Herewith ALL the Super Rugby team sheets as they were announced for week 16 of Super Rugby 2011.

Super Rugby Teams – Week 16

Highlanders

Western Force

3 June at 09:35

  • Team: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Kade Poki, 13 Kendrick Lynn, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Siale Piutau, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 John Hardie, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Josh Bekhuis, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 3 Chris King, 2 Mo Schwwalger, 1 Jamie Mackintosh (C).
  • Replacements: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Tom Donnelly, 19 Nick Crosswell, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Robbie Robinson, 22 Alando Soakai.
  • Team: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Alifeleti (Alfi) Mafi, 13 Patrick Dellit, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 David Smith, 10 James Stannard, 9 Mark Swanepoel, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock, 6 Matthew Hodgson, 5 Nathan Sharpe (C), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Timothy Fairbrother, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Kieran Longbottom.
  • Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Matt Dunning, 18. Tom Hockings, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Chris Cottee, 21 Mitch Inman, 22 Nick Cummins.

Melbourne Rebels

DHL Stormers

3 June at 11:40

  • Team: 15 Richard Kingi, 14 Lachlan Mitchell, 13 Mark Gerrard, 12 Stirling Mortlock (C), 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Julian Huxley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
  • Replacements: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Greg Somerville, 18 Kevin O’Neill, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Sam Cordingley, 21 Peter Betham, 22 Afusipa Taumoepeau.
  • Team: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Kurt Coleman, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (C), 5 Anton van Zyl, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
  • Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Andries Bekker 19 Nick Koster, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Earl Rose, 22 Juan de Jongh.

Bulls

Waratahs

3 June at 19:10

  • Team: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane/Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretoruis, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Danie Rossouw, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Dean Greyling.
  • Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Gerhard van den Heever.
  • Team: 15  Kurtley Beale, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Tom Carter, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Soseni Anesi, 10 Daniel Halangahu, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Ben Mowen, 7 Chris Alcock, 6 Dean Mumm (C), 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Sitaleki Timani, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
  • Replacements: 16 Paddy Ryan, 17 John Ulugia, 18 Pat O’Connor, 19 Dave Dennis, 20 Hugh Perrett, 21 Brendan McKibbin, 22 Atieli Pakalani.

Hurricanes

MTN Lions

4 June at 07:30

  • Team: 15 Cory Jane, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Conrad Smith/Jayden Hayward, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 James Broadhurst, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore (C), 1 John Schwalger.
  • Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Jacob Ellison, 18 Jason Eaton, 19 Mark Reddish, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Hayward/Julian Savea, 22 Richard Buckman.
  • Team: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Dylan des Fountain, 13 Doppies la Grange (C), 12 Butch James, 11 Deon van Rensburg, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Josh Strauss, 6 Derick Minnie,5  Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
  • Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 David de Villiers, 19 Jaco Kriel, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Alwyn Hollenbach, 22 Michael Killian.

Blues

Chiefs

4 June at 09:35

  • Team: 15 Lachie Munro, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Benson Stanley, 11 Rene Ranger, 10 Luke McAlister, 9 Alby Mathewson; 8 Peter Saili, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Jerome Kaino (C), 5 Ali Williams, 4 Anthony Boric, 3 John Afoa, 2 Tom McCartney, 1 Tevita Mailau.
  • Replacements: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 Charlie Faumuina, 18 Chris Lowrey, 19 Sean Polwart, 20 Chris Smylie, 21 Stephen Brett, 22 Sherwin Stowers.
  • Team: 15 Mils Muliaina (C), 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Tana Umaga, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Brendon Leonard, 8 Fritz Lee, 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Romana Graham, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Nathan White, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Ben May.
  • Replacements: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Toby Smith, 18 Culum Retallick, 19 Matt Vant Leven, 20 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 21 Mike Delany, 22 Dwayne Sweeney.

Reds

Brumbies

4 June at 11:40

  • Team: 15 Ben Lucas, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Anthony Faingaa, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia. 8 Radike Samo, 7 Ben Coridas, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (C), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
  • Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Will Chambers, 22 Dom Shipperley.
  • Team: 15 Pat McCabe, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tyrone Smith, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Matt Giteau (C), 9 Patrick Phibbs; 8 Ita Vaea, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Mitchell Chapman, 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 Ben Hand, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Jono Owen.
  • Replacements: 16 Anthony Hegarty, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Peter Kimlin, 19 Henry Vanderglas, 20 Nic White, 21 Robbie Coleman, 22 Andrew Smith.

