Hurricanes captain Brad Shields believes that the Chiefs will not back down when they face off this weekend in Wellington.

The Hurricanes were bullied two weeks ago and were almost beaten by the Sharks the next week.

Shields says the Chiefs are a type of team that likes to in the dark places which could bring disaster to their game plan.

The Chiefs had won both encounters with the Hurricanes last year, on the back of taking them on physically and verbally.

The Hurricanes will host the Chiefs at 7.35pm tomorrow.

Hurricanes: Jordie Barrett, Vince Aso, Matt Proctor, Ngani Laumape, Ben Lam, Beauden Barrett, Jamie Booth, Gareth Evans, Sam Henwood, Brad Shields (c), Sam Lousi, Vaea Fifita, Jeff To'omaga‑Allen, Ricky Riccitelli, Toby Smith. Reserves: James O'Reilly, Chris Eves, Ben May, Michael Fatialofa, Reed Prinsep, Richard Judd, Ihaia West, Wes Goosen.

Chiefs: Charlie Ngatai (co‑c), Sean Wainui, Anton Lienert‑Brown, Johnny Fa'auli, Solomon Alaimalo, Damian McKenzie/Marty McKenzie, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Taleni Seu, Sam Cane (co‑c), Lachlan Boshier, Tyler Ardron/Michael Allardice, Brodie Retallick, Angus Ta'avao‑Matau, Nathan Harris, Aidan Ross. Reserves: Liam Polwart, Karl Tu'inukuafe, Jeff Thwaites, Luke Jacobson, Liam Messam, Jonathan Taumateine, Marty McKenzie/Tiaan Falcon, Alex Nankivell.

Source: stuff.co

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