This week’s Super Rugby team lists see one game…
What?… There’s other teams playing?… It’s not just the Reds v. Brumbies?… WOW could have sworn, anyway.
This week’s Super Rugby team lists see six big games. The Waratahs v. Chiefs should be very interesting. The Sharks take on the in-form Cheetahs. That should be a corker. But the game that’s got me just a little excited is the top of the Australian Conference table clash between the awesome Reds and the Brumbies. On to the team lists.
Friday’s Team Lists
Hurricanes v. Force
Hurricanes Versus Force
Ben Franks 1 Pek Cowan
Motu Matu'u 2 Heath Tessmann
Jeffery Toomaga-Allen 3 Tetera Faulkner
Jeremy Thrush 4 Toby Lynn
Mark Reddish 5 Sam Wykes
Jack Lam 6 Angus Cottrell
Brad Shields 7 Matt Hodgson (c)
Faifili Levave 8 Richard Brown
Chris Smylie 9 Alby Mathewson
Tusi Pisi 10 Sam Norton-Knight
Julian Savea 11 Ed Stubbs
Tim Bateman 12 Junior Rasolea
Conrad Smith 13 Winston Stanley
Alapati Leiua 14 Patrick Dellit
Beauden Barrett 15 Jayden Hayward
Reserves
Ash Dixon 16 James Hilterbrand
Reggie Goodes 17 Kieran Longbottom
James Broadhurst 18 Rory Walton
Karl Lowe 19 Chris Alcock
TJ Perenara 20 Mick Snowden
Reynold Lee-Lo 21 Sias Ebersohn
Andre Taylor 22 Alfie Mafi
Date: Friday 19 April
Location: Westpac Stadium Wellington
Kickoff: 17:35
Referee: Nick Briant (NZL)
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Waratahs v. Chiefs
Waratahs Versus Chiefs
Benn Robinson 1 Pauliasi Manu
Tatafu Polota-Nau 2 Hika Elliot
Sekope Kepu 3 Ben Tameifuna
Sitaleki Timani 4 Michael Fitzgerald
Kane Douglas 5 Brodie Retallick
Dave Dennis (c) 6 Liam Messam (c)
Michael Hooper 7 Sam Cane
Wycliff Palu 8 Fritz Lee
Brendan McKibbin 9 Brendon Leonard
Bernard Foley 10 Aaron Cruden
Drew Mitchell 11 Asaeli Tikoirotuma
Rob Horne 12 Richard Kahui
Adam Ashley-Cooper 13 Charlie Ngatai
Cam Crawford 14 Lelia Masaga
Israel Folau 15 Andrew Horrell
1 to be omitted Reserves
John Ulugia 16 Rhys Marshall
Paddy Ryan 17 Michael Kainga
Mitchell Chapman 18 Nick Crosswell
Will Skelton 19 Tanerau Latimer
Pat McCutcheon 20 August Pulu
Matt Lucas 21 Gareth Anscombe
Ben Volavola 22 Tim Nanai-Williams
Peter Betham
Date: Friday 19 April
Location: Allianz Stadium Sydney
Kickoff: 19:40
Referee: Craig Joubert (RSA)
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Saturday’s Team Lists
Crusaders v. Highlanders
Crusaders Versus Highlanders
Wyatt Crockett 1 Tony Woodcock
Corey Flynn 2 Andrew Hore (c)
Owen Franks 3 Chris King
Luke Romano 4 Brad Thorn
Sam Whitelock 5 Josh Bekhuis
George Whitelock 6 Jarrad Hoeata
Matt Todd 7 John Hardie
Luke Whitelock 8 TJ Ioane
Andy Ellis 9 Aaron Smith
Tyler Bleyendaal 10 Hayden Parker
Zac Guildford 11 Hosea Gear
Ryan Crotty 12 Maa Nonu
Robbie Fruean 13 Jason Emery
Tom Marshall 14 Tony Ensor
Israel Dagg 15 Ben Smith
Reserves
Ben Funnell 16 Liam Coltman
Joe Moody 17 Maafu Fia
Dominic Bird 18 Jamie Mackintosh
Jordan Taufua 19 Elliot Dixon
