Welcome to Super Rugby Team Lists for Round 9. Seven games this week with only the Waratahs sitting this round out. A huge Saturday is on the cards with six games starting at 2:30pm and going through to nearly 5:00am on Sunday morning. So organise your fast food and start chilling your favourite beverage – we’re in for a big one.
The lists will be updated as more teams are announced.
Friday
Highlanders v. Brumbies.
| Highlanders | Versus | Brumbies |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Mackintosh | 1 | Ben Alexander |
| Andrew Hore (c) | 2 | Stephen Moore |
| Ma'afu Fia | 3 | Dan Palmer |
| Brad Thorn | 4 | Peter Kimlin |
| Jarrad Hoeata | 5 | Sam Carter |
| TJ Ioane | 6 | Jordan Smiler |
| John Hardie | 7 | George Smith |
| Mose Tuiali'i | 8 | Ben Mowen (c) |
| Fumiaki Tanaka | 9 | Nic White |
| Hayden Parker | 10 | Matt Toomua |
| Hosea Gear | 11 | Joseph Tomane |
| Ma'a Nonu | 12 | Christian Lealiifano |
| Phil Burleigh | 13 | Andrew Smith |
| Kade Poki | 14 | Henry Speight |
| Ben Smith | 15 | Jesse Mogg |
| Reserves | ||
| Liam Coltman | 16 | Siliva Siliva |
| Chris King | 17 | Scott Sio |
| Josh Bekuis | 18 | Fotu Auelua |
| Elliot Dixon | 19 | Colby Fainga'a |
| Aaron Smith | 20 | Ian Prior |
| Colin Slade | 21 | Pat McCabe |
| Jason Emery | 22 | Tevita Kuridrani |
| Date: | 12/04/2013 | |
| Location: | Forsyth Barr Stadium | Dunedin |
| Kickoff: | 5:35pm (AET) | |
| Referee: | Chris Pollock | (New Zealand) |
Saturday
Chiefs v. Reds.
| Chiefs | Versus | Reds |
|---|---|---|
| Toby Smith | 1 | Greg Holmes |
| Hika Elliot | 2 | James Hanson |
| Ben Tameifuna | 3 | James Slipper |
| Michael Fitzgerald | 4 | Rob Simmons |
| Brodie Retallick | 5 | James Horwill (c) |
| Tanerau Latimer | 6 | Eddie Quirk |
| Sam Cane | 7 | Liam Gill |
| Liam Messam (c) | 8 | Jake Schatz |
| Augustine Palu | 9 | Will Genia |
| Aaron Cruden | 10 | Quade Cooper |
| Asaeli Tikoirotuma | 11 | Rod Davies |
| Bundee Aki | 12 | Ben Tapuai |
| Richard Kahui | 13 | Anthony Fainga'a |
| Tim Nanai-Williams | 14 | Dom Shipperley |
| Gareth Anscombe | 15 | Jono Lance |
| Reserves | ||
| Rhys Marshall | 16 | Albert Anae |
| Michael Kainga | 17 | Ben Daley |
| Nick Crosswell | 18 | Ed O'Donoghue |
| Fritz Lee | 19 | Jarrad Butler |
| Brendon Leonard | 20 | Ben Lucas |
| Andrew Horrell | 21 | Chris Feauai-Sautia |
| Patrick Osborne | 22 | Aidan Toua |
| Date: | 13/04/2013 | |
| Location: | Waikato Stadium | Hamilton |
| Kickoff: | 2:30pm (AET) | |
| Referee: | Steve Walsh | (Australia) |
Blues v. Hurricanes.
