Super Rugby 2017: matches not involving Australian teams

[waiopehu oldboy]

Highlights:

 

[Ulrich]

Lions v Sharks by far the best game of this round so far.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

How good is it watching South African teams playing the way they did back in the days when a NZ v SA Test was pretty much for the World Championship? Much better than the "anti-Rugby" rubbish of recent years & coaching regimes.

Just watching the Chiefs v Bulls replay & can see why Faauli has been cited, pretty clear shoulder charge & somewhat surprising no one at all picked it up live. If Quade's was worth three weeks you'd expect Faauli to cop at least that, depends on where the wheel stops I guess.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Laulala won't travel to SA & Cane will only go over on Thursday with a view to being available for the Cheetahs & Force matches.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/...-of-chiefs-super-rugby-match-against-stormers

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Fa'auli takes the early plea & gets four weeks:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/...li-banned-for-four-weeks-for-dangerous-tackle

 

[PaarlBok]

ACR

NZ teams vs foreign opposition so far: 13-0 (1 left to go this w/e)

Stormers to break that duck on Saturday. Here. First. Stormers by 50.

DP flounce coming up.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Un-Australian Activities #6 is up:

http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/un...he-other-super-rugby-matches-4/#disqus_thread

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

ROUND 7

Sunwolves v Bulls
15:15 Sat 8 April*

Highlanders v Blues
17:35 Sat 8 April

Sharks v Jaguares
23:05 Sat 8 April

Stormers v Chiefs
01:15 Sun 9 April

*times are AEST

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Sunwolves vs Bulls
@ Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
Referee: Will Houston (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia), Akhiso Aso (Japan)
TMO: Minoru Fuji (Japan)

Highlanders v Blues
@ Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Referee: Jamie Nutbrown (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), James Doleman (New Zealand)
TMO: Shane McDermott (New Zealand)

Sharks vs Jaguares
@ Kings Park, Durban
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Stormers vs Chiefs
@ Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant Referees: Jaco van Heerden (South Africa), Cwengile Jadezweni (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

 

[KiwiM]

SBW returns.

Blues team to play Highlanders
1 Pauliasi Manu, 2 James Parsons (C), 3 Charlie Faumuina, 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 5 Scott Scrafton, 6 Jerome Kaino, 7 Blake Gibson, 8 Steven Luatua; 9 Augustine Pulu, 10 Piers Francis, 11 Melani Nanai, 12 George Moala, 13. Rieko Ioane, 14 Matt Duffie, 15 Michael Collins.
Replacements: 16 Matt Moulds, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Sione Mafileo, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Akira Ioane, 21 Billy Guyton, 22 Bryn Gatland, 23 Sonny Bill Williams.

 

[Blue]

This round will show us whether the Stormers are the real deal or just a bunch of flat track bullies.

IT will also hopefully be the first step in the Bulls coach getting fired. The Sunwolves are a real chance.

 

[zer0]

SBW returns.

Blues team to play Highlanders
1 Pauliasi Manu, 2 James Parsons (C), 3 Charlie Faumuina, 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 5 Scott Scrafton, 6 Jerome Kaino, 7 Blake Gibson, 8 Steven Luatua; 9 Augustine Pulu, 10 Piers Francis, 11 Melani Nanai, 12 George Moala, 13. Rieko Ioane, 14 Matt Duffie, 15 Michael Collins.
Replacements: 16 Matt Moulds, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Sione Mafileo, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Akira Ioane, 21 Billy Guyton, 22 Bryn Gatland, 23 Sonny Bill Williams.

Luatua will also be making a timely return. Hopefully he can carry on his form prior to his silliness. Still disappointed that there's no sign of Nock. Presumably he'll be packed off to the U20's, as I think he's still eligible?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^ there's an item on the RNZ site that says Nock wasn't considered due to a shoulder injury. Hasn't been named in the squad for the Oceania U20's & as he was born in June 1996 I'm not sure he'd be eligible for JWC?

 

[zer0]

Ah. That sucks. Hopefully he gets better soon as he has an A.Smith like bullet of a pass.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

SBW returns.

