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NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Pelicans starting point guard Jrue Holiday plans to end his leave of absence next week and rejoin the team prepared to play immediately, two people familiar with the situation said Friday.The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because there has been no official announcement about Holidays planned return, which was first reported by Yahoo.The Pelicans announced this past summer that Holiday would take indefinite leave because his wife, Lauren, was pregnant and in need of brain surgery on a benign tumor.Lauren Holiday, a retired international soccer star, gave birth in late September and had surgery last month.The Pelicans, who host the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night, have lost eight of their first nine regular-season games.Holiday has been staying with his wife and child in the Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina, where Lauren Holidays surgery was performed by Duke University medical specialists. The people who spoke to AP said Holiday has been working out there with personal trainers and has been in constant touch with the Pelicans coaching staff, which has been sending him video of every game since the start of preseason to allow him to study the plays the Pelicans are running and help him remain familiar with the individual games of the teammates hell soon rejoin.Holiday is expected to return as healthy as he has been in several seasons.He began last season on minute restrictions following his rehabilitation from a nagging lower leg injury that had sidelined him for much of the 2013-14 and 2014-15 campaigns.A former Eastern Conference All-Star with Philadelphia before his trade to New Orleans in 2013, Holiday wound up playing in 65 games with 23 starts during the 2015-16 season, averaging 16.8 points, 6.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 28.2 minutes per game. 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Half-back Tomas Cubelli is confident his Brumbies team can handle the high intensity and tempo hes expecting in Fridays Super Rugby quarterfinal against the Highlanders.Cubelli, who has earned 48 caps for Argentina, believes the pace will be hot and the intensity close to Test level in what is set to be freezing conditions in Canberra.He will get his initial taste of Super finals action after a strong first season with the Canberra-based franchise.The Brumbies lost 23-10 to the Highlanders in Invercargill at the end of April after leaking 48 and 40 points at home to two other New Zealand sides, the Chiefs and Crusaders respectively.We didnt do well against the Kiwi teams, Cubelli said.They have very good skills and the tempo of the game will be very high, very intense, so its another big challenge for us and I think we can manage that.The competitions governing body SANZAAR was responsiblle for settling on the unusual 6pm (8pm NZT) kick-off time.ddddddddddddWith three rugby league games schedule at the venue the following day, stadium officials feared the usual 7.40pm start time, combined with a potential frost, would make it impossible to get line markings and sponsors painted on the field before the Raiders under-20s start on Saturday at 10.40am.Six oclock is warmer than a quarter to eight, quipped Brumbies and Wallabies back-rower Scott Fardy, who is used to chilly winter games in the nations capital.Players from the other four eliminated Australian Super franchises will continue training as they await the announcement of Wallabies coach Michael Cheikas squad for the opening Rugby Championship match against New Zealand in Sydney next month. 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