The Reds start their march to Super Rugby dominance this weekend against the Sharks. Oh and there are some other teams playing as well.
Games:
Chiefs v Stormers
| Date: | Friday 14 March | |
| Location: | Waikato Stadium | Hamilton |
| Kickoff: | 17:35 | |
| Chiefs | v | Stormers |
| Jamie Mackintosh | 1 | Steven Kitshoff |
| Mahonri Schwalger | 2 | Tiaan Liebenberg |
| Ben Tameifuna | 3 | Brok Harris |
| Matt Symons | 4 | Ruan Botha |
| Brodie Retallick | 5 | De Kock Steenkamp |
| Liam Messam | 6 | Deon Fourie |
| Tanerau Latimer | 7 | Schalk Burger |
| Liam Squire | 8 | Duane Vermeulen |
| Tawera Kerr-Barlow | 9 | Nic Groom |
| Aaron Cruden | 10 | Demetri Catrakilis |
| James Lowe | 11 | Gio Aplon |
| Tom Marshall | 12 | Damian de Allende |
| Charlie Ngatai | 13 | Jean de Villiers |
| Tim Nanai-Williams | 14 | Kobus van Wyk |
| Gareth Anscombe | 15 | Jaco Taute |
| Reserves | |
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| Rhys Marshall | 16 | Stephan Coetzee |
| Pauliasi Manu | 17 | Oliver Kebble |
| Josh Hohneck | 18 | Frans Malherbe |
| Mike Fitzgerald | 19 | Siya Kolisi |
| Tevita Koloamatangi | 20 | Nizaam Carr |
| Brad Webber | 21 | Louis Schreuder |
| Robbie Fruean | 22 | Peter Grant |
| Asaeli Tikoirotuma | 23 | Sailosi Tagicakibau |
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| Referee: | Craig Joubert | |
| Assistant Ref 1: | Nick Briant | |
| Assistant Ref 2: | Shane McDermott | |
| TMO : | Ben Skeen | |
Rebels v Crusaders
| Date: | Friday 14 March | |
| Location: | AAMI Park | Melbourne |
| Kickoff: | 19:40 | |
| Rebels | v | Crusaders |
| Toby Smith | 1 | Wyatt Crockett |
| Pat Leafa | 2 | Ben Funnell |
| Laurie Weeks | 3 | Owen Franks |
| Hugh Pyle | 4 | Luke Romano |
| Luke Jones | 5 | Sam Whitelock |
| Sean McMahon | 6 | Luke Whitelock |
| Scott Fuglistaller | 7 | Matt Todd |
| Scott Higginbotham | 8 | Kieran Read |
| Luke Burgess | 9 | Andrew Ellis |
| Bryce Hegarty | 10 | Colin Slade |
| Tom English | 11 | Johnny McNicholl |
| Mitch Inman | 12 | Tom Taylor |
| Tamati Ellison | 13 | Ryan Crotty |
| Lachlan Mitchell | 14 | Nafi Tuitavake |
| Jason Woodward | 15 | Israel Dagg |
| Reserves | Reserves | |
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| Shota Horie | 16 | Codie Taylor |
| Max Lahiff | 17 | Tim Perry |
| Paul Alo-Emile | 18 | Nepo Laulala |
| Cadeyrn Neville | 19 | Dominic Bird |
| Colby Faingaa | 20 | Jordan Taufua |
| Ben Meehan | 21 | Mitchell Drummond |
| Angus Roberts | 22 | Kieron Fonotia |
| Telusa Veainu | 23 | Nemani Nadolo |
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| Referee: | James Leckie | |
| Assistant Ref 1: | Andrew Lees | |
| Assistant Ref 2: | Ian Smith | |
| TMO : | George Ayoub | |
Hurricanes v Cheetahs
| Date: | Saturday 15 March | |
| Location: | Westpac Stadium | Wellington |
| Kickoff: | 14:35 | |
| Hurricanes | v | Cheetahs |
| Ben Franks | 1 | Caylib Oosthuizen |
| Dane Coles | 2 | Adriaan Strauss |
| Jeffery Toomaga-Allen | 3 | Maks van Dyk |
| Jeremy Thrush | 4 | Lodewyk de Jager |
| Mark Reddish | 5 | Francois Uys |
