It’s a big weekend of rugby coming up with seven massive games. Only the Western Force boys are having a rest this week.
Friday
| Hurricanes vs Crusaders | |
| Date: | Friday 08 March | |
| Location: | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |
| Kickoff: | 7:30pm (L), 5:30pm (AEDT) | |
| Hurricanes | | Crusaders |
| Ben Franks | 1 | Wyatt Crockett |
| Dane Coles | 2 | Corey Flynn |
| Jeffery Toomaga-Allen | 3 | Owen Franks |
| Jeremy Thrush | 4 | Sam Whitelock |
| Jason Eaton | 5 | Dominic Bird |
| Brad Shields | 6 | George Whitelock |
| Karl Lowe | 7 | Matt Todd |
| Victor Vito | 8 | Kieran Read |
| TJ Perenara | 9 | Andrew Ellis |
| Beauden Barrett | 10 | Daniel Carter |
| Julian Savea | 11 | Johnny McNicholl |
| Tim Bateman | 12 | Ryan Crotty |
| Conrad Smith | 13 | Robbie Fruean |
| Alapati Leiua | 14 | Tom Marshall |
| Andre Taylor | 15 | Israel Dagg |
| Reserves | | |
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| Motu Matu'u | 16 | Ben Funnell |
| Ben May | 17 | Joe Moody |
| James Broadhurst | 18 | Tom Donnelly |
| Faifili Levave | 19 | Luke Whitelock |
| Chris Smylie | 20 | Willi Heinz |
| James Marshall | 21 | Tom Taylor |
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| Referee: | Andrew Lees | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Garratt Williamson | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri | |
| TMO: | Glenn Newman | |
| Rebels V Reds | |
| Date: | Friday 08 March | |
| Location: | AAMI Park, Melbourne | |
| Kickoff: | 7:40pm (L, AEDT) | |
| Rebels | | Reds |
| Nic Henderson | 1 | Greg Holmes |
| Ged Robinson | 2 | Saia Faingaa |
| Laurie Weeks | 3 | James Slipper |
| Hugh Pyle | 4 | Ed O'Donoghue |
| Cadeyrn Neville | 5 | Rob Simmons |
| Luke Jones | 6 | Ed Quirk |
| Scott Fuglistaller | 7 | Liam Gill |
| Scott Higginbotham | 8 | Jake Schatz |
| Nick Phipps | 9 | Nick Frisby |
| James O'Connor | 10 | Quade Cooper |
| Alex Rokobaro | 11 | Digby Ioane |
| Lachlan Mitchell | 12 | Ben Tapuai |
| Mitch Inman | 13 | Anthony Faingaa |
| Richard Kingi | 14 | Dom Shipperley |
| Angus Roberts | 15 | Jono Lance |
| Reserves | | |
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| Shota Horie | 16 | James Hanson |
| Paul Alo-Emile | 17 | Albert Anae |
| Jordy Reid | 18 | Adam Wallace-Harrison |
| Jarrod Saffy | 19 | Radike Samo |
| Nic Stirzaker | 20 | Ben Lucas |
| Rory Sidey | 21 | Michael Harris |
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| Referee: | Francisco Pastrana | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | James Leckie | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Ed Martin | |
| TMO: | George Ayoub | |
Saturday
| Highlanders vs Cheetahs | |
| Date: | Saturday 9 March | |
| Location: | Rugby Park, Invercargill | |
| Kickoff: | 5:35pm (AEDT) | |
| Highlanders | | Cheetahs |
| Tony Woodcock | 1 | Trevor Nyakane |
| Andrew Hore | 2 | Adriaan Strauss |
| Ma'afu Fia | 3 | Laurens Adriaanse |
| Brad Thorn | 4 | Lodewyk de Jager |
| Josh Bekhuis | 5 | Francois Uys |
| Joe Wheeler | 6 | Frans Viljoen |
| John Hardie | 7 | Pieter Labuschagne |
| Jake Paringatai | 8 | Philip van der Walt |
| Aaron Smith | 9 | Sarel Pretorius |
