Only 12 teams in Super Rugby action this week. The Sharks v. Crusaders game must be the match up of the round. The Rebels take on the Force at home in what should also be a great game. The Bulls, Chiefs and Reds are having the weekend off.
Remember to check back as we’ll update this page as the teams are announced.
Friday
Blues v Highlanders
Date: Friday 5 April
Location: Eden Park, Auckland
Kickoff: 19:35 (L), 17:35 (AEDT)
Blues Highlanders
Tim Perry 1 Jamie Mackintosh
James Parsons 2 Andrew Hore (c)
Angus Ta'avao 3 Chris King
Culum Retallick 4 Brad Thorn
Ali Williams 5 Josh Bekuis
Steven Luatua 6 Jarrad Hoeata
Luke Braid 7 John Hardie
Peter Saili 8 Mose Tuilali'i
Piri Weepu 9 Aaron Smith
Chris Noakes 10 Colin Slade
George Moala 11 Hosea Gear
Jackson Willison 12 Ma'a Nonu
Rene Ranger 13 Jason Emery
Frank Halai 14 Buxton Popalii
Charles Piutau 15 Ben Smith
Reserves
Keven Mealamu 16 Liam Coltman
Ofa Tu'ungafasi 17 Ma'afu Fia
Anthony Boric 18 TJ Ioane
Brendon O'Connor 19 Elliot Dixon
Jamison Gibson-Park 20 Fumiaki Tanaka
Baden Kerr 21 Lima Sopoaga
Francis Saili 22 Phil Burleigh
Referee: Steve Walsh
Brumbies v Kings
Date: Friday 5 April
Location: Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Kickoff: 19:40 (AEDT)
Brumbies Kings
Ben Alexander 1 Schalk Ferreira
Siliva Siliva 2 Hannes Franklin,
Dan Palmer 3 Grant Kemp,
Peter Kimlin 4 Steven Sykes (vc),
Etienne Oosthuizen 5 Rynier Bernardo,
Ben Mowen (c) 6 Devin Oosthuizen,
George Smith 7 Wimpie van der Walt,
Fotu Auelua 8 Cornell du Preez,
Nic White 9 Nicolas Vergallo,
Christian Lealiifano 10 Demetri Catrakilis,
Joe Tomane 11 Ronnie Cooke,
Pat McCabe 12 Andries Strauss (c),
Tevita Kuridrani 13 Waylon Murray,
Henry Speight 14 Sergeal Petersen,
Robbie Coleman 15 George Whitehead,
Reserves
Stephen Moore 16 Bandise Maku,
Scott Sio 17 Kevin Buys,
Sam Carter 18 David Bulbring,
Colby Faingaa 19 Jacques Engelbrecht,
Ian Prior 20 Shaun Venter,
Andrew Smith 21 Marcello Sampson,
Zack Holmes 22 Elric van Vuuren
Referee: Jaco Peyper
Saturday
Sharks v Crusaders
Date: Friday 5 April
Location: Kings Park, Durban
Kickoff: 19:10pm (L), 04:10am (AEDT)
Sharks Crusaders
Tendai Mtawarira 1 Wyatt Crockett
Kyle Cooper 2 Corey Flynn
Jannie du Plessis 3 Owen Franks
Pieter-Steph du Toit 4 Luke Romano
Franco van der Merwe 5 Samuel Whitelock
Jacques Botes 6 George Whitelock (c)
Marcell Coetzee 7 Matt Todd
Keegan Daniel (Captain) 8 Luke Whitelock
Cobus Reinach 9 Andy Ellis
Patrick Lambie 10 Tyler Bleyendaal
JP Pietersen 11 Zac Guildford
Meyer Bosman 12 Ryan Crotty
Paul Jordaan 13 Robbie Fruen
Odwa Ndungane 14 Adam Whitelock
Francois Steyn 15 Tom Marshall
Reserves
Craig Burden 16 Ben Funnell
Wiehahn Herbst 17 Joe Moody
Anton Bresler 18 Dominic Bird
Ryan Kankowski 19 Jordan Taufua
Charl McLeod 20 Willi Heinz
Riaan Viljoen 21 Telusa Veainu
