It’s Round 15 of Super Rugby and this week will sees 6 games and 3 teams on a bye with the Reds, Lions and Western Force taking a well earned break.
On Friday night there are 2 home conference derbies that should both be crackers!
| Crusaders V Highlanders | Rebels V Brumbies | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 July 17:35 AEST | Fri 1 July 19:40 AEST | |||
| Crusaders | Highlanders | Rebels | Brumbies | |
| 1 | Wyatt Crockett | Jamie Mackintosh | Nic Henderson | Ruaidhri Murphy |
| 2 | Corey Flynn | Andrew Hore | Adam Freier | Stephen Moore |
| 3 | Ben Franks | Chris King | Jono Owen | Ben Alexander |
| 4 | Luke Romano | Jarrad Hoeata | Cadeyrn Neville | Scott Fardy |
| 5 | Sam Whitelock | Josh Bekhuis | Hugh Pyle | Leon Power |
| 6 | George Whitelock | Adam Thomson | Luke Jones | Peter Kimlin |
| 7 | Richard McCaw | James Haskell | Hugh Perrett | Michael Hooper |
| 8 | Kieran Read | Nasi Manu | Gareth Delve | Ben Mowen |
| 9 | Andrew Ellis | Aaron Smith | Nick Phipps | Nic White |
| 10 | Daniel Carter | Chris Noakes | James Hilgendorf | Zack Holmes |
| 11 | Zac Guildford | Hosea Gear | Cooper Vuna | Joseph Tomane |
| 12 | Ryan Crotty | Phil Burleigh | Stirling Mortlock | Pat McCabe |
| 13 | Robbie Fruean | Tamati Ellison | Mitch Inman | Andrew Smith |
| 14 | Adam Whitelock | Kurt Baker | Mark Gerrard | Jesse Mogg |
| 15 | Israel Dagg | Ben Smith | Julian Huxley | Robbie Coleman |
| 16 | Quentin MacDonald | Jason Rutledge | Ged Robinson | Anthony Hegarty |
| 17 | Owen Franks | Bronson Murray | Rodney Blake | Scott Sio |
| 18 | Tom Donnelly | Nick Crosswell | Alister Campbell | Fotu Auelua |
| 19 | Matt Todd | Tim Boys | Tom Chamberlain | Colby Faingaa |
| 20 | Willi Heinz | Jimmy Cowan | Tim Davidson | Ian Prior |
| 21 | Tom Taylor | Michael Delany | Richard Kingi | Henry Speight |
| 22 | Tom Marshall | Kade Poki | Nic Stirzaker | Tevita Kuridrani |
Saturday Features the Blues and the Waratahs trying to resurrect disappointing seasons, the Hurricanes desperate to stay in front of the fast finishing Reds and the power and enthusiasm of the Chiefs.
| Blues V Chiefs | Waratahs V Hurricanes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 2 June 17:35 | Sat 2 June 19:40 | |||
| Blues | Chiefs | Waratahs | Hurricanes | |
| 1 | Tony Woodcock | Sona Taumalolo | Benn Robinson | Ben May |
| 2 | James Parsons | Mahonri Schwalger | Tatafu Polota-Nau | Dane Coles |
| 3 | Tevita Mailau | Ben Afeaki | Sekope Kepu | Jeffery Toomaga-Allen |
| 4 | Liaki Moli | Mike Fitzgerald | Sitaleki Timani | Jeremy Thrush |
| 5 | Ali Williams | Brodie Retallick | Kane Douglas | Jason Eaton |
| 6 | Steven Luatua | Liam Messam | Dave Dennis | Faifili Levave |
| 7 | Daniel Braid | Sam Cane | Jono Jenkins | Jack Lam |
| 8 | Luke Braid | Kane Thompson | Wycliff Palu | Victor Vito |
| 9 | Alby Mathewson | Tawera Kerr-Barlow | Sarel Pretorius | TJ Perenara |
| 10 | Michael Hobbs | Aaron Cruden | Berrick Barnes | Beauden Barrett |
