Super Rugby Team lists Round 8

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 / S’Bura 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.