Louis Ludik / SBura Sithole 22 Israel Dagg
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe
Hurricanes v Waratahs
Date: Saturday 6 April
Location: Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Kickoff: 19:35pm (L), 17:35pm (AEDT)
Hurricanes Waratahs
Ben Franks 1 Benn Robinson
Motu Matu'u 2 John Ulugia
Ben May 3 Sekope Kepu
Mark Reddish 4 Sitaleki Timani
Jason Eaton 5 Kane Douglas
Brad Shields 6 Dave Dennis (c)
Ardie Savea 7 Michael Hooper
Victor Vito/Faifili Levave 8 Pat McCutcheon
TJ Perenara 9 Brendan McKibbin
Beauden Barrett 10 Bernard Foley
Julian Savea 11 Drew Mitchell
Tim Bateman 12 Rob Horne
Conrad Smith (c) 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper
Alapati Leiua 14 Peter Betham
Andre Taylor 15 Israel Folau
Reserves
Ash Dixon/Reggie Goodes 16 Luke Holmes
Jeffery Toomaga-Allen/Goodes 17 Paddy Ryan
James Broadhurst 18 Mitchell Chapman
Faifili Levave/Jack Lam 19 Wycliff Palu
Chris Smylie 20 Matt Lucas
Tusi Pisi 21 Ben Volavola
Reynold Lee-Lo 22 Tom Kingston
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Force v Rebels
Date: Saturday 6 April
Location: NIB Stadium, Perth
Kickoff: 16:40pm (L), 19:40pm (AEDT)
Force Rebels
Kieran Longbottom 1 Nic Henderson
Heath Tessmann 2 Ged Robinson
Salesi Ma'afu 3 Paul Alo-Emile
Toby Lynn 4 Hugh Pyle
Hugh McMeniman 5 Cadeyrn Neville
Angus Cottrell 6 Luke Jones
Matt Hodgson (c) 7 Scott Fuglistaller
Ben McCalman 8 Scott Higginbotham (c)
Alby Mathewson 9 Nick Phipps
Sias Ebersohn 10 Angus Roberts
Alfie Mafi 11 Richard Kingi
Kyle Godwin 12 Rory Sidey
Winston Stanley 13 Mitch Inman
Patrick Dellit 14 Jason Woodward
Will Tupou 15 James O'Connor
Reserves
Ben Whittaker 16 Shota Horie
Tetera Faulkner 17 Laurie Weeks
Sam Wykes 18 Jarrod Saffy
Chris Alcock 19 Jordy Reid
Mick Snowden 20 Nic Stirzaker
Sam Christie 21 Tom English
Sam Norton-Knight 22 Cooper Vuna
Referee: Mike Fraser
Sunday
Cheetahs v Stormers
Date: Saturday 6 April
Location: Free State Statium, Bloemfontein
Kickoff: 17:05pm (L), 2:05am (AET)
Cheetahs Stormers
Trevor Nyakane 1 Steven Kitshoff
Adriaan Strauss (c) 2 Deon Fourie
Lourens Adriaanse 3 Frans Malherbe
Lodewyk de Jager 4 De Kock Steenkamp
Francois Uys 5 Andries Bekker
Heinrich Brussow 6 Siya Kolisi
Lappies Labuschagne 7 Michael Rhodes
Phillip van der Walt 8 Duane Vermeulen
Piet van Zyl 9 Nic Groom
Burton Francis 10 Elton Jantjies
Raymond Rhule 11 Gio Aplon
Robert Ebersohn 12 Jean de Villiers (c)
Johan Sadie 13 Juan de Jongh
Willie le Roux 14 Joe Pietersen
Hennie Daniller 15 Jaco Taute
Reserves
Ryno Barnes 16 Martin Bezuidenhout
Coenie Oosthuizen 17 Pat Cilliers
Landman Ligtoring 18 Gerbrandt Grobler
Boom Prinsloo 19 Nizaam Carr
Sarel Pretorius 20 Louis Schreuder
Brummer Francois 21 Gary van Aswegen
Ryno Benjamin 22 Damian de Allende
Referee: Stuart Berry
Round 8 Byes
Bulls.
Chiefs.
Reds.