Blues team to play Highlanders
1 Pauliasi Manu, 2 James Parsons (C), 3 Charlie Faumuina, 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 5 Scott Scrafton, 6 Jerome Kaino, 7 Blake Gibson, 8 Steven Luatua; 9 Augustine Pulu, 10 Piers Francis, 11 Melani Nanai, 12 George Moala, 13. Rieko Ioane, 14 Matt Duffie, 15 Michael Collins.
Replacements: 16 Matt Moulds, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Sione Mafileo, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Akira Ioane, 21 Billy Guyton, 22 Bryn Gatland, 23 Sonny Bill Williams.

Ben from Accounts is also back, as is Liam Squire albeit from the bench:

HIGHLANDERS: 1 - Daniel Lienert-Brown, 2 - Liam Coltman, 3 - Siosuia Halanukonuka, 4 - Alex Ainley, 5 - Tom Franklin, 6 - Elliot Dixon, 7 - Dillon Hunt, 8 - Luke Whitelock, 9 - Aaron Smith, 10 - Marty Banks, 11 - Patrick Osborne, 12 - Richard Buckman, 13 - Malakai Fekitoa, 14 - Tevita Li, 15 - Ben Smith (c)
RESERVES 16 - Greg Pleasants-Tate, 17 - Aki Seiuli, 18 - Siate Tokolah, 19 - Joe Wheeler, 20 - Liam Squire, 21 - Kayne Hammington, 22 - Fletcher Smith, 23 - Matt Faddes

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Sunwolves: 15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Takaaki Nakazuru, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Derek Carpenter, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Hayden Cripps, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Rahboni Warren Vosayaco, 7 Shuhei Matsuhashi, 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Uwe Helu, 4 Liaki Moli, 3 Yasuo Yamaji, 2 Yusuke Niwai, 1 Koki Yamamoto
Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Keita Inagaki, 18 Heiichiro Ito, 19 Sam Wykes, 20 Shunsuke Nunomaki, 21 Yuki Yatomi, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Ryohei Yamanaka

Bulls: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Jan Serfontein, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Jamba Ulengo, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Rudy Paige, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Nic de Jager, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Adriaan Strauss(c), 1 Lizo Gqoboko
Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Martin Dreyer, 19 Jaco Visagie/Hendré Stassen, 20 Jacques Potgieter, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Francois Brummer, 23 Franco Naude

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Sharks: 15 Garth April, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Jean-Luc du Preez, 6 Tera Mtembu (c), 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Franco Marais, 1 Beast Mtawarira
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Lourens Adriaanse, 19 Ruan Botha, 20 Philip van der Walt, 21 Michael Claassens, 22 Inny Radebe, 23 Jeremy Ward

Jaguares: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Ramiro Moyano, 13 Matías Orlando, 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente, 11 Bautista Ezcurra, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Tomás Lezana, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Matías Alemanno, 4 Marcos Kremer, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustín Creevy (c), 1 Lucas Noguera Paz
Replacements: 16 Roberto Tejerizo, 17 Santiago García Botta, 18 Felipe Arregui, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Rodrigo Baez, 21 Felipe Ezcurra, 22 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23 Emiliano Boffelli

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Stormers: 15 SP Marais, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 EW Viljoen, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Dillyn Leyds, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Siya Kolisi (c), 6 Cobus Wiese, 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg
Replacements: 16 Ramone Samuels, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Jan de Klerk, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Justin Phillips, 22 Kurt Coleman, 23 Dan Kriel

Chiefs: 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Toni Pulu, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Stephen Donald, 11 James Lowe, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Michael Leitch, 7 Lachlan Boshier, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Brodie Retallick, 4 Dominic Bird, 3 Atu Moli, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Kane Hames
Replacements: 16 Brayden Mitchell, 17 Siegfried Fisi’ihoi, 18 Sosefo Kautai, 19 Taleni Seu, 20 Mitchell Brown, 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Sam McNicol, 23 Shaun Stevenson

 

[RugbyReg]

I'm finding this round a really tough one to pick.


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[dru]

I'm finding this round a really tough one to pick.


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Absolutely.

Sunwolves may surprise at home but Bulls really need it
Brumbies Reds tough to pick.
Jaguars could take Sharks.

Not the only games that there could be surprises.