaick, 6 Taleni Seu, 7 Same Cane (c), 8 Tom Sanders.

Replacements: 16 Nathan Harris, 17 Siegfried Fisi'ihoi, 18 Atu Moli, 19 Mitchell Brown, 20 Lachlan Boshier, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Aaron Cruden, 23 Sam McNicol.

Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Jone Macilai, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 David Havili, 11 Nemani Nadolo, 10 Richie Mo'unga, 9 Andy Ellis; 1 Wyatt Crockett, 2 Codie Taylor, 3 Owen Franks, 4 Scott Barrett, 5 Samuel Whitelock, 6 Jordan Taufua, 7 Matt Todd, 8 Kieran Read (c).

Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell,17 Joe Moody,18 Mike Alaalatoa,19 Jimmy Tupou, 20 Jed Brown, 21 Mitchell Drummond, 22 Mitchell Hunt, 23 Sean Wainui.

Watch Chiefs v Crusaders live on Sky Sports 1 HD on Friday from 8.30am. Catch the match for £6.99 with a NOW TV day pass.