Some bloody good match ups on the cards in Round 3. Let’s take a look at the line-ups:
Blues v Crusaders
Date: 28/02/2014
Location: Eden Park Auckland
Kickoff: 19:35:00
Blues Crusaders
Sam Prattley 1 Tim Perry
James Parsons 2 Corey Flynn
Charlie Faumuina 3 Owen Franks
Patrick Tuipulotu 4 Sam Whitelock
Tom Donnelly 5 Dominic Bird
Steven Luatua 6 George Whitelock
Luke Braid [c] /Brendon O'Connor 7 Richie McCaw
Peter Saili 8 Kieran Read [c]
Piri Weepu 9 Andy Ellis
Simon Hickey 10 Tom Taylor
Tevita Li 11 Nafi Tuitavake
Jackson Willison 12 Ryan Crotty
George Moala 13 Reynold Lee-Lo
Frank Halai 14 Rob Thompson
Charles Piutau 15 Colin Slade
Reserves Reserves
Keven Mealamu 16 Ben Funnell
Tony Woodcock 17 Wyatt Crockett
Angus Taavao 18 Nepo Laulala
Liaki Moli 19 Luke Romano
Brendon OConnor/Jordan Manihera 20 Matt Todd
Bryn Hall 21 Willi Heinz
Benji Marshall 22 Adam Whitelock
Pita Ahki 23 Israel Dagg
Referee: Mike Fraser
Assistant Referee Garratt Williamson
Shane McDermott
Rebels v Cheetahs
Date: 28/02/2014
Location: AAMI Park Melbourne
Kickoff: 19:40:00
Rebels Cheetahs
Toby Smith 1 Caylib Oosthuizen
Pat Leafa 2 Adriaan Strauss [c]
Laurie Weeks 3 Coenie Oosthuizen
Hugh Pyle 4 Lodewyk de Jager
Luke Jones 5 Francois Uys
Sean McMahon 6 Boom Prinsloo
Scott Fuglistaller 7 Lappies Labuschagne
Scott Higginbotham [c] 8 Philip van der Walt
Luke Burgess 9 Shaun Venter
Bryce Hegarty 10 Johan Goosen
Tom English 11 Raymond Rhule
Mitch Inman 12 Francois Venter
Tamati Ellison 13 Johann Sadie
Lachlan Mitchell 14 Cornal Hendricks
Jason Woodward 15 Willie le Roux
Reserves
Steve Fualau 16 Ryno Barnes
Max Lahiff 17 Trevor Nyakane
Paul Alo-Emile 18 Maks van Dyk
Cadeyrn Neville 19 Ligtoring Landman
Colby Fainga'a 20 Jean Cook
Ben Meehan 21 Sarel Pretorius
Angus Roberts 22 Elgar Watts
Tom Kingston 23 Hennie Daniller
Referee: Angus Gardner
Assistant Referee Matt O'Brien
Michael Hogan
Stormers v Hurricanes
Date: 28/02/2014
Location: Newlands Stadium Cape Town
Kickoff: 19:10:00
Stormers Hurricanes
Steven Kitshoff 1 Ben Franks
Scarra Ntubeni 2 Dane Coles
Frans Malherbe 3 John Schwalger
Rynhardt Elstadt 4 Jeremy Thrush
Manuel Carizza 5 Mark Reddish
Siya Kolisi 6 Faifili Levave
Schalk Burger 7 Jack Lam
Duane Vermeulen 8 Blade Thomson
Louis Schreuder 9 TJ Perenara
Demetri Catrakilis 10 Beauden Barrett
Gio Aplon 11 Julian Savea
Damian de Allende 12 Hadleigh Parkes
Jean de Villiers [c] 13 Conrad Smith [c]
Kobus van Wyk 14 Cory Jane
Jaco Taute 15 Marty Banks
Reserves
Deon Fourie 16 Motu Matu'u
Oliver Kebble 17 Chris Eves
Pat Cilliers 18 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen
Michael Rhodes 19 James Broadhurst
Nizaam Carr 20 Ardie Savea
Nic Groom 21 Chris Smylie
Kurt Coleman 22 Alapati Leiua
Ryno Eksteen 23 James Marshall
Referee: Steve Walsh
Assistant Referee Andrew Lees
Marc van Zyl
Chiefs v Highlanders
Date: 1/03/2014
Location: Waikato Stadium Hamilton
Kickoff: 19:35:00
Chiefs Highlanders
Pauliasi Manu 1 Kane Hames
Mahonri Schwalger 2 Liam Coltman
Ben Tameifuna 3 Chris King
Michael Fitzgerald 4 Jarrad Hoeata
Matt Symons 5 Joe Wheeler
Nick Crosswell 6 Gareth Evans
Tanerau Latimer 7 John Hardie
Liam Messam 8 Nasi Manu (C)
Tawera Kerr-Barlow 9 Aaron Smith
Aaron Cruden © 10 Lima Sopoaga
Asaeli Tikoirotuma 11 Malakai Fekitoa
