With all the fuss over a team of blokes from somewhere up north, one could be forgiven for forgetting that Super Rugby will be back on this weekend. Not us though! Here at Green and Gold Rugby we have our finger on the pulse! And here are the Super Rugby team lists for round 18:
Friday
Chiefs v Hurricanes
Chiefs Hurricanes
Pauliasi Manu 1 Ben Franks
Hikawera Elliot 2 Dane Coles
Ben Afeaki 3 Ben May
Craig Clarke (c) 4 Jeremy Thrush
Brodie Retallick 5 James Broadhurst
Liam Messam 6 Brad Shields
Tanerau Latimer 7 Karl Lowe
Matt Vent Leven 8 Victor Vito
Tawera Kerr-Barlow 9 TJ Perenara
Aaron Cruden 10 Beauden Barrett
Asaeli Tikoirotuma 11 Julian Savea
Bundee Aki 12 Reynold Lee-Lo
Tim Nanai-Williams 13 Conrad Smith (c)
Lelia Masaga 14 Matt Proctor
Robbie Robinson 15 James Marshall
Reserves
Mahonri Schwalger 16 Ash Dixon
Ben Tameifuna 17 Reggie Goodes
Michael Fitzgerald 18 Mark Reddish
Sam Cane 19 Faifili Levave
Augustine Pulu 20 Chris Smylie
Andrew Horrell 21 Tusi Pisi
Charlie Ngatai 22 Alapati Leiua
Date : Friday 28 June
Venue : Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Kick Off: 17:35 AEST
Referee: Garratt Williamson
Assistant Ref 1: Nick Briant
Assistant Ref 2: Richard Kelly
TMO : Glenn Newman
Saturday
Highlanders v Crusaders
Highlanders Crusaders
1 Joe Moody
2 Ben Funnell
3 Nepo Laulala
4 Tom Donnelly
5 Sam Whitelock
6 George Whitelock (c)
7 Matt Todd
8 Luke Whitelock
9 Andy Ellis
10 Dan Carter
11 Zac Guildford
12 Tom Taylor
13 Ryan Crotty
14 Tom Marshall
15 Israel Dagg
Reserves
16 Corey Flynn
17 Wyatt Crockett
18 Luke Romano
19 Kieran Read
20 Willi Heinz
21 Robbie Fruen
22 Adam Whitelock
Date : Saturday 29 June
Venue : Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Kick Off: 17:35 AEST
Referee: Steve Walsh
Assistant Ref 1: Kane McBride
Assistant Ref 2: Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri
TMO : Keith Brown
Sharks v Blues
Sharks Blues
1 Tim Perry
2 James Parsons
3 Angus Ta'avao
4 Anthony Boric
5 Ali Williams (c)
6 Steven Luatua
7 Luke Braid
8 Peter Saili
9 Piri Weepu
10 Chris Noakes
11 George Moala
12 Francis Saili
13 Jackson Willison
14 Frank Halai
15 Charles Piutau
Reserves
16 Keven Mealamu
17 Ofa Tu'ungafasi
18 Kane Barrett/Culum Retallick
19 Brendon O'Connor
20 Jamison Gibson-Park
21 Baden Kerr
22 Rene Ranger
Date : Saturday 29 June
Venue : Kings Park, Durban
Kick Off: 22:50 AEST
Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistant Ref 1: Marius Jonker
Assistant Ref 2: Reuben Roussow
TMO : Willie Roos
Sunday
Bulls v Kings
Bulls Kings
Dean Greyling 1
Chiliboy Ralepelle 2
Werner Kruger 3
Flip van der Merwe 4
Grant Hattingh 5
Deon Stegmann 6
Jacques Potgieter 7
Dewald Potgieter (c) 8
Francois Hougaard 9
Louis Fouche 10
Bjorn Basson 11
Wynand Olivier 12
Jan Serfontein 13
Akona Ndungane 14
Zane Kirchner 15
Reserves
Willie Wepener 16
Frik Kirsten 17
Juandre Kruger 18
Jono Ross 19
Rudy Paige 20
Morne Steyn 21
JJ Engelbrecht 22
Date : Sunday 30 June
Venue : Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick Off: 01:05 AEST
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe
Assistant Ref 1: Jaco van Heerden
Assistant Ref 2: Cobus Wessels
TMO : Gerrie Coetzee
Stormers v Cheetahs
Stormers Cheetahs
Steven Kitshoff 1 Coenie Oosthuizen
Tiaan Liebenberg 2 Adriaan Strauss (c)
Brok Harris 3 Lourens Adriaanse
Eben Etzebeth 4 Lodewyk de Jager
De Kock Steenkamp 5 Francois Uys
Siya Kolisi 6 Heinrich Brussow
Deon Fourie (c) 7 Pieter Labuschagne
Nizaam Carr 8 Phillip van der Merwe
Louis Schreuder 9 Piet van Zyl
Elton Jantjies 10 Riaan Smit
Bryan Habana 11 Raymond Rhule
Damian de Allende 12 Robert Ebersohn
Juan de Jongh 13 Johann Sadie
Gio Aplon 14 Willie le Roux
Joe Pietersen 15 Hennie Daniller
Reserves
Scarra Ntubeni 16 Ryno Barnes
Ross Geldenhuys 17 Trevor Nyakane
Gerbrandt Grobler 18 Waltie Vermeulen
Don Armand 19 Boom Prinsloo
Dewaldt Duvenage 20 Sarel Pretorius
Gary van Aswegan 21 Elgar Watts
Gerhard van den Heever 22 Howard Mnisi
Date : Sunday 30 June
Venue : Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Kick Off: 03:10 AEST
Referee: Stuart Berry
Assistant Ref 1: Quentin Immelman
Assistant Ref 2: Marc van Zyl
TMO : Shaun Veldsman
Remember to check back regularly, as we will update the teams as they are named.