| Faifili Levave | 6 | Boom Prinsloo |
| Ardie Savea | 7 | Lappies Labuschagne |
| Blade Thomson | 8 | Philip van der Walt |
| Chris Smylie | 9 | Sarel Pretorius |
| Beauden Barrett | 10 | Johan Goosen |
| Julian Savea | 11 | Raymond Rhule |
| Hadleigh Parkes | 12 | Francois Venter |
| Conrad Smith | 13 | Johann Sadie |
| Alapati Leiua | 14 | Cornal Hendricks |
| James Marshall | 15 | Willie le Roux |
| Reserves | |
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| Motu Matu'u | 16 | Ryno Barnes |
| Chris Eves | 17 | Trevor Nyakane |
| John Schwalger | 18 | Rossouw de Klerk |
| James Broadhurst | 19 | Andries Ferreira |
| Jack Lam | 20 | Jean Cook |
| TJ Perenara | 21 | Shaun Venter |
| Matt Proctor | 22 | Elgar Watts |
| Marty Banks | 23 | Hennie Daniller |
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| Referee: | Angus Gardner | |
| Assistant Ref 1: | Mike Fraser | |
| Assistant Ref 2: | Mike Lash | |
| TMO : | Chris Wratt | |
Highlanders v Force
| Date: | Saturday 15 March | |
| Location: | Forsyth Barr Stadium | Dunedin |
| Kickoff: | 17:35 | |
| Highlanders | v | Force |
| Kane Hames | 1 | Pek Cowan |
| Liam Coltman | 2 | Nathan Charles |
| Chris King | 3 | Kieran Longbottom |
| Jarrad Hoeata | 4 | Sam Wykes |
| Joe Wheeler | 5 | Wilhelm Steenkamp |
| John Hardie | 6 | Angus Cottrell |
| Shane Christie | 7 | Matt Hodgson (c) |
| Nasi Manu | 8 | Ben McCalman |
| Aaron Smith | 9 | Alby Mathewson |
| Lima Sopoaga | 10 | Sias Ebersohn |
| Kurt Baker | 11 | Nick Cummins |
| Shaun Treeby | 12 | Kyle Godwin |
| Malakai Fekitoa | 13 | Junior Rasolea |
| Richard Buckman | 14 | Luke Morahan |
| Ben Smith | 15 | Jayden Hayward |
| Reserves | |
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| Ged Robinson | 16 | Heath Tessmann |
| Matias Diaz | 17 | Tetera Faulkner |
| Craig Millar | 18 | Ollie Hoskins |
| Josh Bekhuis | 19 | Adam Coleman |
| Elliot Dixon | 20 | Brynard Stander |
| Fumiaki Tanaka | 21 | Ian Prior |
| Hayden Parker | 22 | Zack Holmes |
| Phil Burleigh | 23 | Marcel Brache |
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| Referee: | Glen Jackson | |
| Assistant Ref 1: | Garratt Williamson | |
| Assistant Ref 2: | Ben O'Keefe | |
| TMO : | Vinny Munro | |
Brumbies v Waratahs
| Date: | Saturday 15 March | |
| Location: | Canberra Stadium | Canberra |
| Kickoff: | 19:40 | |
| Brumbies | v | Waratahs |
| Scott Sio | 1 | Benn Robinson |
| Stephen Moore | 2 | Tatafu Polota-Nau |
| Ben Alexander | 3 | Paddy Ryan |
| Leon Power | 4 | Jacques Potgieter |
| Sam Carter | 5 | Kane Douglas |
| Scott Fardy | 6 | Dave Dennis |
| Jarrad Butler | 7 | Michael Hooper |
| Ben Mowen | 8 | Wycliff Palu |
| Nic White | 9 | Nick Phipps |
| Matt Toomua | 10 | Bernard Foley |
| Robbie Coleman | 11 | Peter Betham |
| Pat McCabe | 12 | Kurtley Beale |
| Tevita Kuridrani | 13 | Adam Ashley-Cooper |
| Henry Speight | 14 | Alofa Alofa |
| Jesse Mogg | 15 | Israel Folau |
| Reserves | |
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| Josh Mann-Rea | 16 | Tolu Latu |
| Ruan Smith | 17 | Jeremy Tilse |
