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Stormers: 1. Pat Cilliers 2. Deon Fourie 3. Frans Malherbe 4. De Kock Steenkamp 5. Andries Bekker 6. Siya Kolisi 7. Rynhardt Elstadt 8. Duane Vermeulen (vc) 9. Dewaldt Duvenage 10. Elton Jantjies 11. Gerhard van der Heever 12. Jean de Villiers (c) 13. Juan de Jongh 14. Gio Aplon 15. Joe...

Highlanders: 1. Tony Woodcock 2. Andrew Hore (Captain) 3. Chris King 4. Brad Thorn 5. Josh Bekhuis 6. Jarrad Hoeata 7. John Hardie 8. Elliot Dixon 9. Aaron Smith 10. Colin Slade 11. Hosea Gear (Vice-captain) 12. Ma’a Nonu 13. Jason Emery 14. Buxton Popoalii 15. Ben Smith 16. Liam...

I agree to an extent Sully. While I personally saw no issue in either tackle, it is obviously an area that refs are being overly vigilant on and probably for good reason. Namun, I am happy to see that the ref was at least consistent with his calls. Whatever we think about the tackles, at least...

Delit did some good things, but his overall option taking is very poor. He gifted the Cheetahs possession when he decided to put in some sort of chip/bomb/toilet kick, which Brussow promptly snapped up. Really, with the game in the balance and time running short, why did he not go long? From...

I actually like Fouche. He seems a lot more willing than Steyn. The problem with the Bulls though is that other teams know what to expect. Beat the rolling maul, dominate up front, you have beaten the Bulls. A shame really; they seem to have some talent out wide. But by god that was scrappy...

This. I would have double liked if I could.

I am keeping an eye on the Blues at the moment, I am really interested to see who will continue scoring points throughout the season. Pretty happy I have had Piutau from the start so far though.

And which, and whose, comments would you be referring to? Or is it a generalisation? Nevermind, I would rather not get into shit slinging.

Qwerty, you really need to give it a rest with the Quade hate.

No excuses from this Reds fan. The Force well and truly outplayed us and deserved that win. Congratulations to the Force.

Wow Hawko, that is really a rough trot you are having. I quite like the paranoia theory though, I will have to factor that into my calculations.

I'll have him in the mix next week, along with Saili. My sample only included the guys listed as playing this week. :) I'll try and get the data updated and out earlier next week too. I am currently working on outside backs, and there is no way I will have it done by the deadline today!

Ok, I have just uploaded a spreadsheet of centres for this weekend based on their cumulative scores so far this season. A couple of points to note: The mean is their average score The median is their middle point The range is the difference between a player's highest and lowest scores. A...

I'll try and build into that over the next few weeks as more data becomes available. For now, I am just sticking with individual player performance.

For the guys who haven't finalised their teams yet, and are having issues in the centres, I am currently putting my quantitative research skills to good use. I am compiling data for the starting centres this round, which goes a little deeper than Fox's stats. I just need to filter some things...

No. This is what will happen: In the first 10 minutes of the game Poki will knock the ball on the 4 times he receives it. In frustration, he will continually infringe. The ref will get sick of this and after the 3rd infringement, promptly send Poki to the bin. During that period, the...

Cheetahs: 1. Trevor Nyakane 2. Adriaan Strauss (c) 3. Lourens Adriaanse 4. Lodewyk de Jager 5. Francois Uys 6. Frans Viljoen 7. Lappies Labuschagne 8. Phillip van der Walt 9. Sarel Pretorius 10. Johan Goosen 11. Raymond Rhule 12. Robert Ebersohn 13. Johann Sadie 14. Willie le Roux 15. Hennie...

I believe he injured his ankle against the Crusaders. Not sure how long he is out for.

Kings: 1. Schalk Ferreira 2. Bandise Maku 3. Kevin Buys 4. Darron Nell (c) 5. Steven Sykes 6. Cornell du Preez 7. Wimpie van der Walt 8. Jacques Engelbrecht 9. Shaun Venter 10. Demetri Catrakilis 11. Sergeal Petersen 12. Andries Strauss 13. Ronnie Cooke 14. Marcello Sampson 15. SP Marais 16...

Hurricanes: 1. Ben Franks 2. Motu Matu'u/Ash Dixon 3. Ben May 4. Jeremy Thrush 5. Jason Eaton 6. Brad Shields 7. Karl Lowe 8. Victor Vito 9. TJ Perenara 10. Beauden Barrett 11. Julian Savea 12. Tim Bateman 13. Conrad Smith (c) 14. Alapati Leiua 15. James Marshall 16. TBC 17. Reggie...