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.
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