ZPA - At last the Brumbies have copped a lucky break with All Blacks fullback Cory Jane likely to be ruled out of the Hurricanes team for their Super Rugby clash on Saturday night.

Brilliant attacker Jane is set to miss the Canberra Stadium match between two equally desperate teams due to the imminent birth of his third child.

His wife, Amie, is due to give birth any day now and Jane appeared resigned to staying in Wellington as Andre Taylor trained in his spot on Thursday.

"The due date is Monday but the midwives are telling us it will probably come early," Jane said.

"I can't really go tomorrow then try to get back in time."

Both the Brumbies and Hurricanes have just one win to their credit going into round eight so a win is crucial to their fast-dwindling hopes of qualifying for the top six playoffs.

The uncertainty over Jane's availability has seen him bracketed with Taylor at fullback, with Alapati Leiua likewise bracketed with Taylor on the wing.

Either Leiua or Taylor will don the No 14 jersey ahead of 20-year-old rising star Julian Savea, who is being rested and misses the match day 22 altogether, a selection coach Mark Hammett said was simply a case of managing the young man's workload.

Hammett has made two other changes as well, injecting the talkative Tyson Keats at halfback ahead of Chris Eaton and reintroducing Aaron Cruden at five eighth at the expense of Daniel Kirkpatrick.

The forward pack remains intact from the bruising 26-14 loss to the champion Bulls side in Napier last weekend.

"The main thing we looked at was how we could be more attacking and maintain that defence that was so good against the Bulls," Hammett said.

"The forward pack who gutsed it out were pretty strong and stopped a big Bulls pack for the most part."

Hammett revealed that All Blacks halfback Piri Weepu was on track to make his comeback against the Queensland Reds in Wellington on April 30.

Weepu's authority and experience have been sorely missed by the Hurricanes as he continues to rehabilitate from a broken leg suffered last October.

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