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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