Super Rugby teams (round three)
8 Mar 2012
Keo.co.za brings you the Super Rugby teams as they are announced.
CRUSADERS vs CHIEFS, NAPIER, FRI 08:35
Crusaders – 15 Sean Maitland, 14 Israel Dagg, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Adam Whitelock, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Ben Franks.
Subs: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Sam Whitelock, 19 Luke Whitelock, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Tom Taylor, 22 Tom Marshall.
Chiefs - 15 Robbie Robinson, 14 Asaeli Tikoirotuma, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Tim Nanai-Williams, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Kane Thompson, 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Brodie Retallick, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Ben Tameifuna, 2 Mahonri Schwalger, 1 Sona Taumalolo.
Subs: Hika Elliot, Shane Cleaver, Michael Fitzgerald, Sam Cane, Augustine Pulu, Andrew Horrell, Jackson Willison.
FORCE vs HURRICANES, PERTH, FRI 13:05
Force - 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Nick Cummins, 13 Patrick Dellit, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 Napolioni Nalaga, 10 James Stannard, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Matt Hodgson, 7 David Pocock (c), 6 Richard Brown, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Toby Lynn, Salesi Ma’afu, Nathan Charles, Kieran Longbottom. Reserves: Ben Whittaker, Pek Cowan, Sam Wykes, Angus Cottrell, Justin Turner, Ben Seymour, Alfie Mafi.
Hurricanes – 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith (c), 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ben May.
Subs: 16 Motu Matu’u, 17 Michael Bent, 18 James Broadhurst, 19 Brad Shields, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 22 Charlie Ngatai.
BRUMBIES vs CHEETAHS, CANBERRA, SAT 06:35
Brumbies - 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Pat McCabe, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen, 7 Ita Vaea, 6 Peter Kimlin, 5 Ben Hand, 4 Sam Carter, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Subs: 16 Anthony Hegarty, 17 Ruaidhri Murphy, 18 Scott Fardy, 19 Michae Hooper, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Zack Holmes, 22 Joseph Toman
Cheetahs – 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Cameron Jacobs, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Philip Snyman, 11 Willie le Roux, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Philip van der Walt, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 George Earle, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Subs: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Davon Raubenheimer, 19 Justin Downey, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Ryno Benjamin.
HIGHLANDERS vs WARATAHS, DUNEDIN, SAT 08:35
Highlanders – TBC
Waratahs – 15 Bernard Foley, 14 Tom Kingston, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Daniel Halangahu (c), 9 Sarel Pretorius; 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Pat McCutcheon, 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Subs: 16 John Ulugia, 17 Paddy Ryan, 18 Lopeti Timani, 19 Chris Alcock, 20 Brendan McKibbin, 21 Tom Carter, 22 Brackin Karuaria-Henry.
REDS vs REBELS, BRISBANE, SAT 10:40
Reds - 15 Luke Morahan, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Ben Tapuai, 12 Jono Lance, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Mike Harris, 9 Will Genia, 8 Jake Schatz, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 James Hanson, 1 Ben Daley.
Subs: 16 Saia Faingaa, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Van Humphries, 19 Radike Samo, 20 Beau Robinson, 21 Ben Lucas, 22 Rod Davies.
Rebels - 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Mark Gerrard, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 James O’Connor, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Richard Kingi, 8 Gareth Delve (c), 7 Tom Chamberlain, 6 Tim Davidson, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Luke Jones, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Adam Freier, 1 Nic Henderson.
Subs: 16 Luke Holmes, 17 Rodney Blake, 18 Alister Campbell, 19 Jarrod Saffy, 20 Nick Phipps, 21 Lachlan Mitchell, 22 Julian Huxley.
SHARKS vs LIONS, DURBAN, SAT 17:05
Sharks – 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Frederic Michalak, 8 Keegan Daniel (c), 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Subs: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Anton Bresler, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Charl McLeod, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Paul Jordaan.
Lions – 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Doppies La Grange, 12 Butch James, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Joshua Strauss (c), 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Marius Coetzer, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Patric Cilliers.
