2015 Super Teams - Pre-season matches

[kiap]

Incomplete list (others? - please post below):

Team T1  T2  T3  T4/R1
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BRU: FOR HIG ---
FOR: BRU APD ---
REB: --- RED HIG
RED: --- REB CRU
WAR: --- UWP CHI
 
BLU: xxx CHI HUR
CHI: --- BLU WAR
CRU: HIG HUR RED
HIG: CRU BRU REB NZB
HUR: xxx CRU BLU
 
BUL: CHE SAR ---
CHE: BUL STO ---
LIO: --- P&L ---
SHA: -?- -?- TOU
STO: SWD CHE BOL

Notes:
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APD = Asia Pacific Dragons
Bol = Boland Cavaliers (RSA)
Gri = Griffons (RSA)
NZB = NZ Barbarians
P&L = Pukke & Leopards (RSA) double header
Tou = Toulon (FRA)
Sar = Saracens (ENG)
SWD = South Western Disticts (RSA)
UWP = Uni/Wicks/Parra (3 x 30 minute hit-outs) - Thanks, LG
xxx = internal trial

Trials week 1
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Fri 23 Jan
Blu v xxx @ Unitec (TBC) 17:00 NZDT
For v Bru @ McGillivray Oval, Perth 17:00 WAST

Sat 24 Jan
Cru v Hig @ Timaru 14:30 NZDT
Hur v xxx @ Gisborne
Sto v SWD @ George, South Africa 16:30 SAST
Che v Bul @ Polokwane, South Africa 17:00 SAST

Trials week 2
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Thu 29 Jan
Blu v Chi @ Whangerei 19:00 NZDT
Sto v Che @ Cape Town

Fri 30 Jan
Sto v Che @ Newlands 19:00 SAST

Sat 31 Jan
Hur v Cru @ Eketahuna RFC 15:00 NZDT
Red v Reb @ Barlow Park, Cairns 19:30 AEST
War v UWP @ TBA
Bru v Hig @ Wagga Wagga
For v APD @ McGillivray Oval, Perth 17:00 WAST
Lio v P&L @ Potchefstoom (d.header) 13.15 & 15.00 SAST
Sar v Bul @ Allianz Stadium, London, 15:15 BST
Che "B" v Gri @ Bloemfontein

Trials week 3
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Thu 5 Feb
Reb v Hig @ Melbourne 18:30 AEDT
Tou v Sha @ Stade Mayol, Toulon

Fri 6 Feb
Blu v Hur @ North Harbour 16:00 NZDT
Red v Cru @ Ballymore 19:30 AEST
War v Chi @ Campbelltown, Sydney

Sat 7 Feb
Sto v Bol @ Wellington, South Africa (kick-off TBC).

Trials week 4/Round 1
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Fri 13 Feb
Hig v NZB @ Dunedin 18:00 NZDT

 

[Brumby Runner]

Forecast for Perth on Friday, 32C maximum and sunny. Could be worse at this time of the year.

 

[the sabanator]

That Reds - Rebels game up in Cairns will be absolute heat torture

 

[PaarlBok]

Stormers preseason:
24/01 : SWD @ George (16h30)
30/01 : Cheetahs @ Newlands (19h00)
07/02 : Boland Cavaliers @ Wellington (kick-off TBC).

 

[PaarlBok]

Stormers first team vs SWD
Stormers team:
15. Cheslin Kolbe, 14. EW Viljoen, 13. Juan de Jongh, 12. Damian de Allende, 11. Dillyn Leyds, 10. Kurt Coleman, 9. Nic Groom, 8. Duane Vermeulen (captain), 7. Michael Rhodes, 6. Rynhardt Elstadt, 5. Manuel Carizza, 4. Gerbrandt Grobler, 3. Vincent Koch, 2. Scarra Ntubeni, 1. Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes: 16. Bongi Mbonambi, 17. Oliver Kebble, 18. Wilco Louw, 19. Jurie van Vuuren, 20. Neil Rautenbach, 21. Michael Willemse, 22. Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 23. Louis Schreuder, 24. Demetri Catrakilis, 25. Huw Jones, 26. Jaco Taute, 27. Godlen Masimla, 28. Robert du Preez

 

[kiap]

Stormers preseason:
24/01 : SWD @ George (16h30)
30/01 : Cheetahs @ Newlands (19h00)
07/02 : Boland Cavaliers @ Wellington (kick-off TBC).

