
The Storm will face top of the table, Waikato at Eden Park in the last Round-Robin game of the Farah Palmer Cup season.
The Auckland Storm coaches have made numerous changes to the team that held out a tough Bay of Plenty team at Bell Park to notch up their fourth win of the season.
Marist Prop, Chryss Viliko moves into the starting line-up for Aldora Itunu who will look to inject her physicality off the bench.
Mt Albert Grammar student and Ponsonby Midfielder, Sylvia Brunt will be hoping to make her presence felt off the bench when she comes on in the 21 jersey on Sunday afternoon.
Waikato remain unbeaten in the North Pool of the FPC. The Auckland Storm have only been bettered once this season by a strong Counties Manukau side.
The Auckland Storm game will sit as the curtain raiser to the second Bledisloe Test for the All Blacks and Wallabies.
With both sides fighting for the right to host a Semi-Final next week, the contest will no doubt be more than a substantial appetiser for the international fixture.
Kick off is at 1:15pm at Eden Park with the Bledisloe Test starting at 4:00pm.
Auckland Storm V Waikato
1 Chryss Viliko (Marist)
2 Cristo Tofa (Ponsonby)
3 Aleisha-Pearl Nelson (College Rifles)
4 Maia Roos (College Rifles)
5 Eloise Blackwell © (Ponsonby)
6 Liana Mikaele-Tu’u (College Rifles)
7 Shannon Leota (Ponsonby)
8 Charmaine McMenamin (Ponsonby)
9 Luisa Togotogorua (Marist)
10 Patricia Maliepo (Marist)
11 Princess Elliot (Ponsonby)
12 Ruahei Demant (College Rifles)
13 Theresa Fitzpatrick (Ponsonby)
14 Natahlia Moors (Ponsonby)
15 Daynah Nankivell (Ponsonby)
16 Saphire Abraham (College Rifles)
17 Aldora Itunu (Ponsonby)
18 Tamara Ati (College Rifles)
19 Ti Tauasosi (Marist)
20 Moana Cook (Ponsonby)
21 Sylvia Brunt (Ponsonby)
22 Leianne Tufuga (Marist)
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