Subs: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Caylib Oosthuizen, 18 Stephan Greef, 19 Cobus Grobbelaar, 20 Tian Meyer, 21 Alwyn Hollenbach, 22 James Kamana.
BULLS vs BLUES, PRETORIA, SAT 19:10
Bulls – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Pierre Spies (c), 7 Jacques Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.
Subs: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 CJ Stander, 20 Ruan Snyman, 21 Louis Fouché, 22 JJ Engelbrecht.
Blues - 15 Lachie Munro, 14 Sherwin Stowers, 13 Benson Stanley, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Rene Ranger, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Chris Lowrey, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Luke Braid, 5 Ali Williams, 4 Anthony Boric, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 Keven Mealamu (c) 1, Pauliasi Manu.
Subs: 16 Tom McCartney, 17 Tevita Mailau, 18 Filo Paulo, 19 Bradley Mika, 20 Alby Mathewson, 21 Hadleigh Parkes, 22 David Raikuna.

16 Comments
7 Mar 2012, 11:02 am
air punching stormer dragons playing an air game of rugby this weekend and collecting four air points for their air efforts…!
looking forward to a relaxing weekend of rugby watching…!!
but we stormers fans can’t air punch… windhoek drinkers don’t air punch…!
lou is watching us…!!
7 Mar 2012, 13:11 pm
crusaders
hurricanes
cheetahs
highlanders
reds
sharks (maybe lions, ala skop)
bulls
7 Mar 2012, 13:36 pm
Way too many TBCs in there to warrant any kind of discussion. Have them send for me when this improves.
7 Mar 2012, 17:55 pm
This is all very well but we really need to know the referees and assistant referees for all these matches.
Example : If jonker or joubert is involved with the Bulls game you can throw the house on the result !
8 Mar 2012, 08:17 am
Best team Stormers have picked so far this season…
8 Mar 2012, 08:24 am
Sharks team announced.
Alberts in for Botes. Whitehead in for Bosman and Ndungane in for Ludik.
8 Mar 2012, 08:30 am
Only fetcher type at 8 – interesting. Wonder if Daniel and Alberts will swap on defensive scrums
8 Mar 2012, 08:34 am
Chiefs by 8
Force by 14
Brumbies by 21
Waratahs by3
Reds by 35
Lions by 9
Blues by 13
8 Mar 2012, 08:41 am
@Original-Pierre(Original-Pierre)-4:
Someone is borrowing my arguments
Ya, while the realisation that SA referees affect the results is being re-confirmed every round, the Keos seemed to totally disregard it!
Makes one wondering why?
8 Mar 2012, 08:45 am
@John Galt(John Galt)-6:
The Sharks must feel secured, it’s their turn to enjoy the ‘preferential treatment’ with Lawrence this week, after receiving the short end last week at Newlands
8 Mar 2012, 08:51 am
@Hondo(Hondo)-10: For some reason I thought Lawrence gave the Sharks preferential treatment, but that all changed last year and he didn`t show any signs of letting up last weekend.
He`s starting to worry me . . .
8 Mar 2012, 08:59 am
Come on, it’s Thursday already, and well into the afternoon down under. Replace those TBCs with some teams, you lazy fcken sods.
8 Mar 2012, 09:10 am
@Bokhoring(Bokhoring)-7:
Not sure.
I wouldnt expect Alberts to have too big an impact though. He’s been on the sidelines for so long and he’s likely to be heavily marked as well.
Expect to see Coetzee carrying the ball up strongly again.
8 Mar 2012, 09:10 am
@John Galt(John Galt)-6:
i think plum’s panicking. looks like he’s playing alberts while he’s iffy the way ac played bekker when he was iffy.
8 Mar 2012, 09:14 am
@welcome to my life, hugh…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-14:
Nah, if he was panicking, he would have played him last weekend against the Stormers when he really was touch and go.
Alberts apparently is raring to go. This one extra week on the sidelines has made the difference.
He’ll be a bit rusty but not iffy.
8 Mar 2012, 09:17 am
Just noticed the Crusaders are playing Maitland at 15 and Dagg at 14?!
What on earth have they done that for?
Perhaps they’re a bit worried about Fruens weakness in defence at 13 so have put the better defender of Maitland and Dagg next to him.
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