| Blues | Versus | Hurricanes |
|---|---|---|
| Tom McCartney | 1 | Ben Franks/Reggie Goodes |
| James Parsons | 2 | Motu Matu'u |
| Angus Ta'avao | 3 | Ben May |
| Culum Retallick | 4 | Mark Reddish |
| Ali Williams (c) | 5 | Jason Eaton |
| Steven Luatua | 6 | Brad Shields |
| Luke Braid | 7 | Ardie Savea |
| Peter Saili | 8 | Faifili Levave |
| Piri Weepu | 9 | TJ Perenara |
| Chris Noakes | 10 | Tusi Pisi |
| Rene Ranger | 11 | Julian Savea |
| Jackson Willison | 12 | Tim Bateman |
| Francis Saili | 13 | Conrad Smith (c) |
| Frank Halai | 14 | Alapati Leiua |
| Charles Piutau | 15 | Beauden Barrett |
| Reserves | ||
| Keven Mealamu | 16 | Dane Coles/Ash Dixon |
| Ofa Tu'ungafasi | 17 | Jeffery Toomaga-Allen |
| Anthony Boric | 18 | James Broadhurst |
| Brendon O'Connor | 19 | Jack Lam |
| Jamison Gibson-Park | 20 | Chris Smylie |
| Baden Kerr | 21 | Reynold Lee-Lo |
| Albert Nikoro | 22 | Andre Taylor |
| Date: | 13/04/2013 | |
| Location: | Eden Park | Auckland |
| Kickoff: | 17:35 | |
| Referee: | Jaco Peyper | (South Africa) |
Rebels v. Kings.
| Rebels | Versus | Kings |
|---|---|---|
| Nic Henderson | 1 | Schalk Ferreira |
| Ged Robinson | 2 | Hannes Franklin |
| Paul Alo-Emile | 3 | Grant Kemp |
| Hugh Pyle | 4 | Steven Sykes |
| Cadeyrn Neville | 5 | Rynier Bernardo |
| Luke Jones | 6 | Devin Oosthuizen |
| Scott Fuglistaller | 7 | Wimpie van der Walt |
| Scott Higginbotham (c) | 8 | Cornell du Preez |
| Nick Phipps | 9 | Shaun Venter |
| James O'Connor | 10 | Demetri Catrakilis |
| Cooper Vuna | 11 | Ronnie Cooke |
| Rory Sidey | 12 | Andries Strauss |
| Mitch Inman | 13 | Waylon Murray |
| Jason Woodward | 14 | Sergeal Petersen |
| Richard Kingi | 15 | George Whitehead |
| Reserves | ||
| Shota Horie | 16 | Bandise Maku |
| Laurie Weeks | 17 | Kevin Buys |
| Jordy Reid | 18 | David Bulbring |
| Jarrod Saffy | 19 | Jacques Engelbrecht |
| Nic Stirzaker | 20 | Nicholas Vergallo |
| Lachlan Mitchell | 21 | Marcello Sampson |
| Angus Roberts | 22 | Siviwe Soyzwapi |
| Date: | 13/04/2013 | |
| Location: | AAMI Park | Melbourne |
| Kickoff: | 19:40 | |
| Referee: | Andrew Lees | (Australia) |
Force v. Crusaders.
| Force | Versus | Crusaders |
|---|---|---|
| Pek Cowan | 1 | Wyatt Crockett |
| Heath Tessmann | 2 | Corey Flynn |
| Salesi Ma'afu | 3 | Owen Franks |
| Toby Lynn | 4 | Luke Romano |
| Sam Wykes | 5 | Dominic Bird |
| Ben McCalman | 6 | George Whitelock (c) |
| Matt Hodgson (c) | 7 | Shane Christie |
| Richard Brown | 8 | Luke Whitelock |
| Alby Mathewson | 9 | Andy Ellis |
| Sam Norton-Knight | 10 | Tyler Bleyendaal |
| Ed Stubbs | 11 | Tom Marshall |
| Kyle Godwin | 12 | Ryan Crotty |
| Junior Rasolea | 13 | Robbie Fruen |
| Alfie Mafi | 14 | Adam Whitelock |
| Jayden Howard | 15 | Israel Dagg |
| Reserves | ||
| Ben Whittaker | 16 | Ben Funnell |
| Tetera Faulkner | 17 | Joe Moody |
| Rory Walton | 18 | Tom Donnelly |
| Chris Alcock | 19 | Jordan Taufua |
| Mick Snowden | 20 | Willi Heinz |
| Sias Ebersohn | 21 | Telusa Veainu |
| Patrick Dellit | 22 | Zac Guildford |
| Date: | 13/04/2013 | |
| Location: | nib Stadium | Perth |
| Kickoff: | 21:45 | |
| Referee: | Jonathan Kaplan | (South Africa) |
Stormers v. Sharks.
