The inclusion of Zac Guildford on the reserves bench is the only change to the Crusaders as they prepare to play the Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday night.
All Blacks wing Guildford becomes available after serving his suspension over his drunken behaviour in Rarotonga after the World Cup but coach Todd Blackadder has resisted the temptation to put him straight back in the starting XV.
Instead he has kept the same line-up which beat the Blues 19-18 in the season opener at Eden Park.
Hooker Quentin MacDonald again keeps his All Blacks counterpart Corey Flynn out of the No 2 jersey, with All Blacks fullback Israel Dagg again on the left wing and Tom Marshall at the back.
Owen Franks is kept out of the No 3 jersey by his brother Ben.