| Lima Sopoaga | 10 | Johan Goosen |
| Hosea Gear | 11 | Raymond Rhule |
| Shaun Treeby | 12 | Robert Ebersohn |
| Phil Burleigh | 13 | Johann Sadie |
| Kade Poki | 14 | Willie le Roux |
| Ben Smith | 15 | Hennie Daniller |
| Reserves | |
| Brayden Mitchell | 16 | Ryno Barnes |
| Chris King | 17 | Coenie Oosthuizen |
| Jarrad Hoeata | 18 | Ligtoring Landman |
| Tim Boys | 19 | Heinrich Brussow |
| Fumiaki Tanaka | 20 | Piet van Zyl |
| Colin Slade | 21 | Riaan Smit |
| Buxton Popoalii | 22 | Ryno Benjamin |
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| Referee: | Nick Briant | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | :Mike Fraser | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Kane McBride | |
| TMO: | Vinny Munro | |
| Brumbies vs Waratahs | |
| Date: | Saturday 09 March | |
| Location: | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | |
| Kickoff: | 7:35pm (AEDT) | |
| Brumbies | | Waratahs |
| Ben Alexander | 1 | Benn Robinson |
| Stephen Moore | 2 | Tatafu Polota-Nau |
| Dan Palmer | 3 | Sekope Kepu |
| Scott Fardy | 4 | Sitaleki Timani |
| Sam Carter | 5 | Kane Douglas |
| Peter Kimlin | 6 | Mitchell Chapman |
| David Pocock | 7 | Michael Hooper |
| Ben Mowen | 8 | Dave Dennis |
| Nic White | 9 | Brendan McKibbin |
| Matt Toomua | 10 | Bernard Foley |
| Clyde Rathbone | 11 | Drew Mitchell |
| Christian Lealiifano | 12 | Tom Carter |
| Andrew Smith | 13 | Adam Ashley-Cooper |
| Henry Speight | 14 | Israel Folau |
| Jesse Mogg | 15 | Ben Volavola |
| Reserves | | |
| Siliva Siliva | 16 | Luke Holmes |
| Scott Sio | 17 | Paddy Ryan |
| Fotu Auelua | 18 | Greg Peterson |
| George Smith | 19 | Lopeti Timani |
| Ian Prior | 20 | Patrick McCutcheon |
| Robbie Coleman | 21 | Matt Lucas |
| Joseph Tomane | 22 | Lachie Turner |
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| Referee: | Jonathon White | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Angus Gardner | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Rohan Hoffmann | |
| TMO: | Peter Marshall | |
Sunday Morning
| Stormers vs Chiefs | | | | | | | |
| Date: | Saturday 02 March | | | | | | | |
| Location: | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | | | | | | | |
| Kickoff: | 12:00 (AEDT) | | | | | | | |
| Stormers | | Chiefs | | | | | | |
| Steven Kitshoff | 1 | Pauliasi Manu | | | | | | |
| Deon Fourie | 2 | Mahonri Schwalger | | | | | | |
| Frans Malherbe | 3 | Ben Afeaki | | | | | | |
| De Kock Steenkamp | 4 | Craig Clarke (c) | | | | | | |
| Andries Bekker | 5 | Brodie Retallick | | | | | | |
| Siyamthanda Kolisi | 6 | Tanerau Latimer | | | | | | |
| Rynhardt Elstadt | 7 | Sam Cane | | | | | | |
| Duane Vermeulen | 8 | Liam Messam, | | | | | | |
| Nic Groom | 9 | Tawera Kerr Barlow | | | | | | |
| Elton Jantjies | 10 | Aaron Cruden | | | | | | |
| Bryan Habana | 11 | Asaeli Tikoirotuma | | | | | | |
| Damian de Allende | 12 | Charlie Ngatai | | | | | | |
| Jean de Villiers | 13 | Tim Nanai-Williams | | | | | | |
| Gio Aplon | 14 | Lelia Masaga | | | | | | |
| Joe Pietersen | 15 | Gareth Anscombe | | | | | | |
| Reserves | | | | | | | |
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| Tiaan Liebenberg | 16 | Hika Elliot | | | | | | |