| 11 | Rene Ranger | Aseli Tikoirotuma | Drew Mitchell | Julian Savea |
| 12 | Ma’a Nonu | Sonny Bill Williams | Adam Ashley-Cooper | Tim Bateman |
| 13 | Francis Saili | Jackson Willison | Rob Horne | Conrad Smith |
| 14 | Lachie Munro | Maritino Nemani | Tom Kingston | Alapati Leiua |
| 15 | Rudi Wulf | Robbie Robinson | Bernard Foley | Andre Taylor |
| 16 | Tom McCartney | Hikawera Elliott | John Ulugia | Motu Matu’u |
| 17 | Angus Ta’avao | Ben Tameifuna | Jeremy Tilse | Reggie Goodes |
| 18 | Filo Paulo | Romana Graham | Richard Stanford | James Broadhurst |
| 19 | Peter Saili | Scott Waldrom | Lopeti Timani | Brad Shields |
| 20 | Piri Weepu | Brendon Leonard | Brendan McKibbon | Chris Eaton |
| 21 | Hadleigh Parkes | Tim Nanai-Williams | Daniel Halangahu | Tusi Pisi |
| 22 | David Raikuna | Lelia Masaga | Tom Carter | Jayden Hayward |
We finish off in the small hours of Sunday morning with the South African games. In an all South African slugfest You can watch huge men smash into each other until the sun comes up. The Bulls V Stormers match should be a corker.
| Lions V Sharks | Bulls V Stormers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 2 June 1:05 | Sun 2 June 3:10 | |||
| Lions | Sharks | Bulls | Stormers | |
| 1 | CJ van der Linde | Tendai Mtawarira | Dean Greyling | Deon Carstens. |
| 2 | Callie Visagie | Bismarck du Plessis | Chiliboy Ralepelle | Tiaan Liebenberg |
| 3 | Patrick Cilliers | Jannie du Plessis | Werner Kruger | Frans Malherbe |
| 4 | Hendrik Roodt | Steven Sykes | Flip van der Merwe | Eben Etzebeth |
| 5 | Franco van der Merwe | Anton Bresler | Juandre Kruger | De Kock Steenkamp |
| 6 | Derick Minnie | Marcell Coetzee | Dewald Potgieter | Siya Kolisi |
| 7 | Grant Hattingh | Willem Alberts | CJ Stander | Rynhardt Elstadt |
| 8 | Joshua Strauss | Keegan Daniel | Pierre Spies (captain) | Jebb Sinclair |
| 9 | Tian Meyer | Charl McLeod | Francois Hougaard | Dewaldt Duvenage |
| 10 | Elton Jantjies | Frederic Michalak | Morne Steyn | Peter Grant |
| 11 | Anthony Volmink | Lwazi Mvovo | Bjorn Basson | Bryan Habana |
| 12 | Butch James | Meyer Bosman | Wynand Olivier | Jean de Villiers (c) |
| 13 | Lionel Mapoe | JP Pietersen | JJ Engelbrecht | Juan de Jongh |
| 14 | Deon van Rensburg | Odwa Ndungane | Akona Ndungane | Gerhard van den Heever |
| 15 | Andries Coetzee | Patrick Lambie | Zane Kirchner | Gio Aplon |
| 16 | Martin Bezuidenhout | Craig Burden | Willie Wepener | 16 Deon Fourie |
| 17 | JC Janse van Rensburg | Wiehahn Herbst | Rayno Gerber | Brok Harris |
| 18 | Etienne Oosthuizen | Jan Andre Marais | Wilhelm Steenkamp | Quinn Roux |
| 19 | Cobus Grobbelaar | Ryan Kankowski | Arno Botha | Don Armand |
| 20 | Ross Cronje | Jacques Botes | Jano Vermaak | Nick Fenton-Wells |
| 21 | Waylon Murray | Marius Joubert | Louis Fouche | Louis Schreuder |
| 22 | Ruan Combrinck | Louis Ludik | Francois Venter | Burton Francis. |
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