The Team list for this weeks games are starting to trickle in. Finally the Reds are at home!!
Games:
Hurricanes v Brumbies
| Date: | Friday 7 March | |
| Location: | Westpac Stadium | Wellington |
| Kickoff: | 17:35 | |
| Hurricanes | | Brumbies |
| Ben Franks | 1 | Scott Sio |
| Dane Coles | 2 | Stephen Moore |
| John Schwalger | 3 | Ben Alexander |
| Jeremy Thrush | 4 | Leon Power |
| Mark Reddish | 5 | Sam Carter |
| Adam Hill | 6 | Scott Fardy |
| Jack Lam | 7 | Jarrad Butler |
| Blade Thomson | 8 | Ben Mowen (C) |
| TJ Perenara | 9 | Nic White |
| Beauden Barrett | 10 | Matt Toomua |
| Julian Savea | 11 | Robbie Coleman |
| Hadleigh Parkes | 12 | Andrew Smith |
| Conrad Smith | 13 | Tevita Kuridrani |
| Cory Jane | 14 | Henry Speight |
| James Marshall | 15 | Jesse Mogg |
| Reserves | |
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| Motu Matu'u | 16 | Josh Mann-Rea |
| Chris Eves | 17 | Ruan Smith |
| Jeffery Toomaga-Allen | 18 | JP Smith |
| James Broadhurst | 19 | Jordan Smiler |
| Ardie Savea | 20 | Lachlan McCaffrey |
| Chris Smylie | 21 | Conrad Hoffmann |
| Alapati Leiua | 22 | Pat McCabe |
| Marty Banks | 23 | Lionel Cronje |
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| Referee: | Craig Joubert | |
| Assistant Referee | Mike Fraser | |
| Brendon Pickerill | |
Reds v Cheetahs
| Date: | Friday 7 March | |
| Location: | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane |
| Kickoff: | 19:40 | |
| Reds | | Cheetahs |
| Ben Daley | 1 | Caylib Oosthuizen |
| James Hanson | 2 | Adriaan Strauss (C) |
| Greg Holmes | 3 | Max van Dyk |
| Rob Simmons | 4 | Lodewyk de Jager |
| James Horwill | 5 | Francois Uys |
| Ed Quirk | 6 | Boom Prinsloo |
| Liam Gill | 7 | Lappies Labuschagne |
| Jake Schatz | 8 | Philip van der Walt |
| Will Genia | 9 | Shaun Venter |
| Quade Cooper | 10 | Johan Goosen |
| Dom Shipperley | 11 | Willie le Roux |
| Michael Harris | 12 | Francois Venter (vc) |
| Chris Feauai-Sautia | 13 | Johann Sadie |
| Rod Davies | 14 | Ryno Benjamin |
| Aidan Toua | 15 | Hennie Daniller |
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| Saia Faingaa | 16 | Ryno Barnes |
| James Slipper | 17 | Trevor Nyakane |
| Jono Owen | 18 | Rossouw de Klerk |
| Ed O'Donoghue | 19 | Ligtoring Landman |
| Beau Robinson | 20 | Jean Cook |
| Nick Frisby | 21 | Sarel Pretorius |
| Anthony Faingaa | 22 | Elgar Watts |
| Ben Tapuai | 23 | Cornal Hendricks |
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| Referee: | Garratt Williamson | |
| Assistant Referee | Angus Gardner | |
| Matt O'Brien | |
Cru v Stormers
| Date: | Saturday 8 March | |
| Location: | AMI Stadium | Addington |
| Kickoff: | 19:35 | |
| Crusaders | | Stormers |
| Wyatt Crockett | 1 | Steven Kitshoff |
| Corey Flynn | 2 | Scarra Ntubeni |
| Owen Franks | 3 | Frans Malherbe |
| Luke Romano | 4 | Michael Rhodes |
| Samuel Whitelock | 5 | De Kock Steenkamp |
| Luke Whitelock | 6 | Deon Fourie |
| Matt Todd | 7 | Schalk Burger (vice-captain) |
| Kieran Read (C) | 8 | Duane Vermeulen |
| Willi Heinz | 9 | Nic Groom |
| Tom Taylor | 10 | Demetri Catrakilis |
| Israel Dagg | 11 | Gio Aplon |
| Ryan Crotty (vc) | 12 | Damian de Allende |
| Reynold Lee-Lo | 13 | Jean de Villiers (captain) |
| Johnny McNicholl | 14 | Kobus van Wyk |