| Patrick Cilliers | 17 | Ben Tameifuna | | | | | | |
| Don Armand | 18 | Michael Fitzgerald | | | | | | |
| Nizaam Carr | 19 | Nick Crosswell | | | | | | |
| Dewaldt Duvenage | 20 | Augustine Pulu | | | | | | |
| Peter Grant | 21 | Andrew Horrell | | | | | | |
| | Patrick Osborne | | | | | | |
| Referee: | Jaco Peyper | | | | | | | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Jonathan Kaplan | | | | | | | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Ben Crouse | | | | | | | |
| TMO: | Deon van Blommestein | | | | | | | |
| Kings v Sharks | |
| Date: | Saturday 09 March | |
| Location: | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Port Elizabeth |
| Kickoff: | 2:05am (AEDT) | |
| Kings | | Sharks |
| Schalk Ferreira | 1 | Tendai Mtawarira |
| Bandise Maku | 2 | Craig Burden |
| Kevin Buys | 3 | Jannie du Plessis |
| Darron Nell | 4 | Anton Bresler |
| Steven Sykes | 5 | Franco van der Merwe |
| Cornell du Preez | 6 | Marcell Coetzee |
| Petrus van der Walt | 7 | Jean Deysel |
| Jacques Engelbrecht | 8 | Ryan Kankowski |
| Shaun Venter | 9 | Cobus Reinach |
| Demetri Catrakilis | 10 | Patrick Lambie |
| Marcello Sampson | 11 | Lwazi Mvovo |
| Andries Strauss | 12 | Francois Steyn |
| Ronald Cooke | 13 | Paul Jordaan |
| Sergeal Petersen | 14 | JP Pietersen |
| Sarel Marias | 15 | Louis Ludik |
| Reserves | | |
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| Edgar Marutlulle | 16 | Kyle Cooper |
| Jaco Engels | 17 | Wiehahn Herbst |
| David Bulbring | 18 | Pieter-Steph du Toit |
| Luke Watson | 19 | Jacques Botes |
| Nicolas Vergallo | 20 | Charl McLeod |
| George Whitehead | 21 | Meyer Bosman |
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| Referee: | Jason Jaftha | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Lourens van der Merwe | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Christie du Preez | |
| TMO: | Johann Meuwessen | |
Sunday Afternoon
| Blues v Bulls | |
| Date: | Sunday 10 March | |
| Location: | Eden Park, Auckland | |
| Kickoff: | 12:00pm (AEDT) | |
| Blues | | Bulls |
| Tim Perry | 1 | Morne Mellett |
| Quentin MacDonald | 2 | Willie Wepener |
| Charlie Faumuina | 3 | Frik Kirsten |
| Liaki Moli | 4 | Flip van der Merwe |
| Ali Williams | 5 | Juandre Kruger |
| Kane Barrett | 6 | Deon Stegmann |
| Luke Braid | 7 | Arno Botha |
| Steven Luatua | 8 | Pierre Spies |
| Piri Weepu | 9 | Jano Vermaak |
| Baden Kerr | 10 | Morne Steyn |
| Waisake Naholo | 11 | Lionel Mapoe |
| Francis Saili | 12 | Wynand Olivier |
| Rene Ranger | 13 | JJ Engelbrecht |
| Frank Halai | 14 | Akona Ndungane |
| Charles Piutau | 15 | Zane Kirchner |
| Reserves | |
| James Parsons | 16 | Chiliboy Ralepelle |
| Angus Ta'avao | 17 | Werner Kruger |
| Ronald Raaymakers | 18 | Grant Hattingh |
| Brendon O'Connor | 19 | Jacques Potgieter |
| Jamison Gibson-Park | 20 | Francois Hougaard |
| Marty McKenzie | 21 | Louis Fouche |
| 22 | Jurgen Visser |
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| Referee: | Garratt Williamson | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Mike Fraser | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri | |
| TMO: | Ben Skeen | |