| Jean-Pierre Smith | 18 | Sekope Kepu |
| Jordan Smiler | 19 | Will Skelton |
| Locky McCaffrey | 20 | Stephen Hoiles |
| Michael Dowsett | 21 | Patrick McCutcheon |
| Andrew Smith | 22 | Brendan McKibbin |
| Lionel Cronje | 23 | Rob Horne |
| | Matthew Carraro |
| | Jono Lance |
| Referee: | Jaco Peyper | |
| Assistant Ref 1: | Rohan Hoffmann | |
| Assistant Ref 2: | Graham Cooper | |
| TMO : | Peter Marshall | |
Lions v Blues
| Date: | Sun 16 Mar | |
| Location: | Ellis Park | Johannesburg |
| Kickoff: | 00:00 | |
| Lions | v | Blues |
| Schalk van der Merwe | 1 | Tony Woodcock |
| Robbie Coetzee | 2 | James Parsons |
| Julian Redelinghuys | 3 | Charlie Faumuina |
| Franco Mostert | 4 | Patrick Tuipulotu |
| Franco van der Merwe | 5 | Tom Donnelly |
| Jaco Kriel | 6 | Brendon O'Connor |
| Willie Britz | 7 | Luke Braid |
| Warren Whiteley (c) | 8 | Steven Luatua |
| Faf de Klerk | 9 | Piri Weepu |
| Marnitz Boshoff | 10 | Chris Noakes |
| Courtnall Skosan | 11 | Charles Piutau |
| Stefan Watermeyer | 12 | Pita Ahki |
| Deon van Rensburg | 13 | George Moala |
| JW Jonker | 14 | Frank Halai |
| Coenie van Wyk | 15 | Benji Marshall |
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| Willie Wepener | 16 | Tom McCartney |
| Corne Fourie | 17 | Sam Prattley |
| Ruan Dreyer | 18 | Angus Ta'avao |
| MB Lusaseni | 19 | Liaki Moli |
| Warwick Tecklenburg | 20 | Jordan Manihera |
| Ross Cronje | 21 | Bryn Hall |
| Elton Jantjies | 22 | Simon Hickey |
| Ruan Combrinck | 23 | Jackson Willison |
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| Referee: | Stuart Berry | |
| Assistant Ref 1: | Christie du Preez | |
| Assistant Ref 2: | Francois de Bruin | |
| TMO : | Johan Greeff | |
Sharks v Reds
| Date: | Sun 16 Mar | |
| Location: | Kings Park | Durban |
| Kickoff: | 02:05 | |
| Sharks | v | Reds |
| Tendai Mtawarira | 1 | James Slipper |
| Bismarck du Plessis (Captain) | 2 | Saia Faingaa |
| Jannie du Plessis | 3 | Greg Holmes |
| Anton Bresler | 4 | Rob Simmons |
| Pieter-Steph du Toit | 5 | James Horwill (C) |
| Marcell Coetzee | 6 | Eddie Quirk |
| Willem Alberts | 7 | Liam Gill |
| Ryan Kankowski | 8 | Jake Schatz |
| Cobus Reinach | 9 | Will Genia (VC) |
| Patrick Lambie | 10 | Quade Cooper |
| Lwazi Mvovo | 11 | Lachie Turner |
| Frans Steyn | 12 | Mike Harris |
| Sbura Sithole | 13 | Chris Feauai-Sautia |
| JP Pietersen | 14 | Rod Davies |
| SP Marais | 15 | Aidan Toua |
| Reserves | |
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| Kyle Cooper | 16 | James Hanson |
| Dale Chadwick | 17 | Ben Daley |
| Lourens Adriaanse | 18 | Jono Owen |
| Stephan Lewies | 19 | Ed ODonoghue |
| Tera Mtembu | 20 | Beau Robinson |
| Charl McLeod | 21 | Nick Frisby |
| Heimar Williams | 22 | Ben Tapuai |
| Jaco van Tonder | 23 | Dom Shipperley |
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| Referee: | Lourens van der Merwe | |
| Assistant Ref 1: | Jaco van Heerden | |
| Assistant Ref 2: | Stefan Breytenbach | |
| TMO : | Shaun Veldsman | |
BYES:
The Bulls.
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