| Colin Slade | 15 | Jaco Taute |
| Reserves | |
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| Ben Funnell | 16 | Tiaan Liebenberg |
| Tim Perry | 17 | Oliver Kebble |
| Nepo Laulala | 18 | Pat Cilliers |
| Dominic Bird | 19 | Ruan Botha |
| Jordan Taufua | 20 | Nizaam Carr |
| Andy Ellis | 21 | Louis Schreuder |
| Tyler Bleyendaal | 22 | Peter Grant |
| Kieron Fonotia | 23 | Sailosi Tagicakibau |
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| Referee: | Rohan Hoffmann | |
| Assistant Referee | Glen Jackson | |
| Ben O'Keefe | |
Force v Rebels
| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| Referee: | Nick Briant | |
| Assistant Referee | Ian Smith | |
| Ed Martin | |
Bulls v Blues
| Date: | Sun 9 Mar | |
| Location: | Loftus Versfeld, | Pretoria |
| Kickoff: | 2:05 | |
| Bulls | | Blues |
| Dean Greyling. | 1 | Tony Woodcock |
| Callie Visagie, | 2 | Keven Mealamu |
| Werner Kruger , | 3 | Charlie Faumuina |
| Flip van der Merwe (c), | 4 | Liaki Moli |
| Victor Matfield , | 5 | Tom Donnelly |
| Deon Stegmann, | 6 | Steven Luatua |
| Jacques du Plessis, | 7 | Luke Braid (C) |
| Jono Ross, | 8 | Peter Saili |
| Francois Hougaard, | 9 | Piri Weepu |
| Jacques-Louis Potgieter, | 10 | Simon Hickey |
| Bjorn Basson, | 11 | Tevita Li |
| Jan Serfontein, | 12 | Jackson Willison |
| JJ Engelbrecht , | 13 | George Moala |
| Akona Ndungane , | 14 | Frank Halai |
| Jurgen Visser , | 15 | Charles Piutau |
| Reserves | |
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| Bongi Mbonambi, | 16 | James Parsons |
| Morne Mellett , | 17 | Sam Prattley |
| Marcel van der Merwe , | 18 | Angus Ta'avao |
| Paul Willemse , | 19 | Patrick Tuipulotu |
| Jacques Engelbrecht , | 20 | Brendon O'Connor |
| Piet van Zyl, | 21 | Bryn Hall |
| Handre Pollard , | 22 | Chris Noakes |
| Ulrich Beyers. | 23 | Pita Ahki |
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| Referee: | Andrew Lees | |
| Assistant Referee | Marius van der Westhuizen | |
| Sieg van Staden | |
Sharks v Lions
| Date: | Sun 9 Mar | |
| Location: | Kings Park | Durban |
| Kickoff: | 4:10 | |
| Sharks | | Lions |
| Tendai Mtawarira | 1 | Tendai Mtawarira |
| Bismarck du Plessis (C) | 2 | Bismarck du Plessis |
| Jannie du Plessis | 3 | Jannie du Plessis |
| Anton Bresler | 4 | Anton Bresler |
| Pieter-Steph du Toit | 5 | Pieter-Steph du Toit |
| Marcell Coetzee | 6 | Marcell Coetzee |
| Willem Alberts | 7 | Willem Alberts |
| Ryan Kankowski | 8 | Ryan Kankowski |
| Cobus Reinach | 9 | Cobus Reinach |
| Patrick Lambie | 10 | Francois Steyn |
| Lwazi Mvovo | 11 | Lwazi Mvovo |
| Frans Steyn | 12 | Heimar Williams |
| Paul Jordaan | 13 | Paul Jordaan |
| Odwa Ndungane | 14 | Odwa Ndungane |
| SP Marais | 15 | SP Marais |
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| Kyle Cooper | 16 | Kyle Cooper |
| Dale Chadwick | 17 | Dale Chadwick |
| Lourens Adriaanse | 18 | Lourens Adriaanse |
| Stephan Lewies | 19 | Stephan Lewies |
| Jean Deysel | 20 | Jean Deysel |
| Charl McLeod | 21 | Charl McLeod |
| Heimar Williams | 22 | Fred Zeilinga |
| S'bura Sithole | 23 | Sibusiso Sithole |
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| Referee: | Jaco Peyper | |
| Assistant Referee | Stuart Berry | |
| Cobus Wessels | |
BYES:
CHIEFS, HIGHLANDERS, WARATAHS