| Stormers | Versus | Sharks |
|---|---|---|
| Steven Kitshoff | 1 | Tendai Mtawarira |
| Deon Fourie | 2 | Kyle Cooper |
| Frans Malherbe | 3 | Jannie du Plessis |
| De Kock Steenkamp | 4 | Pieter-Steph du Toit |
| Andries Bekker | 5 | Franco van der Merwe |
| Siya Kolisi | 6 | Marcell Coetzee |
| Michael Rhodes | 7 | Ryan Kankowski |
| Duane Vermeulen | 8 | Keegan Daniel (c) |
| Dewaldt Duvenage | 9 | Cobus Reinach |
| Gary van Aswegen | 10 | Patrick Lambie |
| Gio Aplon | 11 | JP Pietersen |
| Jean de Villiers (C) | 12 | Meyer Bosman |
| Jean de Jongh | 13 | Paul Jordaan |
| Damien de Allende | 14 | Sean Robinson |
| Joe Pietersen | 15 | Francois Steyn |
| Reserves | ||
| Martin Bezuidenhout | 16 | Craig Burden |
| Pat Cilliers | 17 | Wiehahn Herbst |
| Gerbrandt Grobler | 18 | Anton Bresler |
| Nizaam Carr | 19 | Jean Deysel |
| Louis Schreuder | 20 | Charl McLeod |
| Kurt Coleman | 21 | Riaan Viljoen |
| Cheslin Kolbe | 22 | Odwa Ndungane |
| Date: | 14/04/2013 | |
| Location: | Newlands Stadium | Cape Town |
| Kickoff: | 1:05 | |
| Referee: | Craig Joubert | (South Africa) |
Bulls v. Cheetahs.
| Bulls | Versus | Cheetahs |
|---|---|---|
| Jurgen Visser | 1 | Trevor Nyakane |
| Akona Ndungane | 2 | Adriaan Strauss (c) |
| JJ Engelbrecht | 3 | Lourens Adriaanse |
| Jan Serfontein | 4 | Lodewyk de Jager |
| Lionel Mapoe | 5 | Francois Uys |
| Morne Steyn | 6 | Heinrich Brussow |
| Jano Vermaak | 7 | Lappies Labuschagne |
| Pierre Spies (c) | 8 | Phillip van der Walt |
| Dewald Potgieter | 9 | Piet van Zyl |
| Deon Stegmann | 10 | Burton Francis |
| Juandre Kruger | 11 | Raymond Rhule |
| Flip van der Merwe | 12 | Robert Ebersohn |
| Frik Kirsten | 13 | Johan Sadie |
| Chiliboy Ralepelle | 14 | Willie le Roux |
| Morne Mellet | 15 | Hennie Daniller |
| Reserves | ||
| Callie Visagie | 16 | Ryno Barnes |
| Werner Kruger | 17 | Coenie Oosthuisen |
| Paul Willemse | 18 | Landman Ligtoring |
| Arno Botha | 19 | Frans Viljoen |
| Rudy Paige | 20 | Tewis de Bruyn |
| Louis Fouche | 21 | Brummer Francois |
| Ulrich Beyers. | 22 | Ryno Benjamin |
| Date: | 14/04/2013 | |
| Location: | Loftus Versfeld | Pretoria |
| Kickoff: | 3:10 | |
| Referee: | Jason Jaftha | (South Africa) |
Byes
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