Cheetahs

Sharks

4 June at 17:05

  • Team: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Riaan Viljoen, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Corne Uys, 11 Philip Snyman, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Davon Raubenheimer, 7 Ashley Johnson, 6 Johan Wessels, 5 Martin Muller, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (C), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
  • Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Lourens Adriaanse, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Pieter Myburgh, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Naas Olivier, 22 Riaan Smit.
  • Team: 15. Louis Ludik, 14. JP Pietersen, 13. Stefan Terblanche , 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Keegan Daniel, 5. Gerhard Mostert, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Eugene van Staden, 2. Bismarck du Plessis, 1. John Smit (C).
  • Replacements: 16. Tendai Mtawarira, 17. Wiehahn Herbst, 18. Alistair Hargreaves, 19. Jacques Botes, 20. Frederic Michalak
    21.  Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 22.   Adi Jacobs.

11 Responses to Super Rugby: Teams – Week 16

  • 1

    Some interesting tussles this weekend.

    The Landers should bounce back and beat the Force
    The Stormpoppies should bank their 5 Log points easily enough against the Rebels
    The Bulls and the Waratahs… tough one… but the Bulls look to be hitting their straps just at the right time in the season and should take it…. my hope is for a bonus point.
    Canes vs Lions. Can we truly expect the Lions to win a 3rd consecutive game on tour? Well if there is 1 New Zealand side who’s been ripe for the picking all season, it’s been the Canes…. my smart money is on the Canes though.
    Blues vs Chiefs, should be a win for the Blues at home but my hope lies in the Chiefs upsetting the apple cart here… could be doing the Stormers, Bulls & Sharks a massive favour in the process.
    Reds vs Brumbies only has one logical result in the offing… Reds by some comfortable distance… at a canter.
    Cheetahs vs Sharks… tough one… I’m hoping for a Cheetahs win, but my mind is hesitant about this one. Staat have always been the bogey side of the Sharks, but the Cheetahs depth in a few positions is now starting to wear very thin. What the hell, Goooooo Staat!

    Should the Bulls win well and the Cheetahs win as well, the Bulls will jump 2 Log Positions, straight to No 5 on the Combined Log…. with the Crusaders in their immediate sights and possibly the Blues and Stormpoppies as well…. to possibly overtake on the Combined Log.

    Hell, if things go as perfectly as the past weekend, the Bulls could be aiming for No 2 position overall after all the preliminary rounds…. not likely though.

  • 2

    @ grootblousmile:
    And I see that elsewhere on the Net people are saying that if the Lions win their last 2 games, plus the 4 points for the bye in the last round they could get up to 37 points and as high as 9/10 on the combined log.

    Is it really a possibility and if it happens would the Lions management claim a successful Super Rugby campaign?

    I notice also that the GLRU have an Extraordinary AGM on Monday 20th June, so possibly a couple of changes at Exco’ level?

  • 3

    @ Scrumdown:
    I would call it a Lazarus act

  • 4

    Mmm…..I notice a Swanepoel at scrummie for the Force. Smiley’s family or an export product or both?

  • 5

    As much as I hope that the Force beat the Landers, the Kiwi team has shown enough this year to ffeel confident about this one. Just about as confident as they must have felt one week ago…

    The Stormers cannot afford any kind of slip up at 9 or 10. Honestly. The rest of their team looks solid, but jeese that pivot situation is becoming worse and worse by the day. Should not be enough to make them trip though. 5 points…? maybe.

    BULLS WILL WIN. No, they MUST win. The team is well balanced, they are gaining serious momentum and the Tahs have played most of the season against seriously mediocre teams.
    Bulls by 12.

    Lions vs. Canes. I think it could depend on which Lions team pitches up. And which Canes team.
    mmmmmm It doesn’t really matter, but lets be patriotic and say Lions by 4.

    Blues to win by a few
    Reds to win by even more

    Sharks are pretty much in the same situation as the Stormers, but their problem is in the midfield. Cheetahs will once again push the oppponents hard, as against the Bulls. And they may well win, but it will be a bit of an upset.

  • 6

    Siting at the Restaurant at the Executive Car wash… waiting for my Omelette & a Strawberry milkshake…. doing a bit of admin work whilst waiting.

    This is what I call spending time well and multi-tasking well…. hehehe

  • 7

    ALL the Team Sheets are now complete!

  • 8

    2 Game Threads are scheduled for the first 2 games of the weekend in the morning (Friday).

  • 9

    @ Scrumdown:

    Well, compared to last year you could say its a successful season.

    Could that mean that all SA teams will be in the top 2/3rds. of this years comp? Is that possible?

  • 10

    6@ grootblousmile:
    I call it underworked and overpaid!

    The frost is on the ground, the water feature is frozen solid, and my fingers are so feeeekin cold I can’t feel the keys on the board!

    Must get into an industry that only requires sensible work hours. Been busy since 5 this morning. I must be varking mal.

  • 11

    Lions Media Release:

    There’s a bit of a re-shuffle in the Lions side for tomorrow.

    Baywatch Grobbelaar returning to SA for some family bereavement, Jaco Kriel flying out to join the lions.

    Backrow is Now:

    6. Minnie
    7. Josh Stauss
    8. Warren Whiteley

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