Cairns, McMillan and Astle not playing in Gisborne Lynn McConnell - 7 December 2001
Despite an earlier announcement, CLEAR Black Caps Nathan Astle, Craig McMillan and Chris Cairns will be unavailable for Monday's round of the State Championship.
Canterbury are to play Northern Districts in Gisborne. The replacements for the trio in the in the travelling 13 are Robbie Frew and Shanan Stewart.
The full team is: Gary Stead (captain), Jarrod Englefield, Michael Papps, Aaron Redmond, Chris Harris, Gareth Hopkins, Wade Cornelius, Paul Wiseman, Warren Wisneski, Shane Bond, Chris Martin, Shanan Stewart, Robbie Frew.