Cheers, mate - added to the OP.

 

[kiap]

That Reds - Rebels game up in Cairns will be absolute heat torture

Yeah, humid. Reckon that's why they used to play pre-season games up the range in Toowoomba quite often.

Do they play these things in quarters?

 

[the sabanator]

Surely they'd have to. 40 minutes in Cairns humidity would be enough to sap any athlete. No use getting an exhaustion related injury in a trial.

 

[Dctarget]

Highlanders take the biscuits in their trial against the Crusaders, 29-27.

On a traumatic note, Willie Heinz has broken his leg and Jone Macilai has broken his arm.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^ To make matters worse Andy Ellis is still in Japan & may not be available until March, depending on how his Club side goes in their playoffs, which leaves them with Mitchell Drummond & whoever's in their WTS. Not sure if there'd be too many quality 9's who aren't already locked into someone's Super Rugby setup or gone OS. That said, I'm sure Toddy will have his scouts out & about looking for someone.

EDIT: and I'm gonna have to do another re-write of my steaming pile of pro-CruSadists (TM) propaganda I mean fair & balanced season preview :-(

 

[qwerty51]

Just saw a pic of Heinz's leg. Wow that's a shocker

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Blackadder's gonna ask Ellis to break his Jap club contract & come home early. Can't see it happening, he'll probably want to be going back to Japan if not Kobe post-Super Rugby.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/...os-to-andy-ellis-after-willi-heinz-breaks-leg

 

[kiap]

Jeez, should spoiler that thing.

Won't someone think of the children?

 

[daz]

Surely they'd have to. 40 minutes in Cairns humidity would be enough to sap any athlete. No use getting an exhaustion related injury in a trial.

Yeah, my guess is they will play 20min quarters, as the Tahs and Rebels did in Albury last year. Cracked 40 degrees if I recall. Basically a new team ran on each quarter.

Personally, I think running around for 80 on Cairns January heat for a trial game is just plain idiotic.

 

[brokendown]

Force used to play Brumbies in Darwin,preseason--both teams managed the humidity ok

 

[Forcefield]

The Force and Rebels should play a few trials in Adelaide.

 

[brokendown]

wont happen unless the SA government put up some funding

 

[kiap]

Bulls 30-13 Cheetahs - Scrumhalf Piet van Zyl put in an inspired cameo and inspired his teammates as they scored three tries – two to the nippy scrumhalf – to run away with the game. While little can be predicted from the results of warm-up games, the Bulls will be happy with what essentially is a second string side winning so comprehensively.

http://thebulls.co.za/news/2015/01/24/match-report-polokwane/

But Bulls will be without Springbok hooker Bandise Maku fo 4-6 months after he tore his pectoral muscle @ Polokwane.

Everyone's getting injuries.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Hurricanes v Crusaders at Eketahuna on Saturday.

Hurricanes: Nehe Milner-Skudder, Vince Aso, Matt Proctor, Rey Lee-Lo, Jason Woodward, Frae Wilson, Blade Thomson, Ardie Savea, Brad Shields (c), Mark Abbott, Geoff Cridge, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Brayden Mitchell, Ben Franks. Reserves: Leni Apisai, Reggie Goodes, Chris Eves, Tolu Fahamokioa, Mike Kainga, Vaea Fifita, Iopu Iopu-Aso, Heiden Bidwell-Curtis, Jamie Booth, Otere Black, Willis Halaholo, Ope Peleseuma.

Crusaders: TBA.

Toomaga-Allen & Savea returning from long injury breaks.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/...a-return-to-provide-preseason-boost-for-canes

 

[Lee Grant]

The Waratahs are playing Randwick, Sydney Uni and Parramatta in 30 minute sessions on Sat Jan31.

There was some confusion (started by me) about where the game was going to be held.

I heard Merrylands - and thought it was the ground by the Merrylands RSL, which has been used for a lot of Oz Schools and Tah B games - but it is at Granville Park (Parramatta's home ground) which is also in the Merrylands' suburb.

The Tahs' sessions start at 1pm Saturday but the Willie O Cup games (part of a Tahs fan day) starts before then and concludes after the third Tahs' session.

More details here:

http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs...rticleID/14486/2015-NSW-Waratahs-Fan-Day.aspx
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