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Pek Cowan will play his first Super 14 game as hooker on Friday when the Western Force begin their 2010 campaign against the Brumbies at ME Bank Stadium.
Cowan made a big impression in the role in the convincing warm-up win over the Reds last week, on the back of two midweek games for the Wallabies in the No.2 jumper during the tour of Europe last November.
Coach John Mitchell has also named young Sam Wykes in the second row to play alongside skipper Nathan Sharpe, while Ryan Cross looks to have shaken off an abdominal strain after being named as outside centre, with James O'Connor in at fullback.
Team:
1 Nic Henderson
2 Pek Cowan
3 Matt Dunning
4 Sam Wykes
5 Nathan Sharpe (c)
6 Matt Hodgson
7 David Pocock (vc)
8 Richard Brown
9 Brett Sheehan
10 Mark Bartholomeuz
11 Cameron Shepherd
12 Sam Harris
13 Ryan Cross
14 Dane Haylett-Petty
15 James O'Connor
16 Ben Whittaker
17 Tim Faiairbrother
18 Richard Stanford
19 Ben McCalman
20 Chris O'Young
21 Mitch Inman
22 Joshua Tatupu