Willi Heinz 20 Fumiaka Tanaka
Tom Taylor 21 Colin Slade
Adam Whitelock 22 Jake Paringatai
Date: Saturday 20 April
Location: AMI Stadium Christchurch
Kickoff: 17:35
Referee: Garratt Williamson (NZL)
Reds v. Brumbies
Reds Versus Brumbies
Greg Holmes 1 Ben Alexander
James Hanson 2 Stephen Moore
James Slipper 3 Dan Palmer
Rob Simmons 4 Peter Kimlin
James Horwill (c) 5 Sam Carter
Eddie Quirk 6 Ben Mowen (c)
Liam Gill 7 George Smith
Jake Schatz 8 Fotu Auelua
Will Genia 9 Nic White
Quade Cooper 10 Matt Toomua
Digby Ioane 11 Joe Tomane
Ben Tapuai 12 Christian Lealiifano
Anthony Faingaa 13 Tevita Kuridrani
Rod Davies 14 Henry Speight
Jono Lance 15 Jesse Mogg
Reserves
Saia Faingaa 16 Siliva Siliva
Ben Daley 17 Scott Sio
Ed O'Donoghue 18 Jordan Smiler
Jarrad Butler 19 Colby Faingaa
Ben Lucas 20 Ian Prior
Chris Feauai-Sautia 21 Pat McCabe
Dom Shipperley 22 Clyde Rathbone
Date: Saturday 20 April
Location: Suncorp Stadium Brisbane
Kickoff: 19:40
Referee: Glen Jackson (NZL)
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Sunday’s Team Lists
Sharks v. Cheetahs
Sharks Versus Cheetahs
Tendai Mtawarira 1 Coenie Oosthuizen
Kyle Cooper 2 Adriaan Strauss (c)
Wiehahn Herbst 3 Lourens Adriaanse
Pieter-Steph du Toit 4 Lodewyk de Jager
Franco van der Merwe 5 Francois Uys
Marcell Coetzee 6 Heinrich Brussow
Jean Deysel 7 Pieter Labuschagne
Keegan Daniel (C) 8 Phillip van der Walt
Cobus Reinach 9 Piet van Zyl
Patrick Lambie 10 Burton Francis
Sean Robinson 11 Raymond Rhule
Meyer Bosman 12 Robert Ebersohn
Paul Jordaan 13 Johan Sadie
Odwa Ndungane 14 Willie le Roux
Riaan Viljoen 15 Hennie Daniller
Reserves
Craig Burden 16 Ryno Barnes
Jannie du Plessis 17 Trevor Nyakane
Anton Bresler 18 Rynhard Landman
Tera Mtembu 19 Frans Viljoen
Charl McLeod 20 Tewis de Bruyn
Francois Steyn 21 Francois Brummer
Andries Coetzee 22 Ryno Benjamin
Date: Sunday 21 April
Location: Kings Park Durban
Kickoff: 1:05
Referee: Jonathon White (NZL)
Kings v. Bulls
Kings Versus Bulls
Schalk Ferriera 1 Morne Mellet
Bandise Maku 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle
Kevin Buys 3 Frik Kirsten
Cornell du Preez 4 Flip van der Merwe
Steven Sykes 5 Juandre Kruger
David Bulbring 6 Deon Stegmann
Wimpie van der Walt 7 Dewald Potgieter
Luke Watson (c) 8 Pierre Spies (c)
Shaun Venter 9 Jano Vermaak
Demetri Catrakilis 10 Morne Steyn
Sergeal Petersen 11 Lionel Mapoe
Andries Strauss 12 Jan Sergontein
Waylon Murray 13 JJ Engelbrecht
Ronald Cooke 14 Akona Ndungane
George Whitehead 15 Jurgen Visser
Reserves
Hannes Franklin 16 Callie Visagie
Grant Kemp 17 Werner Kruger
Rynier Bernardo 18 Paul Willemse
Jacques Englebrecht 19 Arno Botha
Nicolas Vergallo 20 Rudy Paige
Marcello Sampson 21 Louis Fouche
Siviwe Soyzwapi 22 Bjorn Basson
Date: Sunday 21 April
Location: Mandela Bay Stadium Port Elizabeth
Kickoff: 3:10
Referee: Francisco Pastrana
Byes
Blues, Rebels, Stormers
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