Charlie Ngatai 12 Shaun Treeby
Robbie Fruean 13 Winston Stanley
Tim Nanai-Williams 14 Richard Buckman
Mils Muliaina 15 Ben Smith (C)
Reserves
Rhys Marshall 16 Brayden Mitchell
Jamie Mackintosh 17 Matias Diaz
Josh Hohneck 18 Craig Millar
Tevita Koloamatangi 19 Josh Bekhuis
Liam Squire 20 Shane Christie
Brad Webber 21 Fumiaki Tanaka
Andrew Horrell 22 Trent Renata
James Lowe 23 Phil Burleigh
Referee: Rohan Hoffmann
Assistant Referee Garratt Williamson
Brendon Pickerill
Waratahs v Reds
Date: 1/03/2014
Location: ANZ Stadium Sydney
Kickoff: 19:40:00
Waratahs Reds
Benn Robinson 1 James Slipper
Tatafu Polota Nau 2 Saia Faingaa
Paddy Ryan 3 Greg Holmes
Jacques Potgieter 4 Rob Simmons
Kane Douglas 5 James Horwill [c]
Stephen Hoiles 6 Eddie Quirk
Michael Hooper [c] 7 Liam Gill
Wycliff Palu 8 Jake Schatz
Nick Phipps 9 Will Genia
Bernard Foley 10 Quade Cooper
Peter Betham 11 Dom Shipperley
Kurtley Beale 12 Anthony Faingaa
Adam Ashley-Cooper 13 Ben Tapuai
Alofa Alofa 14 Lachie Turner
Israel Folau 15 Aidan Toua
Reserves
Tola Latu 16 James Hanson
Jeremy Tilse 17 Ben Daley
Sekope Kepu 18 Jono Owen
Will Skelton 19 Ed ODonoghue
Pat McCutcheon 20 Beau Robinson
Brendan McKibbin 21 Nick Frisby
Rob Horne 22 Benny Lucas
Matt Carraro 23 Chris Feauai-Sautia
Referee: Glen Jackson
Assistant Referee James Leckie
Will Houston
Force v Brumbies
Date: Saturday 8 March
Location: nib Stadium Perth
Kickoff: 19:40
Force Rebels
Pek Cowan 1 Max Lahiff
Nathan Charles 2 Pat Leafa
Kieran Longbottom 3 Paul Alo-Emile
Sam Wykes 4 Hugh Pyle
Wilhelm Steenkamp 5 Cadeyrn Neville
Angus Cottrell 6 Sean McMahon
Matt Hodgson (c) 7 Colby Fainga'a
Ben McCalman 8 Scott Higginbotham (C)
Alby Mathewson 9 Luke Burgess
Sias Ebersohn 10 Angus Roberts
Nick Cummins 11 Tom English
Kyle Godwin 12 Mitch Inman
Junior Rasolea 13 Tamati Ellison
Luke Morahan 14 Tom Kingston
Jayden Hayward 15 Jason Woodward
Reserves
Heath Tessmann 16 Shota Horie
Tetera Faulkner 17 Toby Smith
Ollie Hoskins 18 Laurie Weeks
Adam Coleman 19 Luke Jones
Brynard Stander 20 Lopeti Timani
Ian Prior 21 Ben Meehan
Zack Holmes 22 Bryce Hegarty
Marcel Brache 23 Lachlan Mitchell
Referee: Nick Briant
Assistant Referee Ian Smith
Ed Martin
Bulls v Lions
Date: 1/03/2014
Location: Loftus Versfeld Pretoria
Kickoff: 17:05:00
Bulls Lions
Dean Greyling 1 Schalk Willem van der Merwe
Callie Visagie 2 Robbie Coetzee
Frik Kirsten 3 Julian Redelinghuys
Flip van der Merwe [c] 4 Franco Mostert
Victor Matfield 5 Franco van der Merwe
Jono Ross 6 Jaco Kriel
Jacques du Plessis 7 Warwick Tecklenburg
Grant Hattingh 8 Warren Whiteley
Francois Hougaard 9 Faf de Klerk
Jacques-Louis Potgieter 10 Marnitz Boshoff
Bjorn Basson 11 Ruan Combrinck
Jan Serfontein 12 Stefan Watermeyer
JJ Engelbrecht 13 JW Jonker
Akona Ndungane 14 Deon van Rensburg
Jurgen Visser 15 Chrysander Botha
Reserves
Bongi Mbonambi 16 Willie Wepener
Werner Kruger 17 Jacques van Rooyen
Marcel van der Merwe 18 Ruan Dreyer
Paul Willemse 19 MB Lusaseni
Jacques Engelbrecht 20 Willie Britz
Piet van Zyl 21 Ross Cronje
Handré Pollard 22 Courtnall Skosan
Ulrich Beyers 23 Coenie van Wyk
Referee: Chris Pollock
Assistant Referee Marius van der Westhuizen
Sieg van Staden
Byes
Sharks
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