Non-Australian Super Rugby Matches - Round 4

[waiopehu oldboy]

There's four matches this week with no Australian team(s) involved:

Bulls v Sharks at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria - 0400 AEDT Saturday
Referee: Glen Jackson
 Assistant Referees: Stuart Berry, Rasta Rasivhenge
 TMO: Willie Vos

Bulls: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Jamba Ulengo, 13 Jan Serfontein, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Rudy Paige, 8 Arno Botha, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Roelof Smit, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Trevor Nyakane, 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Jason Jenkins, 20 Nic de Jager, 21 Piet van Zyl, 22 Tian Schoeman, 23 Jesse Kriel

Sharks: 15 Willie Le Roux, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Joe Pietersen, 9 Michael Claassens, 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Philip van der Walt, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Kyle Cooper, 1 Tendai Mtawarira (c),16 Franco Marais, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Keegan Daniel, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Garth April, 23 Odwa Ndungane


Crusaders v Kings at AMI Stadium, Christchurch - 1735 AEDT Saturday
Referee: William Houston
 Assistant Referees: Brendon Pickerill, Angus Mabey
 TMO: Chris Wratt

Crusaders: 15 Marty McKenzie, 14 Johnny McNicholl, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 David Havili, 11 Nemani Nadolo, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Mitchell Drummond, 8 Jimmy Tupou, 7 Matt Todd, 6 Jordan Taufua, 5 Samuel Whitelock (c), 4 Luke Romano, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Ben Funnell, 1 Wyatt Crockett, 16 Ged Robinson, 17 Alex Hodgman, 18 Mike Ala'alatoa, 19 Tim Boys, 20 Pete Samu, 21 Leon Fukofuka, 22 Ryan Crotty, 23 Jone Macilai

Kings: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Luzuko Vulindlu, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Shane Gates, 11 Malcolm Jaer, 10 Louis Fouche, 9 Kevin Luiters, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Thembelani Bholi, 6 Chris Cloete, 5 JC Astle, 4 Steven Sykes (c), 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Martin Ferreira, 1 Schalk Ferreira, 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Schalk Oelofse, 20 CJ Velleman, 21 Ntando Kebe, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 JP Du Plessis

Lions v Cheetahs at Emirates Airlines Park, Johannesburg - 0205 AEDT Sunday
Referee: Stuart Berry
 Assistant Referees: Glen Jackson, Rasta Rasivhenge
 TMO: Johan Greeff

Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Courtnal Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley (captain), 7 Ruan Ackermann, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Andries Ferreira 3 Julian Redelinghuys, 2 Malcolm Marx 1 Dylan Smith, 16 Armand van der Merwe, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Lourens Erasmus, 20 Cyle Brink, 21 Dillon Smit, 22 Jaco van der Walt, 23 Rohan Janse van Rensburg

Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter (c), 12 William Small-Smith, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Neil Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Henco Venter, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Paul Schoeman, 5 Lodewyk de Jager, 5 Lodewyk de Jager, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Charles Marais, 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Johan Coetzee, 19 Francois Uys, 20. Hilton Lobberts, 21 Boom Prinsloo, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga


Jaguares v Chiefs at Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires - 0840 AEDT Sunday
Referee: Chris Pollock
 Assistant Referees: Jamie Nutbrown, Federico Anselmi
 TMO: Santiago Borsani

Jaguares: 15 Jaoquin Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Jerónimo de la Fuente, 12 Juan M. Hernández, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Juan M Leguizamón, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustín Creevy (c), 1 Santiago García Botta, 16 Julián Montoya, 17 Roberto Tejerizo, 18 Felipe Arregui, 19 Matías Alemanno, 20 Facundo Isa, 21 Felipe Ezcurra, 22 Santiago González Iglesias, 23 Matías Moroni

Chiefs: 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Sam McNicol, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 James Lowe, 10 Aaron Cruden (co-c), 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Michael Leitch, 7 Sam Cane (co-c), 6 Tom Sanders, 5 Johan Bardoul, 4 Michael Allardice, 3 Hiroshi Yamashita, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Mitchell Graham, 16 RhysMarshall, 17 Pauliasi Manu, 18 Siate Tokolahi, 19 Taleni Seu, 20 Maama Vaipulu, 21 Brad Weber, 22 Seta Tamanivalu, 23 Glen Fisiiahi.

 

[galumay]

Still dont like the format of a single thread for half the Super Rugby games!

Jaguares v Chiefs should be an absolute cracker!!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^^^^^ given how little traffic the Sethfricken derbies will generate, it's more like 1/4 than 1/2 And of course you're right, Jaguares v Chiefs will be epic for all kinds of reasons but I'll be (pleasantly) surprised if this thread makes it to triple figures* hence my giving the "one stop shop" approach a go.

EDIT: * corresponding thread for Round 3 currently sits at 94 or ~19 per match...........

 

[galumay]

hence my giving the "one stop shop" approach a go.
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Yep, fair call, I get why. Its just frustrating if two different games start generating posts as the conversation becomes very fractured.

I am siting here typing this watching Toulon & Grenoble - which I would also happily chat about. I guess like most sports, many fans are very parochial and only interested in the club they follow with no real interest in the game if its played somewhere else!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Blackadder has made nine (!) changes, hope it doesn't come back to bite us on the arse, gotta respect the opposition & all that...........

 

[Hawko]

Blackadder has made nine (!) changes, hope it doesn't come back to bite us on the arse, gotta respect the opposition & all that.....

So far the Kings have not looked good...

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

I'm not worried about losing but we do have a history of playing poorly against poor opposition so I AM worried about us having to win ugly, failing to secure what should be a gimme BP & losing momentum ahead of the road trip.

That said there's some quality players coming in & id have had MMac there as a secondary first-receiver/ exit-kicker anyways.

Hoping for a 20+, BP win but would settle for fewer points (I can see PD being important in the overall NZ Conf standings) provided we hang onto that BP.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Change to Crusaders XV: MMac out, Volovolo in. Bench unchanged.

 

[Brumby Jack]

The miss from Joe Pietersen of the Shorks from basically in front against the Bulls that would have won the game has to be seen to be believed.

 

[qwerty51]

The miss from Joe Pietersen of the Shorks from basically in front against the Bulls that would have won the game has to be seen to be believed.

Investigate his bank accounts..

 

[swingpass]

Crusaders up by 30 with 30 to go 43 - 10
Kings try as i type. 43 - 17

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Important, confidence-building win ahead of the three-match road trip to Sethfricka & East Sethfricka. No apparent injuries (Sam W should probably be expecting a call from the match review official, tho) & Dagg, Fruean & Crotty due back within the next 4-5 weeks so well placed to make a mid-season charge for a playoffs spot.

 

[galumay]

Yep, as usual the 'Saders look to be building into the season nicely. They are notoriously slow out of the blocks but seem to have got going a bit earlier this year which should help with the trip round the world!